The Shemwell Family

Liva Fay SullivanAge: 95 years18971993

Name
Liva Fay Sullivan
Given names
Liva Fay
Surname
Sullivan
Birth May 12, 1897 35 32
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 10 months)
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
Birth of a brotherGeorge Oscar Sullivan
May 7, 1900 (Age 2 years)
Census June 19, 1900 (Age 3 years)
Death of a paternal grandfatherJohn Wesley Sullivan
July 14, 1904 (Age 7 years)
Census April 1910 (Age 12 years)
Death of a paternal grandmotherElizabeth Ann “Anna” Daugherty
February 17, 1912 (Age 14 years)
Associate: George Washington Daugherty
Associate: Francis “Fanny” McGehee
Death of a maternal grandfatherEphrem Willard Bullard
April 6, 1915 (Age 17 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 18 years)

Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1
Death of a maternal grandmotherLinda Eliva Austin
September 13, 1918 (Age 21 years)
Historical Event
World War I
between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 19 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 20 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 32 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
Death of a brotherJohn Lawrence Sullivan
August 15, 1939 (Age 42 years)
Associate: George Washington Sullivan
Associate: Willmuth Ann Bullard
Death of a fatherGeorge Washington Sullivan
December 29, 1939 (Age 42 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 44 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 motherWillmuth Ann Bullard
May 15, 1953 (Age 56 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 52 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 brotherJames Wright Sullivan
June 6, 1965 (Age 68 years)
Associate: George Washington Sullivan
Associate: Willmuth Ann Bullard
Death of a sisterBuena Vista Sullivan
November 9, 1966 (Age 69 years)
Associate: Willmuth Ann Bullard
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 48 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 brotherGeorge Oscar Sullivan
May 9, 1976 (Age 78 years)
Death February 20, 1993 (Age 95 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Hillcrest Cemetery
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father
mother
Marriage: August 3, 1887Parker, Texas, United States
9 months
elder brother
James Wright Sullivan
Birth: April 22, 1888 26 22Parker, Texas, United States
Death: June 6, 1965Amarillo, Potter, Texas, United States
3 years
elder brother
John Lawrence Sullivan
Birth: October 10, 1890 28 25Texas, United States
Death: August 15, 1939Shamrock, Wheeler, Texas, United States
3 years
elder sister
Buena Vista Sullivan
Birth: April 2, 1893 31 27Parker, Texas, United States
Death: November 9, 1966Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States
4 years
herself
Liva Fay Sullivan
Birth: May 12, 1897 35 32Parker, Texas, United States
Death: February 20, 1993Gray, Texas, United States
3 years
younger brother
George Oscar Sullivan
Birth: May 7, 1900 38 35Poolville, Parker, Texas, United States
Death: May 9, 1976South Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States

Liva Fay Sullivan has 39 first cousins recorded

Census1900 United States - Census transcript - George Washington Sullivan - Household

Veal Station Town, ED 70 Parker, Texas, United States

NameRelationRaceSexMonthYearAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmUSNatOccupationUnempSchoolReadWriteEngHomeMortFarm
Sulivan, GeorgeheadWMMar186238M13TXMSMOFarmerYesYesYesRF
Sulivan, WilliewifeWFMay186336M1355ILILILYesYesYes
Sulivan, JamessonWMApr188812STXTXILAt SchoolYesYesYes
Sulivan, John LsonWMOct18909STXTXILAt SchoolYesYesYes
Sulivan, Buna VdaughterWFApr18946STXTXIL
Sulivan, Eliza FaydaughterWFMay18973STXTXIL
Sulivan, GeorgesonWMMay19000 monthsSTXTXIL

Census1910 United States - Census transcript - George Washington Sullivan - Household

ED 42 Quail, Collingsworth, Texas, United States

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmNatLangOccupationIndEmpUnempUnempRWSchHomeMortFarmCWBlindDeaf
Sullavin, George WheadMW48M22TXMSMOEnglishFarmerHome FarmOAYesYesOMF
Sullavin, Wilma TwifeFW44M2255ILILILEnglishNoneYesYes
Sullavin, James WsonMW21STXTXILEnglishFarm LaborerHome FarmOAYesYes
Sullavin, John LsonMW19STXTXILEnglishFarm LaborerHome FarmOAYesYesNo
Sullavin, BunevistadaughterFW16STXTXILEnglishNoneYesYesNo
Sullavin, Livy FdaughterFW12STXTXILEnglishNoneYesYesYes
Sullavin, George OsonMW9STXTXILEnglishNoneYes