Thomas Benjamin Miller

1840–2 July 1911 (Age 71)
Pennsylvania, United States

The Life Summary of Thomas Benjamin

Thomas Benjamin Miller was born in 1840, in Pennsylvania, United States. He married Julia Elizabeth Rumel on 2 June 1870, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 daughters. He lived in Douglas, Nebraska, United States in 1900. He died on 2 July 1911, in Omaha, Douglas, Nebraska, United States, at the age of 71, and was buried in Omaha, Douglas, Nebraska, United States.

Photos and Memories (0)

Photos and Memories

Do you know Thomas Benjamin? Do you have a story about him that you would like to share? Sign In or Create a FREE Account

Family Time Line

Thomas Benjamin Miller
1840–1911
Julia Elizabeth Rumel
1848–1908
Marriage: 2 June 1870
Amanda Miller
1870–1949
Mary L. Miller
1874–

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    2 June 1870Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
    • Children

    (2)

    World Events (8)

    1846
    Age 6
    U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
    1854
    Age 14
    On May 30, 1854, the Kansas-Nebraska Act was passed. It allowed people in the territories of Kansas and Nebraska to decide whether or not they wanted to allow slavery within their borders. This Act repealed the Missouri Compromise of 1820.
    1863 · Battle of Gettysburg
    Age 23
    The three day Battle of Gettysburg was one of the bloodiest of the American Civil War. Between the Confederates and Unions, somewhere between 46,000 and 51,000 people died that day.

    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

    Millar
    Mueller
    Milner
    Millward
    McMiller

    Sources (6)

    • Thomas Miller, "United States Census, 1910"
    • Thomas Benjamin Miller, "Pennsylvania Marriages, 1709-1940"
    • Thomas Miller in entry for Amanda E Nelson, "Illinois, Cook County Deaths, 1878-1994"

    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 to view more about your family.
    Create a FREE Account
    Search for Another Deceased Ancestor
    Share this with your family and friends.