Emanuel Miller (1810 - 1885)

Born 27 Jan 1810 in Coggeshall, Essex, England

Ancestors

Husband of Harriet Mary Townsend — married about 1835 in Coventry, Warwickshire, England

Descendants

Died 11 Jan 1885 at age 74 in Waterloo, NSW, Australia

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Biography

Emanuel Miller was born in England.

Emanuel Miller came free to the Colony of New South Wales (1788-1900)

Emanuel was a Twin to his sister Harriet - both were born 27 Jan 1810 and were baptised 18 Mar 1810 at the All Saints Church, Feering, Essex.

Birth

Baptism

• Baptism - Feering, Essex - All Saint's Church

Marriage

There is no proof that Emanual Miller and Harriet Mary Townsend Dixon ever married.

Harriet Mary Townsend married Charles Dixon on 11 Jun 1830 at The Collegiate and Parish Church of St John the Baptist, in Coventry, Warwickshire. Harriet and Charles had four known children together then Charles apparently disappeared.

Thoughts are that Charles was a bankrupt or in some way incarcerated. Charles shows up later in 1851, 1861 and 1871 censuses living separately with other women.

Harriet's mother, Mary, ran a Lodging House on Little Park Street, where Emanuel is shown as "Lodger" in the 1841 census.

Son Henry was born in 1836, and it is believed that Harriet maintained her married name as Henry was baptised "Henry Miller Dixon". Subsequent DNA testing of direct-line male descendants of both Charles and Emanuel in 2010 proved that Henry was Emanual's son and not Charles'.

Death

Death, 1885/5883, 14 January 1885, Emanuel Miller, age 74 years, died Waterloo

Text: 5883/1885 - MILLER, EMANUEL - AGE 74 YEARS - DIED WATERLOO - WATERLOO

c Number 30

1885, January 14, Elizabeth Street, Waterloo

Emanuel Miller, Gentleman, Male 74 years [old]

[cause] Asthma, 2 months, Dr Crago, 14 January 1885

[parents] - , Unknown, -

[informant] Certified by John James Miller, son of deceased, Parramatta

[registration] James Skinner, 16th January 1885, Waterloo

[buried] 16 January 1885, Richamond Cemetery, [W] H Price, undertaker

[minister & witnesses] [blank], J Miller, R Sommerville [son John, son-in-law Robert Sommerville]

[born] England, 28 years in NSWales

[marriage] England, unknown age, Harriet Dickson

[children] 2 males, 4 females living, none deceased

Burial

Burial: Richmond Cemetery

Date: 16 JAN 1885

Page: Death, 1885/5883, 14 January 1885, Emanuel Miller, age 74 years, died Waterloo

Text: 5883/1885 - MILLER, EMANUEL - AGE 74 YEARS - DIED WATERLOO - WATERLOO

Number 30

1885, January 14, Elizabeth Street, Waterloo

Emanuel Miller, Gentleman, Male 74 years [old]

[cause] Asthma, 2 months, Dr Crago, 14 January 1885

[parents] - , Unknown, -

[informant] Certified by John James Miller, son of deceased, Parramatta

[registration] James Skinner, 16th January 1885, Waterloo

[buried] 16 January 1885, Richamond Cemetery, [W] H Price, undertaker

[minister & witnesses] [blank], J Miller, R Sommerville [son John, son-in-law Robert Sommerville]

[born] England, 28 years in NSWales

[marriage] England, unknown age, Harriet Dickson

[children] 2 males, 4 females living, none deceased

JUST NSW BDM Certificate in hand

Emigration

Emigration:

Date: 1854

Place: on SS GREAT BRITAIN

Emigration:

Date: 11 MAY 1863

Place: on PERSIA (1800 tons)

Will

Emanuel's will was signed in 1885, a few months before his death. In it, his beneficiaries were all his children with Harriet EXCEPT Henry.

Alias

Alias: John Miller or John Emanuel Miller

Census

1841 Census: Aged 30 living with Mary Townsend, Address Little Park Street, Parish of St Michael's, Coventry

1851 Census: Lawrence Hill, St Phillip & St Jacob, Clifton, Gloucestershire, England

Sources

• Baptism - Essex Records Office [Essex Archives Online]

Christening 1810 - March 18 - Harriet, daughter of James and Susanna Miller March 18 - Emanuel, son of James and Susanna Miller - Twins

https://www.essexarchivesonline.co.uk/Result_Details.aspx?ID=45857 Image 22

• Baptism: "Essex, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1538-1812"
  Essex Record Office; Chelmsford, Essex, England; Essex Church of England Parish Registers
  Ancestry Record 61698 #1524548 (accessed 3 October 2022)
  Emanuel Miller baptism on 18 Mar 1810, son of James Miller & Susanna Miller, in Feering, All Saints, Essex, England.

• 1851 Census: "1851 England Census"
  Class: HO107; Piece: 1954; Folio: 198; Page: 23; GSU roll: 87354; ED, institution, or vessel: 1m; Household Schedule Number: 102
  Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 8860 #7572153 (accessed 3 October 2022)
  Emanuel Miller (41) head of household in Bristol St Philip and St Jacob in Clifton registration district in Gloucestershire, England.

• Immigration: "Web: Victoria, Australia, Outward Passenger Index, 1852-1915"
  Public Record Office of Victoria; North Melbourne, Victoria, Australia; Series Number: VPRS 948; Page: 1; URL: https://www.prov.vic.gov.au/explore-collection/explore-topic/passenger-records-and-immigration
  Ancestry Record 70791 #1368313 (accessed 3 October 2022)
  Name: Emanuel Miller; Age: 44; Birth Year: abt 1810; Departure Date: Sep 1854; Departure Place: Victoria, Australia; Destination: HOBART TOWN; Ship: PICARD; Ship's Master: JOHNSTONE WM.

• Immigration: "Tasmania, Australia, Immigrant Lists, 1841-1884"
  Nominal Register Of Immigrants' Arrivals With Details Of Age, Marital State, Literacy, Native Place, Trade, Employment And Wages.; Film: SLTX/AO/MB/158; Series: CB7/13
  Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 2696 #67679 (accessed 3 October 2022)
  Name: Emanuel Miller; Estimated Birth Year: abt 1810; Arrival Age: 44; Arrival Date: 19 Sep 1854; Ship: Picard; Record Type: Register of Immigrant Arrivals Demographic Details.

• Death: "Australia, Death Index, 1787-1985"
  Nsw Pioneer Index - Pioneer Series 1778-1888; Registration Number: 5883
  Ancestry Record 1779 #3462160 (accessed 3 October 2022)
  Emanuel Miller death 1885 in Waterloo, New South Wales.

• Burial: "Australia and New Zealand, Find a Grave Index, 1800s-Current"
  URL: Find A Grave: Memorial #122206226
  Ancestry Record 60528 #446057 (accessed 3 October 2022)
  Emanuel Miller burial (died on 11 Jan 1885) in Richmond, Hawkesbury City, New South Wales, Australia.