Henry TheobaldAge: 71 years1851–1922
- Name
- Henry Theobald
- Given names
- Henry
- Surname
- Theobald
 Birth | February 27, 1851 31 26 |
 Marriage | Mary J Herndon — View this family unknown |
 Birth of a sister | Lucy Theobald Theobald October 25, 1857 (Age 6 years) |
 Occupation | Shoe Maker Note: Ran a boot-shoemaker business with his father on the courthouse square in Mayfield. Prior to Mayfield he had the same business in Cadiz & Canton in Trigg Co, and Murray in Calloway Co. |
 Historical Event | Influenza Epidemic between 1857 and 1859 (Age 5 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 10 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 15 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 15 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 17 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 |
| Birth of a daughter #1 | Mintie Idella Theobald August 1872 (Age 21 years) |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 (Age 26 years)Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever |
| Death of a father | John Theobald March 20, 1896 (Age 45 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #1 | Henry H Lawrence March 29, 1896 (Age 45 years) |
| Death of a mother | Maria E “Mary” Leister June 2, 1897 (Age 46 years) |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 47 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 64 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 65 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 66 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 | September 17, 1922 (Age 71 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Maplewood Cemetery |
| Family with parents |
| father |
John Theobald Birth: 1820 — Germany Death: March 20, 1896 — Mayfield, Graves, Kentucky, United States |
| mother |
Maria E “Mary” Leister Birth: 1825 — Germany Death: June 2, 1897 — Mayfield, Graves, Kentucky, United States |
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Marriage: — |
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| elder sister |
Amelia C “Mele” Theobald Birth: October 1, 1849 29 24 — New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, United States Death: February 2, 1925 — Paducah, McCracken, Kentucky, United States |
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17 months himself |
Henry Theobald Birth: February 27, 1851 31 26 — New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, United States Death: September 17, 1922 — Mayfield, Graves, Kentucky, United States |
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7 years younger sister |
Lucy Theobald Theobald Birth: October 25, 1857 37 32 — Cadiz, Trigg, Kentucky, United States Death: December 1, 1931 — Hopkinsville, Christian, Kentucky, United States |
| Family with Mary J Herndon |
| himself |
Henry Theobald Birth: February 27, 1851 31 26 — New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, United States Death: September 17, 1922 — Mayfield, Graves, Kentucky, United States |
| wife |
Mary J Herndon Birth: December 26, 1849 24 21 — Cadiz, Trigg, Kentucky, United States Death: October 14, 1929 — Kentucky, United States |
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Marriage: — |
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| daughter |
Mintie Idella Theobald Birth: August 1872 21 22 — Trigg, Kentucky, United States Death: May 9, 1935 — Kentucky, United States |
| Occupation | Ran a boot-shoemaker business with his father on the courthouse square in Mayfield. Prior to Mayfield he had the same business in Cadiz & Canton in Trigg Co, and Murray in Calloway Co. |