Ida Petronella DeWeeseAge: 84 years1864–1949
- Name
- Ida Petronella DeWeese
- Given names
- Ida Petronella
- Surname
- DeWeese
 Birth | October 14, 1864 24 22 |
 Historical Event | American Civil War between April 1861 and May 1865Note: 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 |
 Birth of a sister | Minnie A DeWeese December 18, 1865 (Age 14 months) |
| Death of a father | Carlin Douglas DeWeese March 19, 1867 (Age 2 years) |
| Historical Event | The Alaska Purchase 1867 (Age 2 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 2 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 4 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 |
| Marriage of a parent | Thomas Terry Farrell — Mahala Jane “Jennie” Lomax — View this family November 6, 1872 (Age 8 years) |
| Birth of a half-brother | Guy Judson Farrell October 6, 1873 (Age 8 years) |
| Birth of a half-sister | Laura Etta Farrell October 25, 1874 (Age 10 years) |
| Birth of a half-brother | Charles Arlington Farrell December 10, 1876 (Age 12 years) |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 (Age 13 years)Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 33 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 |
| Death of a mother | Mahala Jane “Jennie” Lomax August 2, 1902 (Age 37 years) |
| Death of a half-brother | Charles Arlington Farrell June 28, 1910 (Age 45 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 51 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 52 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 53 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/ |
| Death of a half-sister | Laura Etta Farrell December 5, 1927 (Age 63 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 64 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 |
| Death of a sister | Mary Capitola DeWeese May 21, 1935 (Age 70 years) |
| Death of a half-brother | Guy Judson Farrell April 19, 1944 (Age 79 years) |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 77 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 81 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 | July 6, 1949 (Age 84 years) |
| Family with parents |
| father |
Carlin Douglas DeWeese Birth: June 19, 1840 — Warren, Illinois, United States Death: March 19, 1867 — Napa, Napa, California, United States |
| mother |
Mahala Jane “Jennie” Lomax Birth: May 13, 1842 — Warren, Illinois, United States Death: August 2, 1902 — Taylor, Iowa, United States |
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Marriage: November 19, 1860 — Knox, Illinois, United States |
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9 months elder sister |
Mary Capitola DeWeese Birth: August 15, 1861 21 19 — Illinois, United States Death: May 21, 1935 — Moorhead, Monona, Iowa, United States |
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18 months elder brother |
William E DeWeese Birth: March 1, 1863 22 20 — Abingdon, Knox, Illinois, United States Death: |
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19 months herself |
Ida Petronella DeWeese Birth: October 14, 1864 24 22 — Napa, Napa, California, United States Death: July 6, 1949 — McMinnville, Yamhill, Oregon, United States |
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14 months younger sister |
Minnie A DeWeese Birth: December 18, 1865 25 23 — Napa, Napa, California, United States Death: May 30, 1953 — McMinnville, Yamhill, Oregon, United States |
| Mother’s family with Thomas Terry Farrell |
| step-father |
Thomas Terry Farrell Birth: March 12, 1842 36 36 — Barren, Kentucky, United States Death: March 20, 1926 — Ottawa, Franklin, Kansas, United States |
| mother |
Mahala Jane “Jennie” Lomax Birth: May 13, 1842 — Warren, Illinois, United States Death: August 2, 1902 — Taylor, Iowa, United States |
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Marriage: November 6, 1872 — Knox, Illinois, United States |
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11 months half-brother |
Guy Judson Farrell Birth: October 6, 1873 31 31 — Adams, Illinois, United States Death: April 19, 1944 — West Plains, Howell, Missouri, United States |
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13 months half-sister |
Laura Etta Farrell Birth: October 25, 1874 32 32 — Camp Point, Adams, Illinois, United States Death: December 5, 1927 — Ottawa, Ottawa, Kansas, United States |
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2 years half-brother |
Charles Arlington Farrell Birth: December 10, 1876 34 34 — Camp Point, Adams, Illinois, United States Death: June 28, 1910 — Missoula, Missoula, Montana, United States |