Jannetta Cecelia Sullivan

Brief Life History of Jannetta Cecelia

When Jannetta Cecelia Sullivan was born on 27 December 1918, in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States, her father, John Edward Sullivan, was 39 and her mother, Julia Margaret Sullivan, was 35. She married Thomas Ignatius Joseph Dowdalls on 21 February 1942, in Camp Joseph H. Pendleton, San Diego, California, United States. She lived in Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States in 1950. She died on 8 April 2003, in Fountain Valley, Orange, California, United States, at the age of 84.

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Family Time Line

Thomas Ignatius Joseph Dowdalls
1919–1994
Jannetta Cecelia Sullivan
1918–2003
Marriage: 21 February 1942

Sources (14)

  • Unknown, "United States 1950 Census"
  • Janetta Cecelia Sullivan, "Illinois, Cook County, Birth Certificates, 1871-1940"
  • Janetta C Dowdalls, "United States Social Security Death Index"

World Events (8)

1919 · The Eighteenth Amendment

The Eighteenth Amendment established a prohibition on all intoxicating liquors in the United States. As a result of the Amendment, the Prohibition made way for bootlegging and speakeasies becoming popular in many areas. The Eighteenth Amendment was then repealed by the Twenty-first Amendment. Making it the first and only amendment that has been repealed.

1919 · The Chicago Race Riot of 1919

During the Chicago race riot, which was raised by racial conflicts throughout Chicago, thirty-eight people died (23 black and 15 white) and over five hundred were injured. It is considered the worst of the approximately 25 riots during the Red Summer and was the worst race riot in Illinois.

1941

Japanese attack Pearl Harbor.

Name Meaning

Some characteristic forenames: Irish Brendan, Liam, Donal, James Patrick, Michael Patrick, Aileen, Brigid, Paddy, Siobhan, John Patrick, Kevin Patrick, Parnell.

Irish (Cork and Kerry): shortened form of O'Sullivan .

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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