Brief Life History of John
When John Miller was born on 5 November 1877, in Ystrad, Glamorgan, Wales, his father, David Miller, was 38 and his mother, Elizabeth Ann Davies, was 31. He lived in Ystrad, Glamorgan, Wales, United Kingdom in 1881. He died on 1 May 1900, in Scofield, Carbon, Utah, United States, at the age of 22, and was buried in Springville, Utah, Utah, United States.
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Sources (8)
- John Miller in household of William Davies, "England and Wales Census, 1881"
- John Miller, "Find A Grave Index"
- John Miller, "Utah, Utah County Records, 1850-1962"
Parents and Siblings
1839–1896 Male
1846–1904 Female
Siblings (6)
1867–1900 Male
1869–1900 Male
1871–1959 Male
1875–1923 Female
1877–1900 Male
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World Events (8)
1879
Age 2
1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield
Age 4
1884
Age 7
Name Meaning
English and Scottish: occupational name for a miller. The standard modern vocabulary word represents the northern Middle English term miller, an agent derivative of mille ‘mill’, reinforced by Old Norse mylnari (see Milner ). In southern, western, and central England Millward (literally, ‘mill keeper’) was the usual term. In North America, the surname Miller has absorbed many cognate surnames from other languages, for example German Müller (see Mueller ), Dutch Mulder and Molenaar , French Meunier , Italian Molinaro , Spanish Molinero , Hungarian Molnár (see Molnar ), Slovenian, Croatian, and Serbian Mlinar , Polish Młynarz or Młynarczyk (see Mlynarczyk ). Miller (including in the senses below) is the seventh most frequent surname in the US.
South German, Swiss German, and Jewish (Ashkenazic): variant of Müller ‘miller’ (see Mueller ) and, in North America, also an altered form of this. This form of the surname is also found in other European countries, notably in Poland, Denmark, France (mainly Alsace and Lorraine), and Czechia; compare 3 below.
Americanized form of Polish, Czech, Croatian, Serbian, and Slovenian Miler ‘miller’, a surname of German origin.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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The Early Life of Thomas Henry Miller
Thomas Henry Miller was born June 24, 1871 in Trealaw, Glamorgan, Wales. At the age of nine, he was given to "Aunt" Mary and her husband "Uncle" James Miller, who lived in Pontypridd, Wales. James ha …
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