The Shemwell Family

Lenora Anne Scott GilbertAge: 31 years18481880

Name
Lenora Anne Scott Gilbert
Given names
Lenora Anne Scott
Surname
Gilbert
Married name
Lenora Anne Scott Trafton
Birth June 25, 1848 37
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
Death of a paternal grandfatherStephen Gilbert
after 1850 (Age 18 months)
Historical Event
Influenza Epidemic
between 1857 and 1859 (Age 8 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 12 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
Death of a maternal grandmotherRachel Johnson
1866 (Age 17 years)
MarriageRobert Allen TraftonView this family
October 9, 1867 (Age 19 years)
Death of a maternal grandfatherRichard Jones
1867 (Age 18 years)
Historical Event
The Alaska Purchase
1867 (Age 18 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 18 years)
Note: 3,093 perished from yellow fever in New Orleans - http://historyengine.richmond.edu/episodes/view/306
Birth of a daughter
#1
Mary J Trafton
1869 (Age 20 years)

Historical Event
Transcontinental Railroad completed
1869 (Age 20 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
#2
Martha Ann Trafton
January 18, 1870 (Age 21 years)

Birth of a son
#3
Robert Lee Trafton
January 6, 1871 (Age 22 years)

Birth of a daughter
#4
Laura C Trafton
December 25, 1872 (Age 24 years)

Birth of a son
#5
William E Trafton
November 1878 (Age 30 years)

Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 29 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 son
#6
Malachi C Trafton
January 1, 1879 (Age 30 years)

Birth of a daughter
#7
Ella Lane Trafton
1880 (on the date of death)

Death 1880 (Age 31 years)
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: November 6, 1831Pickens, Alabama, United States
sister
sister
brother
brother
brother
elder brother
23 months
elder sister
Rachel Jones Gilbert
Birth: June 6, 1836 25Mississippi, United States
Death: after 1880Texas, United States
2 years
elder sister
3 years
elder brother
3 years
elder brother
Abel Pennington Gilbert
Birth: May 24, 1844 33Pickens, Alabama, United States
Death: June 18, 1909San Antonio, Bexar, Texas, United States
4 years
herself
Family with Robert Allen Trafton - View this family
husband
herself
Marriage: October 9, 1867Gonzales, Texas, United States
2 years
daughter
13 months
daughter
1 year
son
2 years
daughter
6 years
son
2 months
son
2 years
daughter
Robert Allen Trafton + Sarah Corn - View this family
husband
husband’s wife
Marriage:
step-daughter
8 years
step-son
3 years
step-daughter
4 years
step-daughter
10 months
step-son
3 years
step-son
4 years
step-daughter

Lenora Anne Scott Gilbert has 3 first cousins recorded

Father's family (3)

Parents John G Gilbert + Margaret Gilbert

Mother's family (0)