The Shemwell Family

Mary Francis TylerAge: 58 years18441902

Name
Mary Francis Tyler
Given names
Mary Francis
Surname
Tyler
Married name
Mary Francis Folck
Birth 1844 21 17
Birth of a sisterLaura Tyler
1846 (Age 2 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
Birth of a sisterAlice Tyler
April 1850 (Age 6 years)
Census September 18, 1850 (Age 6 years)
Birth of a brotherWilliam Tyler
1852 (Age 8 years)
Death of a fatherWilliam D Tyler
1853 (Age 9 years)
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
Census August 24, 1860 (Age 16 years)
Note: N6953
Death of a maternal grandfatherJesse B Turley
June 1861 (Age 17 years)
Marriage of a parentJames M HuffEdmonia Margaret TurleyView this family
Type: Religious marriage
November 27, 1861 (Age 17 years)
Historical Event
American Civil War
between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 17 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
MarriageDaniel H FolckView this family
June 3, 1867 (Age 23 years)
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
Birth of a daughter
#1
Zula Folck
September 1868 (Age 24 years)
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
Birth of a daughter
#2
Bettie Folck
August 24, 1871 (Age 27 years)
Death of a maternal grandmotherJulia Riddle
1873 (Age 29 years)
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
Census June 25, 1880 (Age 36 years)
Marriage of a childWilliam J DonnellanZula FolckView this family
April 8, 1891 (Age 47 years)
Birth of a grandson
#1
John Thomas Donnellan Sr
December 3, 1892 (Age 48 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 54 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 May 4, 1902 (Age 58 years)

Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: December 14, 1843Cooper, Missouri, United States
13 months
herself
3 years
younger sister
Laura Tyler
Birth: 1846 23 19Cooper, Missouri, United States
Death:
4 years
younger sister
Alice Tyler
Birth: April 1850 27 24Cooper, Missouri, United States
Death:
3 years
younger brother
Mother’s family with James M Huff - View this family
step-father
mother
Marriage: November 27, 1861Cooper, Missouri, United States
Family with Daniel H Folck - View this family
husband
Daniel H Folck
Birth: October 1, 1844Maryland, United States
Death: January 3, 1918Los Angeles, California, United States
herself
Marriage: June 3, 1867Cooper, Missouri, United States
16 months
daughter
Zula Folck
Birth: September 1868 23 24Missouri, United States
Death: August 23, 1961Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States
3 years
daughter
Bettie Folck
Birth: August 24, 1871 26 27Missouri, United States
Death:

Mary Francis Tyler has 11 first cousins recorded

Census
N6953
Census1880 United States - Census transcript - Daniel H Folck - Household

Marshall, Saline, Missouri, United States

NameColorSexAgeMonRelationCondMYOccupationUnEmSickBlindDDIdioticInsaneDisabledSchoolReadWriteBPFBPMBP
Folck, Daniel HWM36headMblacksmithMDMDMD
Folck, Mary WF35wifeMMOVAMO
Folck, ZulaWF11daughterSMOMDMO
Folck, BettieWF9daughterSMOMDMO