The Shemwell Family

Hannah King1841

Name
Hannah King
Given names
Hannah
Surname
King
Birth about 1841 40 32
Birth of a brotherAndrew Cookson King
August 31, 1841
Death of a brotherAndrew Cookson King
March 9, 1842 (Age 14 months)
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
Death of a sisterGeorgiana King
September 26, 1853 (Age 12 years)

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 20 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 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
Marriage of a parentBrigham Young Sr.Hannah Dorcas TapfieldView this family
Type: Religious marriage
December 8, 1872 (Age 31 years)
Death of a fatherThomas Owen King Sr.
November 16, 1874 (Age 33 years)
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 of a motherHannah Dorcas Tapfield
September 25, 1886 (Age 45 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 57 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 sisterLouisa Helen King
January 25, 1912 (Age 71 years)
Burial of a sisterLouisa Helen King
January 29, 1912 (Age 71 years)
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Salt Lake City Cemetery
Death of a sisterBertha Mary King
July 13, 1912 (Age 71 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 75 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 76 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 77 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 brotherThomas Owen King Jr.
November 16, 1921 (Age 80 years)
Burial of a brotherThomas Owen King Jr.
November 21, 1921 (Age 80 years)
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Sunny Cedar Rest Cemetery
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 88 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
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 100 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
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 109 years)
Note: The Korean War was a war between the Republic of Korea (South Korea), supported by the United Nations, and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea), at one time supported by the People's Republic of China and the Soviet Union - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_War
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 105 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
Deathunknown

Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: April 6, 1824England, United Kingdom
21 months
elder brother
Thomas Andrew King
Birth: about 1825 24 16Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom
Death: about 1825Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom
2 years
elder sister
Margaret King
Birth: May 27, 1827 27 19Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom
Death: July 26, 1827Pampisford, Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom
18 months
elder sister
Charlotte King
Birth: November 14, 1828 28 20Pampisford, Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom
Death: April 29, 1829Pampisford, Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom
23 months
elder sister
Georgiana King
Birth: October 4, 1830 30 22Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom
Death: September 26, 1853
13 months
elder brother
Owen King
Birth: November 14, 1831 31 23Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom
Death: March 7, 1840Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom
3 years
elder sister
Louisa Helen King
Birth: August 12, 1834 34 26Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom
Death: January 25, 1912Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
8 months
elder sister
Bertha Mary King
Birth: April 7, 1835 35 27Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom
Death: July 13, 1912Truckee, Nevada, California, United States
2 years
elder brother
Peter Tapfield King
Birth: April 5, 1837 36 29Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom
Death: April 6, 1838Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom
3 years
elder brother
Thomas Owen King Jr.
Birth: April 27, 1840 40 32Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom
Death: November 16, 1921Almo, Cassia, Idaho, United States
20 months
herself
Hannah King
Birth: about 1841 40 32Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom
Death:
8 months
brother
Andrew Cookson King
Birth: August 31, 1841 41 33Linton, Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom
Death: March 9, 1842Linton, Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom
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
Marriage: December 8, 1872Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States

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