The Shemwell Family

William C GolladayAge: 75 years19081983

Name
William C Golladay
Given names
William C
Surname
Golladay
Birth January 27, 1908
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 7 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 8 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 9 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/
Birth of a son
#1
William Hugh “Bill” Golladay
May 25, 1928 (Age 20 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 21 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 30, 1930 (Age 22 years)
Birth of a son
#2
Kenneth Gant Golladay
May 29, 1938 (Age 30 years)
Census April 7, 1940 (Age 32 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 33 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 41 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 37 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 May 12, 1983 (Age 75 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Green Hill Memorial Gardens
Family with Mary Lucille Gilliam - View this family
himself
wife
son
William Hugh “Bill” Golladay
Birth: May 25, 1928 20 19Trigg, Kentucky, United States
Death: March 12, 2013Hanson, Hopkins, Kentucky, United States
10 years
son
Kenneth Gant Golladay
Birth: May 29, 1938 30 29Trigg, Kentucky, United States
Death: July 22, 2017Clarksville, Montgomery, Tennessee, United States
daughter
Private

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Census1930 United States - Census transcript - William C Golladay - Household

Lake Alfred Road Polk, Florida

NameRelationHomeV/RRadioFarmSexRaceAgeCondAMSchoolR/WBPFBPMBPLangImmNatEngOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkUnempVetWar
Golladay, William CheadMW22MKYKYKYLaborerConcrete Co.
Golladay, Mary LwifeFW21MKYKYKYFruit GraderFruit packing house
Golladay, William HsonMW1-11mSKYKYKY

Census1940 United States - Census transcript - William C Golladay - Household

Hwy 164 Trigg, Kentucky

NameInfoRelationInfoHomeV/RFarmSexRaceAgeCondSchoolR/WBPCityCountyStateOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkWagesVetWar
Golladay, WilliamheadMW32MKYsame houseFarm laborerFarm
Golladay, MaryXwifeFW31MKYsame house
Golladay, BillysonMW11SKYsame house
Golladay, GantsonMW1MKY