The Shemwell Family

Claire RegnierAge: 93 years18291923

Name
Claire Regnier
Given names
Claire
Surname
Regnier
Married name
Claire Martin
Birth December 26, 1829 45 34
Birth of a brotherJeremie Regnier Sr.
March 8, 1831 (Age 14 months)
Historical Event
Cholera Epidemic
1832 (Age 2 years)
Note: Cholera killed 4,340 people in New Orleans & over 3,000 in New York City - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cholera_outbreaks_and_pandemics
Birth of a sisterTheotiste Regnier
March 23, 1833 (Age 3 years)
Birth of a brotherAnonime Regnier
about 1835 (Age 5 years)
Death of a brotherAnonime Regnier
April 1835 (Age 5 years)
Burial of a brotherAnonime Regnier
April 6, 1835 (Age 5 years)
Historical Event
The Texas Revolution
between October 1835 and April 1836 (Age 5 years)
Note: The Texas Revolution (or Texas War of Independence) was fought from October 2, 1835 to April 21, 1836 between Mexico and the Texas (Tejas) portion of the Mexican state of Coahuila y Tejas. The Texas Revolution erupted in 1836, after Texas declared its independence from Mexico. Mexico responded by invading Texas, where General Santa Anna won decisive victories in the battles of the Alamo and Goliad. The war ended at the Battle of San Jacinto (about 20 miles) east of modern day downtown Houston) where General Sam Houston led the Texas Army to victory in 18 minutes over a portion of the Mexican Army under Santa Anna, who was captured shortly after the battle. The conclusion of the war resulted in the creation of the Republic of Texas - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas_Revolution
Birth of a sisterHermine Regnier
June 1836 (Age 6 years)
Birth of a sisterPhilomine Regnier
March 11, 1838 (Age 8 years)
Birth of a sisterArmintha Regnier
May 10, 1839 (Age 9 years)
Historical Event
Mexican-American War
from 1846 to 1848 (Age 16 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 27 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 31 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 37 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 37 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 39 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 sisterFlavie Regnier
March 15, 1872 (Age 42 years)
Death of a sisterEmelie Regnier
September 29, 1872 (Age 42 years)
Death of a fatherJean Baptiste Regnier Sr.
January 12, 1873 (Age 43 years)
Death of a sisterArmintha Regnier
May 26, 1874 (Age 44 years)
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 48 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 motherMarie Angelique Roy
April 19, 1882 (Age 52 years)
Death of a brotherIsaac Regnier
January 28, 1896 (Age 66 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 68 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 sisterFlorence Regnier
September 16, 1904 (Age 74 years)
Death of a brotherJulian Lucius Regnier
September 1905 (Age 75 years)
Death of a brotherJoseph Xavier Regnier
April 6, 1906 (Age 76 years)
Death of a brotherDavid Regnier
December 8, 1908 (Age 78 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 86 years)

Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1
Death of a brotherJeremie Regnier Sr.
January 21, 1918 (Age 88 years)
Death of a sisterPhilomine Regnier
March 26, 1918 (Age 88 years)
Historical Event
World War I
between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 87 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 88 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 December 3, 1923 (Age 93 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Saint Anne Catholic Cemetery
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father
mother
Marriage: March 26, 1812Quebec, Canada
10 months
elder brother
Benoni Regnier
Birth: January 17, 1813 28 17Quebec, Canada
Death: June 6, 1824L'Acadie, Montérégie, Quebec, Canada
2 years
elder sister
Marguerite Marie Regnier
Birth: April 14, 1815 30 19Quebec, Canada
Death: November 18, 1816Quebec, Canada
14 months
elder sister
16 months
elder sister
Julienne Regnier
Birth: October 20, 1817 32 22L'Acadie, Montérégie, Quebec, Canada
Death:
23 months
elder sister
Sophie Regnier
Birth: September 24, 1819 34 24Quebec, Canada
Death: about 1828
17 months
elder brother
Julian Lucius Regnier
Birth: March 3, 1821 36 25Quebec, Canada
Death: September 1905Clyde, Cloud, Kansas, United States
14 months
elder sister
Flavie Regnier
Birth: May 10, 1822 37 26Quebec, Canada
Death: March 15, 1872St Anne, Kankakee, Illinois, United States
17 months
elder brother
Isaac Regnier
Birth: October 18, 1823 38 28Quebec, Canada
Death: January 28, 1896Ghent, Lyon, Minnesota, United States
18 months
elder brother
Joseph Xavier Regnier
Birth: April 3, 1825 40 29Quebec, Canada
Death: April 6, 1906Clyde, Cloud, Kansas, United States
elder brother
Jean Baptiste Regnier Jr.
Birth: April 3, 1825 40 29Quebec, Canada
Death: September 25, 1825Quebec, Canada
19 months
elder brother
David Regnier
Birth: November 16, 1826 41 31L'Acadie, Montérégie, Quebec, Canada
Death: December 8, 1908Wamego, Pottawatomie, Kansas, United States
14 months
elder sister
Florence Regnier
Birth: January 10, 1828 43 32L'Acadie, Montérégie, Quebec, Canada
Death: September 16, 1904Bourbonnais, Kankakee, Illinois, United States
2 years
herself
Claire Regnier
Birth: December 26, 1829 45 34Quebec, Canada
Death: December 3, 1923St Anne, Kankakee, Illinois, United States
14 months
younger brother
Jeremie Regnier Sr.
Birth: March 8, 1831 46 35Quebec, Canada
Death: January 21, 1918Cloud, Kansas, United States
2 years
younger sister
3 years
younger brother
Anonime Regnier
Birth: about 1835 50 39L'Acadie, Montérégie, Quebec, Canada
Death: April 1835L'Acadie, Montérégie, Quebec, Canada
18 months
younger sister
Hermine Regnier
Birth: June 1836 51 40L'Acadie, Montérégie, Quebec, Canada
Death:
21 months
younger sister
Philomine Regnier
Birth: March 11, 1838 53 42L'Acadie, Montérégie, Quebec, Canada
Death: March 26, 1918Bradley, Kankakee, Illinois, United States
14 months
younger sister
Armintha Regnier
Birth: May 10, 1839 54 43Quebec, Canada
Death: May 26, 1874Wheaton, Pottawatomie, Kansas, United States

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