The Shemwell Family

Mary Julia PulleyAge: 44 years18951939

Name
Mary Julia Pulley
Given names
Mary Julia
Surname
Pulley
Married name
Mary Julia McElroy
Birth March 3, 1895 23 23
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 3 years)
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 brotherWilliam Henry “Willie” Pulley
November 1898 (Age 3 years)
Birth of a brotherRobert Herschel Pulley
April 1, 1902 (Age 7 years)
Death of a paternal grandmotherMary Jane McMillan
July 8, 1908 (Age 13 years)
Census April 15, 1910 (Age 15 years)
Address: Arlington Rd.
Birth of a son
#1
John Virgil McElroy
June 5, 1916 (Age 21 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 20 years)

Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1
Birth of a son
#2
Garner Fredrick McElroy
March 17, 1918 (Age 23 years)
Historical Event
World War I
between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 21 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 22 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/
Death of a paternal grandfatherJames Henry Pulley
April 1, 1921 (Age 26 years)

Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 34 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 motherRachel Case “Rachie” Janney
February 12, 1939 (Age 43 years)
Death July 26, 1939 (Age 44 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: McMillan Cemetery
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father
mother
Marriage: May 30, 1894Houston, Tennessee, United States
9 months
herself
Mary Julia Pulley
Birth: March 3, 1895 23 23Stewart, Tennessee, United States
Death: July 26, 1939Houston, Tennessee, United States
4 years
younger brother
3 years
younger brother
Family with John Earl McElroy - View this family
husband
herself
Mary Julia Pulley
Birth: March 3, 1895 23 23Stewart, Tennessee, United States
Death: July 26, 1939Houston, Tennessee, United States
son
John Virgil McElroy
Birth: June 5, 1916 24 21Houston, Tennessee, United States
Death: January 13, 1966Lincoln Park, Wayne, Michigan, United States
21 months
son
Garner Fredrick McElroy
Birth: March 17, 1918 26 23Erin, Houston, Tennessee, United States
Death: November 24, 2005Allen Park, Wayne, Michigan, United States
daughter
Private
daughter
Private
John Earl McElroy + Lillie Glover - View this family
husband
husband’s wife
Lillie Glover
Birth: January 1, 1888Kentucky, United States
Death: April 6, 1971Houston, Tennessee, United States
Marriage:

Mary Julia Pulley has 11 first cousins recorded

Census1910 United States - Census transcript - William Virgil Pulley - Household

Dist. 4 Houston, Tennessee, USA

NameRelationSexRaceAgeMCYrsMChBChLBPFBPMBPYOIN/AEngLOccupationIndustryEmployEmNWksUEduHomeVetInfirm
William Virgil PulleyHeadMW38M15--TNTNTNLaborer stave factory
Rachel Case PulleywifeFW38M1533GEOGEOGEONone
Mary Julia PulleydaughterFW15S---TNTNGEONone
William Henry PulleysonMW11S---TNTNGEONone
Robert H. PulleysonMW8S---TNTNGEONone

Notes: Enum Dist. 56