Martha ParkerAge: 84 years1842–1927
- Name
- Martha Parker
- Given names
- Martha
- Surname
- Parker
- Married name
- Martha Strahan
 Birth | July 10, 1842 |
 Historical Event | Mexican-American War from 1846 to 1848 (Age 3 years)Note: The Mexican-American War was an armed conflict between the United States of America and the United Mexican States from 1846 to 1848 in the wake of the 1845 U.S. annexation of Texas, which Mexico considered part of its territory despite the 1836 Texas Revolution - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mexican%E2%80%93American_War |
| Historical Event | Influenza Epidemic between 1857 and 1859 (Age 14 years)Note: In 1857-1859, there was an extremely severe worldwide outbreak of influenza - http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3884 |
 Marriage | Thomas Strahan — View this family November 5, 1861 (Age 19 years) |
| Historical Event | American Civil War between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 18 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 24 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 24 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 26 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 |
 Birth of a son#1 | Charles Edwin Strahan Sr April 15, 1874 (Age 31 years) |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 (Age 35 years)Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 55 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 |
| Death of a husband | Thomas Strahan June 4, 1905 (Age 62 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #1 | Martha Mae Strahan November 15, 1906 (Age 64 years) |
| Marriage of a child | Charles Edwin Strahan Sr — Harriet Elizabeth “Hattie” Troutman — View this family about 1906 (Age 63 years) Note: Marriage info based on the 1910 Census |
| Birth of a granddaughter #2 | Marjorie G Strahan June 11, 1908 (Age 65 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #3 | Charles Edwin Strahan Jr March 6, 1910 (Age 67 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #4 | Floyd Strahan 1913 (Age 70 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #5 | Myrtle Strahan 1914 (Age 71 years) |
| Death of a granddaughter | Myrtle Strahan 1915 (Age 72 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 73 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 #6 | Clyde Herman Strahan August 25, 1917 (Age 75 years) |
| Historical Event | World War I between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 74 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 75 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 | April 14, 1927 (Age 84 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: McPherson Cemetery |
| Family with Thomas Strahan |
| husband |
Thomas Strahan Birth: 1838 — Scotland Death: June 4, 1905 — McPherson, Kansas, United States |
| herself |
Martha Parker Birth: July 10, 1842 — Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom Death: April 14, 1927 — McPherson, McPherson, Kansas, United States |
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Marriage: November 5, 1861 — Simcoe, Ontario, Canada |
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12 years son |
Charles Edwin Strahan Sr Birth: April 15, 1874 36 31 — Empire, Cherokee, Kansas, United States Death: September 16, 1956 — McPherson, Kansas, United States |