Christine VestalAge: 99 years1917–2017
- Name
- Christine Vestal
- Given names
- Christine
- Surname
- Vestal
- Married name
- Christine Ariail
 Birth | November 21, 1917 57 40 |
 Historical Event | World War I between 1917 and November 1918Note: 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 41 days)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 | January 2, 1920 (Age 2 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 11 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 1930 (Age 12 years) |
 Death of a brother | Willis Jasper Vestal Jr. March 16, 1938 (Age 20 years) |
| Census | April 24, 1940 (Age 22 years) |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 24 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 |
| Census | April 8, 1950 (Age 32 years) |
| Death of a father | Dr. Willis Jasper Vestal December 7, 1952 (Age 35 years) |
| Historical Event | Korean War between 1950 and 1953 (Age 32 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 |
| Birth of a daughter #1 | Bonnie Ariail September 28, 1954 (Age 36 years) |
| Death of a mother | Mary “May” Shemwell March 29, 1961 (Age 43 years) |
| Death of a daughter | Bonnie Ariail June 9, 1969 (Age 51 years) |
| Historical Event | Vietnam War between 1946 and 1975 (Age 28 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 husband | William Coke “Bill” Ariail Jr. February 6, 1987 (Age 69 years) |
| Death of a sister | Etta Elizabeth Vestal March 17, 1997 (Age 79 years) |
| Death of a sister | Sarah Francis Vestal April 14, 1998 (Age 80 years) |
| Death of a brother | Odell Shemwell Vestal Sr. July 7, 1998 (Age 80 years) |
| Death of a sister | Alice Mae Vestal February 11, 2011 (Age 93 years) |
 Death | July 12, 2017 (Age 99 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Greenlawn Memorial Gardens |
| Family with parents |
| father |
Dr. Willis Jasper Vestal Birth: September 26, 1860 — Yadkin, North Carolina, United States Death: December 7, 1952 — Lexington, Davidson, North Carolina, United States |
| mother |
Mary “May” Shemwell Birth: April 12, 1877 47 38 — Davidson, North Carolina, United States Death: March 29, 1961 |
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Marriage: December 11, 1894 — Davidson, North Carolina, United States |
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23 months elder sister |
Etta Elizabeth Vestal Birth: October 29, 1896 36 19 — Davidson, North Carolina, United States Death: March 17, 1997 — Davidson, North Carolina, United States |
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9 months elder brother |
Willis Jasper Vestal Jr. Birth: July 17, 1897 36 20 — Davidson, North Carolina, United States Death: March 16, 1938 — Durham, Durham, North Carolina, United States |
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2 years elder brother |
Joel Vestal Birth: September 21, 1899 38 22 — Davidson, North Carolina, United States Death: September 21, 1899 — Davidson, North Carolina, United States |
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8 years elder brother |
Odell Shemwell Vestal Sr. Birth: September 30, 1907 47 30 — Davidson, North Carolina, United States Death: July 7, 1998 — Charlotte, Mecklenburg, North Carolina, United States |
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3 years elder sister |
Sarah Francis Vestal Birth: August 26, 1910 49 33 — Davidson, North Carolina, United States Death: April 14, 1998 — Lexington, Davidson, North Carolina, United States |
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5 years elder sister |
Alice Mae Vestal Birth: March 27, 1915 54 37 — North Carolina, United States Death: February 11, 2011 — Davidson, North Carolina, United States |
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3 years herself |
Christine Vestal Birth: November 21, 1917 57 40 — North Carolina, United States Death: July 12, 2017 — Spartanburg, South Carolina, United States |
| Family with William Coke “Bill” Ariail Jr. |
| husband |
William Coke “Bill” Ariail Jr. Birth: October 22, 1914 — Mooresville, Iredell, North Carolina, United States Death: February 6, 1987 — Spartanburg, Spartanburg, South Carolina, United States |
| herself |
Christine Vestal Birth: November 21, 1917 57 40 — North Carolina, United States Death: July 12, 2017 — Spartanburg, South Carolina, United States |
| son |
Private |
| daughter |
Private |
| daughter |
Bonnie Ariail Birth: September 28, 1954 39 36 Death: June 9, 1969 — Spartanburg, Spartanburg, South Carolina, United States |
Christine Vestal has 9 first cousins recorded
Father's family (0)
Mother's family (9)
Parents Baxter Shemwell + Susannah Fitzhugh “Susan” Battaile
Parents Baxter Shemwell + Laura E Bernheim
Parents Louis Burnis Wheeler + Cora B Shemwell
Parents Theodore Earl McCrary + Etta Shemwell
Parents Harold Shemwell + Sallie Borum Dey
| Census | 1920 United States - Census transcript - Dr. Willis J Vestal - Household
Lexington, Davidson, NC.
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| Census | 1930 United States - Census transcript - Dr. Willis J Vestal - Household
West 1st Ave Lexington, Davidson, NC.
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| Census | 1940 United States - Census transcript - Dr. Willis Jasper Vestal - Household
Lexington, Davidson, North Carolina, United States
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