Brief Life History of George Merle
When George Merle Miller was born on 22 October 1849, in Union Township, Mercer, Ohio, United States, his father, Michael Miller, was 28 and his mother, Mary Ann Shepherd, was 27. He married Amelia Jane Hankins on 27 October 1871, in Mercer, Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Center Township, Mercer, Ohio, United States in 1850 and Ohio, United States in 1870. He died on 1 May 1899, in Union Township, Mercer, Ohio, United States, at the age of 49, and was buried in Hamilton Bethel Cemetery, Mendon, Mercer, Ohio, United States.
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- George M Miller, "United States Census, 1880"
- George M. Miller, "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2013"
- George W. Miller, "Ohio, County Death Records, 1840-2001"
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1860 · Ohio supports the Union side of the Civil War
Although divided as a state on the subject of slavery, Ohio participated in the Civil War on the Union's side, providing over 300,000 troops. Ohio provided the 3rd largest number of troops by any Union state.
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1863 · The Battle at Gettysburg
The Battle of Gettysburg involved the largest number of casualties of the entire Civil war and is often described as the war's turning point. Between 46,000 and 51,000 soldiers lost their lives during the three-day Battle. To honor the fallen soldiers, President Abraham Lincoln read his historic Gettysburg Address and helped those listening by redefining the purpose of the war.
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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