The Shemwell Family

Zona Inez CherryAge: 84 years19061991

Name
Zona Inez Cherry
Given names
Zona Inez
Surname
Cherry
Married name
Zona Inez Brian
Birth November 27, 1906 23 21
Birth of a sisterSarah Jane Cherry
January 28, 1910 (Age 3 years)
Census May 10, 1910 (Age 3 years)
Birth of a sisterJohnnie Magdalene Cherry
March 10, 1913 (Age 6 years)
Birth of a sisterJessie Beatrice Cherry
November 1, 1915 (Age 8 years)
Death of a paternal grandmotherMary Jane Sikes
January 21, 1916 (Age 9 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 9 years)

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 brotherMell Douglas Cherry
July 30, 1918 (Age 11 years)
Historical Event
World War I
between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 10 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 11 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 March 17, 1920 (Age 13 years)
Birth of a brotherHerman Glyn Cherry
September 14, 1920 (Age 13 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 22 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
Death of a paternal grandfatherJohn Randolph Cherry
September 3, 1932 (Age 25 years)
Birth of a son
#1
William Preston Brian Jr.
October 15, 1934 (Age 27 years)
Census April 19, 1940 (Age 33 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 35 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 daughter
#2
Cherrydel Brian
January 8, 1946 (Age 39 years)

Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 43 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
Birth of a grandson
#1
Joel Kevin Brian
November 24, 1960 (Age 53 years)
Death of a fatherJohn Melvin Cherry
March 30, 1970 (Age 63 years)
Cause: lobar pneumonia
Death of a daughterCherrydel Brian
June 30, 1972 (Age 65 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 39 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
Birth of a granddaughter
#2
Kathryn Anne “Katy” Brian
May 23, 1978 (Age 71 years)
Death of a grandsonJoel Kevin Brian
July 25, 1980 (Age 73 years)
Death of a husbandWilliam Preston “Ted” Brian
May 21, 1982 (Age 75 years)
Death of a brotherWilliam Odel Cherry
June 25, 1984 (Age 77 years)
Death of a motherVie Annie Atwood
November 30, 1987 (Age 81 years)
Death of a sisterJohnnie Magdalene Cherry
October 22, 1989 (Age 82 years)
Death January 14, 1991 (Age 84 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Lorenzo Cemetery
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father
mother
Marriage: January 17, 1904Hood, Texas, United States
1 year
elder brother
William Odel Cherry
Birth: January 8, 1905 21 19Texas, United States
Death: June 25, 1984Lorenzo, Crosby, Texas, United States
23 months
herself
3 years
younger sister
Sarah Jane Cherry
Birth: January 28, 1910 26 24Hood, Texas, United States
Death: May 23, 1999Lorenzo, Crosby, Texas, United States
3 years
younger sister
Johnnie Magdalene Cherry
Birth: March 10, 1913 30 27Milano, Milam, Texas, United States
Death: October 22, 1989Lubbock, Texas, United States
3 years
younger sister
Jessie Beatrice Cherry
Birth: November 1, 1915 32 30Tolar, Hood, Texas, United States
Death: October 8, 2001Lampasas, Texas, United States
3 years
younger brother
Mell Douglas Cherry
Birth: July 30, 1918 35 33Tolar, Hood, Texas, United States
Death: March 24, 2012Ralls, Crosby, Texas, United States
2 years
younger brother
Herman Glyn Cherry
Birth: September 14, 1920 37 35Tolar, Hood, Texas, United States
Death: July 15, 2012Crosbyton, Crosby, Texas, United States
Family with William Preston “Ted” Brian - View this family
husband
herself
son
William Preston Brian Jr.
Birth: October 15, 1934 25 27Lubbock, Texas, United States
Death: February 29, 2008Laramie, Albany, Wyoming, United States
daughter
Private
son
Private
daughter
Cherrydel Brian
Birth: January 8, 1946 36 39
Death: June 30, 1972Lubbock, Texas, United States

Census1910 United States - Census transcript - John Melvin Cherry - Household

Hood, Texas

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmNatLangOccupationIndEmpUnempUnempRWSchHomeMortFarmCWBlindDeaf
Cherry, John MheadMW28M6TXTNTNFarmerGeneral Farm
Cherry, VienawifeFW24M633TXGATX
Cherry, William OsonMW5STXTXTX
Cherry, Zona IdaughterFW3SOKTXTX
Cherry, Sarah JdaughterFW2mSTXTXTX

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Census1920 United States - Census transcript - John Melvin Cherry - Household

Tolar, Hood, Texas

NameRelationHomeMortSexRaceAgeConditionImmNatNatYSchoolRWBPLangFBPFather langMBPMother langEngOccupationIndEmp
Cherry, MelvinheadMW35MTXTNTNFarmerHome Farming
Cherry, AnniewifeFW34MTXGATX
Cherry, OdellsonMW14STXTXTX
Cherry, InezdaughterFW13SOKTXTX
Cherry, Sarah JanedaughterFW9STXTXTX
Cherry, JohnniedaughterFW7SOKTXTX
Cherry, Jessie BdaughterFW4-1mSTXTXTX
Cherry, Melvin Jr.sonMW1-5mSTXTXTX