The Shemwell Family

Geneva SullivanAge: 81 years19171999

Name
Geneva Sullivan
Given names
Geneva
Surname
Sullivan
Married name
Geneva Wright
Birth October 25, 1917 29 24
Historical Event
World War I
between 1917 and November 1918

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 months)

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 sisterVadie Irene Sullivan
August 28, 1920 (Age 2 years)
Death of a brotherCorbett Sullivan
July 28, 1925 (Age 7 years)
Cause: Acute gastritis & Lobar pneumonia
Death of a fatherEdward “Ed” Sullivan
August 14, 1925 (Age 7 years)
Cause: Typhoid Fever
Marriage of a parentJames Samuel “Jim” SherrodMaude Edomson “Maudie” HallView this family
about 1929 (Age 11 years)

Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 11 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 23, 1930 (Age 12 years)
Birth of a half-brotherJames Willard Sherrod
March 6, 1931 (Age 13 years)
Death of a sisterZula M Sullivan
August 31, 1935 (Age 17 years)
Death of a maternal grandmotherMary Nancy “Nannie” Glenn
April 19, 1936 (Age 18 years)
Birth of a son
#1
Marlin Leon Wright
November 26, 1939 (Age 22 years)
Census April 4, 1940 (Age 22 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 24 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 32 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 motherMaude Edomson “Maudie” Hall
July 24, 1960 (Age 42 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 28 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 husbandAlbert Thurmon Wright
January 12, 1986 (Age 68 years)
Death July 28, 1999 (Age 81 years)
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: about 1909
2 years
elder brother
Corbett Sullivan
Birth: May 17, 1911 23 18Todd, Kentucky, United States
Death: July 28, 1925Todd, Kentucky, United States
3 years
elder sister
3 years
herself
Geneva Sullivan
Birth: October 25, 1917 29 24Todd, Kentucky, United States
Death: July 28, 1999Longwood, Seminole, Florida, United States
3 years
younger sister
Vadie Irene Sullivan
Birth: August 28, 1920 32 27Todd, Kentucky, United States
Death: April 3, 2007Savannah, Chatham, Georgia, United States
Mother’s family with James Samuel “Jim” Sherrod - View this family
step-father
mother
Marriage: about 1929
2 years
half-brother
James Willard Sherrod
Birth: March 6, 1931 51 38Todd, Kentucky, United States
Death: March 31, 2002Elkton, Todd, Kentucky, United States
Family with Albert Thurmon Wright - View this family
husband
Albert Thurmon Wright
Birth: January 18, 1911Todd, Kentucky, United States
Death: January 12, 1986Orange, Florida, United States
herself
Geneva Sullivan
Birth: October 25, 1917 29 24Todd, Kentucky, United States
Death: July 28, 1999Longwood, Seminole, Florida, United States
son
Private
son
Marlin Leon Wright
Birth: November 26, 1939 28 22Logan, Kentucky, United States
Death: April 18, 2002Zellwood, Orange, Florida, United States

Geneva Sullivan has 0 first cousins recorded

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Census1930 United States - Census transcript - James Samuel Sherrod - Household

Clifty, Todd, Kentucky

NameRelationHomeV/RRadioFarmSexRaceAgeCondAMSchoolR/WBPFBPMBPLangImmNatEngOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkUnempVetWar
Sherrod, James S TheadMW49W21KYKYKYFarmerGeneral farm
Sherrod, Maude EwifeFW39M16KYKYKY
Sherrod, MyrtledaughterFW19SKYKYKYLaborerat home
Sullivan, Zula M (ab)step daughterFW15SKYKYKYLaborerFarm
Sullivan, Genevastep daughterFW12SKYKYKYLaborerFarm
Sullivan, Vadie Istep daughterFW9SKYKYKY