Brief Life History of Gladys Ethelyn
When Gladys Ethelyn Miller was born on 14 August 1891, in Wisconsin, United States, her father, Harvey Asariah Miller, was 29 and her mother, Ruth Olive Murray, was 25. She married Albert Leroy Poorman in 1910. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in Elk, Spokane, Washington, United States in 1930 and Elk Township, Spokane, Washington, United States in 1940. She died on 24 November 1954, in Spokane, Spokane, Washington, United States, at the age of 63, and was buried in Elk Cemetery, Elk, Spokane, Washington, United States.
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Sources (16)
- Gladys Payne in household of John Payne, "United States Census, 1920"
- Gladys Miller in entry for Albert L Poorman and Belle L Jones, "Washington, County Marriages, 1855-2008"
- Gladys E Payne in household of John J Payne, "United States Census, 1940"
Spouse and Children
1888–1918 Male
1891–1954 Female
Children (4)
1912–1965 Female
1914–1987 Male
1915–1987 Male
1917–1994 Female
Parents and Siblings
1861–1934 Male
1866–1942 Female
Siblings (2)
1891–1954 Female
1894–1967 Male
World Events (8)
1892
Age 1
1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson
Age 5
1908 · The Bureau of Investigation is formed
Age 17
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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