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Thomas Franklin PollardAge: 78 years18801959

Name
Thomas Franklin Pollard
Given names
Thomas Franklin
Surname
Pollard
Birth December 31, 1880
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 17 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
MarriagePearl Etta HollandView this family
1905 (Age 24 years)
Birth of a daughter
#1
Myrtle Marie Pollard
November 15, 1907 (Age 26 years)
Birth of a daughter
#2
Martha M Pollard
1913 (Age 32 years)
Birth of a son
#3
Edward Dane Pollard
October 7, 1914 (Age 33 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 35 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 36 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 37 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/
Birth of a son
#4
Thomas L Pollard
July 6, 1919 (Age 38 years)
Census January 6, 1920 (Age 39 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 48 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 7, 1930 (Age 49 years)
Census April 5, 1940 (Age 59 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 60 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 69 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 65 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 October 1959 (Age 78 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Pleasant View Cemetery
Family with Pearl Etta Holland - View this family
himself
Thomas Franklin Pollard
Birth: December 31, 1880Chatsworth, Livingston, Illinois, United States
Death: October 1959Assumption, Christian, Illinois, United States
wife
Marriage: 1905Illinois, United States
3 years
daughter
Myrtle Marie Pollard
Birth: November 15, 1907 26 20Patoka, Marion, Illinois, United States
Death: December 14, 2001Pana, Christian, Kentucky, United States
6 years
daughter
Martha M Pollard
Birth: 1913 32 25Assumption, Christian, Illinois, United States
Death: October 13, 1978Illinois, United States
21 months
son
Edward Dane Pollard
Birth: October 7, 1914 33 27Illinois, United States
Death: May 30, 2006Linden, Perry, Tennessee, United States
5 years
son
Thomas L Pollard
Birth: July 6, 1919 38 32Assumption, Christian, Illinois, United States
Death: December 16, 1994Toulon, Stark, Illinois, United States

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Census1920 United States - Census transcript - Thomas Franklin Pollard - Household

306 North Walnut Assumption, Christian, Illinois

NameRelationHomeMortSexRaceAgeConditionImmNatNatYSchoolRWBPLangFBPFather langMBPMother langEngOccupationIndEmp
Pollard, Thomas FheadMW39MILUSAILTeamsterCity
Pollard, Pearl EwifeFW31MMOKYIA
Pollard, Myrtle MdaughterFW12SILILMO
Pollard, MarthadaughterFW7SILILMO
Pollard, DanesonMW5SILILMO
Pollard, Thomas LsonMW1-6mSILILMO

Census1930 United States - Census transcript - Thomas F Pollard … - Household

Assumption, Christian, Illinois, United States

NameRelationHomeV/RRadioFarmSexRaceAgeCondAMSchoolR/WBPFBPMBPLangImmNatEngOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkUnempVetWar
Pollard, Thomas FheadMW49M26ILUSUSlaborerfarm
Pollard, PearlwifeFW43M19MOKYIA
Pollard, Myrtle MdaughterFW23SILILMOmachine operatorgarment factory
Pollard, Martha MdaughterFW17SILILMOmachine operatorgarment factory
Pollard, Dain EsonMW14SILILMO
Pollard, Thomas LsonMW11SILILMO
Holland, John Wfather in lawMW33M33KYKYKY
Holland, Mary Emother in lawFW66M20IAIrish Free StateKY

Census1940 United States - Census transcript - Thomas Franklin Pollard - Household

Assumption, Christian, Illinois

NameInfoRelationHomeV/RFarmSexRaceAgeCondSchoolR/WBPCityCountyStateOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkWagesVetWar
Pollard, ThomasheadMW59MILSame HouseFarmerFarming
Pollard, PearlXwifeFW54MMOSame House