The Shemwell Family

Robert McKenzieAge: 41 years18401881

Name
Robert McKenzie
Given names
Robert
Surname
McKenzie
Birth March 15, 1840
MarriageEmma Mary CurtisView this family
unknown

Historical Event
Mexican-American War
from 1846 to 1848 (Age 5 years)
Note: The Mexican-American War was an armed conflict between the United States of America and the United Mexican States from 1846 to 1848 in the wake of the 1845 U.S. annexation of Texas, which Mexico considered part of its territory despite the 1836 Texas Revolution - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mexican%E2%80%93American_War
Historical Event
Influenza Epidemic
between 1857 and 1859 (Age 16 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 21 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
Birth of a daughter
#1
Alice Elizabeth McKenzie
October 5, 1865 (Age 25 years)
Historical Event
The Alaska Purchase
1867 (Age 26 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 26 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 28 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
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 37 years)

Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever
Death November 30, 1881 (Age 41 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Canyon Hill Cemetery
Family with Emma Mary Curtis - View this family
himself
Robert McKenzie
Birth: March 15, 1840Venango, Pennsylvania, United States
Death: November 30, 1881Boise, Ada, Idaho, United States
wife
Emma Mary Curtis
Birth: September 10, 1847Beaver Dam, Dodge, Wisconsin, United States
Death: June 9, 1930Willows, Glenn, California, United States
Marriage:
daughter
Alice Elizabeth McKenzie
Birth: October 5, 1865 25 18Middleton, Canyon, Idaho, United States
Death: October 18, 1940Willows, Glenn, California, United States

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