The Shemwell Family

Vadie Irene SullivanAge: 86 years19202007

Name
Vadie Irene Sullivan
Given names
Vadie Irene
Surname
Sullivan
Married name
Vadie Irene Willis
Birth August 28, 1920 32 27
Death of a brotherCorbett Sullivan
July 28, 1925 (Age 4 years)
Cause: Acute gastritis & Lobar pneumonia
Death of a fatherEdward “Ed” Sullivan
August 14, 1925 (Age 4 years)
Cause: Typhoid Fever
Marriage of a parentJames Samuel “Jim” SherrodMaude Edomson “Maudie” HallView this family
about 1929 (Age 8 years)

Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 9 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 9 years)
Birth of a half-brotherJames Willard Sherrod
March 6, 1931 (Age 10 years)
Death of a sisterZula M Sullivan
August 31, 1935 (Age 15 years)
Death of a maternal grandmotherMary Nancy “Nannie” Glenn
April 19, 1936 (Age 15 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 21 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
Census April 10, 1950 (Age 29 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 29 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 39 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 25 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 husbandWilliam Douglas “W. D.” Willis
July 11, 1982 (Age 61 years)
Death of a sisterGeneva Sullivan
July 28, 1999 (Age 78 years)
Death of a half-brotherJames Willard Sherrod
March 31, 2002 (Age 81 years)
Death April 3, 2007 (Age 86 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Highland Memory Gardens
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
elder sister
Geneva Sullivan
Birth: October 25, 1917 29 24Todd, Kentucky, United States
Death: July 28, 1999Longwood, Seminole, Florida, United States
3 years
herself
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 William Douglas “W. D.” Willis - View this family
husband
William Douglas “W. D.” Willis
Birth: January 22, 1918 20 17Elkton, Todd, Kentucky, United States
Death: July 11, 1982Seminole, Florida, United States
herself
Vadie Irene Sullivan
Birth: August 28, 1920 32 27Todd, Kentucky, United States
Death: April 3, 2007Savannah, Chatham, Georgia, United States
son
Private

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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