Martha Eugenia Miller

Brief Life History of Martha Eugenia

When Martha Eugenia Miller was born on 1 October 1915, in Alabama, United States, her father, William Frank Miller, was 38 and her mother, Laura Etta Thompson, was 36. She married Joe Dean Wallace on 30 March 1939, in Election Precinct 29 Alabama City, Etowah, Alabama, United States. She lived in Election Precinct 10 Florence, Lauderdale, Alabama, United States in 1940. She died on 20 November 1972, in Birmingham, Jefferson, Alabama, United States, at the age of 57, and was buried in Birmingham, Jefferson, Alabama, United States.

Photos and Memories (0)

Do you know Martha Eugenia? Do you have a story about her that you would like to share? Sign In or Create a FREE Account

Family Time Line

Joe Dean Wallace
1915–1992
Martha Eugenia Miller
1915–1972
Marriage: 30 March 1939

Sources (9)

  • Mattie Eugenia Wallace in household of Joe D Wallace, "United States Census, 1940"
  • Eugenia Miller, "Alabama County Marriages, 1809-1950"
  • Eugenia M. Wallace, "Alabama Deaths, 1908-1974"

Spouse and Children

World Events (8)

1916 · The First woman elected into the US Congress

Jeannette Pickering Rankin became the first woman to hold a federal office position in the House of Representatives, and remains the only woman elected to Congress by Montana.

1917

U.S. intervenes in World War I, rejects membership of League of Nations.

1931

The Star-Spangled Banner is adopted as the national anthem.

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.

Possible Related Names

Discover Even More

As a nonprofit, we offer free help to those looking to learn the details of their family story.

Create a FREE Account

Search for Another Deceased Ancestor

Share this with your family and friends.