Jacob Ellison Miller

Male1 January 1824–14 March 1905

Brief Life History of Jacob Ellison

When Jacob Ellison Miller was born on 1 January 1824, in Ohio, United States, his father, Adam Miller, was 40 and his mother, Sarah Prior, was 36. He married Sarah E Blackford on 16 April 1841, in St. Joseph, Indiana, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 5 daughters. He lived in Buchanan Township, Berrien, Michigan, United States for about 10 years and Buchanan, Berrien, Michigan, United States in 1880. He died on 14 March 1905, in Berrien, Michigan, United States, at the age of 81, and was buried in Buchanan, Berrien, Michigan, United States.

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Family Time Line

Jacob Ellison Miller
1824–1905
Sarah E Blackford
1822–1892
Marriage: 16 April 1841
Anson Miller
1842–1872
Anna Miller
about 1854–
Martha Clara Miller
1844–
William Pierce Miller
1846–1927
Sarah Ester Miller
1849–1866
James Josephus Miller
1852–1924
Adorinam J. Miller
1856–1877
Margaret Miller
1859–
Union Miller
1861–1892
Alta M. Miller
1863–1892
Jacob Ellison Miller
1867–1908

Sources (22)

  • Jacob E Millis, "United States Census, 1870"
  • Jacob E Miller, "Indiana Marriages, 1811-2019"
  • Jacob E Miller, "United States Census, 1850"

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    16 April 1841St. Joseph, Indiana, United States
  • Children (11)

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    Siblings (13)

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    World Events (8)

    1825 · The Crimes Act

    Age 1

    The Crimes Act was made to provide a clearer punishment of certain crimes against the United States. Part of it includes: Changing the maximum sentence of imprisonment to be increased from seven to ten years and changing the maximum fine from $5,000 to $10,000.

    1836 · Kirtland Temple Dedicated

    Age 12

    On March 27, 1836, the Kirtland Temple was dedicated.

    1846

    Age 22

    U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.

    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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