The Shemwell Family

Donald Bernard McMillanAge: 86 years19212007

Name
Donald Bernard McMillan
Given names
Donald Bernard
Surname
McMillan
Birth April 16, 1921 28 20
Birth of a sisterBetty Evelyn McMillan
February 16, 1924 (Age 2 years)
Birth of a sisterEnid Bernice McMillan
October 18, 1927 (Age 6 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 8 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 1, 1930 (Age 8 years)
Birth of a brotherHugh Vernon McMillan
July 10, 1930 (Age 9 years)
Death of a fatherJames Leo Frank McMillan
July 10, 1930 (Age 9 years)
Cause: Auto accident
Death of a brotherHugh Vernon McMillan
July 21, 1930 (Age 9 years)
Marriage of a parentLouis McAskillFlorence Minnie KingsmillView this family
after 1931 (Age 9 years)

Census April 1, 1940 (Age 18 years)
Death of a paternal grandfatherJames Lawrence “Jim” McMillan
November 20, 1943 (Age 22 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 20 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
Birth of a daughter
#1
Bonnie McMillan
March 20, 1948 (Age 26 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 28 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
Death of a paternal grandmotherMary Alice Connell
November 30, 1959 (Age 38 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 24 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 motherFlorence Minnie Kingsmill
September 27, 1989 (Age 68 years)
Death of a wifeShirley Jeanne Lovell
November 26, 1995 (Age 74 years)
Death August 10, 2007 (Age 86 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: McMillan Cemetery
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: November 11, 1919Houston, Tennessee, United States
17 months
himself
Donald Bernard McMillan
Birth: April 16, 1921 28 20Erin, Houston, Tennessee, United States
Death: August 10, 2007Columbia, Maury, Tennessee, United States
3 years
younger sister
Betty Evelyn McMillan
Birth: February 16, 1924 31 23Erin, Houston, Tennessee, United States
Death: February 18, 2018Erin, Houston, Tennessee, United States
4 years
younger sister
Enid Bernice McMillan
Birth: October 18, 1927 34 26Tennessee, United States
Death: January 10, 2013Rainbow City, Etowah, Alabama, United States
3 years
younger brother
Hugh Vernon McMillan
Birth: July 10, 1930 37 29Erin, Houston, Tennessee, United States
Death: July 21, 1930Erin, Houston, Tennessee, United States
Mother’s family with Louis McAskill - View this family
step-father
mother
Marriage: after 1931
Family with Shirley Jeanne Lovell - View this family
himself
Donald Bernard McMillan
Birth: April 16, 1921 28 20Erin, Houston, Tennessee, United States
Death: August 10, 2007Columbia, Maury, Tennessee, United States
wife
Shirley Jeanne Lovell
Birth: January 19, 1925Tennessee, United States
Death: November 26, 1995Tennessee, United States
daughter
Bonnie McMillan
Birth: March 20, 1948 26 23Panama
Death: April 3, 2021Erin, Houston, Tennessee, United States
daughter
Private
daughter
Private

Donald Bernard McMillan has 16 first cousins recorded

Census1930 United States - Census transcript - James Leo Frank McMillan - Household

Dist. 4 Arlington, Houston Tn.

NameRelationAssetsSexRaceAgeMCAgMEduBPFBPMBPNLYOIN/AEng?OccupationIndustryEmployVetWar
Leo McMillanheadMW36S25TNTNTNRural Carrier
Florence McMillanwifeFW29S18TNTNTN
Donald B. McMillansonMW9S-TNTNTN
Betty E. McMillandaughterFW6S-TNTNTN
Bernice McMillandaughterFW2S-TNTNTN