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Family HistoryFamily History - Bertha Miller


Key:1.“+” before a child’s name indicates the child has their own entry in the next generation.
 2.“born xxxx” indicates the child is under 18 years of age so the birth date is not shown.
This family history features Bertha Miller and one of her descendants down to the second generation.


First Generation
1. Bertha Miller,1 born ____ (parents not determined). Bertha married Ernest Johnson (born ____, parents not determined).

Child of Bertha Miller and Ernest Johnson:

+2i. Mary Edna Johnson, born 6 August 1918 in Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island; died 26 January 1997 in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois. Married August Delbert Crippin.

Second Generation
2. Mary Edna Johnson2 (Bertha1), born 6 August 1918 in Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island;1, 2, 3 died 26 January 1997 in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois.1, 4 Mary married, 4 December 1938, August Delbert Crippin2, 5 (born 23 April 1913 in Michigan, the son of James Swift Crippen and Jennie Maude Buschick;2, 3, 5, 6, 7 August died September 19765, 6). August is buried in Woodlawn Cemetery, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, Indiana.5

  1. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) Numerical Identification Files (NUMIDENT), Social Program Correspondence/Document, Mary Edna Johnson, alias: Mary Edna Crippen, died: 26 January 1997; born: 6 August 1918 in Providence, W., Kentucky; father: Ernest Johnson; mother: Bertha Miller.
  2. U.S. Federal Census, 1940, Michigan, Calhoun County, Battle Creek, E.D. 13-18, Sheet No. 3B, August Crippin, 26, Michigan, polisher, mfg. co.; Mary Edna Crippin, 21, Kentucky.
  3. U.S. Federal Census, 1950, Indiana, Marshall County, Polk Township, E.D. 50-29, Sheet No. 10, August D. Crippen, 36, Michigan, checker, automobile factory; wife Mary E. Crippen, 31, Kentucky.
  4. Illinois, Cook County Deaths, 1871-1998, Mary E. Crippin, died: 26 January 1997 in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, age 78; father: Ernest Johnson; mother: Bertha Miller.
  5. Find a Grave (website). Woodlawn Cemetery, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, Indiana, August D. Crippin, born: 1913; died: 1976 (from record, which includes a note giving his marriage date; and provides the names and links for his parents and four siblings).
  6. Social Security Death Index (SSDI), Family Search (website), A. Crippin, died: September 1976; born: 23 April 1913; state: Michigan; last residence: Indiana.
  7. U.S. Federal Census, 1920, Michigan, Calhoun County, Battle Creek, E.D. 39, Sheet No. 2A, James Crippin, 48, Michigan, moulder, foundry; wife Jennie Crippin, 48, Illinois; son James Crippin, 21, Illinois, brick work, foundry; son Elmer Crippin, 17, Illinois, food factory; son Lester Crippin, 15, Illinois; son Irving Crippin, 13, Michigan; August Crippin, 6, Michigan.