The Shemwell Family

Mary J Trafton1869

Name
Mary J Trafton
Given names
Mary J
Surname
Trafton
Birth 1869 19 20

Historical Event
Transcontinental Railroad completed
1869

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 sisterMartha Ann Trafton
January 18, 1870 (Age 12 months)

Birth of a brotherRobert Lee Trafton
January 6, 1871 (Age 2 years)

Birth of a sisterLaura C Trafton
December 25, 1872 (Age 3 years)

Birth of a half-sisterEmily Mamie Trafton
April 2, 1877 (Age 8 years)

Birth of a brotherWilliam E Trafton
November 1878 (Age 9 years)

Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 9 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 brotherMalachi C Trafton
January 1, 1879 (Age 10 years)

Birth of a sisterElla Lane Trafton
1880 (Age 11 years)

Death of a motherLenora Anne Scott Gilbert
1880 (Age 11 years)
Birth of a half-brotherRichard Trafton
May 23, 1885 (Age 16 years)

Death of a paternal grandfatherMalachi Trafton
1885 (Age 16 years)
Birth of a half-sisterLydia Trafton
1887 (Age 18 years)

Birth of a half-sisterElvira Birdie Trafton
1890 (Age 21 years)

Birth of a half-brotherOron Trafton
October 28, 1890 (Age 21 years)

Death of a maternal grandfatherNathan Gilbert
November 4, 1891 (Age 22 years)
Birth of a half-brotherVincent Trafton
October 3, 1893 (Age 24 years)

Birth of a half-sisterBessie Trafton
1897 (Age 28 years)

Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 29 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
Death of a paternal grandmotherNancy Womack
September 26, 1913 (Age 44 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 47 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 48 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 49 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 of a fatherRobert Allen Trafton
January 18, 1928 (Age 59 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 60 years)

Note: The Wall Street Crash sets off the Great Depression, the most severe worldwide economic depression in the 20th century - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Depression
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 72 years)

Note: The United States enters World War II after the attack at Pearl Harbor, a global war that involved the vast majority of the world's nations and including all of the great powers - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 81 years)
Note: The Korean War was a war between the Republic of Korea (South Korea), supported by the United Nations, and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea), at one time supported by the People's Republic of China and the Soviet Union - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_War
Death of a half-brotherOron Trafton
September 15, 1973 (Age 104 years)
Burial of a half-brotherOron Trafton
September 15, 1973 (Age 104 years)
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Hopewell Cemetery
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 77 years)
Note: The Vietnam War was a long, costly armed conflict that pitted the communist regime of North Vietnam and its southern allies, known as the Viet Cong, against South Vietnam and its principal ally, the United States. The divisive war, increasingly unpopular at home, ended with the withdrawal of U.S. forces in 1973 and the unification of Vietnam under Communist control two years later. More than 3 million people, including 58,000 Americans, were killed in the conflict. - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnam_War
Deathunknown

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Marriage: October 9, 1867Gonzales, Texas, United States
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13 months
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1 year
younger brother
2 years
younger sister
6 years
younger brother
2 months
younger brother
2 years
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8 years
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4 years
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3 years
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Mary J Trafton has 44 first cousins recorded