William Alexander Parran Jr.Age: 96 years1864–1961
- Name
- William Alexander Parran Jr.
- Given names
- William Alexander
- Surname
- Parran
- Name suffix
- Jr.
 Birth | August 7, 1864 44 36 |
 Historical Event | American Civil War between April 1861 and May 1865Note: 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 2 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 2 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 4 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 13 years)Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever |
 Marriage | Eliza Rebecca Shemwell — View this family about 1898 (Age 33 years) |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 33 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 son#1 | William Shemwell Parran December 16, 1899 (Age 35 years) |
 Census | June 1, 1900 (Age 35 years) |
| Death of a father | William Alexander Parran February 14, 1902 (Age 37 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #2 | Elizabeth Anne Parran May 27, 1904 (Age 39 years) |
| Census | April 16, 1910 (Age 45 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 51 years)Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1 |
| Death of a mother | Ann Elizabeth “Annie” Sollers February 25, 1918 (Age 53 years) |
| Historical Event | World War I between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 52 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 53 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/ |
| Census | January 9, 1920 (Age 55 years) |
| Marriage of a child | Albert Wilson — Elizabeth Anne Parran — View this family June 20, 1925 (Age 60 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #1 | Anne Shemwell Wilson June 21, 1926 (Age 61 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #2 | Albert Wilson July 30, 1927 (Age 62 years) |
| Marriage of a child | William Shemwell Parran — Louise Morris — View this family March 5, 1928 (Age 63 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 65 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 |
| Birth of a grandson #3 | William Shemwell Parran Jr. November 7, 1929 (Age 65 years) |
| Census | May 6, 1930 (Age 65 years) |
| Marriage of a child | William Shemwell Parran — Grace Moffat Stuart — View this family February 3, 1937 (Age 72 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #4 | Rebecca Shemwell “Becky” Parran November 1, 1938 (Age 74 years) |
| Census | May 2, 1940 (Age 75 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #5 | Charles Somerset Parran July 29, 1942 (Age 77 years) |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 77 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 85 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 wife | Eliza Rebecca Shemwell February 6, 1955 (Age 90 years) |
| Historical Event | Vietnam War between 1946 and 1975 (Age 81 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 |
 Death | January 18, 1961 (Age 96 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Saint Pauls Episcopal Church Cemetery |
| Family with parents |
| father |
William Alexander Parran Birth: February 5, 1820 — Calvert, Maryland, United States Death: February 14, 1902 — Prince Frederick, Calvert, Maryland, United States |
| mother |
Ann Elizabeth “Annie” Sollers Birth: March 22, 1828 — Calvert, Maryland, United States Death: February 25, 1918 — Calvert, Maryland, United States |
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Marriage: — |
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| himself |
William Alexander Parran Jr. Birth: August 7, 1864 44 36 — Maryland, United States Death: January 18, 1961 — Calvert, Maryland, United States |
| Family with Eliza Rebecca Shemwell |
| himself |
William Alexander Parran Jr. Birth: August 7, 1864 44 36 — Maryland, United States Death: January 18, 1961 — Calvert, Maryland, United States |
| wife |
Eliza Rebecca Shemwell Birth: April 21, 1870 38 27 — Prince Frederick, Calvert, Maryland, United States Death: February 6, 1955 — Prince Frederick, Calvert, Maryland, United States |
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Marriage: about 1898 — |
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23 months son |
William Shemwell Parran Birth: December 16, 1899 35 29 — Calvert, Maryland, United States Death: May 14, 1962 — Calvert, Maryland, United States |
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4 years daughter |
Elizabeth Anne Parran Birth: May 27, 1904 39 34 — Maryland, United States Death: July 30, 2000 — Calvert, Maryland, United States |
William Alexander Parran Jr. has 0 first cousins recorded
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| Census | 1900 United States - Census transcript - William Alexander Parran Jr. - Household
Calvert, Maryland
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| Census | 1910 United States - Census transcript - William Alexander Parran Jr. - Household
Calvert, Maryland
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| Census | 1920 United States - Census transcript - William Alexander Parran Jr. - Household
Prince Frederick, Calvert, Maryland
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| Census | 1930 United States - Census transcript - William Alexander Parran Jr. - Household
Calvert, Maryland
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| Census | 1940 United States - Census transcript - William Alexander Parran Jr. - Household
Calvert, Maryland
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