Joshua Saxon Miller

29 March 1810–
Bardstown, Nelson, Kentucky, United States

The Life Summary of Joshua Saxon

When Joshua Saxon Miller was born on 29 March 1810, in Bardstown, Nelson, Kentucky, United States, his father, Stephen Warren Miller, was 26 and his mother, Lucinda Saxon, was 21.

Photos and Memories (0)

Photos and Memories

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

Family Time Line

Stephen Warren Miller
1783–1834
Lucinda Saxon
1788–1831
Mary W. Miller
1802–1881
Letitia Miller
1818–1850
Malinda Miller
1806–1863
John William Miller
1808–1890
Joshua Saxon Miller
1810–
William Miller
1812–
Stephen Miller
1814–1842
Lucy Jane Miller
1817–1823
Eliza Ann Miller
1819–
Amanda Ann Miller
1821–
Fennis E Miller
1824–
Leander James Miller
1828–1831

Parents and Siblings

Siblings

(12)

+7 More Children

World Events (3)

1812
Age 2
War of 1812. U.S. declares war on Britain over British interference with American maritime shipping and westward expansion.
1812 · War of 1812
Age 2
Because of the outbreak of war from Napoleonic France, Britain decided to blockade the trade between the United States and the French. The US then fought this action and said it was illegal under international law. Britain supplied Native Americans who raided settlers living on the frontier and halting expansion westward. In 1814, one of the British raids stormed into Washington D.C. burning down the capital. Neither the Americans or the British wanted to continue fighting, so negotiations of peace began. After Treaty of Ghent was signed, Unaware of the treaty, British forces invaded Louisiana but were defeated in January 1815.
1812 · Kentucky Bend Created
Age 2
During the New Madrid earthquakes of 1811-1812, the Kentucky Bend or New Madrid Bend was created. It is located in the southwestern corner of Kentucky on the banks of the Mississippi River.

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 (1)

  • Legacy NFS Source: Joshua Saxon Miller -

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.