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Martha Jane “Marvy” LancasterAge: 89 years19212011

Name
Martha Jane “Marvy” Lancaster
Given names
Martha Jane
Surname
Lancaster
Married name
Martha Jane Miller
Married name
Martha Jane Oliver
Nickname
Marvy
Birth December 7, 1921 65 27
MarriageJohn Benjamin MillerView this family
unknown

MarriageDallas OliverView this family
unknown

Death of a motherJulia Ethel Choate
April 11, 1922 (Age 4 months)
Birth of a half-sisterAnnie “Louise” Lancaster
May 13, 1927 (Age 5 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 7 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 28, 1930 (Age 8 years)
Death of a maternal grandfatherRobert Lysander Choate
June 11, 1938 (Age 16 years)
Census April 16, 1940 (Age 18 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 19 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 son
#1
George Thomas Miller
1945 (Age 23 years)
Birth of a son
#2
Ben Thomas Miller
1950 (Age 28 years)
Death of a sonBen Thomas Miller
May 30, 1950 (Age 28 years)
Death of a fatherWilliam Franklin Lancaster
December 17, 1950 (Age 29 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
Birth of a daughter
#3
Anna Pearl Miller
1954 (Age 32 years)
Death of a daughterAnna Pearl Miller
April 10, 1954 (Age 32 years)
Death of a husbandJohn Benjamin Miller
July 16, 1967 (Age 45 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 sisterPerline Lancaster
June 1976 (Age 54 years)
Death of a brotherForrest Bill Lancaster
November 23, 1998 (Age 76 years)
Death of a husbandDallas Oliver
1999 (Age 77 years)

Death of a half-sisterAnnie “Louise” Lancaster
March 1, 2002 (Age 80 years)
Death of a sonGeorge Thomas Miller
2006 (Age 84 years)

Death of a sisterBirdie Monica Lancaster
June 26, 2007 (Age 85 years)
Death March 17, 2011 (Age 89 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Gray Cemetery #1
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: calculated 1914Trigg, Kentucky, United States
22 months
elder sister
3 years
elder brother
22 months
elder sister
Perline Lancaster
Birth: March 4, 1920 63 26Todd, Kentucky, United States
Death: June 1976Hopkinsville, Christian, Kentucky, United States
21 months
herself
Father’s family with Goldie Mason - View this family
father
step-mother
Goldie Mason
Birth: calculated 1907Kentucky, United States
Death: April 8, 1983Jefferson, Kentucky, United States
half-sister
Annie “Louise” Lancaster
Birth: May 13, 1927 70 20Christian, Kentucky, United States
Death: March 1, 2002Princeton, Caldwell, Kentucky, United States
half-brother
Private
Family with John Benjamin Miller - View this family
husband
herself
Marriage:
son
George Thomas Miller
Birth: 1945 28 23Christian, Kentucky, United States
Death: 2006
6 years
son
Ben Thomas Miller
Birth: 1950 33 28Hopkinsville, Christian, Kentucky, United States
Death: May 30, 1950Hopkinsville, Christian, Kentucky, United States
5 years
daughter
Anna Pearl Miller
Birth: 1954 37 32Christian, Kentucky, United States
Death: April 10, 1954Hopkinsville, Christian, Kentucky, United States
Family with Dallas Oliver - View this family
husband
herself
Marriage:

Martha Jane “Marvy” Lancaster has 9 first cousins recorded

Father's family (0)

Mother's family (9)

Parents Jesse Smoot Sholar + Anne Rosella “Annie” Choate
2Icie Drew Sholar19162000
4Private
5Private
Parents Melvin Lee Choate + Jennie A Skinner
2Norman Lee Choate19351935
3Private
4Private
Census1930 United States - Census transcript - William Franklin Lancaster - Household

Rural Road 1930 East Hopkinsville, Christian, Kentucky

NameRelationHomeV/RRadioFarmSexRaceAgeCondAMSchoolR/WBPFBPMBPLangImmNatEngOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkUnempVetWar
Lancaster, WilliamheadMW73M18TNTNTNFarmerGeneral farm
Lancaster, GoldiewifeFW23M18TNTNTN
Lancaster, BirdiedaughterFW14SKYTNKY
Lancaster, HoracesonMW11SKYTNKY
Lancaster, PerlinedaughterFW9SKYTNKY
Lancaster, MarveysonFW7SKYTNKY
Lancaster, Willie MaydaughterFW5SKYTNKY
Lancaster, LouisedaughterFW3-11mSKYTNKY

Martha is Marvey and listed as a son, wife Goldie is 23, Forrest is Horace again- name change? -b