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Henry William DormanAge: 67 years18621929

Name
Henry William Dorman
Given names
Henry William
Surname
Dorman
Birth February 26, 1862 29 25
Historical Event
American Civil War
between April 1861 and May 1865

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
Historical Event
The Alaska Purchase
1867 (Age 4 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 4 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 6 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 15 years)

Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever
MarriageIda FrostView this family
August 5, 1893 (Age 31 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 36 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
Birth of a son
#1
Henry O'Farrell Dorman
April 27, 1899 (Age 37 years)
Birth of a daughter
#2
Adamae Dorman
June 27, 1904 (Age 42 years)
Death of a motherCarolina “Caroline” Leffel
July 12, 1911 (Age 49 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 53 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 54 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 55 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 fatherWilliam Dorman
April 7, 1921 (Age 59 years)
Death May 7, 1929 (Age 67 years)
Burial May 9, 1929 (2 days after death)
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Canyon Hill Cemetery
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father
William Dorman
Birth: August 1832Brunswick, Braunschweig, Saxony, Germany
Death: April 7, 1921New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, United States
mother
Carolina “Caroline” Leffel
Birth: June 22, 1836Berghausen, Karlsruhe, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany
Death: July 12, 1911Caldwell, Canyon, Idaho, United States
Marriage: July 20, 1854Evansville, Vanderburgh, Indiana, United States
8 years
himself
Henry William Dorman
Birth: February 26, 1862 29 25Blue Grass, Illinois City, Rock Island, Illinois, United States
Death: May 7, 1929Boise, Ada, Idaho, United States
Family with Ida Frost - View this family
himself
Henry William Dorman
Birth: February 26, 1862 29 25Blue Grass, Illinois City, Rock Island, Illinois, United States
Death: May 7, 1929Boise, Ada, Idaho, United States
wife
Ida Frost
Birth: August 17, 1872 51 32Caldwell, Canyon, Idaho, United States
Death: December 17, 1949West Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States
Marriage: August 5, 1893Caldwell, Canyon, Idaho, United States
6 years
son
Henry O'Farrell Dorman
Birth: April 27, 1899 37 26Boise, Ada, Idaho, United States
Death: June 14, 1955Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States
5 years
daughter
Adamae Dorman
Birth: June 27, 1904 42 31Boise, Ada, Idaho, United States
Death: January 3, 1991San Diego, California, United States

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