The Shemwell Family

Martin Luke MillerAge: 84 years19071991

Name
Martin Luke Miller
Given names
Martin Luke
Surname
Miller
Birth October 18, 1907 44 38
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 8 years)

Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1
Death of a fatherJohn Thomas Miller
December 22, 1917 (Age 10 years)
Historical Event
World War I
between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 9 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 10 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 21 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
MarriageMaude LewisView this family
calculated 1931 (Age 23 years)

Birth of a son
#1
Robert Martin “Robbie” Miller
December 31, 1931 (Age 24 years)
Birth of a son
#2
James Aubrey Miller
November 13, 1933 (Age 26 years)
Census April 8, 1940 (Age 32 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 34 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
Census April 10, 1950 (Age 42 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 42 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 motherMary Johnah Murphy
March 13, 1955 (Age 47 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 38 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 wifeMaude Lewis
June 15, 1982 (Age 74 years)
Death October 22, 1991 (Age 84 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Owensboro Memorial Gardens
Family with parents - View this family
father
John Thomas Miller
Birth: June 23, 1863Kentucky, United States
Death: December 22, 1917Daviess, Kentucky, United States
mother
Mary Johnah Murphy
Birth: July 25, 1869Owensboro, Daviess, Kentucky, United States
Death: March 13, 1955Owensboro, Daviess, Kentucky, United States
Marriage: 1887Indiana, United States
21 years
himself
Martin Luke Miller
Birth: October 18, 1907 44 38Daviess, Kentucky, United States
Death: October 22, 1991Owensboro, Daviess, Kentucky, United States
Family with Maude Lewis - View this family
himself
Martin Luke Miller
Birth: October 18, 1907 44 38Daviess, Kentucky, United States
Death: October 22, 1991Owensboro, Daviess, Kentucky, United States
wife
Marriage: calculated 1931
1 year
son
Robert Martin “Robbie” Miller
Birth: December 31, 1931 24 27Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States
Death: January 20, 2021Owensboro, Daviess, Kentucky, United States
22 months
son
James Aubrey Miller
Birth: November 13, 1933 26 29Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States
Death: September 11, 2024Owensboro, Daviess, Kentucky, United States
John Raymond Penrod + Maude Lewis - View this family
wife’s husband
John Raymond Penrod
Birth: October 8, 1901Kentucky, United States
Death: August 30, 1929Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States
wife
step-son
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Census1950 United States - Census transcript - Martin Luke Miller - Household

526 Litchfield Rd. Owensboro, Daviess, Kentucky

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondBPNatDoing last weekHours WorkedOccupationIndustryClass
Miller, Martin LheadMW41MarKYSupt.Wholesale Dairy
Miller, MaudewifeFW44MarKY
Miller, Robert MsonMW18NevKYClerkRetail Grocery
Miller, JamessonMW16NevKY