Johann Wilhelm (Mueller) Miller (1898 - 1988)

Born 20 Nov 1898 in Essen, Germany

Ancestors

Husband of Bessie Winnifred (Johnson) Miller — married 21 Aug 1920 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Descendants

Died 1988 at about age 89 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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Biography

Immigrated with his parents and siblings first to Pennsylvania, United States. in 1906, then to Canada about 1910.

Listed on marriage certificate as a Draughtsman and a Lutheran. See images. Later became a Unitarian.

Invited to join professional engineering organization due to extensive and excellent occupational history, despite lack of formal educational qualifications. He ran his own company.

Name anglicized from Johann Wilhelm Mueller to John William Miller.

Sources

• First hand information from family. Documents and picture albums. See images.

• Marriage record: Ontario Marriages, 1869-1927," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:27DH-YF3 : 10 April 2015), John William Miller and Bessie Winifred Johnson, 21 Aug 1920; citing registration , Toronto, York, Ontario, Canada, Archives of Ontario, Toronto; FHL microfilm 2,257,544

• United States Border Crossings from Canada to United States, 1895-1956," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XP9D-6M7 : 27 November 2014), John William Miller, 10 Apr 1933; from "Border Crossings: From Canada to U.S., 1895-1954," database and images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2010); citing Ship , arrival port Buffalo, New York,, line , NARA microfilm publication M1480, Records of the Immigration and Naturalization Service, RG 85, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 87.

• New York, Northern Arrival Manifests, 1902-1956," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q23H-TH5X : 12 March 2018), John W Miller, 1929; citing NARA microfilm publication M1480 and M1482 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); roll 00087, FHL microfilm 1,283,703.