Milestone Events in the Life

Of Margaret Kearfott Carriel

February 19, 1917	Born in Martinsville, Va.
During World War II	Mostly working in NYC: as a secretary, a governess, a model, and a turret lathe operator in the Brooklyn Navy Yard!
June 6, 1944	Brother Benjamin Rives Kearfott killed at Omaha Beach
June 22, 1946	Married to Jonathan Turner Carriel; moved to Chadds Ford, Pa.
May 10, 1947	Son Jonathan Jr. (“Jay”), born in Wilmington, Del.
July 20, 1949	Twin sons Ben and Paul born in Wilmington, Del.
Summer 1949	Family moved to Pittsburgh, Pa.
April 1959	1^st European trip—Pa on business, Ma touring
April 9, 1960	Father Joseph Conrad Kearfott dies of cancer, aged 75
July 1964	Family moves to Ridgewood, NJ
March 1968	2^nd European trip
October 1969	Empty-nesters Jon and Margaret move to South Nyack, NY
July 10, 1975	Son Paul Carriel dies of leukemia, aged 25
Summer 1976	Mom separates from Dad, moves to NYC apartment, buys house in Martinsville
Fall 1980	Moves to Martinsville for good
December 21, 1980	Mother Catharine Rives Kearfott dies, aged 92
1980s	Active in Martinsville life; writes and produces plays, a musical, a Christmas pageant
June 1, 1990	Ben Carriel marries Olga Oliveros in Maracaibo, Venezuela
November 1991	Trip to China and Tibet
July 11, 1992	In Venezuela for birth of grandson Benjamin Kearfott Carriel, Jr.
December 1992	Ben relocates family to Nyack, NY
Spring 1993	Trip to Egypt and Israel
January 31, 1995	Granddaughter Rebecca Cecilia Carriel born in Nyack, NY
April 1995	Commences pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela in Spain
May 9, 1995	Jonathan T. Carriel dies, aged 81; pilgrimage suspended
April 1996	Resumes pilgrimage where suspended—and completes it
Fall 1999	Trip to India, Nepal, Bhutan, Thailand, Cambodia, and Singapore
Summer 2000	Breaks hip while in Brussels, Belgium, on Low Countries tour
May 13, 2001	Brother Clarence P. Kearfott II dies in Richmond, Va., aged 89
February 18-19, 2007	Gala 90^th birthday celebration
March 5, 2009	Dies at home in Martinsville