The Shemwell Family

Mary A WalterAge: 83 years18531936

Name
Mary A Walter
Given names
Mary A
Surname
Walter
Married name
Mary A Thoma
Birth August 4, 1853 32 35
Historical Event
Influenza Epidemic
between 1857 and 1859 (Age 3 years)

Note: In 1857-1859, there was an extremely severe worldwide outbreak of influenza - http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3884
Death of a maternal grandfatherJacobo Baltasare Strehl
December 28, 1860 (Age 7 years)
Historical Event
American Civil War
between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 7 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 13 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 13 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 15 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
Death of a fatherJohn Walter
July 11, 1870 (Age 16 years)
Religious marriageGeorge Theobald ThomaView this family
May 23, 1872 (Age 18 years)
Religion: Catholic
Birth of a daughter
#1
Annie Marie Thoma
April 5, 1873 (Age 19 years)
Death of a husbandGeorge Theobald Thoma
November 22, 1875 (Age 22 years)
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 24 years)

Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever
Birth of a granddaughter
#1
Leonara Gunti
1891 (Age 37 years)

Marriage of a childGeorge William GuntiAnnie Marie ThomaView this family
January 14, 1891 (Age 37 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#2
Louise Mary Gunti
1894 (Age 40 years)

Birth of a granddaughter
#3
Hazel M Gunti
1895 (Age 41 years)

Birth of a granddaughter
#4
Emma C Gunti
1897 (Age 43 years)

Birth of a granddaughter
#5
Annie Marie Gunti
1898 (Age 44 years)

Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 44 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
Birth of a grandson
#6
George W Gunti
1901 (Age 47 years)

Birth of a grandson
#7
Frederick W Gunti
1903 (Age 49 years)

Birth of a granddaughter
#8
Margaret Elizabeth Gunti
1904 (Age 50 years)

Death of a motherAppolonia Strehl
November 27, 1904 (Age 51 years)
Birth of a grandson
#9
Conrad J Gunti
1907 (Age 53 years)

Birth of a grandson
#10
Charles E Gunti
1910 (Age 56 years)

Birth of a granddaughter
#11
Pearl Anna “Gunnie” Gunti
November 23, 1912 (Age 59 years)
Birth of a grandson
#12
William Newton Gunti
1915 (Age 61 years)

Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 62 years)

Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1
Death of a grandsonWilliam Newton Gunti
1917 (Age 63 years)

Historical Event
World War I
between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 63 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 64 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/
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 76 years)

Note: The Wall Street Crash sets off the Great Depression, the most severe worldwide economic depression in the 20th century - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Depression
Death October 22, 1936 (Age 83 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Calvary Cemetery
Religion: Catholic
Family with parents - View this family
father
John Walter
Birth: August 23, 1820 27 24Bornheim, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany
Death: July 11, 1870Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee, United States
mother
Appolonia Strehl
Birth: February 10, 1818 22 25Bornheim, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany
Death: November 27, 1904Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee, United States
Marriage: August 18, 1844Bornheim, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany
9 years
herself
Mary A Walter
Birth: August 4, 1853 32 35Tennessee, United States
Death: October 22, 1936Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee, United States
Family with George Theobald Thoma - View this family
husband
George Theobald Thoma
Birth: April 11, 1841Essingen, Pfalz, Bavaria, Germany
Death: November 22, 1875Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee, United States
herself
Mary A Walter
Birth: August 4, 1853 32 35Tennessee, United States
Death: October 22, 1936Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee, United States
Marriage: May 23, 1872Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee, United States
10 months
daughter

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