The Shemwell Family

Margaret Maria Arvin1870

Name
Margaret Maria Arvin
Given names
Margaret Maria
Surname
Arvin
Married name
Margaret Maria Witt
Birth December 1870 31 26
MarriageRobert Ellis WittView this family
unknown

Birth of a sisterNancy Ann Arvin
October 28, 1874 (Age 3 years)
Birth of a sisterMary Susan “Susie” Arvin
August 8, 1878 (Age 7 years)
Death of a maternal grandfatherWilliam Witt
December 25, 1878 (Age 8 years)
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 7 years)

Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever
Census June 15, 1880 (Age 9 years)
Birth of a brotherLittle Berry Arvin Sr.
August 2, 1881 (Age 10 years)
Birth of a sisterGertrude E Arvin
April 29, 1886 (Age 15 years)
Birth of a brotherJoseph Stollard Arvin
April 29, 1886 (Age 15 years)
Death of a paternal grandmotherSarah “Sally” Tubbs
July 4, 1888 (Age 17 years)
Death of a motherMelissa Witt
February 1891 (Age 20 years)
Birth of a son
#1
Joseph Rolland Witt
January 6, 1894 (Age 23 years)
Birth of a daughter
#2
Mattie Bell Witt
July 1896 (Age 25 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 27 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 daughter
#3
Susie M Witt
February 1899 (Age 28 years)
Death of a brotherWilliam Jesse Arvin
August 5, 1901 (Age 30 years)

Death of a sisterGertrude E Arvin
about 1910 (Age 39 years)

Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 45 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 46 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 47 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 sisterSarah Jane Arvin
August 14, 1922 (Age 51 years)
Death of a fatherJamison Arvin
February 18, 1925 (Age 54 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 58 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 brotherJameson Arvin
August 6, 1936 (Age 65 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 71 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 79 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 brotherLittle Berry Arvin Sr.
May 29, 1956 (Age 85 years)
Cause: Coronary Thrombosis
Note: Son Ernest Arvin found him, he had a heart attack while on his tractor, he hit a rock and fell off.
Burial of a brotherLittle Berry Arvin Sr.
May 31, 1956 (Age 85 years)
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Green Hill Memorial Gardens
Death of a sisterNancy Ann Arvin
July 9, 1964 (Age 93 years)
Death of a brotherJoseph Stollard Arvin
April 18, 1966 (Age 95 years)
Death of a sisterMary Susan “Susie” Arvin
July 8, 1969 (Age 98 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 75 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
Deathunknown

Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: October 24, 1861Madison, Kentucky, United States
2 years
elder sister
16 months
elder brother
3 years
elder brother
Jameson Arvin
Birth: June 20, 1868 29 24Kentucky, United States
Death: August 6, 1936Bluejacket, Craig, Oklahoma, United States
3 years
herself
4 years
younger sister
4 years
younger sister
Mary Susan “Susie” Arvin
Birth: August 8, 1878 39 34Madison, Kentucky, United States
Death: July 8, 1969Pembroke, Christian, Kentucky, United States
3 years
younger brother
5 years
younger sister
Gertrude E Arvin
Birth: April 29, 1886 47 42Christian, Kentucky, United States
Death: about 1910
younger brother
Family with Robert Ellis Witt - View this family
husband
herself
Marriage:
son
Joseph Rolland Witt
Birth: January 6, 1894 36 23Kentucky, United States
Death: February 19, 1980Los Angeles, California, United States
3 years
daughter
3 years
daughter
Susie M Witt
Birth: February 1899 41 28Kentucky, United States
Death:

Margaret Maria Arvin has 0 first cousins recorded

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Census1880 United States - Census transcript - Jamison Arvin - Household

NameColorSexAgeMonRelationCondMYOccupationUnEmSickBlindDDIdioticInsaneDisabledSchoolReadWriteBPFBPMBP
Arvin, JamisonWM42headMFarmerKYKYKY
Arvin, MalissaWF36wifeMKeeps HouseKYKYKY
Arvin, SarahWF17daughterSAt HomeYKYKYKY
Arvin, WilliamWM14sonSAt HomeYKYKYKY
Arvin, JamasonWM11sonSAt HomeYKYKYKY
Arvin, MariaWF9daughterMAt HomeYKYKYKY
Arvin, NancyWF4daughterSAt HomeKYKYKY
Arvin, MaryWF2daughterSAt HomeKYKYKY