Sarah Catherine CollinsAge: 77 years1860–1937
- Name
- Sarah Catherine Collins
- Given names
- Sarah Catherine
- Surname
- Collins
- Married name
- Sarah Catherine Steele
 Birth | May 20, 1860 |
 Historical Event | American Civil War between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 10 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 6 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 6 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 8 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 |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 (Age 17 years)Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever |
 Marriage | Joseph Franklin Steele — View this family January 11, 1887 (Age 26 years) |
 Birth of a son#1 | Willis Stevenson Steele Sr February 17, 1892 (Age 31 years) |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 37 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 17, 1900 (Age 40 years) |
| Marriage of a child | Willis Stevenson Steele Sr — Emma Delora Carter — View this family June 5, 1915 (Age 55 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #1 | Iola Marie “Tootsie” Steele November 7, 1915 (Age 55 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 55 years)Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1 |
| Birth of a grandson #2 | Willis Stevenson “Bud” Steele Jr April 15, 1917 (Age 56 years) |
| Historical Event | World War I between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 56 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 57 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/ |
| Death of a husband | Joseph Franklin Steele February 16, 1929 (Age 68 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 1, 1937 (Age 77 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Kewanna Citizens IOOF Cemetery |
| Family with Joseph Franklin Steele |
| husband |
Joseph Franklin Steele Birth: July 1858 — White, Indiana, United States Death: February 16, 1929 — Fulton, Indiana, United States |
| herself |
Sarah Catherine Collins Birth: May 20, 1860 — Fulton, Indiana, United States Death: November 1, 1937 — Sheldon, Iroquois, Illinois, United States |
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Marriage: January 11, 1887 — Watseka, Iroquois, Illinois, United States |
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5 years son |
Willis Stevenson Steele Sr Birth: February 17, 1892 33 31 — Cullom, Livingston, Illinois, United States Death: December 14, 1979 — Logansport, Cass, Indiana, United States |
No family available
| Census | 1900 United States - Census transcript - Joseph Franklin Steele - Household
Goodland, Newton, Indiana, United States
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