The Shemwell Family

Mary Emma GreeneAge: 64 years18431907

Name
Mary Emma Greene
Given names
Mary Emma
Surname
Greene
Married name
Mary Emma Van Schoonhoven
Birth January 8, 1843 49 37
Death of a fatherJohn Portineus Greene
September 10, 1844 (Age 20 months)
Marriage of a parentBrigham Young Sr.Mary Eliza NelsonView this family
Type: Religious marriage
January 31, 1846 (Age 3 years)
Historical Event
Mexican-American War
from 1846 to 1848 (Age 2 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 13 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 18 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
Historical Event
The Alaska Purchase
1867 (Age 23 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 23 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 25 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 34 years)

Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever
Death of a motherMary Eliza Nelson
December 28, 1886 (Age 43 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 55 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 March 19, 1907 (Age 64 years)
Burial March 21, 1907 (2 days after death)
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Salt Lake City Cemetery
Family with parents - View this family
father
John Portineus Greene
Birth: September 3, 1793Newport, Herkimer, New York, United States
Death: September 10, 1844Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States
mother
Mary Eliza Nelson
Birth: November 24, 1805Poughkeepsie, Dutchess, New York, United States
Death: December 28, 1886Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
Marriage: December 6, 1841Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States
13 months
herself
Mary Emma Greene
Birth: January 8, 1843 49 37Batavia, Genesee, New York, United States
Death: March 19, 1907Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
Father’s family with Rhoda Young - View this family
father
John Portineus Greene
Birth: September 3, 1793Newport, Herkimer, New York, United States
Death: September 10, 1844Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States
step-mother
Rhoda Young
Birth: September 10, 1789 26 24Durham, Albany, New York, United States
Death: January 18, 1841Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States
Marriage: February 11, 1813Cayuga, New York, United States
Mother’s family with Brigham Young Sr. - View this family
step-father
Brigham Young Sr.
Birth: June 1, 1801 38 36Whitingham, Windham, Vermont, United States
Death: August 29, 1877Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
mother
Mary Eliza Nelson
Birth: November 24, 1805Poughkeepsie, Dutchess, New York, United States
Death: December 28, 1886Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
Marriage: January 31, 1846Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States