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| Winnie Ruth Miller |
In 1924, Ruth moved with the family from Arkansas to California. She was 6 years old. The John Miller and Robert Miller families all went to California together, leaving from Southwest City, Missouri and traveling through Oklahoma, Kansas and eventually Oregon. They finally arrived nearby to Crescent City, Del Norte County, California and shortly thereafter moved to Ojai in Southern California.
After the death of Ruth's father in 1933, Mimi and some of the children, Dick, Don, Maxine, Ruth and Jesse (J.K.) moved back to Benton County, Arkansas. Robert had told Mimi that if anything should happened to him, he wanted her to go back to Arkansas - and she did.
Mimi moved back to California as well as Maxine and J.K, but Ruth stayed in Arkansas. She also lived in Centerton, Benton Co., Arkansas in 1935.
Ruth married Olen Ruple Cornine on 24 August 1936 in Benton County, Arkansas, but moved to California before the birth of their first child. In the 1940 census, Ruth and Olen are living in Reseda, Los Angeles Co., California., but before the birth of their first daughter, they moved to Ventura, Co., California. They are the parents of Janice Carrol Cornine and Ruth Olene Cornine.
Olen died on 1 August 1969 in Ventura County, California. and is buried in the Ivy Lawn Memorial Park in Ventura Co., California. He was 56 years old.
Ruth married Oscar Edward Case on 25 November 1970 in Ventura County, California. She and Oscar purchased the home and property of her brother, Bill and it included an almond orchard.
From the 1980 Miller Family Reunion booklet it says: Ruth is a painter, fruit processor and beautician. Casey was a machinist and is now a nut farmer.
Memories of Ruth by her brother Robert William Miller Jr.: Ruth was real nice and friendly. Olen got sick for about a week and died. One of Ruth's granddaughters was living with her. She looked in on her before she went to town. Ruth was on the bed. When her granddaughter came back and checked in on Ruth again, she had passed.
Ruth died on 22 February 1996 in Chowchilla, Madera County, CA at the age of 77. She is buried in the Ivy Lawn Memorial Park in Ventura County, CA.
Oscar died at the age of 94 on 25 October 2000 in Ventura County, CA. He is buried in the Chowchilla Cemetery, Madera County, CA.
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RECORDS
Winnie Ruth Miller
1920 - Garland, Benton,AR
1930 - Ojai, Ventura, CA
1935 - Benton, AR
1940 - Reseda, Los Angeles, CA
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23 Jan 1920 census of Garland, Benton County, AR, found the Miller family living in dwelling #50 on Fourth Street:
R. W. Miller 40 IL IL IN Salesman - H.W.D.
Dora 36 AR AR TN
Hurbert 14 AR IL AR Twin
Herschell 14 AR IL AR Twin
Maggie 12 AR IL AR
Dick 9 AR IL AR
Donald 7 AR IL AR
Maxine 3 AR IL AR
Ruth 1 6/12 AR IL AR
Blanche Pitts 13 IL IL AR Niece
J. D. Miller 80 IL OH IL Father, Widowed
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Mildred Miller said that the John Miller and Robert Miller families all went to California together, leaving from Southwest City, MO, and traveling through Oklahoma, Kansas and eventually Oregon. They finally arrived in California in August of 1924. She said that Louoma's mother was a Callis, as was Robert Miller's wife.
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26 April 1930 census of District 19, Ojai, Ventura County, CA, found the Miller family living in dwelling #344. Robert and Dora said that they were first married at ages 23 and 19 respectively. Living nearby were Dora's father, John H. Callis (76) and brothers Claude (40) and George (45) and their families:
Robert W. Miller 50 IL IL IN Operator - Service station
Dora 46 AR AR TN
Herbert 26 AR IL AR Rancher - Fruit ranch
Dick 20 AR IL AR Rancher - Fruit ranch
Donald 18 AR Il AR Gardener - Private home
Maxine 14 AR Il AR
Ruth 12 AR IL AR
R. W. 9 AR IL AR
J. K. 5 AR IL AR
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Arkansas, County Marriages Index, 1837-1957 about Olen Cornine
Name: Olen Cornine
Gender: Male
Age: 23
Birth Year: abt 1913
Residence: Bentonville, Benton, Arkansas
Spouse's Name: Ruth Miller
Spouse's Gender: Female
Spouse's Age: 18
Spouse's Residence: Centerton, Benton, Arkansas
Marriage Date: 24 Aug 1936
Marriage License Date: 24 Aug 1936
Marriage County: Benton
Event Type: Marriage
FHL Film Number: 1994611
Source Information: Ancestry.com. Arkansas, County Marriages Index, 1837-1957. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.
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6 May 1940 census of Reseda, Los Angeles County, CA, found the Cornine family living at 19160 Arminta Street. They said that they lived in Centerton, Benton County, AR, on 15 April 1935:
Orlen R. Cornine 28 MO - 8 years of education, No employment shown
Ruth W. Cornine 21 AR - Completed 1 year of high school education
Janice C. Cornine 2 CA
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Olen R. Cornine and Ruth Cornine were registered as Democrats in the 1940 and 1942 Voter Registration of Ventura County, CA. They showed their address as General Delivery, Ojai, CA. Olen said that he was a gardener, Ruth a housewife.
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California, Death Index, 1940-1997 about Ruth Miller Case
Name: Ruth Miller Case
[Ruth Miller Miller]
Social Security #: 562245059
Gender: Female
Birth Date: 17 Jul 1918
Birth Place: Arkansas
Death Date: 22 Feb 1996
Death Place: Madera
Mother's Maiden Name: Callis
Father's Surname: Miller
Source Citation: Place: Madera; Date: 22 Feb 1996; Social Security: 562245059.
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U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-Current about Ruth M. Case
Name: Ruth M. Case
SSN: 562-24-5059
Last Residence: 93610 Chowchilla, Madera, California, United States of America
Born: 16 Jul 1918
Died: 22 Feb 1996
State (Year) SSN issued: California (Before 1951)
Source Citation: Number: 562-24-5059; Issue State: California; Issue Date: Before 1951.
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THE TRIP TO CALIFORNIA (as remembered by Maxine Miller Mason and written by Margot Mason Stockstill)
On August 1, 1924, the family left Benton County, Arkansas, and headed for a ranch near Crescent City in Northern California that Robert's uncle and namesake, Robert William Miller, had given him. Mimi had only been out of Benton County once and
then only a few miles into Oklahoma.
There were 24 people and a collie named Socrates in the moving party packed into a new Maxwell, a Ford, a Buick and a Ford Truck. They were: Mimi and Robert, Herbert and Hershel, Blanche, Margaret, Don, Dick, Maxine, Ruth, Bill, JK (just 7 weeks old), Uncle John Miller (Robert's brother) and his wife Aunt Dove and their 5 girls, Mimi's brother Uncle Claude Callis, Aunt Arthula and their son Louis, Mimi's father John Hamilton Callis, who was 64 years old, and Cora Nichols, Mimi's twin.
The first stop was Grove, Oklahoma, at Mimi's brother Uncle Clark's home. Aunt Cora only went that far. Uncle Clark had a big going away party for the family. Each night while traveling they stayed in campgrounds. The women would wash clothes and the men would work on the cars and truck.
In Colorado there was an inspection stop for boll weevils so the family had to empty all their boxes. the Rocky Mountains were too big for Robert so his sons Herbert and Hershel drove. The family drove down through Oregon and reached Crescent City on Don's birthday, August 30th. The trip had taken 30 days. When they first saw the Pacific Ocean Mimi said,"I think we've come too far."
On their new ranch they lived in tents. The children had fun playing in the river but Socrates, the collie, got ahold of a dead salmon and died. They wouldn't let Grandad (John Hamilton) Callis play his fiddle for fear it would attract bears and Indians.
In September it was time for school so the family moved into town. Uncle John Miller took his family to Smith River. That winter Uncle John's youngest girl died, their house and car burned, but they stayed on in Smith River. There was a hurricane which ruined part of Crescent City. Mimi was sick all winter because the damp weather caused her to have rheumatism. Uncle Claude and Aunt Arthula left Crescent City and moved to Ojai, writing back about the warm and beautiful valley.
As soon as school was out in 1925 the Millers headed south, stopped in Suisun and leased a ranch with apricots and peaches. Mimi always said that that was one of the happiest years of her life. Robert took Hershel and Margaret to Ojai and liked it so well they decided to move down in the Fall of 1926.
SOURCES
Refer to www.millerinfo.net/genealogy, Memories of Robert William Miller Jr., Miller Family Reunion booklet compiled by Margot Mason Stockstill, family records and research.
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