Sophia Virginia GraysonAge: 67 years1849–1917
- Name
- Sophia Virginia Grayson
- Given names
- Sophia Virginia
- Surname
- Grayson
- Married name
- Sophia Virginia Travers
- Married name
- Sophia Virginia O'Brien
 Birth | October 1849 |
 Historical Event | Influenza Epidemic between 1857 and 1859 (Age 7 years)Note: In 1857-1859, there was an extremely severe worldwide outbreak of influenza - http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3884 |
| Historical Event | American Civil War between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 11 years)Note: In the spring of 1861, tensions between the northern and southern United States over issues including state's right versus federal authority, westward expansion and slavery exploded into the American Civil War - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Civil_War |
 Civil marriage | James H Travers — View this family 1865 (Age 15 years) |
| Historical Event | The Alaska Purchase 1867 (Age 17 years)Note: The Alaska Purchase was the purchase of 586,412 square miles of new territory by the United States from the Russian Empire (a bargain at two cents an acre) - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alaska_Purchase |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic 1867 (Age 17 years)Note: 3,093 perished from yellow fever in New Orleans - http://historyengine.richmond.edu/episodes/view/306 |
| Historical Event | Transcontinental Railroad completed 1869 (Age 19 years)Note: The First Transcontinental Railroad was a 1,907-mile contiguous railroad line constructed between 1863 and 1869 across the western United States to connect the Pacific coast with the existing Eastern U.S. rail network - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Transcontinental_Railroad |
 Census | July 27, 1870 (Age 20 years) |
 Birth of a daughter#1 | Ida Travers May 29, 1872 (Age 22 years) Note: Adopted |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 (Age 28 years)Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever |
| Birth of a daughter #2 | Anna E Travers March 1879 (Age 29 years) Note: Adopted |
| Census | June 3, 1880 (Age 30 years) |
| Death of a daughter | Ida Travers September 20, 1882 (Age 32 years) |
| Death of a husband | James H Travers November 1, 1883 (Age 34 years) |
| Census | 1885 (Age 35 years) |
| Marriage | William H O'Brien — View this family 1886 (Age 36 years) |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 48 years)Note: The Spanish-American War was a conflict in 1898 between Spain and the United States, the result of American intervention in the Cuban War of Independence - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish%E2%80%93American_War |
| Census | June 8, 1900 (Age 50 years) |
| Death of a husband | William H O'Brien August 1, 1904 (Age 54 years) |
| Validity of Marriage | Court Judgement 1907 (Age 57 years) |
| Marriage of a child | William Joseph Dooner — Anna E Travers — View this family about 1912 (Age 62 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #1 | Hope Dooner December 2, 1913 (Age 64 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 66 years)Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1 |
| Historical Event | World War I between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 67 years)Note: The United States enters 'The Great War' where more than nine million combatants were killed- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_I |
 Death | June 2, 1917 (Age 67 years) |
| Family with James H Travers |
| husband |
James H Travers Birth: about 1831 62 41 — Washington, District of Columbia, United States Death: November 1, 1883 — Ocean, New Jersey, United States |
| herself |
Sophia Virginia Grayson Birth: October 1849 — Virginia, United States Death: June 2, 1917 — Point Pleasant, Ocean, New Jersey, United States |
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Marriage: 1865 — Alexandria, Virginia, United States |
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7 years daughter |
Ida Travers Birth: May 29, 1872 41 22 — Maryland, United States Death: September 20, 1882 — Maryland, United States |
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7 years daughter |
Anna E Travers Birth: March 1879 48 29 — Maryland, United States Death: after 1950 |
| Family with William H O'Brien |
| husband |
William H O'Brien Birth: September 1838 — Ireland Death: August 1, 1904 — Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States |
| herself |
Sophia Virginia Grayson Birth: October 1849 — Virginia, United States Death: June 2, 1917 — Point Pleasant, Ocean, New Jersey, United States |
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Marriage: 1886 — |
No family available
| Census | 1870 United States - Census transcript - James H Travers - Household
Talbot, Maryland
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| Census | 1880 United States - Census transcript - James Travers - Household
Saint Michaels, Talbot, Maryland
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| Census | 1900 United States - Census transcript - William H O'Brien - Household
Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
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