Gertrude V CochranAge: 62 years1861–1923
- Name
- Gertrude V Cochran
- Given names
- Gertrude V
- Surname
- Cochran
- Married name
- Gertrude V Foy
 Birth | about 1861 |
 Historical Event | American Civil War between April 1861 and May 1865Note: 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 |
 Marriage | James Edgar Foy — View this family December 11, 1877 (Age 16 years) |
| 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 |
 Birth of a daughter#1 | Mary Cornelia “May” Foy August 3, 1885 (Age 24 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 |
| Marriage of a child | Dermot Shemwell — Mary Cornelia “May” Foy — View this family October 18, 1905 (Age 44 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #1 | Laura Gertrude Shemwell 1907 (Age 46 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #2 | Irma Shemwell September 1, 1908 (Age 47 years) |
| Death of a granddaughter | Irma Shemwell August 1, 1909 (Age 48 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #3 | Mary Foy Shemwell February 10, 1912 (Age 51 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #4 | Dermot “Bud” Shemwell Jr. March 17, 1915 (Age 54 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #5 | Infant Daughter Shemwell July 6, 1916 (Age 55 years) |
| Death of a granddaughter | Infant Daughter Shemwell July 6, 1916 (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 |
| 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 | July 25, 1923 (Age 62 years) |
| Family with James Edgar Foy |
| husband |
James Edgar Foy Birth: October 19, 1851 Death: |
| herself |
Gertrude V Cochran Birth: about 1861 Death: July 25, 1923 |
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Marriage: December 11, 1877 — |
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8 years daughter |
Mary Cornelia “May” Foy Birth: August 3, 1885 33 24 — Clayton, Barbour, Alabama, United States Death: June 13, 1982 — Dougherty, Georgia, United States |