Rene Henry Brunet Jr.Age: 81 years1838–1919
- Name
- Rene Henry Brunet Jr.
- Given names
- Rene Henry
- Surname
- Brunet
- Name suffix
- Jr.
 Birth | March 9, 1838 28 24 |
 Birth of a brother | Thomas Brunet October 1844 (Age 6 years) |
 Historical Event | Mexican-American War from 1846 to 1848 (Age 7 years)Note: The Mexican-American War was an armed conflict between the United States of America and the United Mexican States from 1846 to 1848 in the wake of the 1845 U.S. annexation of Texas, which Mexico considered part of its territory despite the 1836 Texas Revolution - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mexican%E2%80%93American_War |
| Historical Event | Influenza Epidemic between 1857 and 1859 (Age 18 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 23 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 28 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 28 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 30 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 |
 Marriage | Mary Alice Shemwell — View this family February 6, 1873 (Age 34 years) |
| Birth of a son #1 | William Allen Brunet March 13, 1874 (Age 36 years) |
| Death of a wife | Mary Alice Shemwell May 24, 1874 (Age 36 years) |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 (Age 39 years)Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever |
 Census | June 1, 1880 (Age 42 years) |
| Death of a father | Rene Henry Brunet Sr. July 23, 1889 (Age 51 years) |
| Death of a mother | Susan Jane Thompson December 10, 1889 (Age 51 years) |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 60 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 |
| Marriage of a child | William Allen Brunet — Mary Christina “Mamie” Laird — View this family July 1, 1899 (Age 61 years) |
| Census | June 7, 1900 (Age 62 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #1 | Alice Adelaide Brunet November 1900 (Age 62 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #2 | Renee Marie Brunet February 11, 1904 (Age 65 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #3 | Louise Shemwell “Mae” Brunet January 21, 1906 (Age 67 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #4 | Roberta Laird Brunet January 1909 (Age 70 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 77 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 78 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 79 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/ |
| Birth of a granddaughter #5 | Billie Jane Brunet calculated 1919 (Age 80 years) |
 Death | April 17, 1919 (Age 81 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Lafayette #1 Cemetery |
| Family with parents |
| father |
Rene Henry Brunet Sr. Birth: calculated 1810 — France Death: July 23, 1889 — New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, United States |
| mother |
Susan Jane Thompson Birth: calculated 1814 — Louisville, Jefferson, Georgia, United States Death: December 10, 1889 — New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, United States |
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Marriage: — |
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| himself |
Rene Henry Brunet Jr. Birth: March 9, 1838 28 24 — Louisiana, United States Death: April 17, 1919 — Houston, Harris, Texas, United States |
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7 years younger brother |
Thomas Brunet Birth: October 1844 34 30 — Louisiana, United States Death: |
| Family with Mary Alice Shemwell |
| himself |
Rene Henry Brunet Jr. Birth: March 9, 1838 28 24 — Louisiana, United States Death: April 17, 1919 — Houston, Harris, Texas, United States |
| wife |
Mary Alice Shemwell Birth: December 17, 1846 39 36 — New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, United States Death: May 24, 1874 — New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, United States |
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Marriage: February 6, 1873 — New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, United States |
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13 months son |
William Allen Brunet Birth: March 13, 1874 36 27 — Orleans, Louisiana, United States Death: April 22, 1950 — Harris, Texas, United States |
Rene Henry Brunet Jr. has 0 first cousins recorded
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| Census | 1900 United States - Census transcript - Rene Henry Brunet Jr. - Household
1324 Constance St. New Orleans, LA
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