The Shemwell Family

Major HollandAge: 53 years17771831

Name
Major Holland
Given names
Major
Surname
Holland
Birth December 4, 1777 35 33

Birth of a sisterDorothy Dolly Holland
about 1778 (Age 28 days)

Birth of a brotherRichard Holland
November 17, 1782 (Age 4 years)

Historical Event
The American Revolution
from 1775 to 1783

Note: The Thirteen American Colonies broke from the British Empire and formed the independent nation, the United States of America - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Revolution
Birth of a brotherShandy Walker Holland
about 1786 (Age 8 years)

Birth of a sisterMargaret Holland
about 1788 (Age 10 years)

Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic
between 1793 and 1798 (Age 15 years)
Note: More than 4,000 Philadelphia residents died from yellow fever - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yellow_Fever_Epidemic_of_1793
Historical Event
The Louisiana Purchase
1803 (Age 25 years)

Note: Napoleon Bonaparte agrees to sell 828,000 square miles of land to the United States for $15 million - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louisiana_Purchase
Historical Event
War of 1812
between 1812 and 1815 (Age 34 years)

Note: War of 1812 between the Americans and the British. The Creek (or Red Stick) War in Alabama had different origins, but it coincided with the war of 1812, and the U.S. treated it as a part of the larger war, with Jackson and his forces also in charge of defeating the Creeks - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_of_1812
Death of a sisterMargaret Holland
before 1816 (Age 38 years)

Death of a motherMary Walker
June 8, 1821 (Age 43 years)
Death of a brotherMichael Holland
about 1825 (Age 47 years)
Death August 7, 1831 (Age 53 years)

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father
mother
Marriage: February 20, 1765Goochland, Virginia, United States
7 months
elder sister
Sally Holland
Birth: September 8, 1765 23 21Goochland, Virginia, United States
Death:
23 months
elder sister
Rachel Holland
Birth: August 3, 1767 25 23Goochland, Virginia, United States
Death:
4 years
elder brother
3 years
elder brother
4 years
elder sister
23 months
himself
13 months
younger sister
5 years
younger brother
4 years
younger brother
3 years
younger sister

Major Holland has 0 first cousins recorded

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