The Shemwell Family

Dorotha Lillian TollettAge: 87 years19222009

Name
Dorotha Lillian Tollett
Given names
Dorotha Lillian
Surname
Tollett
Married name
Dorotha Lillian Kerley
Birth November 17, 1922 20 24
Birth of a brotherMose Tollett
December 29, 1924 (Age 2 years)
Birth of a brotherCarl Carmack Tollett
June 30, 1928 (Age 5 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 6 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 3, 1930 (Age 7 years)
Birth of a brotherLeon Tollett
June 7, 1931 (Age 8 years)
Birth of a brotherFranklin Delano Tollett
January 1, 1934 (Age 11 years)
Death of a maternal grandmotherLillie Pearl Agee
March 26, 1937 (Age 14 years)
Note: Lilly death informant W M Parham, husband Jake
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 19 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 6, 1950 (Age 27 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 27 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
Birth of a daughter
#1
Sharon Lillian Kerley
February 6, 1956 (Age 33 years)
Death of a daughterSharon Lillian Kerley
February 6, 1956 (Age 33 years)
Birth of a son
#2
Walter Kirk Kerley
October 21, 1956 (Age 33 years)
Death of a sonWalter Kirk Kerley
October 31, 1956 (Age 33 years)
Death of a brotherFranklin Delano Tollett
March 19, 1965 (Age 42 years)
Death of a maternal grandfatherJohn Curtis Parham
July 26, 1973 (Age 50 years)
Death of a fatherLander Decosto “Casto” Tollett
May 6, 1974 (Age 51 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 23 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 motherBessie Lee Parham
February 26, 1977 (Age 54 years)
Death of a brotherMose Tollett
October 12, 1977 (Age 54 years)
Death of a husbandClifford Olin Kerley
August 31, 1989 (Age 66 years)
Death of a brotherCarl Carmack Tollett
November 12, 2001 (Age 78 years)
Death of a brotherLeon Tollett
March 2, 2007 (Age 84 years)
Death December 7, 2009 (Age 87 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Tollett Cemetery
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father
mother
Marriage: January 8, 1922Sequatchie, Tennessee, United States
10 months
herself
Dorotha Lillian Tollett
Birth: November 17, 1922 20 24Tennessee, United States
Death: December 7, 2009Pikeville, Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States
2 years
younger brother
Mose Tollett
Birth: December 29, 1924 22 26Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States
Death: October 12, 1977Tennessee, United States
4 years
younger brother
Carl Carmack Tollett
Birth: June 30, 1928 26 29Pikeville, Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States
Death: November 12, 2001Pikeville, Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States
3 years
younger brother
Leon Tollett
Birth: June 7, 1931 29 32Pikeville, Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States
Death: March 2, 2007Livingston, Overton, Tennessee, United States
3 years
younger brother
Franklin Delano Tollett
Birth: January 1, 1934 31 35Tennessee, United States
Death: March 19, 1965Tennessee, United States
Family with Clifford Olin Kerley - View this family
husband
Clifford Olin Kerley
Birth: April 23, 1914Tennessee, United States
Death: August 31, 1989Pikeville, Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States
herself
Dorotha Lillian Tollett
Birth: November 17, 1922 20 24Tennessee, United States
Death: December 7, 2009Pikeville, Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States
daughter
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daughter
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son
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son
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daughter
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daughter
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son
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son
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daughter
Sharon Lillian Kerley
Birth: February 6, 1956 41 33Pikeville, Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States
Death: February 6, 1956Pikeville, Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States
8 months
son
Walter Kirk Kerley
Birth: October 21, 1956 42 33Pikeville, Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States
Death: October 31, 1956Pikeville, Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States

Dorotha Lillian Tollett has 18 first cousins recorded

Census1930 United States - Census transcript - Lander Decosto Tollett - Household

York Highway Bledsoe, Tennessee

NameRelationHomeV/RRadioFarmSexRaceAgeCondAMSchoolR/WBPFBPMBPLangImmNatEngOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkUnempVetWar
Tollett, CarloheadMW28M20TNTNTNFarmerGeneral Farm
Tollett, BessiewifeFW31M23TNTNTN
Tollett, DorothadaughterFW7MTNTNTN
Tollett, MosesonMW5STNTNTN
Tollett, CarlsonMW1STNTNTN