The Shemwell Family

Randle Maurice McMillanAge: 73 years19141987

Name
Randle Maurice McMillan
Given names
Randle Maurice
Surname
McMillan
Birth August 20, 1914 51 43
Birth of a sisterRuth Mineola “Dot” McMillan
August 20, 1914
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 16 months)

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 2 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 3 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 1, 1920 (Age 5 years)
Death of a sisterAnnie Alice McMillan
1923 (Age 8 years)
Death of a maternal grandfatherGeorge Franklin Connell
August 14, 1925 (Age 10 years)

Death of a brotherHarry Vernon McMillan
December 20, 1927 (Age 13 years)
Cause: Pneumonia - Typhoid Fever
Death of a sisterSallie Irene McMillan
March 4, 1928 (Age 13 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 15 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 15 years)
Death of a brotherJames Leo Frank McMillan
July 10, 1930 (Age 15 years)
Cause: Auto accident
Census April 2, 1940 (Age 25 years)
Death of a fatherJames Lawrence “Jim” McMillan
November 20, 1943 (Age 29 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 27 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 sisterRuth Mineola “Dot” McMillan
September 3, 1948 (Age 34 years)
Death of a maternal grandmotherNancy Ann Shemwell
November 19, 1951 (Age 37 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 35 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 sisterEula Lurlene “Dink” McMillan
1959 (Age 44 years)
Death of a motherMary Alice Connell
November 30, 1959 (Age 45 years)
Death of a brotherJohn Paul McMillan
April 27, 1972 (Age 57 years)
Address: Trinity Hospital
Burial of a brotherJohn Paul McMillan
April 30, 1972 (Age 57 years)
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: McMillan Cemetery
Death of a sisterLois Darling McMillan
March 1975 (Age 60 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 31 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 brotherCharles Merton “Charlie” McMillan
November 4, 1982 (Age 68 years)
Death December 20, 1987 (Age 73 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Forest Cemetery
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father
mother
Marriage: May 24, 1888Houston, Tennessee, United States
13 months
elder brother
3 years
elder sister
13 months
elder brother
3 years
elder sister
Eula Lurlene “Dink” McMillan
Birth: February 1896 32 24Houston, Tennessee, United States
Death: 1959Erin, Houston, Tennessee, United States
4 years
elder brother
3 years
elder sister
4 years
elder sister
Sallie Irene McMillan
Birth: September 8, 1907 44 36Tennessee, United States
Death: March 4, 1928Erin, Houston, Tennessee, United States
4 years
elder brother
Harry Vernon McMillan
Birth: April 25, 1911 47 39Tennessee, United States
Death: December 20, 1927Arlington, Houston, Tennessee, United States
3 years
himself
Randle Maurice McMillan
Birth: August 20, 1914 51 43Erin, Houston, Tennessee, United States
Death: December 20, 1987Gadsden, Etowah, Alabama, United States
twin sister
Ruth Mineola “Dot” McMillan
Birth: August 20, 1914 51 43Erin, Houston, Tennessee, United States
Death: September 3, 1948Vanderbilt University Hospital, Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, United States

Census1920 United States - Census transcript - James Lawrence McMillan - Household

Tenn Ridge Rd., Dist. 4 Houston, Tennessee, USA

NameRelationTenSexRaceAgeMCYOIN/AYONEduBPFBPMBPNLEng?Occupation
James Lawrence McMillanHeadMW51MTNTNTNFarmer
Mary Alice McMillanwifeFW48MTNTNTNNone
Lerline McMillandaughterFW23STNTNTNNone
Charles Merton McMillansonMW19STNTNTNNone
Lois McMillandaughterFW16STNTNTNNone
Irene McMillandaughterFW12STNTNTNNone
Harry McMillansonMW8STNTNTNNone
Mineola McMillandaughterFW6STNTNTNNone
Maurice McMillansonMW6STNTNTNNone
Leo McMillansonMW26MTNTNTNNone
Florence McMillandaughter-in-lawFW19MTNTNTNNone

Notes: Enum Dist. 66 - See page 2 in Media

Census1930 United States - Census transcript - James Lawrence “Jim” McMillan - Household

Dist. 4 Arlington, Houston, TN

NameRelationHomeV/RRadioFarmSexRaceAgeCondAMSchoolR/WBPFBPMBPImmNatEngOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkUnempVetWar
Jim McMillanheadMW67M25TNTNTNFarmerGeneral Farm
Mary McMillanwifeFW58M17TNTNTN
Maurice McMillansonMW15STNTNTN
Mineola McMillandaughterFW15STNTNTN
Marguerite Satterwhitegrand daughterFW11STNTNTN

Census1940 United States - Census transcript - James Lawrence “Jim” McMillan - Household

Arlington Houston, Tennessee

NameRelationHomeV/RFarmSexRaceAgeCondSchEdBPResFarmOccupationIndustryVetWar
James L McMillanheadMW77MTNFarmingFarm
Mary A McMillanwifeFW68MTN
Maurice McMillansonMW28STN
Ruth M McMillandaughterFW25MTN