I still look for my gg gradfather, Peter Miller. He was born abt. 1838 in Prussia according to two different census in Mo. In 1865 he married Dorthula Gibboney in St.Mary, Mo. This is a border city with IL. I do not know who his parents or siblings were?, but I would love to get a break one day and find something about them. His oldest child was Thomas Herbert Miller born in 1869 in IL. I do not know what city. I am just going by census information. His daughter(my g grandmother) was Lottie Mae Miller born in 1872. Dorthula Gibboney Miller died when the children were very young. By 1880 the census in Mo. shows that both children were given to two different households in two different counties(Wayne and Iron). My g grandmother had said that Peter Miller had left them to go back to Germany and never returned. However, I have found him on the 1880 census near the same town in Mo. as his daughter and working as a laborer on a farm. Also confusing is the fact that a descendent of the man's family that Lottie married into claims that she and her father and other Miller relatives lived in Fredericktown, Mo about 1890. I have found such a household in this city for 1900, but Lottie was married in 1896 in Mississippi Co. Mo. On the 1900 census she and her husband and her older brother, Thomas Herbert Miller, all live together in Charleston, Mo. By 1910 Lottie Miller Moore and her family had moved to Texas. However, Thomas Herbert Miller and wife Clara, and their children were still in Mississippi Co. Mo. until the 1920 census. By the 1930 census they had moved to Detroit, Michigan. My g grandmother had never mentioned him to any of us that are still alive. But we found her obit and it listed him as a survivor in 1945. Thomas H. Millers' children were named similar names to his sister's children, so I think that the names may have been family names. (Jeff Blaine, Sadie, Hazel, Herbert), and one more boy that I can't recall at the moment. I have not found any of Thomas Herbert Miller's descendents or any trace of his father. I have been looking steadfastly for 20 years. If anyone thinks that there may be some connection to their family, I would dance at my computer if you let me know of it. Have a Blessed and Happy New Year! Karen Moore Kerr __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

Karen, I hope I'm not giving you false hope but I think I have seen your Millers on the Moore rootsweb board. I have been checking it for my son's Moore relatives. I'm sorry I don't have more information but I noticed the Miller and Moore connection, I have Miller's on my mother's side and my exhusband has the Moore relationship. Hope this will help you. Kay in rainy and 45 degree temperatures in Southern Illinois on New Years Eve. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Karen K" <kerrweinc2002@yahoo.com> To: <miller@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, December 31, 2006 10:59 PM Subject: [Miller] German Millers in Mo.,Tx, and Mi. >I still look for my gg gradfather, Peter Miller. He > was born abt. 1838 in Prussia according to two > different census in Mo. In 1865 he married Dorthula > Gibboney in St.Mary, Mo. This is a border city with > IL. I do not know who his parents or siblings were?, > but I would love to get a break one day and find > something about them. > His oldest child was Thomas Herbert Miller born in > 1869 in IL. I do not know what city. I am just going > by census information. His daughter(my g grandmother) > was Lottie Mae Miller born in 1872. Dorthula Gibboney > Miller died when the children were very young. By 1880 > the census in Mo. shows that both children were given > to two different households in two different > counties(Wayne and Iron). My g grandmother had said > that Peter Miller had left them to go back to Germany > and never returned. However, I have found him on the > 1880 census near the same town in Mo. as his daughter > and working as a laborer on a farm. Also confusing is > the fact that a descendent of the man's family that > Lottie married into claims that she and her father and > other Miller relatives lived in Fredericktown, Mo > about 1890. I have found such a household in this city > for 1900, but Lottie was married in 1896 in > Mississippi Co. Mo. On the 1900 census she and her > husband and her older brother, Thomas Herbert Miller, > all live together in Charleston, Mo. By 1910 Lottie > Miller Moore and her family had moved to Texas. > However, Thomas Herbert Miller and wife Clara, and > their children were still in Mississippi Co. Mo. until > the 1920 census. By the 1930 census they had moved to > Detroit, Michigan. My g grandmother had never > mentioned him to any of us that are still alive. But > we found her obit and it listed him as a survivor in > 1945. > Thomas H. Millers' children were named similar names > to his sister's children, so I think that the names > may have been family names. (Jeff Blaine, Sadie, > Hazel, Herbert), and one more boy that I can't recall > at the moment. I have not found any of Thomas Herbert > Miller's descendents or any trace of his father. I > have been looking steadfastly for 20 years. If anyone > thinks that there may be some connection to their > family, I would dance at my computer if you let me > know of it. > Have a Blessed and Happy New Year! > Karen Moore Kerr > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com > > > ********* > Visit the threaded archives of this list: > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/MILLER > ********* > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > MILLER-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message > > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.1.409 / Virus Database: 268.15.28/604 - Release Date: > 12/26/2006 > >