The Shemwell Family

Name
Tollie Clayton Tilley
Given names
Tollie Clayton
Surname
Tilley
Birth December 3, 1907 39 35
Birth of a sisterLee Ola Tilley
December 26, 1909 (Age 2 years)
Census April 22, 1910 (Age 2 years)
Death of a fatherLeander A “Lee” Tilley
July 21, 1910 (Age 2 years)
Death of a paternal grandfatherJames Henry Tilley
October 11, 1913 (Age 5 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 8 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 9 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 10 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 January 6, 1920 (Age 12 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
Birth of a daughter
#1
Bobbie Lee Tilley
August 3, 1931 (Age 23 years)
Birth of a daughter
#2
Betty Sue “Bonnie” Tilley
April 3, 1935 (Age 27 years)
Birth of a daughter
#3
Wanda Jean Tilley
June 8, 1937 (Age 29 years)
Death of a daughterWanda Jean Tilley
April 15, 1938 (Age 30 years)
Birth of a son
#4
Carrol Eugene Tilley
December 22, 1938 (Age 31 years)
Census April 8, 1940 (Age 32 years)
Death of a motherLuella L “Ella” Adams
January 5, 1945 (Age 37 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
Birth of a grandson
#1
Danny Ralph Shewmake
September 9, 1950 (Age 42 years)
Death of a grandsonDanny Ralph Shewmake
September 9, 1950 (Age 42 years)
Death of a sisterLee Ola Tilley
January 16, 1952 (Age 44 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 42 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 brotherJohn Henry Tilley
June 24, 1960 (Age 52 years)
Death of a brotherJames Erdie Tilley
July 1, 1961 (Age 53 years)
Death of a brotherWilliam Theodore Tilley
June 6, 1964 (Age 56 years)
Birth of a grandson
#2
David Robert Shewmake
March 25, 1966 (Age 58 years)
Death of a grandsonDavid Robert Shewmake
March 28, 1966 (Age 58 years)
Death of a sisterGrace Lee “Gracie” Tilley
July 28, 1974 (Age 66 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 38 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 sisterEllen Dewey Tilley
October 6, 1982 (Age 74 years)
Death April 16, 1986 (Age 78 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Brents Cemetery
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