Metty Leona TilleyAge: 91 years1902–1993
- Name
- Metty Leona Tilley
- Given names
- Metty Leona
- Surname
- Tilley
 Birth | January 27, 1902 25 20 |
 Birth of a brother | John A Tilley January 31, 1904 (Age 2 years) |
| Birth of a sister | Mable Marie Tilley November 2, 1906 (Age 4 years) |
| Death of a father | Eugene Evander Tilley February 24, 1909 (Age 7 years) |
 Census | May 11, 1910 (Age 8 years) |
| Death of a paternal grandfather | James Henry Tilley October 11, 1913 (Age 11 years) |
 Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 13 years)Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1 |
| Marriage of a parent | David Obediah Chism — Alta Maud Adams — View this family July 21, 1918 (Age 16 years) |
| Historical Event | World War I between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 14 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 15 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/ |
| Birth of a half-brother | Carroll Cecil Chism September 13, 1919 (Age 17 years) |
| Census | January 5, 1920 (Age 17 years) |
| Birth of a half-brother | William Parker Chism February 3, 1925 (Age 23 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 27 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 |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 39 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 47 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 mother | Alta Maud Adams October 4, 1970 (Age 68 years) |
| Historical Event | Vietnam War between 1946 and 1975 (Age 43 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 half-brother | Carroll Cecil Chism July 22, 1979 (Age 77 years) |
| Death of a brother | William Roosevelt “Ted” Tilley November 20, 1984 (Age 82 years) |
| Death of a brother | John A Tilley February 25, 1986 (Age 84 years) |
 Death | February 7, 1993 (Age 91 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Dixon Cemetery |
| Family with parents |
| father |
Eugene Evander Tilley Birth: April 1, 1876 41 38 — Arkansas, United States Death: February 24, 1909 — Arkansas, United States |
| mother |
Alta Maud Adams Birth: October 14, 1881 — Arkansas, United States Death: October 4, 1970 — Arkansas, United States |
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Marriage: February 5, 1899 — Conway, Arkansas, United States |
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9 months elder brother |
William Roosevelt “Ted” Tilley Birth: October 25, 1899 23 18 — Lanty, Conway, Arkansas, United States Death: November 20, 1984 — Saline, Arkansas, United States |
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2 years herself |
Metty Leona Tilley Birth: January 27, 1902 25 20 — Lanty, Conway, Arkansas, United States Death: February 7, 1993 — Dixon, Solano, California, United States |
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2 years younger brother |
John A Tilley Birth: January 31, 1904 27 22 — Arkansas, United States Death: February 25, 1986 — Arkansas, United States |
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3 years younger sister |
Mable Marie Tilley Birth: November 2, 1906 30 25 — Lanty, Conway, Arkansas, United States Death: December 26, 1994 — Chesterfield, St Louis, Missouri, United States |
| Mother’s family with David Obediah Chism |
| step-father |
David Obediah Chism Birth: December 5, 1872 — Lanty, Conway, Arkansas, United States Death: October 1, 1944 — Conway, Arkansas, United States |
| mother |
Alta Maud Adams Birth: October 14, 1881 — Arkansas, United States Death: October 4, 1970 — Arkansas, United States |
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Marriage: July 21, 1918 — Lanty, Conway, Arkansas, United States |
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14 months half-brother |
Carroll Cecil Chism Birth: September 13, 1919 46 37 — McClaren, Conway, Arkansas, United States Death: July 22, 1979 — Solgohachia, Conway, Arkansas, United States |
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5 years half-brother |
William Parker Chism Birth: February 3, 1925 52 43 — McClaren, Conway, Arkansas, United States Death: February 7, 2012 — Hattieville, Conway, Arkansas, United States |
Metty Leona Tilley has 16 first cousins recorded
Father's family (16)
Parents Leander A “Lee” Tilley + Luella L “Ella” Adams
Parents James Lewis Tilley + Corol Dora Bizzell
Parents James Lewis Tilley + Elbert Elizabeth Davis
Mother's family (0)
| Census | 1910 United States - Census transcript - Alta Maud Adams - Household
ED 9 McLaren, Conway, Arkansas, United States
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| Census | 1920 United States - Census transcript - Alta Maud Adams - Household
McClaren, Conway, Arkansas, United States
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