The Shemwell Family

Nancy Lorraine AreyAge: 93 years19061999

Name
Nancy Lorraine Arey
Given names
Nancy Lorraine
Surname
Arey
Married name
Nancy Lorraine Clarke
Birth July 11, 1906 27 26
Birth of a sisterMargaret Alma Arey
May 30, 1908 (Age 22 months)
Census April 15, 1910 (Age 3 years)
Birth of a brotherDr. Donald Lurton Arey
October 8, 1910 (Age 4 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 9 years)

Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1
Historical Event
World War I
between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 10 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 11 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 grandfatherDougal Lindsay Arey
March 20, 1922 (Age 15 years)
Cause: Stroke
MarriageReginald Gray ClarkeView this family
November 6, 1923 (Age 17 years)
Birth of a daughter
#1
Nancy C Clarke
August 30, 1929 (Age 23 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 23 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 12, 1930 (Age 23 years)
Death of a fatherErnest Cass Arey
June 20, 1934 (Age 27 years)
Death of a motherMartha Rose Fink
October 16, 1937 (Age 31 years)
Death of a paternal grandmotherNancy Lugenia “Nannie” Shemwell
October 15, 1939 (Age 33 years)
Cause: Pneumonia
Census April 12, 1940 (Age 33 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 35 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
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 43 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 husbandReginald Gray Clarke
September 15, 1969 (Age 63 years)

Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 39 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 sisterMargaret Alma Arey
January 19, 1999 (Age 92 years)
Death of a daughterNancy C Clarke
September 8, 1999 (Age 93 years)
Death October 25, 1999 (Age 93 years)

Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Highland Burial Park
Family with parents - View this family
father
Ernest Cass Arey
Birth: September 6, 1878 22 20Rowan, North Carolina, United States
Death: June 20, 1934Danville, Pittsylvania, Virginia, United States
mother
Martha Rose Fink
Birth: August 26, 1879Salisbury, Rowan, North Carolina, United States
Death: October 16, 1937Danville, Pittsylvania, Virginia, United States
Marriage: November 27, 1905
7 months
herself
23 months
younger sister
Margaret Alma Arey
Birth: May 30, 1908 29 28Salisbury, Rowan, North Carolina, United States
Death: January 19, 1999Danville, Virginia, United States
2 years
younger brother
Dr. Donald Lurton Arey
Birth: October 8, 1910 32 31Maryland, United States
Death: April 14, 2002Danville, Virginia, United States
Family with Reginald Gray Clarke - View this family
husband
herself
Marriage: November 6, 1923Caswell, North Carolina, United States
6 years
daughter
Nancy C Clarke
Birth: August 30, 1929 26 23Danville, Virginia, United States
Death: September 8, 1999Georgia, United States

Census1910 United States - Census transcript - Ernest Cass Arey - Household

3737 Perk Height Ave Baltimore, Maryland

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmNatLangOccupationIndEmpUnempUnempRWSchHomeMortFarmCWBlindDeaf
Arey, Ernest CheadMW32M14NCNCNCWholesale liquor
Arey, Martha RwifeFW32M1422NCNCNC
Arey, Nannie LdaughterFW3NCNCNC
Arey, Margaret AdaughterFW2NCNCNC
Arey, Kerr Cyounger brotherMW19SNCNCNCWholesale liquor
Sanders, Hattie EservantFB17SNCNCVAservant

Census1930 United States - Census transcript - Reginald Gray Clarke - Household

545 West Main Danville, Virginia

NameRelationHomeV/RRadioFarmSexRaceAgeCondAMSchoolR/WBPFBPMBPLangImmNatEngOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkUnempVetWar
Clarke, Reginald GheadMW26M20VAVAVAElectrical ContractorElectrical Supplier
Clarke, N LorainewifeFW23M17NCNCNC
Clarke, Nancy CdaughterFW7mMVAVANC

Census1940 United States - Census transcript - Reginald Gray Clarke - Household

Danville, Virginia

NameInfoRelationInfoHomeV/RFarmSexRaceAgeCondSchoolR/WBPCityCountyStateOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkWagesVetWar
Clarke, Reginald GheadMW36MVAContractorElectricity
Clarke, Loraine AwifeFW33MNC
Clarke, Nancy CdaughterFW10SVA