Daniel Wardell CHERRY, Sr.^[1]

1890 - 1930  (39 years)

• Name	Daniel Wardell CHERRY
  Suffix	Sr.
  Nickname	Wardell
  Birth	14 Apr 1890	Churchland, Norfolk Co, VA   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	1917, 1920	Churchland, VA   [2, 3]
  	Wardell's 1917 World War I draft registration card and the 1920 census note that he made his living as a "merchant" in Churchland, Virginia.
  Death	Before April 1930  [4]
  	His wife was enumerated as a "widow" in the census taken on 22 April 1930.
  Person ID	I64432	mason
  Last Modified	22 Jul 2026

  
  

  Father	Daniel Monroe CHERRY,   b. Aug 1857, Norfolk Co, VA d. Between May 1910 - Feb 1920 (Age 62 years)
  Mother	Ida Jennett MILLS,   b. c. 1861, New Kent Co, VA
  Marriage	17 Jun 1885	Norfolk Co, VA   [5]
  	The couple was married in Norfolk County, Virginia on 17 June 1885.
  Notes	The 1910 census notes that Ida had given birth to 8 children, of whom 6 were living on 5 May 1910.
  Family ID	F6607	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Nancy CARNEY,   b. c. 1891, Georgia
  Marriage	c. 1911  [4]
  	The 1930 census notes that Nannie was 20 years old at the time of the marriage, suggesting a date of about 1911.
  Children	1. Dorothy CHERRY,   b. c. 1913, Virginia   2. Daniel Wardell CHERRY, Jr.,   b. 13 Oct 1916, Virginia d. 22 Apr 1972 (Age 55 years)
  Family ID	F7742	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	22 Jul 2026

  
  

• Notes

  Resided: June 1900, Western Branch, Norfolk County, VA Resided: May 1910, Western Branch, Norfolk County, VA Resided: February 1920, Western Branch, Norfolk County, VA [Investigate death date in Virginia of 19 Feb 1930]

  
  

• Sources

  [S2653] 1900 US Census / Cherry, Daniel M. [S3394] Daniel Wardell Cherry. WWI draft registration card (1917). [S1960] 1920 US Census / Cherry, Daniel W. [S3501] 1930 US Census / Carney, Richard F. [S1346] Sharon Rea Gable & Truitt M. Bonney, abstractors, Gable & Bonney, Norfolk County Virginia Marriage Licenses 1850 - 1899, ((Suffolk, VA: privately published, 2007)). p. 32: Daniel Monroe Cherry - Ida Jennett Mills marriage (1885), file no. 3948.