Joseph Miller

28 May 1874–1962 (Age 87)
Lee, Kentucky, United States

The Life of Joseph

When Joseph Miller was born on 28 May 1874, in Lee, Kentucky, United States, his father, Curtis Losson Miller, was 31 and his mother, Dicey Edwards, was 27. He had at least 2 sons and 3 daughters with Susan Isabella Mullins. He died in 1962, at the age of 88, and was buried in Lee, Kentucky, United States.

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Family Time Line

Joseph Miller
1874–1962
Susan Isabella Mullins
1882–1962
William Odis Miller Sr.
1899–1960
Everett Miller
1902–1972
Pearl May Miller
1904–1994
Ora May Miller
1907–1992
Jeanette Marie Miller
1911–1997

Spouse and Children

children

(5)

    William Odis Miller Sr.

    Male1899–1960Male

    Everett Miller

    Male1902–1972Male

    Pearl May Miller

    Female1904–1994Female

    Ora May Miller

    Female1907–1992Female

    Jeanette Marie Miller

    Female1911–1997Female

Parents and Siblings

siblings

(11)

    Benjamin F Miller

    Male1866–Male

    Henry Miller

    Male1868–1934Male

    William Miller

    Male1869–Male

    Joseph Miller

    Male1874–1962Male

    Anna Miller

    Male1875–1969Male

+6 More Children

World Events (8)

1875 · A Treaty with Hawaii

Age 1

In the Mid 1870s, The United States sought out the Kingdom of Hawaii to make a free trade agreement. The Treaty gave the Hawaiians access to the United States agricultural markets and it gave the United States a part of land which later became Pearl Harbor.
1892 · The Radio is invented

Age 18

Kentucky native Nathan Stubblefield invented the radio in 1892
1898 · War with the Spanish

Age 24

After the explosion of the USS Maine in the Havana Harbor in Cuba, the United States engaged the Spanish in war. The war was fought on two fronts, one in Cuba, which helped gain their independence, and in the Philippines, which helped the US gain another territory for a time.

Name Meaning

1 English and Scottish: occupational name for a miller. The standard modern vocabulary word represents the northern Middle English term, 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. The American surname has absorbed many cognate surnames from other European languages, for example French Meunier , Dumoulin , Demoulins, and Moulin ; German Mueller ; Dutch Molenaar ; Italian Molinaro ; Spanish Molinero; Hungarian Molnár; Slavic Mlinar , etc.2 Southwestern and Swiss German and Jewish (Ashkenazic): variant of Müller ( see Mueller ).

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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Sources (3)

  • Joseph Miller in household of Lawson Miller, "United States Census, 1880"
  • Joseph Miller, "Kentucky Death Records, 1911-1962"
  • Wm F Miller, "Texas Deaths, 1890-1976"

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