The Shemwell Family

Lula Dude CherryAge: 87 years18791967

Name
Lula Dude Cherry
Given names
Lula Dude
Surname
Cherry
Birth October 16, 1879 28 36
Census June 19, 1880 (Age 8 months)
Birth of a sisterCatherine Cherry
September 6, 1882 (Age 2 years)
Death of a sisterCatherine Cherry
February 21, 1883 (Age 3 years)
Birth of a brotherMoody Cherry
August 15, 1884 (Age 4 years)
Death of a paternal grandmotherMaletha Shemwell
November 15, 1894 (Age 15 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 18 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
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 36 years)

Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1
Death of a motherLucinda Mohelen “Helen” McClish
February 3, 1918 (Age 38 years)
Historical Event
World War I
between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 37 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 38 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 fatherJoseph Howard “Joe” Cherry
February 7, 1928 (Age 48 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 49 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
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 62 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 70 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
Death of a brotherJoseph Parish Cherry
March 18, 1957 (Age 77 years)
Death of a sisterEthel Cherry
August 20, 1962 (Age 82 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 66 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 February 13, 1967 (Age 87 years)
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: January 8, 1873Stewart, Tennessee, United States
11 months
elder sister
3 years
elder brother
22 months
elder sister
14 months
herself
Lula Dude Cherry
Birth: October 16, 1879 28 36Tolar, Hood, Texas, United States
Death: February 13, 1967Fresno, Fresno, California, United States
3 years
younger sister
Catherine Cherry
Birth: September 6, 1882 31 39Tolar, Hood, Texas, United States
Death: February 21, 1883Tolar, Hood, Texas, United States
23 months
younger brother
Moody Cherry
Birth: August 15, 1884 33 41Tolar, Hood, Texas, United States
Death: March 24, 1971Clayton, Union, New Mexico, United States

Lula Dude Cherry has 13 first cousins recorded

Census1880 United States - Census transcript - Joseph Howard “Joe” Cherry - Household

Hood, Texas

NameColorSexAgeMonRelationCondMYOccupationUnEmSickBlindDDIdioticInsaneDisabledSchoolReadWriteBPFBPMBP
Cherry, Joseph HWM29headMFarmerTNTNTN
Cherry, LucindaWF35wifeMHouse keepingTNTNTN
Cherry, EthelWF7daughterSTNTNTN
Cherry, ParishWM4sonSTNTNTN
Cherry, CucaWF1daughterSTNTNTN
Cherry, LulaWF8mNovdaughterSTXTNTN

Next door to John R Cherry -b