Myrtle Viola Weatherbee

Female5 February 1903–17 July 1999

Brief Life History of Myrtle Viola

When Myrtle Viola Weatherbee was born on 5 February 1903, in Wheeler, Prentiss, Mississippi, United States, her father, John Wesley Weatherbee, was 39 and her mother, Mary Frances Mollie White, was 36. She married Herman Bradford Miller on 21 August 1921. They were the parents of at least 1 son. She lived in Beat 3, Prentiss, Mississippi, United States for about 10 years. She died on 17 July 1999, in Prentiss, Mississippi, United States, at the age of 96, and was buried in Frankstown, Prentiss, Mississippi, United States.

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Family Time Line

Herman Bradford Miller
1901–1967
Myrtle Viola Weatherbee
1903–1999
Marriage: 21 August 1921
Charles Bradford Miller
1938–2018

Sources (5)

  • Viola Miller in household of Herman Miller, "United States Census, 1940"
  • Viola M Miller in household of Herman Miller, "United States Census, 1930"
  • Myrtle Viola Weatherbee Miller, "Find A Grave Index"

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    21 August 1921
  • Children (1)

    Parents and Siblings

    Siblings (11)

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    World Events (8)

    1904

    Age 1

    St. Louis, Missouri, United States hosts Summer Olympic Games.

    1907 · Boll Weevil Destroys Most the Cotton Crop

    Age 4

    When the boll weevil threatened most the Mississippi Delta, it put the state’s cotton crop in peril. By the time the boll weevil reached Mississippi it had already destroyed four million bales of cotton. This added up to $238 million at the time or about 6 billion in present day. The boll weevil depends on cotton for every stage of its life.

    1929

    Age 26

    13 million people become unemployed after the Wall Street stock market crash of 1929 triggers what becomes known as the Great Depression. President Herbert Hoover rejects direct federal relief.

    Name Meaning

    English: variant of Weatherby .

    Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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