Nellie Mae RuckerAge: 51 years1906–1957
- Name
- Nellie Mae Rucker
- Given names
- Nellie Mae
- Surname
- Rucker
- Married name
- Nellie Mae Sims
 Birth | May 7, 1906 23 20 |
 Death of a mother | Lorana “Lula” Pulley September 18, 1907 (Age 16 months) Cause: Typhoid Fever - Miscarriage |
| Death of a maternal grandmother | Mary Jane McMillan July 8, 1908 (Age 2 years) |
 Census | April 25, 1910 (Age 3 years) |
 Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 9 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 10 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 11 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 maternal grandfather | James Henry Pulley April 1, 1921 (Age 14 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 23 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 10, 1930 (Age 23 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #1 | Nellie Mae Sims June 21, 1937 (Age 31 years) |
| Census | April 18, 1940 (Age 33 years) |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 35 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 |
| Death of a father | David Oliver Rucker Jr. March 1, 1946 (Age 39 years) |
| Census | March 30, 1950 (Age 43 years) |
| Historical Event | Korean War between 1950 and 1953 (Age 43 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 39 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 | July 7, 1957 (Age 51 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Crown Hill Cemetery |
| Family with parents |
| father |
David Oliver Rucker Jr. Birth: September 15, 1882 38 34 — Wilson, Tennessee, United States Death: March 1, 1946 — Denver, Aurora, Colorado, United States |
| mother |
Lorana “Lula” Pulley Birth: June 25, 1885 37 33 — Houston, Tennessee, United States Death: September 18, 1907 — Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, United States |
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Marriage: June 16, 1905 — Davidson, Tennessee, United States |
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11 months herself |
Nellie Mae Rucker Birth: May 7, 1906 23 20 — Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, United States Death: July 7, 1957 — Colorado, United States |
| Family with James Henry Sims |
| husband |
James Henry Sims Birth: November 25, 1909 — Elbert, Colorado, United States Death: December 25, 1985 — Lakewood, Jefferson, Colorado, United States |
| herself |
Nellie Mae Rucker Birth: May 7, 1906 23 20 — Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, United States Death: July 7, 1957 — Colorado, United States |
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| daughter |
Nellie Mae Sims Birth: June 21, 1937 27 31 — Denver, Colorado, United States Death: March 22, 2003 — Morrison, Jefferson, Colorado, United States |
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Nellie Mae Rucker has 13 first cousins recorded
Father's family (0)
Mother's family (13)
Parents William Virgil Pulley + Rachel Case “Rachie” Janney
Parents James Thomas “Pop” Pulley + Minnie Ballard Murphy
Parents James Thomas “Pop” Pulley + Nancy Helen Case
Parents Robert Clyde Pulley + Myrtle Tant
| Census | 1910 United States - Census transcript - Lucy O Rucker - Household
6117 Centennial Avenue Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee
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| Census | 1930 United States - Census transcript - David Oliver Rucker Jr. - Household
1498 Ames Street Jefferson, Colorado
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