Velma Lenore TabbAge: 84 years1915–2000
- Name
- Velma Lenore Tabb
- Given names
- Velma Lenore
- Surname
- Tabb
- Married name
- Velma Lenore Ballard
 Birth | November 1, 1915 20 16 |
 Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 2 months)Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1 |
 Birth of a brother | William Caldwell “Bill” Tabb May 17, 1918 (Age 2 years) |
| Historical Event | World War I between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 14 months)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 2 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 19, 1920 (Age 4 years) |
| Birth of a sister | Violet Elizabeth Tabb April 5, 1920 (Age 4 years) |
| Birth of a brother | Rev. Adrian Shemwell Tabb December 29, 1924 (Age 9 years) |
| Birth of a sister | Iva Modella Tabb December 20, 1927 (Age 12 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 13 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 14, 1930 (Age 14 years) |
| Birth of a brother | Roland Chrittenden Tabb September 22, 1930 (Age 14 years) |
| Death of a paternal grandfather | John William “J W” Tabb April 13, 1936 (Age 20 years) |
| Census | April 9, 1940 (Age 24 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #1 | Evelyn Louise Ballard April 3, 1943 (Age 27 years) |
| Death of a brother | Roland Chrittenden Tabb December 17, 1944 (Age 29 years) |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 26 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 |
| Death of a paternal grandmother | Mary Lee “Molly” Ballard July 7, 1946 (Age 30 years) |
| Census | April 10, 1950 (Age 34 years) |
| Death of a maternal grandfather | Samuel Anderson Shemwell August 30, 1950 (Age 34 years) |
| Historical Event | Korean War between 1950 and 1953 (Age 34 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 father | Herbert Tabb January 17, 1956 (Age 40 years) |
| Death of a maternal grandmother | Lillie Elizabeth Flood January 18, 1969 (Age 53 years) |
| Death of a husband | Woodrow Robert Albert Ballard February 15, 1969 (Age 53 years) |
| Death of a sister | Violet Elizabeth Tabb January 31, 1975 (Age 59 years) |
| Historical Event | Vietnam War between 1946 and 1975 (Age 30 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 mother | Veva Irene Shemwell August 19, 1978 (Age 62 years) |
| Death of a brother | William Caldwell “Bill” Tabb December 7, 1989 (Age 74 years) |
| Death of a brother | Rev. Adrian Shemwell Tabb May 1, 1994 (Age 78 years) |
 Death | February 7, 2000 (Age 84 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Plains Cemetery |
| Family with parents |
| father |
Herbert Tabb Birth: March 7, 1895 24 21 — Logan, Kentucky, United States Death: January 17, 1956 — Louisville, Jefferson, Kentucky, United States |
| mother |
Veva Irene Shemwell Birth: May 5, 1899 25 22 — Logan, Kentucky, United States Death: August 19, 1978 — Elizabethtown, Hardin, Kentucky, United States |
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Marriage: December 24, 1914 — Logan, Kentucky, United States |
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10 months herself |
Velma Lenore Tabb Birth: November 1, 1915 20 16 — Elkton, Todd, Kentucky, United States Death: February 7, 2000 — Wichita, Sedgwick, Kansas, United States |
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3 years younger brother |
William Caldwell “Bill” Tabb Birth: May 17, 1918 23 19 — Todd, Kentucky, United States Death: December 7, 1989 — West Plains, Meade, Kansas, United States |
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23 months younger sister |
Violet Elizabeth Tabb Birth: April 5, 1920 25 20 — Todd, Kentucky, United States Death: January 31, 1975 — La Puente, Los Angeles, California, United States |
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5 years younger brother |
Rev. Adrian Shemwell Tabb Birth: December 29, 1924 29 25 — Todd, Kentucky, United States Death: May 1, 1994 — Meade, Meade, Kansas, United States |
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3 years younger sister |
Iva Modella Tabb Birth: December 20, 1927 32 28 — Elkton, Todd, Kentucky, United States Death: September 20, 2002 — East Helena, Lewis and Clark, Montana, United States |
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3 years younger brother |
Roland Chrittenden Tabb Birth: September 22, 1930 35 31 — Todd, Kentucky, United States Death: December 17, 1944 — Elizabethtown, Hardin, Kentucky, United States |
| Family with Woodrow Robert Albert Ballard |
| husband |
Woodrow Robert Albert Ballard Birth: February 25, 1913 — Kansas, United States Death: February 15, 1969 — Kansas, United States |
| herself |
Velma Lenore Tabb Birth: November 1, 1915 20 16 — Elkton, Todd, Kentucky, United States Death: February 7, 2000 — Wichita, Sedgwick, Kansas, United States |
| daughter |
Private |
| daughter |
Evelyn Louise Ballard Birth: April 3, 1943 30 27 — Meade, Kansas, United States Death: May 3, 2009 |
| daughter |
Private |
| Census | 1920 United States - Census transcript - Herbert Tabb - Household
Depot Street Greenville, Muhlenberg, Kentucky
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| Census | 1930 United States - Census transcript - Herbert Tabb - Household
Elkton, Todd, Ky
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| Census | 1940 United States - Census transcript - Woodrow Robert Albert Ballard - Household
West Plains, Meade, Kansas
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