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Rolfe Vasso McMeekinAge: 77 years18991976

Name
Rolfe Vasso McMeekin
Given names
Rolfe Vasso
Surname
McMeekin
Birth March 10, 1899 27 22
Birth of a brotherJesse F McMeekin
June 16, 1902 (Age 3 years)
Census April 29, 1910 (Age 11 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 16 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 17 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 18 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 5, 1920 (Age 20 years)
MarriageMary Elizabeth HuckabeeView this family
April 10, 1921 (Age 22 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 30 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 9, 1930 (Age 31 years)
Death of a maternal grandmotherSarah Elizabeth Cheek
May 22, 1937 (Age 38 years)
Death of a fatherJames Samuel McMeekin
January 1, 1945 (Age 45 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 42 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 motherVolney Jane Drew
March 8, 1950 (Age 50 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 50 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 wifeMary Elizabeth Huckabee
February 8, 1966 (Age 66 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 46 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 August 2, 1976 (Age 77 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Ireland Cemetery
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Volney Jane Drew
Birth: February 4, 1877 47 31Levita, Coryell, Texas, United States
Death: March 8, 1950Purmela, Coryell, Texas, United States
Marriage: November 21, 1897Coryell, Texas, United States
16 months
himself
Rolfe Vasso McMeekin
Birth: March 10, 1899 27 22Hamilton, Hamilton, Texas, United States
Death: August 2, 1976Oglesby, Coryell, Texas, United States
3 years
younger brother
Jesse F McMeekin
Birth: June 16, 1902 30 25Coryell, Texas, United States
Death: June 24, 1990Parker, Texas, United States
Family with Mary Elizabeth Huckabee - View this family
himself
Rolfe Vasso McMeekin
Birth: March 10, 1899 27 22Hamilton, Hamilton, Texas, United States
Death: August 2, 1976Oglesby, Coryell, Texas, United States
wife
Mary Elizabeth Huckabee
Birth: June 25, 1902Coryell, Texas, United States
Death: February 8, 1966Gatesville, Coryell, Texas, United States
Marriage: April 10, 1921Hamilton, Texas, United States

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Census1910 United States - Census transcript - Volney Jane Drew - Household

ED 34 Coryell, Texas, United States

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmNatLangOccupationIndEmpUnempUnempRWSchHomeMortFarmCWBlindDeaf
McMeeking, Jim SheadMW38M113TXIrelandTXEnglishFarmerGeneral FarmOAYesYesOMF
Drew, Jolney JwifeFW33M11322TXTXTXEnglishNoneYesYes
McMeeking, Rolfe VsonMW11STXTXTXEnglishNoneYesYes
McMeeking, Jesse FsonMW7STXTXTXNoneYes
Rankin, F Wfather-in-lawMW77M224KYKYKYEnglishNoneYesYes
Rankin, Sara Emother-in-lawFW64M22464MOMOMOEnglishNoneYesYes

Census1920 United States - Census transcript - Volney Jane Drew - Household

Coryell, Texas, United States

NameRelationHomeMortSexRaceAgeConditionImmNatNatYSchoolRWBPLangFBPFather langMBPMother langEngOccupationIndEmp
McMeekin, JamesheadOFMW47MYesYesTNIrelandEnglishIrelandEnglishYesFarmerGeneral FarmOA
McMeekin, ValneywifeFW42MYesYesTXTNMOYesNone
McMeekin, RolfesonMW21SYesYesTXTNTXYesFarm LaboerHome Farm
McMeekin, JessesonMW16SYesYesYesTXTNTXYesFarm LaborerHome Farm
Rankin, Sarahmother-in-lawFW75WdYesYesMOMOMOYesNone

Census1930 United States - Census transcript - Rolfe Vasso McMeekin - Household

ED 6 Coryell, Texas, United States

NameRelationHomeV/RRadioFarmSexRaceAgeCondAMSchoolR/WBPFBPMBPLangImmNatEngOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkUnempVetWar
McMeekin, R VheadRYesMW31M22NoYesTXTNTXYesFarm OperatorGeneral FarmOYesNo
McMeekin, Mary EwifeYesFW26M18NoYesTXARTXYesNone
Rankin, Sarah Emother-in-lawYesFW84Wd24NoNoMOMOMOYesNone