The Shemwell Family

Zula Pearl BurklowAge: 75 years19081984

Name
Zula Pearl Burklow
Given names
Zula Pearl
Surname
Burklow
Married name
Zula Pearl Sherrod
Birth September 17, 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/
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
Birth of a daughter
#1
Jo Ann Sherrod
April 11, 1931 (Age 22 years)
Birth of a daughter
#2
Dona Kaye Sherrod
September 15, 1939 (Age 30 years)
Census April 10, 1940 (Age 31 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
Census April 3, 1950 (Age 41 years)
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 of a husbandRoy K Sherrod
January 18, 1983 (Age 74 years)
Death April 20, 1984 (Age 75 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Lewisburg Cemetery
Family with Roy K Sherrod - View this family
husband
Roy K Sherrod
Birth: November 21, 1911 26 25Kentucky, United States
Death: January 18, 1983Kentucky, United States
herself
Zula Pearl Burklow
Birth: September 17, 1908Kentucky, United States
Death: April 20, 1984Lewisburg, Logan, Kentucky, United States
daughter
Jo Ann Sherrod
Birth: April 11, 1931 19 22Logan, Kentucky, United States
Death: June 10, 2015Warren, Kentucky, United States
8 years
daughter
Dona Kaye Sherrod
Birth: September 15, 1939 27 30Logan, Kentucky, United States
Death: April 21, 2006Florida, United States
daughter
Private

Census1940 United States - Census transcript - Roy K Sherrod - Household

Lewisburg, Logan, Kentucky

NameInfoRelationInfoHomeV/RFarmSexRaceAgeCondSchoolR/WBPCityCountyStateOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkWagesVetWar
Sherrod, RoyheadMW28MKYsame houseTruck driverPoultry house
Sherrod, ZulaXwifeFW31MKYsame house
Sherrod, Jo AnndaughterFW9MKYsame house
Sherrod, Dona KaydaughterFW1MKY