Mary Elizabeth DiuguidAge: 76 years1847–1923
- Name
- Mary Elizabeth Diuguid
- Given names
- Mary Elizabeth
- Surname
- Diuguid
- Married name
- Mary Elizabeth Bourland
 Birth | January 7, 1847 |
 Historical Event | Mexican-American War from 1846 to 1848Note: 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 9 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 14 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 19 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 19 years)Note: 3,093 perished from yellow fever in New Orleans - http://historyengine.richmond.edu/episodes/view/306 |
 Marriage | William Slaton Bourland — View this family 1869 (Age 21 years) |
| Historical Event | Transcontinental Railroad completed 1869 (Age 21 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 | Effie Bernice Bourland 1870 (Age 22 years) |
| Birth of a son #2 | Edwin Earle Bourland 1872 (Age 24 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #3 | Wilhelmina Queen “Willie” Bourland March 10, 1874 (Age 27 years) |
| Death of a husband | William Slaton Bourland November 21, 1876 (Age 29 years) |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 (Age 30 years)Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever |
| Marriage of a child | Thomas Erwin “Tom” Garland — Effie Bernice Bourland — View this family 1891 (Age 43 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #1 | Clifford Garland June 1892 (Age 45 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #2 | Mary Bernice Garland August 1893 (Age 46 years) |
| Marriage of a child | Judge Robert Lee Shemwell — Wilhelmina Queen “Willie” Bourland — View this family June 2, 1896 (Age 49 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #3 | Mary Catherine Shemwell March 14, 1897 (Age 50 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #4 | Helen Rebecca Shemwell August 18, 1898 (Age 51 years) |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 51 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 granddaughter #5 | Ruth Shemwell May 31, 1900 (Age 53 years) |
| Death of a granddaughter | Ruth Shemwell June 15, 1901 (Age 54 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #6 | Adeline Olivia Shemwell April 13, 1902 (Age 55 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #7 | Laura Bell Shemwell January 15, 1904 (Age 57 years) |
| Death of a granddaughter | Laura Bell Shemwell June 20, 1904 (Age 57 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #8 | Julia Clark Shemwell March 17, 1905 (Age 58 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #9 | Robert Lee Shemwell Jr. December 27, 1906 (Age 59 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #10 | Dorothy Eleanor Shemwell August 20, 1908 (Age 61 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #11 | Rev. James Albert “Al” Shemwell Sr. November 17, 1910 (Age 63 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #12 | Margaret Wayne Shemwell January 12, 1913 (Age 66 years) |
| Death of a granddaughter | Margaret Wayne Shemwell January 8, 1914 (Age 67 years) Cause: Pneumonia |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 68 years)Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1 |
| Birth of a granddaughter #13 | Elizabeth Randolph Shemwell April 12, 1918 (Age 71 years) |
| Historical Event | World War I between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 69 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 70 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 | November 29, 1923 (Age 76 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Murray Cemetery |
| Family with William Slaton Bourland |
| husband |
William Slaton Bourland Birth: October 15, 1843 25 31 — Kentucky, United States Death: November 21, 1876 — Calloway, Kentucky, United States |
| herself |
Mary Elizabeth Diuguid Birth: January 7, 1847 Death: November 29, 1923 |
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Marriage: 1869 — |
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2 years daughter |
Effie Bernice Bourland Birth: 1870 26 22 Death: 1927 |
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3 years son |
Edwin Earle Bourland Birth: 1872 28 24 Death: 1946 — Kentucky, United States |
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2 years daughter |
Wilhelmina Queen “Willie” Bourland Birth: March 10, 1874 30 27 — Kentucky, United States Death: August 9, 1959 — Fairfax, Virginia, United States |