The Shemwell Family

Winifred “Mimmie” Miller1885

Name
Winifred “Mimmie” Miller
Given names
Winifred
Surname
Miller
Nickname
Mimmie
Birth July 1885 36 24
Death of a motherSarah E Randall
May 4, 1887 (Age 22 months)
Death of a paternal grandfatherWilkerson C Miller
1889 (Age 3 years)
Census March 1, 1895 (Age 9 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 12 years)
Note: The Spanish-American War was a conflict in 1898 between Spain and the United States, the result of American intervention in the Cuban War of Independence - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish%E2%80%93American_War
Census June 9, 1900 (Age 14 years)
Death of a paternal grandmotherElizabeth Shemwell
February 1, 1903 (Age 17 years)
Census March 1, 1905 (Age 19 years)
Death of a fatherWilliam H Miller
November 18, 1915 (Age 30 years)
Death of a sisterMyrtle Viola Miller
February 25, 1916 (Age 30 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 30 years)

Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1
Historical Event
World War I
between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 31 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
Historical Event
Spanish Influenza Epidemic
1918 (Age 32 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/
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 44 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
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 56 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
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 64 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 brotherJoseph Nathaniel Miller
April 1960 (Age 74 years)

Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 60 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
Deathunknown

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Marriage: November 16, 1876Pettis, Missouri, United States
2 years
elder brother
3 years
elder sister
4 years
herself

Winifred “Mimmie” Miller has 14 first cousins recorded

Census1895 Kansas State - Census transcript - William H Miller - Household

Fort Scott, Bourbon, Kansas

NameSurnameCWRelationRaceSexAgeCondMarCHBCHLBPFBPMBPUSNatPapersOccupationUnempReadWriteEngDiseaseInfirmPrisoner
W HMillerheadWM45KY
ElizMillermotherWF68KY
WinifordHillauntWF64KY
Joseph NMillersonWM16MO
MyrtleMillerdaughterWF14MO
MinnieMillerdaughterWF10MO
OliverMillerM22MO

Census1900 United States - Census transcript - William H Miller - Household

Fort Scott, Bourbon, Kansas

NameRelationRaceSexMonthYearAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmUSNatOccupationUnempSchoolReadWriteEngHomeMortFarm
Miller, WilliamheadWMOct184851Wd23KYTNKYCarpenter
Miller, Joseph NsonWMJan187921SMOKYMOPlasterer
Miller, MyrtledaughterWFJul188118SMOKYMO
Miller, WiniforddaughterWFJul188514SMOKYMOIn School
Miller, ElizabethmotherWFAug182673Wd55KYNCVA
Hill, WinifordauntWFMay183070Wd00KYNCVA

few houses down from Sylvester Shemwell -b

Census1905 Kansas State - Census transcript - William H Miller - Household

Fort Scott, Bourbon, Kansas

NameSurnameCWRelationRaceSexAgeCondMarCHBCHLBPFBPMBPUSNatPapersOccupationUnempReadWriteEngDiseaseInfirmPrisoner
Wm HMillerheadWM56
WinifordHillauntWF73
MinnieMillerdaughterWF18