Dewdrop CherryAge: 81 years1914–1996
- Name
- Dewdrop Cherry
- Given names
- Dewdrop
- Surname
- Cherry
- Married name
- Dewdrop Tate
- Married name
- Dewdrop West
 Birth | November 4, 1914 38 26 |
 Birth of a brother | Homer Worth Cherry July 10, 1916 (Age 20 months) |
 Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 13 months)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 paternal grandmother | Lucinda Mohelen “Helen” McClish February 3, 1918 (Age 3 years) |
| Birth of a sister | Annie Ethel “Jill” Cherry October 26, 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 | February 21, 1920 (Age 5 years) |
| Birth of a sister | Mary Ruth Cherry January 12, 1921 (Age 6 years) |
| Death of a sister | Mary Ruth Cherry January 17, 1921 (Age 6 years) |
| Birth of a brother | Roy Winfield “Teddy” Cherry March 1, 1927 (Age 12 years) |
| Death of a paternal grandfather | Joseph Howard “Joe” Cherry February 7, 1928 (Age 13 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 19, 1930 (Age 15 years) |
 Marriage | Lewis Young Tate — View this family December 24, 1930 (Age 16 years) |
| Death of a mother | Lillian Earle “Rena” Bennett May 25, 1931 (Age 16 years) Cause: Malignant Carcinoma - Stomach |
| Birth of a daughter #1 | Lillian Mae Tate March 26, 1932 (Age 17 years) |
| Census | April 5, 1940 (Age 25 years) |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 27 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 |
| Marriage | Floyd Pershing West — View this family 1955 (Age 40 years) |
| Death of a father | Joseph Parish Cherry March 18, 1957 (Age 42 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #1 | Jeffery Don Crane July 21, 1964 (Age 49 years) |
| Death of a brother | Howard Gale Cherry November 25, 1964 (Age 50 years) Cause: Bronchial Pneumonia |
| Death of a half-sister | Vanoy Cherry May 20, 1972 (Age 57 years) Cause: Carcinoma of the tongue |
| 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 husband | Lewis Young Tate November 6, 1982 (Age 68 years) |
| Death of a brother | Homer Worth Cherry October 15, 1983 (Age 68 years) |
| Death of a brother | Joe Quanah “Slim” Cherry March 22, 1986 (Age 71 years) |
| Death of a sister | Annie Ethel “Jill” Cherry October 17, 1986 (Age 71 years) |
| Death of a husband | Floyd Pershing West August 30, 1996 (Age 81 years) |
 Death | September 27, 1996 (Age 81 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Strouds Creek Cemetery |
| Family with parents |
| father |
Joseph Parish Cherry Birth: October 4, 1876 25 33 — Dover, Stewart, Tennessee, United States Death: March 18, 1957 — Tolar, Hood, Texas, United States |
| mother |
Lillian Earle “Rena” Bennett Birth: November 20, 1887 — Tennessee, United States Death: May 25, 1931 — Tolar, Hood, Texas, United States |
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Marriage: 1909 — Tolar, Hood, Texas, United States |
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17 months elder brother |
Joe Quanah “Slim” Cherry Birth: May 21, 1910 33 22 — Hood, Texas, United States Death: March 22, 1986 — Tolar, Hood, Texas, United States |
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2 years elder brother |
Howard Gale Cherry Birth: July 21, 1912 35 24 — Hood, Texas, United States Death: November 25, 1964 — Granbury, Hood, Texas, United States |
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2 years herself |
Dewdrop Cherry Birth: November 4, 1914 38 26 — Tolar, Hood, Texas, United States Death: September 27, 1996 — Granbury, Hood, Texas, United States |
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20 months younger brother |
Homer Worth Cherry Birth: July 10, 1916 39 28 — Tolar, Hood, Texas, United States Death: October 15, 1983 — Fort Worth, Tarrant, Texas, United States |
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2 years younger sister |
Annie Ethel “Jill” Cherry Birth: October 26, 1918 42 30 — Hood, Texas, United States Death: October 17, 1986 — Tarrant, Texas, United States |
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2 years younger sister |
Mary Ruth Cherry Birth: January 12, 1921 44 33 — Hood, Texas, United States Death: January 17, 1921 — Tolar, Hood, Texas, United States |
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6 years younger brother |
Roy Winfield “Teddy” Cherry Birth: March 1, 1927 50 39 — Tolar, Hood, Texas, United States Death: April 7, 2000 — Dallas, Texas, United States |
| Father’s family with Oma Parks |
| father |
Joseph Parish Cherry Birth: October 4, 1876 25 33 — Dover, Stewart, Tennessee, United States Death: March 18, 1957 — Tolar, Hood, Texas, United States |
| step-mother |
Oma Parks Birth: September 6, 1881 44 28 — Arkansas, United States Death: October 23, 1906 — Weatherford, Parker, Texas, United States |
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Marriage: August 2, 1903 — Hood, Texas, United States |
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11 months half-sister |
Vanoy Cherry Birth: June 18, 1904 27 22 — Tolar, Hood, Texas, United States Death: May 20, 1972 — Weatherford, Parker, Texas, United States |
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2 years half-sister |
Glaydes Cherry Birth: August 8, 1906 29 24 — Hood, Texas, United States Death: 1906 — Hood, Texas, United States |
| Family with Lewis Young Tate |
| husband |
Lewis Young Tate Birth: April 23, 1899 — Hood, Texas, United States Death: November 6, 1982 — Fort Worth, Tarrant, Texas, United States |
| herself |
Dewdrop Cherry Birth: November 4, 1914 38 26 — Tolar, Hood, Texas, United States Death: September 27, 1996 — Granbury, Hood, Texas, United States |
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Marriage: December 24, 1930 — Erath, Texas, United States |
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15 months daughter |
Lillian Mae Tate Birth: March 26, 1932 32 17 — Lipan, Hood, Texas, United States Death: April 18, 2007 — Aubrey, Denton, Texas, United States |
| Family with Floyd Pershing West |
| husband |
Floyd Pershing West Birth: June 1, 1918 — Harlingen, Cameron, Texas, United States Death: August 30, 1996 — Granbury, Hood, Texas, United States |
| herself |
Dewdrop Cherry Birth: November 4, 1914 38 26 — Tolar, Hood, Texas, United States Death: September 27, 1996 — Granbury, Hood, Texas, United States |
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Marriage: 1955 — |
Dewdrop Cherry has 13 first cousins recorded
Father's family (13)
Parents Leonard Carroll Shaver + Ethel Cherry
Parents John W Musick + Cuca Cherry
Mother's family (0)
| Census | 1920 United States - Census transcript - Joseph Parish Cherry - Household
Tolar, Hood, Texas
Jill is Violet? Children MBP all TX? -b | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Census | 1930 United States - Census transcript - Joseph Parish Cherry - Household
Lillian's parents now born in IL & MS? -b |