Brief Life History of Grace May
When Grace May Miller was born on 4 May 1873, in York, Pennsylvania, United States, her father, Emanuel Miller, was 42 and her mother, Elizabeth M. Jamison, was 36. She married Amos Bortner Fair on 15 November 1891, in York, Pennsylvania, United States. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 7 daughters. She lived in Spring Grove, York, Pennsylvania, United States for about 10 years and West York, York, Pennsylvania, United States for about 10 years. She died on 7 November 1960, in York, Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 87, and was buried in North Codorus Township, York, Pennsylvania, United States.
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Sources (16)
- Grace M Fair in household of Amos B Fair, "United States Census, 1940"
- Grace May Miller, "Pennsylvania, County Marriages, 1885-1950"
- Grace Miller in entry for Charles Edward Fair, "Delaware Vital Records, 1650-1974"
Spouse and Children
1866–1952 Male
1873–1960 Female
Children (14)
1892–1965 Male
1894–1917 Female
1895–1984 Female
1897–1998 Female
1899–1990 Female
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Parents and Siblings
1830–1904 Male
1836–1907 Female
Siblings (12)
1859–1925 Female
1860–1936 Female
1862–1930 Female
1863–1909 Male
1864–1939 Male
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World Events (8)
1875 · A Treaty with Hawaii
Age 2
1877 · First National Strike in U.S. Begins In Pittsburgh Against Pennsylvania Railroad
Age 4
1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson
Age 23
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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