The Shemwell Family

Susanna Birch1714

Name
Susanna Birch
Given names
Susanna
Surname
Birch
Married name
Susanna Thorne
Birth about 1714
MarriageJames ThorneView this family
about 1730 (Age 16 years)
Historical Event
The French & Indian War
between 1754 and 1763 (Age 40 years)

Note: The French and Indian War is the American name for the North American theater of the Seven Years War, fought primarily between the colonies of British America and New France - http://goo.gl/SiIuNc
Death of a husbandJames Thorne
before March 6, 1767 (Age 53 years)
Historical Event
Influenza Epidemic
between 1775 and 1776 (Age 61 years)

Note: In 1775, there was an epidemic of unknown cause in North America (especially New England,) followed in 1775-1776 by what is described as one of the worst worldwide influenza epidemics - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_epidemics
Historical Event
The American Revolution
from 1775 to 1783 (Age 61 years)

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
Death of a sisterElizabeth Birch
after 1791 (Age 77 years)
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic
between 1793 and 1798 (Age 79 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 89 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 98 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
Deathunknown

Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage:
elder sister
Elizabeth Birch
Birth: about 1706Charles, Maryland, United States
Death: after 1791Charles, Maryland, United States
9 years
herself
Family with James Thorne - View this family
husband
James Thorne
Birth: 1711 41 37Charles, Maryland, United States
Death: before March 6, 1767Prince George's, Maryland, United States
herself
Marriage: about 1730Prince George's, Maryland, United States