Thomas RecroftAge: 41 years1841–1882
- Name
- Thomas Recroft
- Given names
- Thomas
- Surname
- Recroft
 Birth | 1841 |
 Historical Event | Mexican-American War from 1846 to 1848 (Age 5 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 16 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 20 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 26 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 26 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 28 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 | Jane Spence — View this family about 1870 (Age 29 years) Note: Marriage info based on the birth of their first child |
 Birth of a son#1 | Robert Alexander Recroft February 9, 1875 (Age 34 years) |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 (Age 37 years)Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever |
 Census | 1881 (Age 40 years) |
 Death | February 21, 1882 (Age 41 years) |
| Family with Jane Spence |
| himself |
Thomas Recroft Birth: 1841 — Ireland Death: February 21, 1882 — Lakefield, Ontario, Canada |
| wife |
Jane Spence Birth: June 22, 1838 — Ireland Death: February 12, 1920 — Whitewood, Lawrence, South Dakota, United States |
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Marriage: about 1870 — Canada |
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5 years son |
Robert Alexander Recroft Birth: February 9, 1875 34 36 — Lakefield, Peterborough, Ontario, Canada Death: April 28, 1954 — Richfield, Hennepin, Minnesota, United States |
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| Census | Canada - Census transcript - Thomas Recroft - Household
Douro, Peterborough, Ontario, Canada
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