Everyone on the Sula family tree
| Portrait | Person | In the story | Life | On the chart |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EP | Eva PeaceGrandmother of Sula | 1919 to 1965 | Head of the house on Carpenter’s Road, with one leg. | Find on the chart |
| B | BoyBoyHusband of Eva | Before 1919 | He left Eva with three children. Sources3 | Find on the chart |
| HP | Hannah PeaceEldest child of Eva | Dies in 1923 | Mother of Sula, she burns to death. | Find on the chart |
| R | RekusHusband of Hannah | Dead before 1919 | He died when Sula was three. | Find on the chart |
| P | PearlDaughter of Eva | Away in Flint | She married at fourteen and left for Michigan. Sources3 | Find on the chart |
| P | PlumSon of Eva | Dies in 1921 | A veteran addicted to heroin, killed by his mother. | Find on the chart |
| T | The three deweysBoys taken in by Eva | 1921 to 1941 | Three boys given one name. Sources3 | Find on the chart |
| TB | Tar BabyBoarder | 1919 to 1941 | A drinker who lodges with Eva. Sources3 | Find on the chart |
| SP | Sula PeaceDaughter of Hannah | Dies in 1940 | She leaves, returns and is shunned by the Bottom. | Find on the chart |
| A | AjaxLover of Sula | 1939 | One of seven children of a conjure woman. Sources3 | Find on the chart |
| CS | Cecile SabatGrandmother of Helene | Dies in 1920 | She raised Helene in New Orleans. | Find on the chart |
| R | RochelleMother of Helene | 1920 | A Creole woman of New Orleans. Sources3 | Find on the chart |
| WW | Wiley WrightHusband of Helene | 1919 to 1927 | A ship’s cook, often away. Sources3 | Find on the chart |
| HW | Helene WrightMother of Nel | 1919 to 1927 | A strict and proper mother. | Find on the chart |
| NW | Nel WrightFriend of Sula | 1919 to 1965 | She marries Jude and outlives Sula. Sources2 | Find on the chart |
| JG | Jude GreeneHusband of Nel | 1927 to 1937 | He leaves Nel after the affair with Sula. | Find on the chart |
| TG | The Greene childrenChildren of Nel and Jude | From 1937 | Born between 1927 and 1937 and never named on the chart. Sources2 | Find on the chart |
| CL | Chicken LittleA boy of the Bottom | Dies in 1922 | He drowns in the river. Sources2 | Find on the chart |
| S | ShadrackVeteran | 1919 to 1941 | Founder of National Suicide Day on 3 January. | Find on the chart |
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