Ira Andrew Miller (1882 - 1963)

Born 11 Feb 1882 in Great Bend, Barton, Kansas, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Rosa Belle (Palmer) Miller — married 10 Dec 1908 in Idaho

Descendants

Died 17 Sep 1963 at age 81 in Coronado, San Diego, California, United States

Biography

In 1900 Ira was living in Sedgwick, Kansas with his his parents and 7 siblings working on his father's farm.

In 1910 Ira was living with his wife, stepson, daughter and his brother who had married Ira's wife's sister, in Midvale, Washington, Idaho. At this point he was still farming.

In 1918 Ira was living in North Bend, Coos County, Oregon and was employed as a stevedore. A stevedore is someone who loads and unloads cargo from ships. He was 5'11" of medium build with blue eyes and dark hair.

Ira Andrew Miller married Rosa Bell Palmer in Idaho on December 10, 1908, when he was 26 years old. She was the sister of his brother William's wife, who had gotten married 4 years previously.

In 1920 He was living with his wife, step son and three children at 2056 Monroe in North Bend, Coos, Oregon. At this point he is working as a longshoreman and his stepson is working as a laborer at a sawmill.

In 1930 he is still at the same place, which it states he now owns, valued at $3,500. They are fortunate enough to own a radio. Strangely it says his step son has been married for 9 years, but there is no wife living with them. Ira is still working as a longshoreman and his step son is a trucker with the lumber company. We also know now that his stepson served in the military for WWI. His daughter Olive is a housekeeper, His son, Douglas, is an operator at a Theatre.

In 1940, Ira is still living on Monroe and we learn that the highest grade and his wife completed was 6th. Douglas, however, has completed 4 years of high school. Ira is now a hatch tender longshoreman and his son Douglas a laborer. Ira made $1650 in 1939 and his son, $800.

Ira died in 1963 in San Diego, California.

Sources

1910

"United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MLHT-TLV : accessed 11 February 2017), Oliver F Page in household of Ira A Miller, Midvale, Washington, Idaho, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 280, sheet 10A, family 196, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 228; FHL microfilm 1,374,241.

1918

"United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/K6ZP-LTR : 12 December 2014), Ira Andrew Miller, 1917-1918; citing Coos County, Oregon, United States, NARA microfilm publication M1509 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,852,054.

1920

"United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/M4Z1-NTD : accessed 11 February 2017), Ira A Miller, North Bend, Coos, Oregon, United States; citing ED 114, sheet 5B, line 55, family 117, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 1493; FHL microfilm 1,821,493.

1930

"United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XC98-1ZV : accessed 11 February 2017), Ira A Miller, North Bend, Coos, Oregon, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 12, sheet 1B, line 61, family 18, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 1942; FHL microfilm 2,341,676.

1940

"United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/VRRK-X9J : accessed 11 February 2017), Ira Miller, North Bend, Election Precinct 11 North Bend Central 1, Coos, Oregon, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 6-19B, sheet 2B, line 76, family 59, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 3358.

1943

"United States World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVJT-RT36 : 9 April 2016), Ira A Miller, 1942; citing NARA microfilm publication M1936, M1937, M1939, M1951, M1962, M1964, M1986, M2090, and M2097 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

1963

Find A Grave: Memorial #135352075

"United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:J5Z7-1M6 : 20 May 2014), Ira Miller, Sep 1963; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).