The Shemwell Family

Mary Elizabeth DiuguidAge: 76 years18471923

Name
Mary Elizabeth Diuguid
Given names
Mary Elizabeth
Surname
Diuguid
Married name
Mary Elizabeth Bourland
Birth January 7, 1847

Historical Event
Mexican-American War
from 1846 to 1848
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 9 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 14 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 19 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 19 years)
Note: 3,093 perished from yellow fever in New Orleans - http://historyengine.richmond.edu/episodes/view/306
MarriageWilliam Slaton BourlandView this family
1869 (Age 21 years)

Historical Event
Transcontinental Railroad completed
1869 (Age 21 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 daughter
#1
Effie Bernice Bourland
1870 (Age 22 years)

Birth of a son
#2
Edwin Earle Bourland
1872 (Age 24 years)

Birth of a daughter
#3
Wilhelmina Queen “Willie” Bourland
March 10, 1874 (Age 27 years)
Death of a husbandWilliam Slaton Bourland
November 21, 1876 (Age 29 years)
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 30 years)

Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever
Marriage of a childThomas Erwin “Tom” GarlandEffie Bernice BourlandView this family
1891 (Age 43 years)

Birth of a grandson
#1
Clifford Garland
June 1892 (Age 45 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#2
Mary Bernice Garland
August 1893 (Age 46 years)
Marriage of a childJudge Robert Lee ShemwellWilhelmina Queen “Willie” BourlandView this family
June 2, 1896 (Age 49 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#3
Mary Catherine Shemwell
March 14, 1897 (Age 50 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#4
Helen Rebecca Shemwell
August 18, 1898 (Age 51 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 51 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
Birth of a granddaughter
#5
Ruth Shemwell
May 31, 1900 (Age 53 years)
Death of a granddaughterRuth Shemwell
June 15, 1901 (Age 54 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#6
Adeline Olivia Shemwell
May 1902 (Age 55 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#7
Laura Bell Shemwell
January 15, 1904 (Age 57 years)
Death of a granddaughterLaura Bell Shemwell
June 20, 1904 (Age 57 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#8
Julia Clark Shemwell
March 17, 1905 (Age 58 years)
Birth of a grandson
#9
Robert Lee Shemwell Jr.
December 27, 1906 (Age 59 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#10
Dorothy Eleanor Shemwell
August 20, 1908 (Age 61 years)
Birth of a grandson
#11
Rev. James Albert Shemwell Sr.
November 17, 1910 (Age 63 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#12
Margaret Wayne Shemwell
January 12, 1913 (Age 66 years)
Death of a granddaughterMargaret Wayne Shemwell
January 8, 1914 (Age 67 years)
Cause: Pneumonia
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 68 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 granddaughter
#13
Elizabeth Randolph Shemwell
April 12, 1918 (Age 71 years)
Historical Event
World War I
between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 69 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 70 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 November 29, 1923 (Age 76 years)

Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Murray Cemetery
Family with William Slaton Bourland - View this family
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Marriage: 1869
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