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- He moved with his family to Bath, Maine in 1900. It was necessary that he go to work before finishing high school. He enlisted in the US Army in 1917 and served in France and the occupation of Germany in a transportation unit. On at least one occasion, his vehical was hit by enemy artillery and the explosion left him somewhat hearing impaired. Being among the last to return from Europe, Roy had difficulty trying to regain his shipyard job. The family lived under primitive conditions for a few years. In 1927 he was again released from Bath Iron Works and took a "temporary" job as a loftman at Bethlehem Shipbuilding Division in Quincy, Massachusetts, from which he retired in 1960. He took innumerable correspondence courses and studied technical publications and became a superintendent of hull construction. His specialty was aircraft carriers. In the later years of his career, he served as an adjunct lecturer in naval architecture and marine engineering at MIT. He was selected by Admiral Rickover to build the first nuclear-powered naval vessel, the Long Beach.
1920 US Census, , Sagadahoc, Maine
Household Gender Age Birthplace
SELF Roy L Miller M 24y Maine (parents born in Canada)
WIFE Alice Miller F 25y Maine (father born in MA, mother born in ME)
SON Roy L Miller M 1y11m Maine
"United States Census, 1920," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MF8S-PJR : accessed 20 May 2013), Roy L Miller, 1920.
1930 US Census, Quincy, Norfolk, Massachusetts
Household Gender Age Birthplace
Head Roy L Miller M 35 Maine (parents born in Canada)
Wife Alice E Miller F 35 Maine (father born in MA, mother born in ME)
Son Roy L Miller M 12 Maine
"United States Census, 1930," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XQ5H-6PV : accessed 20 May 2013), Roy L Miller, 1930.
1940 US Census, Ward 2, Quincy, Quincy City, Norfolk, Massachusetts
Last Place of Residence: Same Place
Household Gender Age Birthplace
Head Roy Miller M 45 Maine
Wife Alice Miller F 45 Maine
Son Lathan Miller M 22 Maine
"United States Census, 1940," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/K4ND-D8F : accessed 20 May 2013), Roy Miller, Ward 2, Quincy, Quincy City, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 11-193, sheet 8A, family 137, NARA digital publication T627, roll 1630.
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Bath (Maine) Historical Society, Nova Scotia Census 1871 & 1881; West Hants (Nova Scotia) Historical Society; Recollections of Vivian Miller Hanson, Maine Historical Society, Portland.
Maine, Vital Records, 1670-1907
Name: Roy Leighton Miller
Event Type: Birth
Event Date: 02 Feb 1895
Event Place: Portland, , Maine
Gender: Male
Age:
Birth Year (Estimated):
Father's Name: Rupert Miller
Mother's Name: Kate Singer
Spouse's Name:
Spouse's Father's Name:
Spouse's Mother's Name:
GS Film number: 9999
Digital Folder Number: 4703838
Image Number: 03149
"Maine, Vital Records, 1670-1907 ," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/KCDS-Z8R : accessed 18 May 2013), Rupert Miller in entry for Roy Leighton Miller, 1895.
United States, World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918
Name: Roy Leighton Miller
Event Type: Draft Registration
Event Date: 1917-1918
Event Place: Sagadahoc County, Maine, United States
Gender: Male
Birth Date: 02 Feb 1895
Birthplace: Portland, Maine, United States
Nationality: United States
Affiliate Publication Title: World War I Selective Service System Draft Registration Cards
Affiliate Publication Number: M1509
GS Film number: 1654016
Digital Folder Number: 005207067
Image Number: 04974
"United States, World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/KZFB-71J : accessed 20 May 2013), Roy Leighton Miller, 1917-1918.
Florida, Death Index, 1877-1998
Name: Roy L Miller
Name Prefix:
Name Suffix:
Event Type: Death
Event Date: 14 Mar 1970
Event Place: Manatee, Florida, United States
Gender: Unknown
Age: 75
Race: White
Birth Year (Estimated):
Affiliate File Name: Fdi08.txt
Affiliate Line Number: 248161
Affiliate CD Number: FDI08
Certificate Number: 19481
Volume Number:
Note:
"Florida, Death Index, 1877-1998," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/VVZ1-3L3 : accessed 20 May 2013), Roy L Miller, 1970.
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1895 - 1970 (75 years)