Brief Life History of James Campbell
When James Campbell Miller was born on 18 December 1884, in Westfield, Marquette, Wisconsin, United States, his father, August F Miller, was 24 and his mother, Mary Sans Campbell, was 22. He married Ida Alvina Marquardt on 20 February 1913, in Wisconsin, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Springfield, Marquette, Wisconsin, United States for about 5 years. He died on 24 February 1981, in Madison, Dane, Wisconsin, United States, at the age of 96.
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Sources (9)
- James E Miller, "United States Census, 1920"
- James Campbell Miller, "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918"
- Jack C Miller in entry for Orville J Miller, "United States, Social Security Numerical Identification Files (NUMIDENT), 1936-2007"
Spouse and Children
1884–1981 Male
1884–1944 Female
Children (5)
1915–2001 Male
1916–1996 Male
1918–1998 Male
1920–1922 Female
1925–1941 Male
Parents and Siblings
1860–1934 Male
1862–1928 Female
Siblings (11)
1879–1893 Male
1881–1965 Male
1882–1939 Male
1884–1981 Male
1886–1888 Male
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World Events (8)
1886
Age 2
1907 · Law Passed for Child Employment
Age 23
1910 · The BSA is Made
Age 26
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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