George Andrew Miller

2 February 1897–8 December 1955 (Age 58)
Gettysburg, Adams, Pennsylvania, United States

The Life of George Andrew

When George Andrew Miller was born on 2 February 1897, in Gettysburg, Adams, Pennsylvania, United States, his father, Pius Anthony Thomas Miller, was 34 and his mother, Catherine Agnes Stock, was 29. He registered for military service in 1919. He died on 8 December 1955, in Gettysburg, Adams, Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 58, and was buried in Gettysburg National Cemetery, Gettysburg, Adams, Pennsylvania, United States.

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George Andrew Miller
1897–1955
Blanche Lingg
1901–1980

Spouse and Children

Parents and Siblings

    Pius Anthony Thomas Miller

    Male1862–1931Male

    Catherine Agnes Stock

    Female1867–1934Female

siblings

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World Events (8)

1898 · War with the Spanish

Age 1

After the explosion of the USS Maine in the Havana Harbor in Cuba, the United States engaged the Spanish in war. The war was fought on two fronts, one in Cuba, which helped gain their independence, and in the Philippines, which helped the US gain another territory for a time.
1904 · The World's Fair of 1904

Age 7

St. Louis hosted the 1904 World's Fair and welcomed a crowd of 200,000 visitors on opening day of April 30, 1904. The fair had exhibits from 50 countries and 43 states. Several notable inventions showcased at the fair include iced tea and the ice cream cone. By the time of its closing in December 1904, over 20 million people had visited the fair.
1913 · The Sixteenth Amendment

Age 16

The Sixteenth Amendment allows Congress to collect an income tax without dividing it among the states based on population.

Name Meaning

1 English and Scottish: occupational name for a miller. The standard modern vocabulary word represents the northern Middle English term, 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. The American surname has absorbed many cognate surnames from other European languages, for example French Meunier , Dumoulin , Demoulins, and Moulin ; German Mueller ; Dutch Molenaar ; Italian Molinaro ; Spanish Molinero; Hungarian Molnár; Slavic Mlinar , etc.2 Southwestern and Swiss German and Jewish (Ashkenazic): variant of Müller ( see Mueller ).

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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Sources (3)

  • George A Miller in household of Paris A Miller, "United States Census, 1910"
  • George A Miller in household of Puis A. G. Miller, "United States Census, 1900"
  • George A Miller in household of Pias A Miller, "United States Census, 1920"

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