The Shemwell Family

Marjorie Lee PulleyAge: 98 years19152013

Name
Marjorie Lee Pulley
Given names
Marjorie Lee
Surname
Pulley
Married name
Marjorie Lee Griffiths
Birth 1915 26 22
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 12 months)

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 brotherRobert Clyde Pulley Jr.
March 20, 1918 (Age 3 years)
Historical Event
World War I
between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 2 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 3 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/
Census January 13, 1920 (Age 5 years)
Death of a fatherRobert Clyde Pulley
February 10, 1920 (Age 5 years)
Cause: Pulmonary Tuberculosis
Death of a paternal grandfatherJames Henry Pulley
April 1, 1921 (Age 6 years)

Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 14 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
Census April 4, 1940 (Age 25 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 26 years)

Note: The United States enters World War II after the attack at Pearl Harbor, a global war that involved the vast majority of the world's nations and including all of the great powers - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 35 years)
Note: The Korean War was a war between the Republic of Korea (South Korea), supported by the United Nations, and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea), at one time supported by the People's Republic of China and the Soviet Union - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_War
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 31 years)
Note: The Vietnam War was a long, costly armed conflict that pitted the communist regime of North Vietnam and its southern allies, known as the Viet Cong, against South Vietnam and its principal ally, the United States. The divisive war, increasingly unpopular at home, ended with the withdrawal of U.S. forces in 1973 and the unification of Vietnam under Communist control two years later. More than 3 million people, including 58,000 Americans, were killed in the conflict. - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnam_War
Death of a brotherRobert Clyde Pulley Jr.
February 5, 1983 (Age 68 years)
Death January 6, 2013 (Age 98 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Spring Hill Cemetery
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father
Robert Clyde Pulley
Birth: June 1888 40 36Houston, Tennessee, United States
Death: February 10, 1920Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, United States
mother
Marriage:
herself
Marjorie Lee Pulley
Birth: 1915 26 22Tennessee, United States
Death: January 6, 2013Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, United States
3 years
younger brother
Robert Clyde Pulley Jr.
Birth: March 20, 1918 29 25Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, United States
Death: February 5, 1983Kokomo, Howard, Indiana, United States
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husband
Private
herself
Marjorie Lee Pulley
Birth: 1915 26 22Tennessee, United States
Death: January 6, 2013Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, United States
son
Private
son
Private
son
Private

Marjorie Lee Pulley has 12 first cousins recorded

Census1920 United States - Census transcript - John Tant - Household

4715 Michigan Ave Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee

NameRelationHomeMortSexRaceAgeConditionImmNatNatYSchoolRWBPLangFBPFather langMBPMother langEngOccupationIndEmp
Tant, JohnheadMW40MTNYard ForemanPrison
Tant, MattiewifeFW47MTN
Tant Children
Pulley, Clydeson in lawMW31MTNTNTNNone
Pulley, MyrtledaughterFW27MTNTNTNNone
Pulley, Marjorie Leegrand daughterFW4-7mSTNTNTN
Pulley, Robert Clyde Jr.grand sonMW1-9mSTNTNTN