Oscar Lee TomerlinAge: 72 years1908–1981
- Name
- Oscar Lee Tomerlin
- Given names
- Oscar Lee
- Surname
- Tomerlin
 Birth | July 8, 1908 31 30 |
 Census | May 12, 1910 (Age 22 months) |
 Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 7 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 8 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 9 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 31, 1920 (Age 11 years) |
 Death of a paternal grandfather | James Andrew Tomerlin July 15, 1920 (Age 12 years) |
| Death of a paternal grandmother | Ruth Ellen “Ruthie” Shemwell February 23, 1926 (Age 17 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 21 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 17, 1930 (Age 21 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #1 | Bettie Lou Tomerlin January 30, 1933 (Age 24 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #2 | Peggy Neal Tomerlin August 10, 1934 (Age 26 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #3 | Nitra Ruth Tomerlin August 11, 1936 (Age 28 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #4 | Litsey Lynn Tomerlin November 17, 1938 (Age 30 years) |
| Birth of a son #5 | Maurice Louis “Moe” Tomerlin May 1, 1939 (Age 30 years) |
| Census | April 21, 1940 (Age 31 years) |
| Death of a father | William Herbert Tomerlin January 24, 1942 (Age 33 years) |
| Birth of a son #6 | William Lee “Bill” Tomerlin April 23, 1942 (Age 33 years) |
| Birth of a son #7 | Larry Dale Tomerlin May 21, 1945 (Age 36 years) |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 33 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 14, 1950 (Age 41 years) |
| Historical Event | Korean War between 1950 and 1953 (Age 41 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 |
| Marriage of a child | Neil Berger — Litsey Lynn Tomerlin — View this family September 2, 1955 (Age 47 years) |
| Death of a mother | Lou Ann Fulkerson January 20, 1961 (Age 52 years) |
| Death of a sister | Margaret Dayton Tomerlin October 15, 1975 (Age 67 years) Cause: Tuberculosis |
| Historical Event | Vietnam War between 1946 and 1975 (Age 37 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 | May 6, 1981 (Age 72 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Calumet Park Cemetery |
| Family with parents |
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William Herbert Tomerlin Birth: June 26, 1877 36 25 — Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States Death: January 24, 1942 — Beaver Dam, Ohio, Kentucky, United States |
| mother |
Lou Ann Fulkerson Birth: November 11, 1877 — Ohio, Kentucky, United States Death: January 20, 1961 — Ohio, Kentucky, United States |
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Marriage: estimated 1896 — |
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2 years elder brother |
John Andrew Tomerlin Birth: 1897 19 19 Death: 1898 |
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3 years elder sister |
Margaret Dayton Tomerlin Birth: July 10, 1899 22 21 — Echols, Ohio, Kentucky, United States Death: October 15, 1975 — Evansville, Vanderburgh, Indiana, United States |
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9 years himself |
Oscar Lee Tomerlin Birth: July 8, 1908 31 30 — Ohio, Kentucky, United States Death: May 6, 1981 — Hobart, Lake, Indiana, United States |
| Family with Gertrude L Robinson |
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Oscar Lee Tomerlin Birth: July 8, 1908 31 30 — Ohio, Kentucky, United States Death: May 6, 1981 — Hobart, Lake, Indiana, United States |
| wife |
Gertrude L Robinson Birth: April 26, 1910 — Beaver Dam, Ohio, Kentucky, United States Death: October 22, 1992 — Hobart, Lake, Indiana, United States |
| daughter |
Bettie Lou Tomerlin Birth: January 30, 1933 24 22 — Ohio, Kentucky, United States Death: May 12, 2011 — Fayetteville, Cumberland, North Carolina, United States |
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18 months daughter |
Peggy Neal Tomerlin Birth: August 10, 1934 26 24 — Ohio, Kentucky, United States Death: December 14, 2020 |
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2 years daughter |
Nitra Ruth Tomerlin Birth: August 11, 1936 28 26 — Ohio, Kentucky, United States Death: August 28, 2007 — Lehigh Acres, Lee, Florida, United States |
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2 years daughter |
Litsey Lynn Tomerlin Birth: November 17, 1938 30 28 — Beaver Dam, Ohio, Kentucky, United States Death: November 16, 2010 — Columbus, Franklin, Ohio, United States |
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5 months son |
Maurice Louis “Moe” Tomerlin Birth: May 1, 1939 30 29 — Beaver Dam, Ohio, Kentucky, United States Death: October 17, 2012 — Kouts, Porter, Indiana, United States |
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3 years son |
William Lee “Bill” Tomerlin Birth: April 23, 1942 33 31 — Beaver Dam, Ohio, Kentucky, United States Death: March 23, 2001 — Chapel Hill, Orange, North Carolina, United States |
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Larry Dale Tomerlin Birth: May 21, 1945 36 35 — Gary, Lake, Indiana, United States Death: November 15, 2011 — Valparaiso, Porter, Indiana, United States |
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Oscar Lee Tomerlin has 1 first cousin recorded
Father's family (1)
Parents Thomas Henry Graham + Martha Bell “Mattie” Tomerlin
Mother's family (0)
| Census | 1910 United States - Census transcript - William Herbert Tomerlin - Household
Rockport, Ohio, Kentucky
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| Census | 1920 United States - Census transcript - William Herbert Tomerlin - Household
Rockport, Ohio, Kentucky
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| Census | 1930 United States - Census transcript - Oscar Lee Tomerlin - Household
Beaver Dam and Rochester Rockport, Ohio, Kentucky
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| Census | 1940 United States - Census transcript - Oscar Lee Tomerlin - Household
Echols, Ohio, Kentucky
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