Rachel Emma HillmanAge: 79 years1850–1930
- Name
- Rachel Emma Hillman
- Given names
- Rachel Emma
- Surname
- Hillman
- Married name
- Rachel Emma Fisher
 Birth | April 20, 1850 |
 Historical Event | Influenza Epidemic between 1857 and 1859 (Age 6 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 10 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 16 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 16 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 18 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 |
 Marriage | Isaac J Fisher — View this family March 2, 1870 (Age 19 years) |
 Birth of a son#1 | Edward S Fisher September 29, 1874 (Age 24 years) |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 (Age 27 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 1, 1880 (Age 30 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #1 | Ines Fisher May 22, 1898 (Age 48 years) |
| Marriage of a child | Edward S Fisher — Myrtle H Cox — View this family about 1898 (Age 47 years) Note: Marriage date based on 1900 Census |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 47 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 |
| Birth of a granddaughter #2 | Merta J Fisher December 2, 1900 (Age 50 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 65 years)Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1 |
| Historical Event | World War I between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 66 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 67 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/ |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 79 years)Note: The Wall Street Crash sets off the Great Depression, the most severe worldwide economic depression in the 20th century - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Depression |
| Death of a husband | Isaac J Fisher February 3, 1930 (on the date of death) |
 Death | February 3, 1930 (Age 79 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Oxford Cemetery |
| Family with Isaac J Fisher |
| husband |
Isaac J Fisher Birth: February 5, 1847 — Gilboa, Putnam, Ohio, United States Death: February 3, 1930 — Wadsworth, Leavenworth, Leavenworth, Kansas, United States |
| herself |
Rachel Emma Hillman Birth: April 20, 1850 — Illinois, United States Death: February 3, 1930 — Oxford, Sumner, Kansas, United States |
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Marriage: March 2, 1870 — Springfield, Sangamon, Illinois, United States |
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5 years son |
Edward S Fisher Birth: September 29, 1874 27 24 — Illinois, United States Death: October 8, 1957 — Ottawa, Kansas, United States |
| Census | 1880 United States - Census transcript - Isaac J Fisher - Household
Palestine, Sumner, Kansas, United States
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