The Shemwell Family

Dora Maie AreyAge: 88 years19021991

Name
Dora Maie Arey
Given names
Dora Maie
Surname
Arey
Married name
Dora Maie Loftin
Birth December 16, 1902
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 13 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 14 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 15 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/
MarriageLee Mock LoftinView this family
October 2, 1922 (Age 19 years)
Birth of a daughter
#1
Constance Jean Loftin
April 29, 1923 (Age 20 years)
Birth of a daughter
#2
Nina Ruth Loftin
December 14, 1924 (Age 21 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 26 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 May 3, 1930 (Age 27 years)
Census April 6, 1940 (Age 37 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 38 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
Marriage of a childSydney Alexander SmithNina Ruth LoftinView this family
April 9, 1949 (Age 46 years)
Census April 20, 1950 (Age 47 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 47 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
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 43 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 husbandLee Mock Loftin
July 21, 1980 (Age 77 years)
Death October 27, 1991 (Age 88 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Saint Matthew's Lutheran Church Cemetery
Family with Lee Mock Loftin - View this family
husband
Lee Mock Loftin
Birth: April 26, 1899 32 29Morgan, Rowan, North Carolina, United States
Death: July 21, 1980Richfield, Stanly, North Carolina, United States
herself
Dora Maie Arey
Birth: December 16, 1902Stanley, Gaston, North Carolina, United States
Death: October 27, 1991Guilford, North Carolina, United States
Marriage: October 2, 1922Rowan, North Carolina, United States
7 months
daughter
Constance Jean Loftin
Birth: April 29, 1923 24 20Salisbury, Rowan, North Carolina, United States
Death: March 15, 2008Greensboro, Guilford, North Carolina, United States
20 months
daughter
Nina Ruth Loftin
Birth: December 14, 1924 25 21Salisbury, Rowan, North Carolina, United States
Death: April 4, 1994Asheboro, Randolph, North Carolina, United States

Census1930 United States - Census transcript - Lee Mock Loftin - Household

398 Stoval Road Oxford, Granville, North Carolina

NameRelationHomeV/RRadioFarmSexRaceAgeCondAMSchoolR/WBPFBPMBPLangImmNatEngOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkUnempVetWar
Loftin, Lee MheadMW30M2NCNCNCOperatorSaw Mill
Loftin, Dora MwifeFW27M19NCNCNC
Loftin, Constance JdaughterFW6SNCNCNC
Loftin, Nina RdaughterFW5SNCNCNC

Census1940 United States - Census transcript - Lee Mock Loftin - Household

Petersburg Pike Bermuda, Chesterfield, Virginia

NameInfoRelationHomeV/RFarmSexRaceAgeCondSchoolR/WBPCityCountyStateOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkWagesVetWar
Loftin, Lee MheadMW40MNCSame houseProprietorHotel
Loftin, D MaywifeFW37MNCSame houseProprietorHotel
Loftin, Constance JdaughterFW16SNCSame house
Loftin, Nina RuthdaughterFW15SNCSame house
Knight, Burton HnepherMW28SVASame houseManagerHotel

Census1950 United States - Census transcript - Lee Mock Loftin - Household

Morgan, Rowan, North Carolina

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondBPNatDoing last weekHours WorkedOccupationIndustryClass
Loftin, MockheadMW50MarNCRanch ManagerRanch
Loftin, MaewifeFW47MarNC