The Shemwell Family

Irma H MillerAge: 97 years19062003

Name
Irma H Miller
Given names
Irma H
Surname
Miller
Birth May 8, 1906 25 22
Birth of a brotherPhillip Clark Miller
January 31, 1908 (Age 20 months)
Census April 24, 1910 (Age 3 years)
Birth of a sisterInfant Miller
September 7, 1910 (Age 4 years)
Death of a sisterInfant Miller
before 1915 (Age 8 years)
Note: Not listed in 1915 Census, presumed deceased
Census 1915 (Age 8 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 9 years)

Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1
Birth of a brotherNorman George Miller
September 6, 1917 (Age 11 years)
Historical Event
World War I
between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 10 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 11 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 23, 1920 (Age 13 years)
Death of a fatherGeorge Peter Miller
February 11, 1924 (Age 17 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 23 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 15, 1930 (Age 23 years)
Census April 22, 1940 (Age 33 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 35 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 15, 1950 (Age 43 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 43 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 motherMinnie Belle Addy
July 23, 1965 (Age 59 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 39 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 brotherPhillip Clark Miller
October 1980 (Age 74 years)
Burial of a brotherPhillip Clark Miller
1980 (Age 73 years)
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Sunset Lawns Cemetery
Death of a brotherNorman George Miller
January 27, 1991 (Age 84 years)
Death June 25, 2003 (Age 97 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Neodesha Cemetery
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Minnie Belle Addy
Birth: December 25, 1883Edgerton, Johnson, Kansas, United States
Death: July 23, 1965Kansas City, Jackson, Missouri, United States
Marriage: April 7, 1906Columbus, Cherokee, Kansas, United States
1 month
herself
Irma H Miller
Birth: May 8, 1906 25 22Kansas, United States
Death: June 25, 2003Kansas, United States
21 months
younger brother
Phillip Clark Miller
Birth: January 31, 1908 27 24Kansas, United States
Death: October 1980El Dorado, Butler, Kansas, United States
3 years
younger sister
Infant Miller
Birth: September 7, 1910 29 26Galena, Cherokee, Kansas, United States
Death: before 1915Kansas, United States
7 years
younger brother
Norman George Miller
Birth: September 6, 1917 36 33Kansas, United States
Death: January 27, 1991Shawnee, Kansas, United States

Census1910 United States - Census transcript - George Peter Miller - Household

Galena, Cherokee, Kansas, United States

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmNatLangOccupationIndEmpUnempUnempRWSchHomeMortFarmCWBlindDeaf
Miller, GeorgeheadMW28M14ARGermanyGermanyEnglishLaborerMonesWNoYesYesYesRH
Miller, MinniewifeFW27M1421KSOHIAEnglishNoneYesYes
Miller, IrmadaughterFW3SKSARKsNone
Miller, PhillipsonMW2SKSARKSNone

CensusKansas State - Census transcript - George Peter Miller - Household

Galena, Cherokee, Kansas, United States

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondBPOccupation
Miller, GeoheadMW33MAR
Miller, MinniewifeFW30MKS
Miller, IrmadaughterFW9SKS
Miller, PhillipsonMW7SKS

Census1920 United States - Census transcript - George Peter Miller - Household

Galena, Cherokee, Kansas, United States

NameRelationHomeMortSexRaceAgeConditionImmNatNatYSchoolRWBPLangFBPFather langMBPMother langEngOccupationIndEmp
Miller, Geo PheadOMMW37MNoYesYesARRussiaRussianRussiaRussianYesMinerZinc MinesW
Miller, Minnie BwifeFW35MNoYesYesKSILILYes
Miller, IrmadaughterFW13SYesYesYesKSARKSYes
Miller, PhillipsonMW11SYesYesYesKSARKSYes
Miller, NormansonMW2SKSARKS

Census1930 United States - Census transcript - Minnie Belle Addy - Household

El Dorado, Butler, Kansas, United States

NameRelationHomeV/RRadioFarmSexRaceAgeCondAMSchoolR/WBPFBPMBPLangImmNatEngOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkUnempVetWar
Miller, Minnie BheadR6RNoFW46Wd20NoYesKSININYesMatronBunk HouseWYes
Miller, Irma HdaughterFW23SNoYesKSARKSYesNone
Miller, Phillip CsonMW22SNoYesKSARKSYesLaborerGasoline Filling StationWYes
Miller, Norman GsonMW12SNoYesKSARKSYesNone

Census1940 United States - Census transcript - Minnie Belle Addy - Household

El Dorado, Butler, Kansas, United States

NameInfoRelationHomeV/RFarmSexRaceAgeCondSchoolR/WBPCityCountyStateOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkWagesVetWar
Miller, Minnie BxheadFW56WdNoKS
Miller, Irma HdaughterFW33SNoKS
Miller, PhillipsonMW32SNoKSChemistOil RefineryPW521200
Miller, NormansonMW23SNoKSEthel Dept MgrOil RefineryPw521200

Census1950 United States - Census transcript - Minnie Belle Addy - Household

Kansas City, Wyandotte, Kansas, United States

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondBPNatDoing last weekHours WorkedOccupationIndustryClass
Miller, Minnie BheadFW66WdKSH
Miller, Irma HdaughterFW43NevKSWK40Book KeeperRetail Clothing SalesP
Miller, Norman GsonMW32NevKsWK40District Director of Packing House UnionUnionP