The Shemwell Family

Name
Juanita Virginia Miller
Given names
Juanita Virginia
Surname
Miller
Married name
Juanita Virginia Rigsby
Birth October 24, 1917 27 19
Historical Event
World War I
between 1917 and November 1918

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 2 months)

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/
Birth of a brotherKermit Carl Miller
November 14, 1919 (Age 2 years)
Census January 13, 1920 (Age 2 years)
Birth of a brotherStanley Vernon Miller
November 7, 1921 (Age 4 years)
Birth of a brotherClifford Len Miller
March 19, 1925 (Age 7 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 11 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 18, 1930 (Age 12 years)
Birth of a sisterMelba Miller
January 22, 1931 (Age 13 years)
Death of a sisterMelba Miller
March 24, 1931 (Age 13 years)
Birth of a brotherBarton G Miller
February 12, 1934 (Age 16 years)
Death of a motherOllie Burgess
August 10, 1938 (Age 20 years)
MarriageWilliam Earl RigsbyView this family
about 1939 (Age 21 years)

Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 24 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
Death of a paternal grandfatherHouston Burnside Miller
January 12, 1946 (Age 28 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 32 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 paternal grandmotherSarah Ann Brewer
September 19, 1964 (Age 46 years)
Death of a husbandWilliam Earl Rigsby
May 25, 1967 (Age 49 years)

Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 28 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 fatherThomas Arthur Miller
May 19, 1977 (Age 59 years)
Death of a brotherKermit Carl Miller
February 29, 1984 (Age 66 years)
Death of a brotherClifford Len Miller
January 23, 1994 (Age 76 years)
Death June 24, 2001 (Age 83 years)
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