Emma Lee KirskeyAge: 71 years1870–1942
- Name
- Emma Lee Kirskey
- Given names
- Emma Lee
- Surname
- Kirskey
- Married name
- Emma Lee Arrington
Shared note: Claude Arthur Arrington Obituary and Family Listing
 Birth | July 3, 1870 |
 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 |
 Marriage | Willis Newton Arrington — View this family March 25, 1889 (Age 18 years) |
 Birth of a son#1 | Claude Arthur Arrington Sr January 25, 1898 (Age 27 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 |
| Death of a husband | Willis Newton Arrington April 22, 1899 (Age 28 years) |
 Census | June 7, 1900 (Age 29 years) |
| Marriage | Alfred Robert Watkins — View this family August 1, 1900 (Age 30 years) |
| Census | May 9, 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/ |
| Census | March 10, 1920 (Age 49 years) |
| Marriage of a child | Claude Arthur Arrington Sr — Edna Ethel Baldwin — View this family October 2, 1920 (Age 50 years) |
| Death of a husband | Alfred Robert Watkins April 21, 1921 (Age 50 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #1 | Claude Arthur Arrington Jr January 22, 1922 (Age 51 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #2 | Viola Wilma Arrington April 13, 1923 (Age 52 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #3 | Willis Benjamin Arrington March 12, 1929 (Age 58 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 59 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 11, 1930 (Age 59 years) |
| Census | April 13, 1940 (Age 69 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 |
 Death | February 3, 1942 (Age 71 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Pear Valley Cemetery |
| Family with Willis Newton Arrington |
| husband |
Willis Newton Arrington Birth: July 15, 1862 — Alabama, United States Death: April 22, 1899 — Woodville, Marshall, Oklahoma, United States |
| herself |
Emma Lee Kirskey Birth: July 3, 1870 — Campbell, Georgia, United States Death: February 3, 1942 — Pear Valley, McCulloch, Texas, United States |
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Marriage: March 25, 1889 — Prairie, Arkansas, United States |
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9 years son |
Claude Arthur Arrington Sr Birth: January 25, 1898 35 27 — Bend, Johnson, Arkansas, United States Death: August 21, 1958 — Los Angeles, California, United States |
| Family with Alfred Robert Watkins |
| husband |
Alfred Robert Watkins Birth: March 3, 1864 — Texas, United States Death: April 21, 1921 — Pear Valley, McCulloch, Texas, United States |
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Emma Lee Kirskey Birth: July 3, 1870 — Campbell, Georgia, United States Death: February 3, 1942 — Pear Valley, McCulloch, Texas, United States |
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Marriage: August 1, 1900 — Grayson, Texas, United States |
| Census | 1900 United States - Census transcript - Emma Lee Kirskey - Household
Woodville, Pickens, Chickasaw Nation, Indian Territory, United States
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| Census | 1910 United States - Census transcript - Alfred Robert Watkins - Household
McCulloch, Texas, United States
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| Census | 1920 United States - Census transcript - Alfred Robert Watkins - Household
McCulloch, Texas, United States
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| Census | 1930 United States - Census transcript - Emma Lee Kirskey - Household
San Antonio, Bexar, Texas, United States
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| Census | 1940 United States - Census transcript - Emma Lee Kirskey - Household
McCulloch, Texas, United States
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| Name | Claude Arthur Arrington Obituary and Family Listing
C. A. Arrington,
Former McCulloch
Resident, Dies
Claude A. Arrington, 60, a for-
mer McCulloch County resident,
died in a Van Nuys, Calif., hos-
pital Aug. 21 after suffering a
heart attack.
A veteran of World War I he
was retired from 20 years of duty
with the Los Angeles Police De-
partment. In more recent years
he was employed in the security
division of Lockheed Aircraft Corp.
and Lockheed missile systems di-
vision.
Survivors are his widow, Ethel;
two sons, Claude A Arrington, Jr.,
and Willis both of Van Nuys; and a
daughter Mrs. Viola Fish of Santa
Rosa, Calif.
Also surviving are two sisters,
Mrs. Dollie Watkins of Banning,
Calif., and Mrs. Dora Stamper of
Tujunga, Calif., a brother, Roy
Arrington of San Angelo, a half-
brother, B. D. Watkins of Austin;
two step-brothers, Willie Watkins
of Pear Valley and Claude Watkins
of Tujunga, Calif., and a step-
sister, Mrs. Allen Van Dohlen of
Pear Valley.
Mr. Arrington also was an uncle
of Mrs. Hank Pimm of Brady. The
Pimms and her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Roy Arrington, were visiting
relatives in California at the time
of the death. They attend the
funeral there Aug 23 before re-
turning home.
https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth881292/m1/1/?q=Arrington
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