The Shemwell Family

Martha Rose FinkAge: 58 years18791937

Name
Martha Rose Fink
Given names
Martha Rose
Surname
Fink
Married name
Martha Rose Arey
Birth August 26, 1879
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 18 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
MarriageErnest Cass AreyView this family
November 27, 1905 (Age 26 years)

Birth of a daughter
#1
Nancy Lorraine Arey
July 11, 1906 (Age 26 years)
Birth of a daughter
#2
Margaret Alma Arey
May 30, 1908 (Age 28 years)
Census April 15, 1910 (Age 30 years)
Birth of a son
#3
Dr. Donald Lurton Arey
October 8, 1910 (Age 31 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 36 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 37 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 38 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/
Marriage of a childReginald Gray ClarkeNancy Lorraine AreyView this family
November 6, 1923 (Age 44 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#1
Nancy C Clarke
August 30, 1929 (Age 50 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 50 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 10, 1930 (Age 50 years)
Death of a husbandErnest Cass Arey
June 20, 1934 (Age 54 years)
Death October 16, 1937 (Age 58 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Highland Burial Park
Family with Ernest Cass Arey - View this family
husband
Ernest Cass Arey
Birth: September 6, 1878 22 20Rowan, North Carolina, United States
Death: June 20, 1934Danville, Pittsylvania, Virginia, United States
herself
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
daughter
23 months
daughter
Margaret Alma Arey
Birth: May 30, 1908 29 28Salisbury, Rowan, North Carolina, United States
Death: January 19, 1999Danville, Virginia, United States
2 years
son
Dr. Donald Lurton Arey
Birth: October 8, 1910 32 31Maryland, United States
Death: April 14, 2002Danville, Virginia, 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 - Ernest Cass Arey - Household

144 BHroad Street Danville, Virginia

NameRelationHomeV/RRadioFarmSexRaceAgeCondAMSchoolR/WBPFBPMBPLangImmNatEngOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkUnempVetWar
Arey, Ernest CheadMW51M26NCNCNCReal EstateSelling & Building
Arey, Rose MwifeFW50M28NCNCNC
Arey, Donald LsonMW19SNCNCNC