Earl Gregory Miller Sr.

Male16 June 1816–7 January 1902

Brief Life History of Earl Gregory

When Earl Gregory Miller Sr. was born on 16 June 1816, in Delaware, New York, United States, his father, James Miller, was 23 and his mother, Mary Sutton, was 26. He married Charity Jane Hawley on 20 June 1841, in Delaware, New York, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 7 daughters. He lived in Frenchtown Township, Antelope, Nebraska, United States in 1885 and Blaine Township, Antelope, Nebraska, United States in 1900. He died on 7 January 1902, in Clearwater, Antelope, Nebraska, United States, at the age of 85, and was buried in Clearwater, Antelope, Nebraska, United States.

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Family Time Line

Earl Gregory Miller Sr.
1816–1902
Charity Jane Hawley
1822–1907
Marriage: 20 June 1841
Mary Esther Miller
1842–1925
Edith MILLER
1860–1938
Earl Gregory Miller Jr.
1844–1917
Issac L Miller
1846–1913
Martha Jane MILLER
1849–1922
Emma A. Miller
1853–1936
Theda Ann Miller
1854–1925
Putnam G Miller
1855–1942
Polly L Miller
1858–1939
Seth Henry Miller
1862–1916
Elsie MILLER
1864–
Burton James Miller
1867–1911

Sources (15)

  • Earl Miller, "United States Census, 1870"
  • Legacy NFS Source: Earl Gregory Miller - Published information: Family genealogies: birth-name: Earl Gregory Miller
  • Earl Gregory Miller, "Find A Grave Index"

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  • Marriage
    20 June 1841Delaware, New York, United States
  • Children (12)

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    Siblings (8)

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    World Events (8)

    1819 · Panic! of 1819

    Age 3

    With the Aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars the global market for trade was down. During this time, America had its first financial crisis and it lasted for only two years. 

    1827 · Slavery Becomes Illegal in New York State

    Age 11

    During the years 1799 to 1827, New York went through a period of gradual emancipation. A Gradual Emancipation Law was passed in 1799 which freed slave children born after July 4, 1799. However, they were indentured until 25 years old for women and 28 years old for men. A law passed 1817 which freed slaves born before 1799, yet delayed their emancipation for ten years. All remaining slaves were freed in New York State on July 4, 1827.

    1846

    Age 30

    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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