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Ada Mae TollettAge: 71 years18951966

Name
Ada Mae Tollett
Given names
Ada Mae
Surname
Tollett
Birth April 25, 1895 34 27
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 2 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
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 20 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 21 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 22 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/
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 34 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 19, 1940 (Age 44 years)
Address: 1940 Braemar, Carter, Tennessee - Mae Tollett
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 46 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
Death of a motherAmanda Elizabeth “Mandy” Swafford
January 19, 1950 (Age 54 years)
Census April 4, 1950 (Age 54 years)
Death of a fatherMajor Craven Tollett
January 1, 1951 (Age 55 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 54 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 50 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 September 15, 1966 (Age 71 years)
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father
Major Craven Tollett
Birth: October 15, 1860Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States
Death: January 1, 1951Litton, Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States
mother
Amanda Elizabeth “Mandy” Swafford
Birth: March 25, 1868Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States
Death: January 19, 1950Litton, Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States
Marriage: April 19, 1883
5 years
elder sister
7 years
herself
Ada Mae Tollett
Birth: April 25, 1895 34 27Pikeville, Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States
Death: September 15, 1966Hampton, Carter, Tennessee, United States

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Census1940 United States - Census transcript - Ada Mae Tollett - Household

Braemar, Carter, Tennessee

NameInfoRelationHomeV/RFarmSexRaceAgeCondSchoolR/WBPCityCountyStateOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkWagesVetWar
Tollett, MaeXheadFW35STNSame HouseCourt ReporterCircuit and Chancery Court
Parham, MaudenieceFW28STNSame HouseInspectorRayon Mill

Census1950 United States - Census transcript - Ada Mae Tollett - Household

Bramer Road Hampton, Carter, Tennessee

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondBPNatDoing last weekHours WorkedOccupationIndustryClass
Tollett, MaeheadFW50STNSecretarial WorkCounty Court
Parham, MaudeneiceFW40MTNRayon InspectorTextile (Rayon) Mill