Mary Jane CheekAge: 73 years1855–1928
- Name
- Mary Jane Cheek
- Given names
- Mary Jane
- Surname
- Cheek
- Married name
- Mary Jane Armstrong
 Birth | January 8, 1855 36 28 |
 Historical Event | Influenza Epidemic between 1857 and 1859 (Age 23 months)Note: In 1857-1859, there was an extremely severe worldwide outbreak of influenza - http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3884 |
 Death of a brother | Benjamin F Cheek before 1860 (Age 4 years) |
| Death of a sister | F C Cheek before 1860 (Age 4 years) |
 Census | September 8, 1860 (Age 5 years) |
| Death of a maternal grandmother | Martha “Patsey” McGehee after 1860 (Age 4 years) |
| Historical Event | American Civil War between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 6 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 11 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 11 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 13 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 |
| Death of a brother | Edward G Cheek before 1870 (Age 14 years) |
| Census | July 4, 1870 (Age 15 years) |
 Marriage | Andrew Benjamin Armstrong — View this family March 6, 1876 (Age 21 years) |
| Birth of a son #1 | Andrew R Armstrong November 1, 1876 (Age 21 years) |
| Death of a son | Andrew R Armstrong January 5, 1877 (Age 21 years) |
| Birth of a son #2 | Benjamin Everett Armstrong December 31, 1877 (Age 22 years) |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 (Age 22 years)Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever |
| Census | June 8, 1880 (Age 25 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #3 | Mary A Armstrong July 7, 1880 (Age 25 years) |
| Death of a daughter | Mary A Armstrong September 13, 1880 (Age 25 years) |
| Birth of a son #4 | Henry Franklin Armstrong August 27, 1881 (Age 26 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #5 | Mary Edna Armstrong February 9, 1884 (Age 29 years) |
| Birth of a son #6 | Andrew L Armstrong September 12, 1886 (Age 31 years) |
| Death of a son | Andrew L Armstrong October 22, 1886 (Age 31 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #7 | Nora M Armstrong February 21, 1888 (Age 33 years) |
| Birth of a son #8 | Emmett Clinton Armstrong October 13, 1890 (Age 35 years) |
| Birth of a son #9 | William Wayne Armstrong September 9, 1893 (Age 38 years) |
| Death of a mother | Sarah Ann Allen April 21, 1894 (Age 39 years) |
| Death of a daughter | Nora M Armstrong January 16, 1896 (Age 41 years) |
| Birth of a son #10 | Charles M Armstrong April 9, 1897 (Age 42 years) |
| Death of a son | Charles M Armstrong May 6, 1897 (Age 42 years) |
| Birth of a son #11 | Archie F Armstrong July 29, 1898 (Age 43 years) |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 43 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 son | Archie F Armstrong September 19, 1898 (Age 43 years) |
| Census | June 27, 1900 (Age 45 years) |
| Marriage of a child | James Monroe Porter — Mary Edna Armstrong — View this family April 10, 1904 (Age 49 years) |
| Death of a son | Benjamin Everett Armstrong October 15, 1904 (Age 49 years) Cause: Ginning accident |
| Birth of a granddaughter #1 | Ila Mae Porter July 19, 1908 (Age 53 years) |
| Marriage of a child | Emmett Clinton Armstrong — Mattie Pearl Harkins — View this family December 19, 1909 (Age 54 years) |
| Census | April 27, 1910 (Age 55 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #2 | Iland Noel Porter October 6, 1910 (Age 55 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #3 | Forest Clinton Armstrong March 25, 1914 (Age 59 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #4 | Wanda Lee Porter June 2, 1914 (Age 59 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 60 years)Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1 |
| Birth of a granddaughter #5 | Nina Margaret Porter December 24, 1917 (Age 62 years) |
| Death of a grandson | Forest Clinton Armstrong July 3, 1918 (Age 63 years) Cause: Acute ileo-colitis |
| Birth of a grandson #6 | Vernon Everett Armstrong November 17, 1918 (Age 63 years) |
| Historical Event | World War I between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 61 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 62 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 sister | Pernecia Emeline Cheek June 10, 1922 (Age 67 years) |
| Death of a husband | Andrew Benjamin Armstrong April 15, 1927 (Age 72 years) |
 Death | February 24, 1928 (Age 73 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Hylton Cemetery |
| Family with parents |
| father |
Randolph Edmond Cheek Birth: about 1819 — Missouri, United States Death: |
| mother |
Sarah Ann Allen Birth: June 7, 1826 26 20 — Missouri, United States Death: April 21, 1894 — Levita, Coryell, Texas, United States |
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Marriage: about 1844 — Missouri, United States |
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22 months elder sister |
Sarah Elizabeth Cheek Birth: November 5, 1845 26 19 — New Madrid, Missouri, United States Death: May 22, 1937 — Gatesville, Coryell, Texas, United States |
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2 years elder brother |
Benjamin F Cheek Birth: about 1847 28 20 — New Madrid, Missouri, United States Death: before 1860 |
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3 years elder sister |
F C Cheek Birth: about 1849 30 22 — New Madrid, Missouri, United States Death: before 1860 |
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8 months elder sister |
Pernecia Emeline Cheek Birth: August 19, 1849 30 23 — Missouri, United States Death: June 10, 1922 — Coryell, Texas, United States |
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5 years elder brother |
Edward G Cheek Birth: about 1854 35 27 — Missouri, United States Death: before 1870 |
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1 year herself |
Mary Jane Cheek Birth: January 8, 1855 36 28 — Missouri, United States Death: February 24, 1928 — Hylton, Nolan, Texas, United States |
| Family with Andrew Benjamin Armstrong |
| husband |
Andrew Benjamin Armstrong Birth: April 5, 1848 — Arkansas, United States Death: April 15, 1927 — Hylton, Nolan, Texas, United States |
| herself |
Mary Jane Cheek Birth: January 8, 1855 36 28 — Missouri, United States Death: February 24, 1928 — Hylton, Nolan, Texas, United States |
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Marriage: March 6, 1876 — Williamson, Texas, United States |
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8 months son |
Andrew R Armstrong Birth: November 1, 1876 28 21 — Texas, United States Death: January 5, 1877 — Texas, United States |
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14 months son |
Benjamin Everett Armstrong Birth: December 31, 1877 29 22 — Washington, Texas, United States Death: October 15, 1904 — Hylton, Nolan, Texas, United States |
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3 years daughter |
Mary A Armstrong Birth: July 7, 1880 32 25 — Texas, United States Death: September 13, 1880 — Texas, United States |
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14 months son |
Henry Franklin Armstrong Birth: August 27, 1881 33 26 — Brenham, Washington, Texas, United States Death: May 30, 1964 — Merkel, Taylor, Texas, United States |
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2 years daughter |
Mary Edna Armstrong Birth: February 9, 1884 35 29 — Coryell, Coryell, Texas, United States Death: July 7, 1973 — Nolan, Texas, United States |
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3 years son |
Andrew L Armstrong Birth: September 12, 1886 38 31 — Texas, United States Death: October 22, 1886 — Texas, United States |
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17 months daughter |
Nora M Armstrong Birth: February 21, 1888 39 33 — Nolan, Texas, United States Death: January 16, 1896 — Nolan, Texas, United States |
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3 years son |
Emmett Clinton Armstrong Birth: October 13, 1890 42 35 — Taylor, Texas, United States Death: May 26, 1963 — Abilene, Taylor, Texas, United States |
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3 years son |
William Wayne Armstrong Birth: September 9, 1893 45 38 — Hylton, Nolan, Texas, United States Death: September 19, 1983 — Erath, Texas, United States |
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4 years son |
Charles M Armstrong Birth: April 9, 1897 49 42 — Nolan, Texas, United States Death: May 6, 1897 — Nolan, Texas, United States |
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16 months son |
Archie F Armstrong Birth: July 29, 1898 50 43 — Nolan, Texas, United States Death: September 19, 1898 — Nolan, Texas, United States |
Mary Jane Cheek has 11 first cousins recorded
Father's family (0)
Mother's family (11)
Parents John Franklin Allen + Susan Wright
Parents John Franklin Allen + Caroline Sarah Coleman
Parents Joseph Matthew Allen + Mary Johnson
| Census | 1860 United States - Census transcript - Randolph Edmond Cheek - Household
Grayson, Texas, United States
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| Census | 1870 United States - Census transcript - Randolph Edmond Cheek - Household
Wharton, Texas, United States
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| Census | 1880 United States - Census transcript - Andrew Benjamin Armstrong - Household
ED 149 Washington, Texas, United States
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| Census | 1900 United States - Census transcript - Andrew Benjamin Armstrong - Household
ED 118 Nolan, Texas, United States
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| Census | 1910 United States - Census transcript - Andrew Benjamin Armstrong - Household
ED 177 Nolan, Texas, United States
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