The Shemwell Family

David Dwight MillerAge: 72 years19111984

Name
David Dwight Miller
Given names
David Dwight
Surname
Miller
Birth December 25, 1911 26 26
Birth of a brotherKenneth Wayne Miller
December 21, 1914 (Age 2 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 4 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 5 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 6 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 17, 1920 (Age 8 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 17 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 18 years)
MarriageSarah Frances TroutmanView this family
April 20, 1930 (Age 18 years)
Death of a fatherJulian Eli Miller
September 8, 1936 (Age 24 years)
Census April 9, 1940 (Age 28 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 29 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 8, 1950 (Age 38 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 38 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 motherIona D Miller
March 8, 1969 (Age 57 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 34 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 8, 1984 (Age 72 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Belle Plaine Cemetery
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Iona D Miller
Birth: July 9, 1885Kansas, United States
Death: March 8, 1969Belle Plaine, Sumner, Kansas, United States
Marriage: September 28, 1910Sedgwick, Kansas, United States
15 months
himself
David Dwight Miller
Birth: December 25, 1911 26 26Sumner, Kansas, United States
Death: May 8, 1984Wellington, Sumner, Kansas, United States
3 years
younger brother
Kenneth Wayne Miller
Birth: December 21, 1914 29 29Wellington, Sumner, Kansas, United States
Death: February 25, 1986Los Angeles, California, United States
Family with Sarah Frances Troutman - View this family
himself
David Dwight Miller
Birth: December 25, 1911 26 26Sumner, Kansas, United States
Death: May 8, 1984Wellington, Sumner, Kansas, United States
wife
Sarah Frances Troutman
Birth: June 13, 1915 33 27Belle Plaine, Sumner, Kansas, United States
Death: December 10, 1988Wellington, Sumner, Kansas, United States
Marriage: April 20, 1930Arkansas City, Cowley, Kansas, United States

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Census1920 United States - Census transcript - Julian Eli Miller - Household

Ward, Yell, Arkansas, United States

NameRelationHomeMortSexRaceAgeConditionImmNatNatYSchoolRWBPLangFBPFather langMBPMother langEngOccupationIndEmp
Miller, JulianheadRMW34MYesYesKSILILYesMachinistRail RoadW
Miller, IonawifeFW33MYesYesKSKYKYYesNone
Miller, DewitesonMW8SYesYesYesKSKSKSYesNone
Miller, KennethsonMW5SKSKSKSNone

Census1930 United States - Census transcript - Iona D Miller - Household

Wellington, Sumner, Kansas, United States

NameRelationHomeV/RRadioFarmSexRaceAgeCondAMSchoolR/WBPFBPMBPLangImmNatEngOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkUnempVetWar
Miller, IonaheadR50RNoFW46WDKSKYKYYesHotelOwn AccountWYes
Miller, DavidsonMW18MKSKSKSYesAgentNewspaperWYes
Miller, KennethsonMW15SKSKSKSYesHelperHotelNPYes

Census1940 United States - Census transcript - David Dwight Miller - Household

Wellington, Sumner, Kansas, United States

NameInfoRelationHomeV/RFarmSexRaceAgeCondSchoolR/WBPCityCountyStateOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkWagesVetWar
Miller, David DxheadR15NoMW28MNoKSTruckerFruit MktPW26990
Miller, Sarah FwifeFW24MNoKSTeacherPublic School50900

Census1950 United States - Census transcript - David Dwight Miller - Household

Argonia, Sumner, Kansas, United States

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondBPNatDoing last weekHours WorkedOccupationIndustryClass
Miller, David DheadMW38MarKSWK72ManagerRecreation Parlor0
Miller, Sarah FwifeFW35MarKSWK72CookRestaurant0