Mary Ann CraneyAge: 72 years1859–1932
- Name
- Mary Ann Craney
- Given names
- Mary Ann
- Surname
- Craney
- Married name
- Mary Ann Gibbons
 Birth | December 25, 1859 |
 Historical Event | Influenza Epidemic between 1857 and 1859Note: 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 15 months)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 7 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 7 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 9 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 | Miles Gibbons — View this family January 22, 1878 (Age 18 years) |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 (Age 18 years)Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever |
 Birth of a son#1 | George William Gibbons September 4, 1896 (Age 36 years) |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 38 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 |
 Census | June 1, 1900 (Age 40 years) |
| Death of a husband | Miles Gibbons December 15, 1909 (Age 49 years) |
| Marriage of a child | George William Gibbons — Florence Marie Troutman — View this family May 22, 1916 (Age 56 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #1 | George M Gibbons June 6, 1916 (Age 56 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 56 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 57 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 58 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/ |
| Birth of a granddaughter #2 | Margaret Elaine Gibbons January 22, 1923 (Age 63 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 69 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 | November 28, 1932 (Age 72 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Saint Patricks Catholic Cemetery |
| Family with Miles Gibbons |
| husband |
Miles Gibbons Birth: June 24, 1838 — Ireland Death: December 15, 1909 — Walnut, Pottawattamie, Iowa, United States |
| herself |
Mary Ann Craney Birth: December 25, 1859 — Iowa, United States Death: November 28, 1932 — Walnut, Pottawattamie, Iowa, United States |
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Marriage: January 22, 1878 — Pottawattamie, Iowa, United States |
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19 years son |
George William Gibbons Birth: September 4, 1896 58 36 — Iowa, United States Death: November 9, 1961 — Des Moines, Polk, Iowa, United States |
No family available
| Census | 1900 United States - Census transcript - Miles Gibbons - Household
Walnut, Pottawattamie, Iowa, United States
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