The Shemwell Family

Virginia Margaret LamAge: 9 years18721881

Name
Virginia Margaret Lam
Given names
Virginia Margaret
Surname
Lam
Birth April 3, 1872 34 34
Death of a maternal grandmotherSusannah Rawley
December 13, 1873 (Age 20 months)
Cause: Typhoid Pneumonia
Birth of a sisterNannie Isabella Frances Lam
April 1, 1874 (Age 23 months)
Birth of a brotherReuben Samuel Lam
January 20, 1876 (Age 3 years)
Birth of a sisterSarah Alice “Sallie” Lam
December 28, 1877 (Age 5 years)
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 5 years)

Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever
Death November 18, 1881 (Age 9 years)
Burial
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father
mother
Marriage: June 23, 1861Rockingham, Virginia, United States
13 months
elder brother
Elmer L Owens
Birth: July 22, 1862 25 24Rockingham, Virginia, United States
Death: August 13, 1954Lancaster, Fairfield, Ohio, United States
18 months
elder brother
Jacob Edward Lam
Birth: January 10, 1864 26 26Rockingham, Virginia, United States
Death: March 2, 1937Ashby, Rockingham, Virginia, United States
22 months
elder brother
Charles Luther “Chas” Lam
Birth: October 31, 1865 28 28Rockingham, Virginia, United States
Death: March 12, 1956Norborne, Carroll, Missouri, United States
2 years
elder sister
Ida Susan “Ida Mae” Lam
Birth: February 12, 1868 30 30Rockingham, Virginia, United States
Death: June 28, 1946Nampa, Canyon, Idaho, United States
2 years
elder sister
Mittie Ann Lam
Birth: February 10, 1870 32 32Rockingham, Virginia, United States
Death: September 3, 1891Rockingham, Virginia, United States
2 years
herself
Virginia Margaret Lam
Birth: April 3, 1872 34 34Rockingham, Virginia, United States
Death: November 18, 1881Rockingham, Virginia, United States
2 years
younger sister
Nannie Isabella Frances Lam
Birth: April 1, 1874 36 36Pleasant Valley, Rockingham, Virginia, United States
Death: May 19, 1966Modesto, Stanislaus, California, United States
22 months
younger brother
Reuben Samuel Lam
Birth: January 20, 1876 38 38Rockingham, Virginia, United States
Death: March 9, 1950Idaho Falls, Bonneville, Idaho, United States
23 months
younger sister
Sarah Alice “Sallie” Lam
Birth: December 28, 1877 40 40Harrisonburg, Rockingham, Virginia, United States
Death: August 6, 1968Nampa, Canyon, Idaho, United States
5 years
younger sister
Mary Catherine “Mollie” Lam
Birth: April 30, 1883 45 45Rockingham, Virginia, United States
Death: April 22, 1970Nampa, Canyon, Idaho, United States