William MillerAge: 77 years1859–1936
- Name
- William Miller
- Given names
- William
- Surname
- Miller
 Birth | February 1859 |
 Historical Event | Influenza Epidemic between 1857 and 1859Note: In 1857-1859, there was an extremely severe worldwide outbreak of influenza - http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3884 |
| Historical Event | American Civil War between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 2 years)Note: In the spring of 1861, tensions between the northern and southern United States over issues including state's right versus federal authority, westward expansion and slavery exploded into the American Civil War - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Civil_War |
| Historical Event | The Alaska Purchase 1867 (Age 7 years)Note: The Alaska Purchase was the purchase of 586,412 square miles of new territory by the United States from the Russian Empire (a bargain at two cents an acre) - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alaska_Purchase |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic 1867 (Age 7 years)Note: 3,093 perished from yellow fever in New Orleans - http://historyengine.richmond.edu/episodes/view/306 |
| Historical Event | Transcontinental Railroad completed 1869 (Age 9 years)Note: The First Transcontinental Railroad was a 1,907-mile contiguous railroad line constructed between 1863 and 1869 across the western United States to connect the Pacific coast with the existing Eastern U.S. rail network - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Transcontinental_Railroad |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 (Age 18 years)Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever |
 Marriage | Dora Baker — View this family March 15, 1893 (Age 34 years) |
 Birth of a son#1 | Dwight Francis Miller December 17, 1893 (Age 34 years) |
| Birth of a son #2 | Everette Leon Miller December 3, 1895 (Age 36 years) |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 39 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 |
| Birth of a son #3 | Harold John Miller April 10, 1899 (Age 40 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 56 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 57 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 58 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 70 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 son | Everette Leon Miller about 1932 (Age 72 years) |
 Death | April 1, 1936 (Age 77 years) |
| Family with Dora Baker |
| himself |
William Miller Birth: February 1859 — Minnesota, United States Death: April 1, 1936 — Mower, Minnesota, United States |
| wife |
Dora Baker Birth: February 8, 1867 45 — Cedar, Mower, Minnesota, United States Death: February 13, 1952 — Garner, Hancock, Iowa, United States |
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Marriage: March 15, 1893 — Brownsdale, Mower, Minnesota, United States |
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9 months son |
Dwight Francis Miller Birth: December 17, 1893 34 26 — Brownsdale, Mower, Minnesota, United States Death: February 1965 — Iowa, United States |
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2 years son |
Everette Leon Miller Birth: December 3, 1895 36 28 — Brownsdale, Mower, Minnesota, United States Death: about 1932 — California, United States |
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3 years son |
Harold John Miller Birth: April 10, 1899 40 32 — Minnesota, United States Death: May 9, 1975 — Freeborn, Minnesota, United States |