Eleazer Miller

Brief Life History of Eleazer

When Eleazer Miller was born on 4 November 1795, in Coeymans, Coeymans, Albany, New York, United States, his father, John Sack Miller, was 36 and his mother, Sabra Bradway, was 28. He married Rebecca Van Zant in March 1816, in Coeymans, Coeymans, Albany, New York, United States. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Pike, Illinois, United States in 1840 and Utah, United States in 1870. He registered for military service in 1831. He died on 12 April 1876, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 80, and was buried in Salt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

Eleazer Miller
1795–1876
Rebecca Van Zant
1797–1886
Marriage: March 1816
Gilbert V Miller
1817–1857
Van Renseler Miller
1819–1851
Perry Miller
1822–1887
Sabrina Miller
1823–1880
Harrison Miller
1827–1851
Elliott Miller
1829–1855
child Miller
1830–1831
William Miller
1832–1910
Emma Miller
1834–
Rachel Miller
1836–

Sources (36)

  • Eleazar Miller, "United States Census, 1840"
  • Eleazon Miller, "Utah, Salt Lake County Death Records, 1849-1949"
  • Eleazor Miller in entry for Rebecca Miller, "Utah, Salt Lake City Cemetery Records, 1847-1976"

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World Events (8)

1797 · Albany is Named Capital of New York

Albany became the capital of New York in 1797. Albany is the oldest continuous settlement of the original 13 colonies.

1797

Became State Capitol in 1797

1819 · Panic! of 1819

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. 

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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Eleazer Miller (Summary)

Eleazer was born 4 Nov 1795, in Coeymans, Albany, New York to John Miller and Sabra Bradway. He married Rebecca Van Zant in 1816. His children are Gilbert Miller, born 14 Aug, 1817 in New York; A da …

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