The Shemwell Family

Edel Vesta MillerAge: 82 years19101993

Name
Edel Vesta Miller
Given names
Edel Vesta
Surname
Miller
Birth November 3, 1910 23 27
Birth of a brotherGreene Gar Miller
December 18, 1913 (Age 3 years)
Birth of a brotherIsaac Elihu Miller
December 23, 1915 (Age 5 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 5 years)

Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1
Birth of a brotherCelo Perkins Miller
August 14, 1917 (Age 6 years)
Historical Event
World War I
between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 6 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
Death of a brotherGreene Gar Miller
December 28, 1918 (Age 8 years)

Historical Event
Spanish Influenza Epidemic
1918 (Age 7 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/
Birth of a brotherJudson Buster Miller
May 4, 1920 (Age 9 years)
Birth of a sisterSophia Miller
September 20, 1922 (Age 11 years)
Death of a sisterSophia Miller
October 12, 1922 (Age 11 years)
Death of a paternal grandmotherMary Jane Lambert
December 16, 1925 (Age 15 years)
Death of a maternal grandfatherElihu Greene
July 3, 1926 (Age 15 years)
Cause: Arteriosclerosis
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 18 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
Death of a maternal grandmotherSarah Lucinda Gragg
November 11, 1931 (Age 21 years)
Cause: No doctor - Old Age?
Death of a paternal grandfatherIsaac C Miller
June 4, 1936 (Age 25 years)
Death of a brotherCelo Perkins Miller
May 8, 1945 (Age 34 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 31 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 of a fatherThomas Green Miller
September 15, 1950 (Age 39 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 39 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 motherSophia Catherine Greene
May 12, 1969 (Age 58 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 35 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 sisterSarah Lounettie Miller
March 21, 1990 (Age 79 years)
Death June 6, 1993 (Age 82 years)
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father
mother
Marriage: November 10, 1905Watauga, North Carolina, United States
13 months
elder sister
Hester Hattie Miller
Birth: December 2, 1906 19 23Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Death: September 29, 2000Forsyth, North Carolina, United States
11 months
elder sister
Sarah Lounettie Miller
Birth: November 16, 1907 20 24Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Death: March 21, 1990Forsyth, North Carolina, United States
3 years
herself
Edel Vesta Miller
Birth: November 3, 1910 23 27Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Death: June 6, 1993Caldwell, North Carolina, United States
3 years
younger brother
Greene Gar Miller
Birth: December 18, 1913 26 30Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Death: December 28, 1918
2 years
younger brother
Isaac Elihu Miller
Birth: December 23, 1915 28 32Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Death: December 14, 1997Caldwell, North Carolina, United States
20 months
younger brother
Celo Perkins Miller
Birth: August 14, 1917 30 34Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Death: May 8, 1945Caldwell, North Carolina, United States
3 years
younger brother
Judson Buster Miller
Birth: May 4, 1920 32 37Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Death: April 12, 1995Caldwell, North Carolina, United States
2 years
younger sister
Sophia Miller
Birth: September 20, 1922 35 39Caldwell, North Carolina, United States
Death: October 12, 1922Caldwell, North Carolina, United States

Edel Vesta Miller has 48 first cousins recorded

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Mother's family (48)

Parents Jacob Jess “Jake” Green + Anna Laura “Annie” Baker
2Inez Belinda Green18941976
6Edna Mae Green19031996
7Mary Irene Green19051993
8Elyn Rosalyn Green19081994
10Opal Luella Green19141998
Parents Roby Greene + Martha Irene Trivett
6Vonnie May Greene19102000
Parents Judson Gragg Greene + Amelia Anner Greene
1Infant Greene19021902
Parents Clenard Mansfield Greene + Nannie Lorena Simmons
1Ora Lucinda Greene18941964
3Ziza James Greene18981934
5Flora Belle Greene19021986
6Infant Greene19061906
Parents David Samuel Lawrence + Nicy Elizabeth “Lizzie” Greene
Parents Albert Lee Smith + Nicy Elizabeth “Lizzie” Greene
1Sarah Lemery Smith18941918
Parents Copna Horton Greene + Sarah E Trivett
1Eva Arzola Greene18991966
Parents Copna Horton Greene + Fannie Beatrice Norris
1Mary Docia Greene19112010
3Reed Morris Greene19162006
4Doris Viola Greene19182010
8Bonnie Dare Greene19282006
Parents Clingman Elijah Trivett + Florence Louanna Greene
4Ven Vaughn Trivett19042004