Sarah Jane TraftonAge: 89 years1850–1939
- Name
- Sarah Jane Trafton
- Given names
- Sarah Jane
- Surname
- Trafton
- Married name
- Sarah Jane Gilbert
 Birth | April 4, 1850 34 26 |
 Birth of a brother | James Self Trafton September 1852 (Age 2 years) |
 Historical Event | Influenza Epidemic between 1857 and 1859 (Age 6 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 10 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 |
 Marriage | William Johnson Gilbert — View this family September 5, 1865 (Age 15 years) |
| Historical Event | The Alaska Purchase 1867 (Age 16 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 16 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 18 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 #1 | Nancy Christine Gilbert March 11, 1871 (Age 20 years) |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 (Age 27 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 father | Malachi Trafton 1885 (Age 34 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #2 | Norma Jane Gilbert July 30, 1891 (Age 41 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #1 | Katie Lucrecia Leinneweber October 2, 1896 (Age 46 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #2 | Cora Mae Leinneweber January 12, 1898 (Age 47 years) |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 47 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 granddaughter #3 | Tinnie Jane Leinneweber March 22, 1899 (Age 48 years) |
| Death of a brother | Henry Edwin Trafton before 1900 (Age 49 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #4 | Mary Ophelia Leinneweber January 28, 1905 (Age 54 years) |
| Death of a brother | Benjamin Edward Trafton November 13, 1906 (Age 56 years) |
| Death of a husband | William Johnson Gilbert April 17, 1911 (Age 61 years) |
| Death of a mother | Nancy Womack September 26, 1913 (Age 63 years) |
| Death of a sister | Emily Trafton after September 26, 1913 (Age 63 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 65 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 66 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 67 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 brother | Elisha B Trafton January 18, 1928 (Age 77 years) |
| Death of a brother | Robert Allen Trafton January 18, 1928 (Age 77 years) |
| Death of a brother | James Self Trafton 1929 (Age 78 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 79 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 |
 Death | April 27, 1939 (Age 89 years) |
| Family with parents |
| father |
Malachi Trafton Birth: 1816 — South Carolina, United States Death: 1885 — Atascosa, Texas, United States |
| mother |
Nancy Womack Birth: April 19, 1823 — Mississippi, United States Death: September 26, 1913 — Gonzales, Texas, United States |
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Marriage: February 23, 1841 — Copiah, Mississippi, United States |
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22 months elder brother |
Benjamin Edward Trafton Birth: 1842 26 18 — Copiah, Mississippi, United States Death: November 13, 1906 — Stonewall, Texas, United States |
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2 years elder brother |
Henry Edwin Trafton Birth: 1843 27 19 — Mississippi, United States Death: before 1900 |
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5 years elder brother |
Elisha B Trafton Birth: September 1847 31 24 — Mississippi, United States Death: January 18, 1928 — Travis, Texas, United States |
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16 months elder sister |
Mary C Trafton Birth: 1848 32 24 — Mississippi, United States Death: |
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13 months elder brother |
Robert Allen Trafton Birth: January 17, 1849 33 25 — Copiah, Mississippi, United States Death: January 18, 1928 — Charlotte, Atascosa, Texas, United States |
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11 months elder sister |
Emily Trafton Birth: 1849 33 25 — Copiah, Mississippi, United States Death: after September 26, 1913 — Copiah, Mississippi, United States |
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15 months herself |
Sarah Jane Trafton Birth: April 4, 1850 34 26 — Mississippi, United States Death: April 27, 1939 — Cotulla, La Salle, Texas, United States |
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3 years younger brother |
James Self Trafton Birth: September 1852 36 29 — Copiah, Mississippi, United States Death: 1929 — Texas, United States |
| Family with William Johnson Gilbert |
| husband |
William Johnson Gilbert Birth: August 8, 1841 30 — Pickens, Alabama, United States Death: April 17, 1911 — Clovis, Curry, New Mexico, United States |
| herself |
Sarah Jane Trafton Birth: April 4, 1850 34 26 — Mississippi, United States Death: April 27, 1939 — Cotulla, La Salle, Texas, United States |
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Marriage: September 5, 1865 — Gonzales, Texas, United States |
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| son |
James Malachi Gilbert Death: |
| daughter |
Mattie Gilbert Death: |
| daughter |
Molly Gilbert Death: |
| son |
Alfred Gilbert Death: |
| son |
Benjamin Gilbert Death: |
| son |
William Henry Gilbert Death: |
| son |
Jefferson Gilbert Death: |
| daughter |
Laura Gilbert Death: |
| daughter |
Angela Gilbert Death: |
| son |
Oliver Gilbert Death: |
| daughter |
Nancy Christine Gilbert Birth: March 11, 1871 29 20 Death: April 12, 1940 — Frio, Texas, United States |
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20 years daughter |
Norma Jane Gilbert Birth: July 30, 1891 49 41 — Atascosa, Texas, United States Death: |