Marinda Jane “Jennie” SissellAge: 91 years1856–1947
- Name
- Marinda Jane “Jennie” Sissell
- Given names
- Marinda Jane
- Surname
- Sissell
- Married name
- Marinda Jane Elder
- Nickname
- Jennie
- Married name
- Marinda Jane Brown
- Married name
- Marinda Jane Jordan
 Birth | 1856 35 28 |
 Marriage | … Brown — View this family unknown |
 Birth of a sister | Lou Ida Sissell September 9, 1859 (Age 3 years) |
 Historical Event | Influenza Epidemic between 1857 and 1859 (Age 12 months)Note: In 1857-1859, there was an extremely severe worldwide outbreak of influenza - http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3884 |
 Census | June 15, 1860 (Age 4 years) |
| Birth of a brother | William Zachariah Sissell September 7, 1862 (Age 6 years) |
| Birth of a brother | George A Sissell March 12, 1865 (Age 9 years) |
| Historical Event | American Civil War between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 5 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 |
| Death of a father | Hamlin Findley Sissell October 24, 1865 (Age 9 years) |
| Historical Event | The Alaska Purchase 1867 (Age 11 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 11 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 13 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 16, 1870 (Age 14 years) |
| Marriage | William H Jordan — View this family April 25, 1875 (Age 19 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #1 | Armantha Jordan October 29, 1876 (Age 20 years) |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 (Age 22 years)Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever |
| Marriage of a child | Alonzo Birchfield — Armantha Jordan — View this family December 6, 1893 (Age 37 years) |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 42 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 |
| Marriage | Andrew Jackson Elder — View this family November 18, 1903 (Age 47 years) |
| Census | May 13, 1910 (Age 54 years) |
| Death of a sister | Mildred Sissell August 6, 1912 (Age 56 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 60 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 61 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 |
| Historical Event | Spanish Influenza Epidemic 1918 (Age 62 years)Note: Spanish Influenza killed over 500,000 people in the United States, and somewhere between 20 and 40 million in what has been cited as the most devastating epidemic in history - http://virus.stanford.edu/uda/ |
| Census | January 9, 1920 (Age 64 years) |
| Death of a mother | Eleanor “Ellen” Clauson November 22, 1921 (Age 65 years) |
| Death of a brother | Joseph Garrett Sissell August 3, 1925 (Age 69 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 73 years)Note: The Wall Street Crash sets off the Great Depression, the most severe worldwide economic depression in the 20th century - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Depression |
| Census | April 17, 1930 (Age 74 years) |
| Death of a husband | Andrew Jackson Elder August 28, 1931 (Age 75 years) |
| Death of a sister | Martha Elizabeth Sissell May 7, 1940 (Age 84 years) |
| Death of a sister | Mary Ann Sissell December 1942 (Age 86 years) |
| Marriage of a child | Anthony Michiel Picinich — Armantha Jordan — View this family June 24, 1944 (Age 88 years) |
| Death of a sister | Lou Ida Sissell June 14, 1945 (Age 89 years) |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 85 years)Note: The United States enters World War II after the attack at Pearl Harbor, a global war that involved the vast majority of the world's nations and including all of the great powers - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II |
| Historical Event | Vietnam War between 1946 and 1975 (Age 90 years)Note: The Vietnam War was a long, costly armed conflict that pitted the communist regime of North Vietnam and its southern allies, known as the Viet Cong, against South Vietnam and its principal ally, the United States. The divisive war, increasingly unpopular at home, ended with the withdrawal of U.S. forces in 1973 and the unification of Vietnam under Communist control two years later. More than 3 million people, including 58,000 Americans, were killed in the conflict. - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnam_War |
 Death | 1947 (Age 91 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Hubbell Cemetery |
| Family with parents |
| father |
Hamlin Findley Sissell Birth: August 27, 1820 — Tennessee, United States Death: October 24, 1865 — Mount Pleasant, Henry, Iowa, United States |
| mother |
Eleanor “Ellen” Clauson Birth: December 27, 1827 22 18 — Shawneetown, Gallatin, Illinois, United States Death: November 22, 1921 — Hubbell, Thayer, Nebraska, United States |
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Marriage: 1842 — Tennessee, United States |
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5 years elder brother |
Joseph Garrett Sissell Birth: February 22, 1847 26 19 — Dover, Stewart, Tennessee, United States Death: August 3, 1925 — Rooks, Kansas, United States |
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3 years elder sister |
Mildred Sissell Birth: September 19, 1849 29 21 — Tennessee, United States Death: August 6, 1912 — Butte, Silver Bow, Montana, United States |
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2 years elder sister |
Mary Ann Sissell Birth: February 1852 31 24 — Iowa, United States Death: December 1942 — Hubbell, Thayer, Nebraska, United States |
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3 years elder sister |
Martha Elizabeth Sissell Birth: September 1854 34 26 — Iowa, United States Death: May 7, 1940 — Belleville, Republic, Kansas, United States |
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2 years herself |
Marinda Jane “Jennie” Sissell Birth: 1856 35 28 — Monroe, Iowa, United States Death: 1947 |
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4 years younger sister |
Lou Ida Sissell Birth: September 9, 1859 39 31 — Iowa, United States Death: June 14, 1945 — Republic, Kansas, United States |
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3 years younger brother |
William Zachariah Sissell Birth: September 7, 1862 42 34 — Iowa, United States Death: March 31, 1956 — Yalobusha, Mississippi, United States |
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3 years younger brother |
George A Sissell Birth: March 12, 1865 44 37 — Iowa, United States Death: |
| Family with … Brown |
| husband |
… Brown Death: |
| herself |
Marinda Jane “Jennie” Sissell Birth: 1856 35 28 — Monroe, Iowa, United States Death: 1947 |
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Marriage: — |
| Family with Andrew Jackson Elder |
| husband |
Andrew Jackson Elder Birth: October 13, 1851 — Wayne, Wayne, Ohio, United States Death: August 28, 1931 — Hubbell, Thayer, Nebraska, United States |
| herself |
Marinda Jane “Jennie” Sissell Birth: 1856 35 28 — Monroe, Iowa, United States Death: 1947 |
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Marriage: November 18, 1903 — Fairbury, Jefferson, Nebraska, United States |
| Family with William H Jordan |
| husband |
William H Jordan Birth: about 1853 Death: |
| herself |
Marinda Jane “Jennie” Sissell Birth: 1856 35 28 — Monroe, Iowa, United States Death: 1947 |
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Marriage: April 25, 1875 — Lucas, Iowa, United States |
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18 months daughter |
Armantha Jordan Birth: October 29, 1876 23 20 — Marion, Iowa, United States Death: April 12, 1959 — Seattle, King, Washington, United States |
| Census | 1860 United States - Census transcript - Hamlin Sissell - Household
Marysville, Marion, Iowa
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| Census | 1870 United States - Census transcript - Eleanor “Ellen” Clauson - Household
Liberty, Marion, Iowa
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| Census | 1910 United States - Census transcript - Andrew Jackson Elder - Household
Lincoln, Washington
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| Census | 1920 United States - Census transcript - Sheldon Lewis Chase - Household
Sheridan Road Chicago, Cook, IL
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| Census | 1930 United States - Census transcript - Andrew Jackson Elder - Household
Durham Street Hubbell, Thayer, Nebraska
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