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Helen Lucille PhillipsAge: 79 years1911–1991

Name
Helen Lucille Phillips
Given names
Helen Lucille
Surname
Phillips
Married name
Helen Lucille Gulick
Birth December 2, 1911 38 32
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 4 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 5 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 6 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 17 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 1930 (Age 18 years)
Census April 1, 1940 (Age 28 years)
Birth of a son
#1
Richard Dale Gulick
June 8, 1942 (Age 30 years)
Death of a motherAlice Rose Turpin
August 15, 1945 (Age 33 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 29 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 1950 (Age 38 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 38 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 fatherOscar Dent Phillips
March 1963 (Age 51 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 34 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 husbandTheron Oran Gulick
December 14, 1978 (Age 67 years)
Death November 14, 1991 (Age 79 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Boiling Springs Cemetery
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father
Oscar Dent Phillips
Birth: September 27, 1873 — Adams, Coshocton, Ohio, United States
Death: March 1963 — Oreana, Macon, Illinois, United States
mother
Alice Rose Turpin
Birth: March 10, 1879 — Macon, Illinois, United States
Death: August 15, 1945 — Oreana, Macon, Illinois, United States
Marriage: July 29, 1903 — Oreana, Macon, Illinois, United States
8 years
herself
Helen Lucille Phillips
Birth: December 2, 1911 38 32 — Oreana, Macon, Illinois, United States
Death: November 14, 1991 — Decatur, Macon, Illinois, United States
Family with Theron Oran Gulick - View this family
husband
Theron Oran Gulick
Birth: September 14, 1912 32 21 — Macon, Illinois, United States
Death: December 14, 1978 — Macon, Illinois, United States
herself
Helen Lucille Phillips
Birth: December 2, 1911 38 32 — Oreana, Macon, Illinois, United States
Death: November 14, 1991 — Decatur, Macon, Illinois, United States
daughter
Private
son
Richard Dale Gulick
Birth: June 8, 1942 29 30 — Decatur, Macon, Illinois, United States
Death: February 5, 2014 — Decatur, Macon, Illinois, United States

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Census1930 United States - Census transcript - Oscar Dent Phillips - Household

Whitmore, Macon, Illinois, United States

NameRelationHomeV/RRadioFarmSexRaceAgeCondAMSchoolR/WBPFBPMBPLangImmNatEngOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkUnempVetWar
Phillips, OscarheadO2000RYesMW56M29NoYesOHOHOHYesFarmerOwn FarmOYes
Phillips, AlicewifeFW51M24NoYesILINKYYesNone
Phillips, DorothydaughterFW20SYesYesILOHILYesNone
Phillips, Helen LdaughterFW18SYesYesILOHILYesNone

Census1940 United States - Census transcript - Theron Oran Gulick - Household

Decatur, Macon, Illinois, United States

NameInfoRelationHomeV/RFarmSexRaceAgeCondSchoolR/WBPCityCountyStateOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkWagesVetWar
Gulick, TheronheadR25YesMW27MNoILPlant ManDairyPw521200
Gulick, HelenxwifeFW28MNoIL00