Elaine, Thank you for your insight and the census info. Some new possibilities for sure. Stephen ----- Original Message ----- From: "Elaine C" <Bopeep39@comcast.net> To: <ncrobeso@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, October 12, 2006 3:54 PM Subject: Re: [NCROBESO] Claude W. Miller > Hi Stephen - If you will look again at the 1920 census, you will see two > children, listed last, not Millers, but a different last name that is the > same for both children. Neither first nor last names are readable, but > one > is a niece age 12 and the other a grandson age 4. Claude would have been > 4 > since the census was enumerated in Jan & he would not have been 5 until > July > > > The closest I could come to their surname is Bullard. There is a Claud > Bullard born 1891 in Smiths in Robeson Co on the 1930 census. He married > in > 1918. This is only a guess as a possible father. > > It's possible that the Claude you are trying to connect with your Millers > was this young child on the 1920 census and either he was legally adopted > or > simply used the surname of Miller. Maybe they adopted both children. > > If you are unable to read the census record, you could order the microfilm > from either your local Family History Center or library. There is a > chance > it might be more readable, especially if you darken it a bit with the film > machine. > > It's likely that the child no longer living in the 1920 census died either > at birth or soon after was between Lela and Willie (1898-1901). That's > the > only place there's a 3-year gap between children that I saw. > > Possibly this infant was buried somewhere around Thompson and I'm sure > that > one of the good folks with Peggy's "Vanishing Ancestor" books would check > the local cemeteries for you. > > I hope some of these thoughts send you in the right direction. Good luck! > > Elaine in DE > - - - - - - - - - - > > -------Original Message------- > From: StephenPearsall > Date: 10/11/06 19:07:45 > To: Robeson County; GABULLOC@rootweb.com > Subject: [NCROBESO] Claude W. Miller > > I have a death certificate (dc) on Claude W. Miller who died in > Statesboro, > Bulloch County, GA, on 23 Jul 1983. The dc reflects that he was born 2 Dec > 1915 in North Carolina. > Seek to connect him with Gilford Preston (G. P.) Miller and Hattie Ophelia > Bullard from Thompson Township in Robeson County, NC. The dc reflects his > father as one Preston Miller and his mother as a Lela Mae Miller. However, > G > P. and Hattie Miller were living in Thompson Township, Robeson County, in > 1910 and there is no Claude living with them. Again in 1920, reflected in > Thompson Township, Robeson County, NC, with no Claude in household. Census > record reflects 7 children born with 6 living. > G. R. Preston and Hattie are found in Bulloch County, GA in the 1930 > census. > In the household is a daughter, Liela Miller, age 32, a son, Claude, age > 14, > and a daughter, Virginia D., age 8. > > I have been unable to find an obituary for Gilford Preston (G. P.) Miller > although he died on 9 Aug 1950 in Bulloch Co, GA, and is buried there in > the > Hendrix Cemetery. Hattie Ophelia Bullard Miller died 20 Aug 1941 and is > also > buried in the Hendrix Cemetery. An obituary for Hattie in the Bulloch > Times > and Statesboro News, Statesboro, GA (Thursday, August 21, 1941) is as > follows: > > MRS. G. P. MILLER > Mrs. G. P. Miller, age 76, died suddenly at her home near Rocky Ford > Wednesday afternoon. Interment will be at the Hendrix cemetery this > afternoon at 4:30 o'clock. Besides her husband, she is survived by five > daughters and four sons. > > To date I can connect the following: > 1) Alexander Carl Miller, died 19 Nov 1979, Bulloch Co, GA. > 2) Lela Miller died 15 May 1969, Bulloch Co, GA. > 3) William (Willie) Pope Miller died 27 Feb 1970, Bulloch Co, GA > 4) Earl Pittman Miller died 14 Dec 1980, Screven Co, GA > 5) Bertha Miller Newton died 28 Oct 1976, Bulloch Co, GA > 6) Mattie Miller Newton died 27 Mar 1991, Bulloch Co, GA. > > That leaves 3 unaccounted for family members. One daughter and two sons. > Any > suggestions appreciated. > > Stephen Carroll Pearsall > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NCROBESO-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NCROBESO-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >