Hello Ann, I have a Daniel Y Miller in my tree also .. though clearly not the same one I do not have parents for him but I wonder if he might by Your Daniel Y's kin?possibly his cousin ... the Daniel Y I have was born in 1860 and died in 1944.I do not have any info on the where but I suspect Indiana or Ohio.. just curious...what does your Daniel's "Y" stand for? Robert At 03:10 AM 1/4/2007, you wrote: >I am new to the list so I am not sure if there is any Search function on the >Archives other than to through them month by month and a messages at a time. > I'lll try to figure it out, meanwhile, I'll show you my brick wall and >perhaps someone will see something familiar, or direct me to some >places I could >search > >Daniel Y. Miller was my greatgrandfather, born 1847 in IL.(documented in >homestead records). He was elusive throughout his life >and disappeared after >the 1910 Census so I don't even have his death record for another clue. >However, I did find a Daniel Y. Miller age 3 in the 1850 Census >Putnam Co. IL with >Daniel Miller 35 farmer b. OH, Susannah 42 b. VA, George F. 10 b. IA >Territory,James J. 9 b IA Terr. I have NO proof that this is the >right family. > >There is a Daniel Miller in 1840 Census > Iowa Territory > Lee > Township 68 >showing 1 male and one female 20-30, no children. Also in 1840 Census > >Iowa Territory > Linn > 1 male and one female both 20-30 and one >male under 5. >Either could match depending on birthdate of George F.) > >The same family is in the 1860 Census IL Bureau Co., Berlin twp Post >Office:Malden with another child Angeline 10 b. IL. Now Daniel >(Sr) is 46 born in >OH and Susan(sic) 45 in VA. (Interesting that she is now younger, >not 7 years >older than him.). He is indexed on Ancestry as Daniel Z, but it is clearly a >Y. I cant't find them in 1870 when he would 23. > >Daniel Y. Miller married Amy May Casner in 31 Dec. 1878 in Lincoln, Lincoln >Co., KS. In the 1880 Census they are in Elk Horn twp, Lincoln, Kansas. This >time he says father and mother both born in Ohio. Their first child Myrtle >Irene was born in Atchison KS on Aug 17 that year. Two years later >they emigrated >to Blackfoot, ID to homestead. Homestead records confirm his birthdate and >place (1847, IL) but give no other personal information. Cora born 1884, >Walter 1887. > >In 1900 he sold the ranch and they settled in Pocatello where they are found >in the 1900 Census. He probably did not give the info as parents are listed >as unknown. By 1907 Daniel Y. Miller is a saloonkeeper in boomtown Ballard, >WA (annexed to Seattle that year) while wife and younger daughter are still >in Pocatello (confirmed by newspaper report) and in 1910 D. Y. >Miller is alone >and a teamster at a hotel in Goldendale, Klickitat, WA near where son Walter >lived. This time he says parents born in Germany and Virginia. > >That is the last I can find although I have searched the death records of 5 >states, which is not easy with a name like that. If anyone has any ideas >about where I could find more info on this OH-VA Miller family, I'd be very >grateful. This is a hard brick wall to climb. > >Ann Lamb > > > > > > > > > >********* >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 > >__________ NOD32 1955 (20070103) Information __________ > >This message was checked by NOD32 antivirus system. >http://www.eset.com