Louise H WoodAge: 77 years1848–1925
- Name
- Louise H Wood
- Given names
- Louise H
- Surname
- Wood
- Married name
- Louise H McGill
- Married name
- Louise H Shemwell
 Birth | 1848 Note: British Honduras |
 Marriage | Michael McGill — View this family unknown |
 Historical Event | Influenza Epidemic between 1857 and 1859 (Age 9 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 13 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 19 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 19 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 21 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 30 years)Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever |
| Religious marriage | Allen James Shemwell — View this family February 3, 1883 (Age 35 years) |
| Tutor of Children | Tutor August 29, 1887 (Age 39 years) |
 Death of a husband | Allen James Shemwell January 12, 1892 (Age 44 years) Cause: Chronic hepatitis |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 50 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 |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 68 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 69 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 70 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 | June 5, 1925 (Age 77 years) |
| Will | June 18, 1925 (13 days after death) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Lafayette Cemetery #1 |
| Family with Michael McGill |
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Michael McGill Death: |
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Louise H Wood Birth: 1848 — Honduras Death: June 5, 1925 — New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, United States |
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Marriage: — |
| Family with Allen James Shemwell |
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Allen James Shemwell Birth: 1840 32 30 — Louisiana, United States Death: January 12, 1892 — Louisiana, United States |
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Louise H Wood Birth: 1848 — Honduras Death: June 5, 1925 — New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, United States |
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Marriage: February 3, 1883 — New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, United States |
No family available
| Birth | British Honduras |