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Note: DOB: Newspaper Article, Dysart, IA paper
1900 census, Clark, Tama, Iowa: Milne, Robert B. boarder Jul 1870 29 IA SCOT IRE insurance agent; boarding with Richardson, William D. & fam & another lodger.
1901-1902: moved to Madison, Lake Co., SD, where his future wife Lillian and most of her family were already living.
Donald was born in South Dakota in 1907, and there is a photo of David and Lillian taken by a photographer in Jamestown, North Dakota, so they briefly went west and returned.
1910 census, Waterloo Ward 2, Black Hawk, IA: Milne, Robert 39 M1 8y IA SVOT IRE salesman real estate; Lillian wife 36 M2 8y 2ch 1liv WI GER GER; Donald son 3 SD IA WI.
1920 census, Big Creek, Black Hawk, Iowa: Milne, Robert B. 49 M IA SCOT IRE no occ; Lillian K. wife 42 WI GER GER dressmaker at home; Donald R. son 13 South Dakota IA WI.
1925 IA census: Milne, Robert B. 53 IA Andrew Milne SCO Jane Stringer IRE; Lillian wife 48 WI Frank Fintzel GER Christina Pfeffer GER; Donald son 18 Robert Milne Lillian Fintzel.
1930 census, Waterloo, Black Hawk, IA, 308 West North St.: Milne, Robert B. head 59 M when 32 IA Scot N.IRE safety man meat packing plant; Lillian K. wife 53 M when 26 WI GER GER; Donald R. son 23 S SD IA WI asst. checker meat packing plant; Penney, Walter lodger 23 S. IA IA IA clerk checker meat packing plant.
1938 Atlas of Benton Co., IA, landowners: MONROE 85N 12W 3 Robert Milne 80
Progress Review, La Porte City, Iowa; Thursday, January 13, 1944, Page 1:
Robt. Milne Drops Dead
Robert B. Milne, 75, dropped dead in the basement of his home here this Thursday morning, while tending his furnace. He went to the basement at about 7:30 a.m. and was found half an hour later lying dead on the floor. He had removed the clinkers from the furnace but had not started the fire.
He was born near Dysart, the son of Jane and Andrew Milne, on July 11, 1868, and lived in this vicinity all of his life except for a few years in South Dakota and in Waterloo. He came to La Porte City in 1936. He married Lillian Sintzel of near Dysart on April 12, 1901, at Bristol. S.D., who survives, as does one son, Donald R. Milne of Waterloo and a grandson, Ronald D. Milne. Brothers and sisters include Will of La Porte City and Herman, Fred, Dave and James of Dysart, Mrs. Charles Vaupel of near Dysart and Mrs. Susan Zwilling of State Center, Iowa.
The body was taken to the Barnhart and Johannsen funeral home where funeral services will be held at 2 o'clock Saturday afternoon.
Find-a-Grave: Robert B. Milne; Birth 11 Jul 1869; Iowa, USA; Death 13 Jan 1944 (aged 74); La Porte City, Black Hawk County, Iowa, USA; Burial Westview Cemetery; La Porte City, Black Hawk County, Iowa, USA; Memorial ID 68898513.
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