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Jonas Bernard “Burr” MilnerAge: 63 years18841947

Name
Jonas Bernard “Burr” Milner
Given names
Jonas Bernard
Surname
Milner
Nickname
Burr
Birth February 16, 1884
MarriagePearl Mae SissellView this family
unknown

Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 14 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
#1
Raymond Milner
1906 (Age 21 years)
Birth of a daughter
#2
Cecile Milner
1907 (Age 22 years)
Birth of a daughter
#3
Irma Milner
1910 (Age 25 years)
Census April 26, 1910 (Age 26 years)
Birth of a son
#4
Leonard B Milner
1912 (Age 27 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 31 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 32 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 33 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/
Census January 12, 1920 (Age 35 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 45 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 2, 1930 (Age 46 years)
Census April 20, 1940 (Age 56 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 57 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
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 61 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 May 12, 1947 (Age 63 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Pleasant Ridge Cemetery
Family with Pearl Mae Sissell - View this family
himself
wife
Marriage:
son
2 years
daughter
4 years
daughter
3 years
son

No family available

Census1910 United States - Census transcript - Jonas Bernard “Burr” Milner - Household

Scania Twp, Republic, Kansas, United States

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmNatLangOccupationIndEmpUnempUnempRWSchHomeMortFarmCWBlindDeaf
Milner, BernardheadMW27M4KSMOMOfarmer
Milner, PearlwifeFW27M433KSTNIA
Milner, WilliamsonMW3SKSKSKS
Milner, CeciledaughterMW2SKSKSKS
Milner, ErmadaughterFW3 monthsSKSKSKS

Census1920 United States - Census transcript - Jonas Bernard “Burr” Milner - Household

Stockton, Rooks, Kansas, United States

NameRelationHomeMortSexRaceAgeConditionImmNatNatYSchoolRWBPLangFBPFather langMBPMother langEngOccupationIndEmp
Milner, Jonas BheadMW35MKSMOMOfarm laborer
Milner, Pearl MwifeFW36MKSTNIA
Milner, Raymond WsonMW13SKSKSKS
Milner, Cecile EdaughterFW12SKSKSKS
Milner, Irma AdaughterFW9SKSKSKS
Milner, Leonard BsonMW7SKSKSKS

Census1930 United States - Census transcript - Jonas Bernard “Burr” Milner - Household

Edmond, Norton, Kansas, United States

NameRelationHomeV/RRadioFarmSexRaceAgeCondAMSchoolR/WBPFBPMBPLangImmNatEngOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkUnempVetWar
Milner, Jonas BheadMW47MKSOHILlaborerodd jobs
Milner, Pearl MwifeFW48MINUSTN