The Shemwell Family

Rachel Jones GilbertAge: 43 years18361880

Name
Rachel Jones Gilbert
Given names
Rachel Jones
Surname
Gilbert
Married name
Rachel Jones Norvell
Birth June 6, 1836 25
Birth of a sisterHannah Gilbert
September 13, 1838 (Age 2 years)
Death of a paternal grandmotherHannah Edmunds
1840 (Age 3 years)
Birth of a brotherWilliam Johnson Gilbert
August 8, 1841 (Age 5 years)
Birth of a brotherAbel Pennington Gilbert
May 24, 1844 (Age 7 years)
Birth of a sisterLenora Anne Scott Gilbert
June 25, 1848 (Age 12 years)
Historical Event
Mexican-American War
from 1846 to 1848 (Age 9 years)
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 13 years)
Historical Event
Influenza Epidemic
between 1857 and 1859 (Age 20 years)

Note: In 1857-1859, there was an extremely severe worldwide outbreak of influenza - http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3884
MarriageThomas Smith NorvellView this family
April 15, 1860 (Age 23 years)
Historical Event
American Civil War
between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 24 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 29 years)
Death of a maternal grandfatherRichard Jones
1867 (Age 30 years)
Historical Event
The Alaska Purchase
1867 (Age 30 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 30 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 32 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
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 41 years)

Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever
Death of a sisterLenora Anne Scott Gilbert
1880 (Age 43 years)
Death after 1880 (Age 43 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
herself
Rachel Jones Gilbert
Birth: June 6, 1836 25Mississippi, United States
Death: after 1880Texas, United States
2 years
younger sister
3 years
younger brother
3 years
younger brother
Abel Pennington Gilbert
Birth: May 24, 1844 33Pickens, Alabama, United States
Death: June 18, 1909San Antonio, Bexar, Texas, United States
4 years
younger sister
Family with Thomas Smith Norvell - View this family
husband
herself
Rachel Jones Gilbert
Birth: June 6, 1836 25Mississippi, United States
Death: after 1880Texas, United States
Marriage: April 15, 1860Navarro, Texas, United States

Rachel Jones Gilbert has 3 first cousins recorded

Father's family (3)

Parents John G Gilbert + Margaret Gilbert

Mother's family (0)