The Shemwell Family

Robert Thomas MullinderAge: 81 years18541935

Name
Robert Thomas Mullinder
Given names
Robert Thomas
Surname
Mullinder
Birth January 5, 1854 46 48
Historical Event
Influenza Epidemic
between 1857 and 1859 (Age 2 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 sisterJanett Mullinder
May 3, 1860 (Age 6 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 12 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 12 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 14 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 fatherAlexander Mullinder
about 1874 (Age 19 years)
Death of a motherSarah Scott
December 25, 1878 (Age 24 years)
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 23 years)

Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever
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
Death of a half-sisterHelena Lucinda Mulholland
February 2, 1906 (Age 52 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 61 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 62 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 63 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 of a sisterAnna Davis Mullinder
about 1926 (Age 71 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 75 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 May 26, 1935 (Age 81 years)
Last change April 27, 202204:07:41

by: Brian Shemwell
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father
Alexander Mullinder
Birth: September 15, 1807Haddington, Haddington, Scotland
Death: about 1874Lyons, Walworth, Wisconsin, United States
mother
Marriage: October 25, 1843Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States
14 months
elder sister
5 years
elder sister
Anna Davis Mullinder
Birth: October 3, 1848 41 42Illinois, United States
Death: about 1926Wisconsin, United States
5 years
himself
Robert Thomas Mullinder
Birth: January 5, 1854 46 48Wisconsin, United States
Death: May 26, 1935Bellingham, Whatcom, Washington, United States
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step-father
Joseph Smith Jr.Joseph Smith Jr.
Birth: December 23, 1805 34 30Sharon, Windsor, Vermont, United States
Death: June 27, 1844Carthage, Hancock, Illinois, United States
mother
Marriage: before 1844Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States
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step-father
James Mulholland
Birth: about 1804Armagh, Armagh, Ireland
Death: November 3, 1839Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States
mother
Marriage: February 5, 1839Far West, Caldwell, Missouri, United States
14 months
half-sister
Helena Lucinda Mulholland
Birth: April 8, 1840 36 34Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States
Death: February 2, 1906Burlington, Racine, Wisconsin, United States
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step-father
mother
Marriage: February 3, 1846Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States

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