The Shemwell Family

Mary Ann StarlingAge: 94 years17371831

Name
Mary Ann Starling
Given names
Mary Ann
Surname
Starling
Married name
Mary Ann Waller
Birth 1737
MarriageEdward WallerView this family
about 1754 (Age 17 years)

Birth of a son
#1
Daniel Waller
about 1761 (Age 24 years)
Historical Event
The French & Indian War
between 1754 and 1763 (Age 17 years)

Note: The French and Indian War is the American name for the North American theater of the Seven Years War, fought primarily between the colonies of British America and New France - http://goo.gl/SiIuNc
Historical Event
Influenza Epidemic
between 1775 and 1776 (Age 38 years)

Note: In 1775, there was an epidemic of unknown cause in North America (especially New England,) followed in 1775-1776 by what is described as one of the worst worldwide influenza epidemics - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_epidemics
Historical Event
The American Revolution
from 1775 to 1783 (Age 38 years)

Note: The Thirteen American Colonies broke from the British Empire and formed the independent nation, the United States of America - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Revolution
Marriage of a childDaniel WallerFrances HolmesView this family
April 29, 1788 (Age 51 years)
Birth of a grandson
#1
Isaac Holmes Waller
December 10, 1790 (Age 53 years)
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic
between 1793 and 1798 (Age 56 years)
Note: More than 4,000 Philadelphia residents died from yellow fever - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yellow_Fever_Epidemic_of_1793
Birth of a granddaughter
#2
Rebecca Waller
estimated 1798 (Age 61 years)
Historical Event
The Louisiana Purchase
1803 (Age 66 years)

Note: Napoleon Bonaparte agrees to sell 828,000 square miles of land to the United States for $15 million - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louisiana_Purchase
Death of a husbandEdward Waller
February 20, 1809 (Age 72 years)
Historical Event
War of 1812
between 1812 and 1815 (Age 75 years)

Note: War of 1812 between the Americans and the British. The Creek (or Red Stick) War in Alabama had different origins, but it coincided with the war of 1812, and the U.S. treated it as a part of the larger war, with Jackson and his forces also in charge of defeating the Creeks - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_of_1812
Death 1831 (Age 94 years)
Family with Edward Waller - View this family
husband
Edward Waller
Birth: about 1736Mecklenburg, Virginia, United States
Death: February 20, 1809Lunenburg, Lunenburg, Virginia, United States
herself
Mary Ann Starling
Birth: 1737Mecklenburg, Virginia, United States
Death: 1831Mecklenburg, Virginia, United States
Marriage: about 1754
8 years
son
Daniel Waller
Birth: about 1761 25 24Mecklenburg, Virginia, United States
Death: May 7, 1834Mecklenburg, Virginia, United States

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