Marion Elizabeth TollettAge: 93 years1917–2011
- Name
- Marion Elizabeth Tollett
- Given names
- Marion Elizabeth
- Surname
- Tollett
- Married name
- Marion Elizabeth Downey
 Birth | May 21, 1917 40 33 |
 Historical Event | World War I between 1917 and November 1918Note: 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 7 months)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/ |
 Death of a paternal grandmother | Elizabeth Temperance Parham September 26, 1926 (Age 9 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 12 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 14, 1930 (Age 12 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #1 | Elizabeth Tollett Downey November 4, 1942 (Age 25 years) |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 24 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 father | Lee Tollett May 18, 1946 (Age 28 years) |
| Census | April 9, 1950 (Age 32 years) |
| Historical Event | Korean War between 1950 and 1953 (Age 32 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 | Mintie Belle Little October 22, 1964 (Age 47 years) |
| Historical Event | Vietnam War between 1946 and 1975 (Age 28 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 husband | John Irvin Downey December 6, 1995 (Age 78 years) |
 Death | April 12, 2011 (Age 93 years) |
| Family with parents |
| father |
Lee Tollett Birth: July 11, 1876 28 22 — Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States Death: May 18, 1946 — Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States |
| mother |
Mintie Belle Little Birth: August 21, 1883 — Tennessee, United States Death: October 22, 1964 — Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States |
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Marriage: January 22, 1916 — Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States |
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16 months herself |
Marion Elizabeth Tollett Birth: May 21, 1917 40 33 — Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States Death: April 12, 2011 — Pikeville, Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States |
| Family with John Irvin Downey |
| husband |
John Irvin Downey Birth: November 28, 1911 — Sale Creek, Hamilton, Tennessee, United States Death: December 6, 1995 — Pikeville, Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States |
| herself |
Marion Elizabeth Tollett Birth: May 21, 1917 40 33 — Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States Death: April 12, 2011 — Pikeville, Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States |
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| daughter |
Elizabeth Tollett Downey Birth: November 4, 1942 30 25 — Tennessee, United States Death: December 31, 2024 — Pikeville, Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States |
Marion Elizabeth Tollett has 18 first cousins recorded
Father's family (18)
Parents Robert E Lee Swafford + Martha Ann Tollett
Parents William Maynard “Will” Tollett + Mamie Clara Moore
Parents Isaac James Brown + Nancy L “Nannie” Tollett
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Parents Siglar Phillip Little + Lena Risas Tollett
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Parents Thomas James Roberson Swafford + Eulah Mae Tollett
Mother's family (0)
| Census | 1930 United States - Census transcript - Lee Tollett - Household
Alvin C York Highway Bledsoe, Tennessee
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