The Shemwell Family

Bertha Sarah WalkerAge: 94 years19021997

Name
Bertha Sarah Walker
Given names
Bertha Sarah
Surname
Walker
Married name
Bertha Sarah McMillan
Birth June 28, 1902
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 13 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 14 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 15 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/
MarriageRobert Daniel McMillanView this family
December 31, 1921 (Age 19 years)
Birth of a son
#1
Robert Daniel McMillan Jr
December 13, 1922 (Age 20 years)
Birth of a son
#2
Billie Burk McMillan
March 27, 1926 (Age 23 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 27 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
Birth of a daughter
#3
Ann Juana McMillan
April 2, 1930 (Age 27 years)
Census April 29, 1940 (Age 37 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 39 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
Marriage of a childRobert Daniel McMillan JrMay Evelyn DowidatView this family
November 23, 1946 (Age 44 years)
Marriage of a childBillie Burk McMillanFrances Ann GilmerView this family
March 20, 1947 (Age 44 years)
Death of a husbandRobert Daniel McMillan
February 22, 1949 (Age 46 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 47 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
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 43 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 sonRobert Daniel McMillan Jr
September 2, 1987 (Age 85 years)
Death April 27, 1997 (Age 94 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Erin Oak Hill Cemetery
Family with Robert Daniel McMillan - View this family
husband
Robert Daniel McMillan
Birth: September 7, 1899 55 32Erin, Houston, Tennessee, United States
Death: February 22, 1949Lincoln Park, Wayne, Michigan, United States
herself
Bertha Sarah Walker
Birth: June 28, 1902Erin, Houston, Tennessee, United States
Death: April 27, 1997Birmingham, Jefferson, Alabama, United States
Marriage: December 31, 1921Houston, Tennessee, United States
11 months
son
Robert Daniel McMillan Jr
Birth: December 13, 1922 23 20Warren, Kentucky, United States
Death: September 2, 1987Dearborn, Wayne, Michigan, United States
3 years
son
Billie Burk McMillan
Birth: March 27, 1926 26 23Erin, Houston, Tennessee, United States
Death: September 20, 2008Utica, Macomb, Michigan, United States
4 years
daughter
Ann Juana McMillan
Birth: April 2, 1930 30 27Erin, Houston, Tennessee, United States
Death: June 7, 2007Birmingham, Jefferson, Alabama, United States

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Census1940 United States - Census transcript - Robert Daniel McMillan - Household

1565 Fort Park Lincoln Park, Wayne, Michigan

NameInfoRelationHomeV/RFarmSexRaceAgeCondSchoolR/WBPCityCountyStateOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkWagesVetWar
McMillan, RobertXheadMW40MTNDetroitWayneMILocomotive EngineerSteam Rail Road
McMillan, BerthawifeFW37MTNDetroitWayneMI
McMillan, Robert JrsonMW16SKYDetroitWayneMINewsboyAdvertising Newspaper
McMillan, BilliesonMW14STNDetroitWayneMI
McMillan, JuanadaughterFW10STNDetroitWayneMI