The Shemwell Family

Name
Margaret Dutour
Given names
Margaret
Surname
Dutour
Married name
Margaret Renville
Birth September 27, 1855
Historical Event
Influenza Epidemic
between 1857 and 1859 (Age 15 months)

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 5 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
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
MarriageNichlas Anaclet RenvilleView this family
October 7, 1883 (Age 28 years)
Birth of a daughter
#1
Minnie Margaret Renville
August 23, 1884 (Age 28 years)
Birth of a son
#2
Nicholas Ephrem Renville
July 2, 1886 (Age 30 years)
Birth of a son
#3
Ephrem Nicholas Renville
March 28, 1889 (Age 33 years)
Birth of a son
#4
Louis John Renville
June 8, 1891 (Age 35 years)
Birth of a son
#5
John Louis Renville
August 30, 1894 (Age 38 years)
Birth of a daughter
#6
Margaret Mary Renville
September 28, 1896 (Age 41 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 42 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 April 19, 1898 (Age 42 years)
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