William C Brinkley1856–
- Name
- William C Brinkley
- Given names
- William C
- Surname
- Brinkley
 Birth | about 1856 26 27 |
 Birth of a sister | Laura Lee Brinkley October 29, 1857 (Age 21 months) |
 Historical Event | Influenza Epidemic between 1857 and 1859 (Age 12 months)Note: In 1857-1859, there was an extremely severe worldwide outbreak of influenza - http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3884 |
| Death of a mother | Mary Ann Lamb June 14, 1860 (Age 4 years) |
| Marriage of a parent | John Joseph Brinkley — … … — View this family before 1862 (Age 6 years) |
| Birth of a half-sister | Maggie Brinkley estimated 1862 (Age 6 years) |
| Death of a father | John Joseph Brinkley July 4, 1863 (Age 7 years) |
| Historical Event | American Civil War between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 5 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 |
| Historical Event | The Alaska Purchase 1867 (Age 11 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 11 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 13 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 22 years)Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 42 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 half-sister | Marietta Isadora Catherine Mason September 25, 1916 (Age 60 years) Cause: Chronic Nephritis Contributory Malaria with complications |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 60 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 61 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 62 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 sister | Laura Lee Brinkley October 25, 1927 (Age 71 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 73 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 85 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 94 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 |
| Historical Event | Vietnam War between 1946 and 1975 (Age 90 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 | unknown |
| Family with parents |
| father |
John Joseph Brinkley Birth: August 23, 1829 — Bourne, Lincolnshire, England Death: July 4, 1863 — Kentucky, United States |
| mother |
Mary Ann Lamb Birth: June 18, 1828 — Virginia, United States Death: June 14, 1860 |
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Marriage: January 10, 1853 — Rockport, Spencer, Indiana, United States |
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16 months elder sister |
Emma Brinkley Birth: May 13, 1854 24 25 Death: |
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3 years himself |
William C Brinkley Birth: about 1856 26 27 Death: |
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22 months younger sister |
Laura Lee Brinkley Birth: October 29, 1857 28 29 — Paradise, Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States Death: October 25, 1927 — Cleaton, Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States |
| Father’s family with … … |
| father |
John Joseph Brinkley Birth: August 23, 1829 — Bourne, Lincolnshire, England Death: July 4, 1863 — Kentucky, United States |
| step-mother |
… … Birth: Kentucky, United States Death: |
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Marriage: before 1862 — |
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1 year half-sister |
Maggie Brinkley Birth: estimated 1862 32 — Kentucky, United States Death: |
| Mother’s family with Ambrose G Mason |
| step-father |
Ambrose G Mason Death: |
| mother |
Mary Ann Lamb Birth: June 18, 1828 — Virginia, United States Death: June 14, 1860 |
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Marriage: March 4, 1844 — Spencer, Indiana, United States |
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Divorce: October 1851 — |
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9 months half-sister |
Marietta Isadora Catherine Mason Birth: December 6, 1844 16 — Indiana, United States Death: September 25, 1916 — Paradise, Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States |