The Shemwell Family

Francis de GraffenriedAge: 45 years17741819

Name
Francis de Graffenried
Given names
Francis
Surname
de Graffenried
Birth about 1774 29

Historical Event
Influenza Epidemic
between 1775 and 1776 (Age 12 months)

Note: In 1775, there was an epidemic of unknown cause in North America (especially New England,) followed in 1775-1776 by what is described as one of the worst worldwide influenza epidemics - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_epidemics
Birth of a brotherWilliam de Graffenried
1776 (Age 2 years)

Historical Event
The American Revolution
from 1775 to 1783 (Age 12 months)

Note: The Thirteen American Colonies broke from the British Empire and formed the independent nation, the United States of America - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Revolution
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic
between 1793 and 1798 (Age 19 years)
Note: More than 4,000 Philadelphia residents died from yellow fever - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yellow_Fever_Epidemic_of_1793
MarriageTabitha KingView this family
November 1803 (Age 29 years)

Historical Event
The Louisiana Purchase
1803 (Age 29 years)

Note: Napoleon Bonaparte agrees to sell 828,000 square miles of land to the United States for $15 million - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louisiana_Purchase
Historical Event
War of 1812
between 1812 and 1815 (Age 38 years)

Note: War of 1812 between the Americans and the British. The Creek (or Red Stick) War in Alabama had different origins, but it coincided with the war of 1812, and the U.S. treated it as a part of the larger war, with Jackson and his forces also in charge of defeating the Creeks - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_of_1812
Death 1819 (Age 45 years)

Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage:
elder brother
20 months
elder sister
5 years
elder sister
2 years
elder brother
3 years
elder sister
3 years
himself
3 years
younger brother
Family with Tabitha King - View this family
himself
wife
Marriage: November 1803