FREDERICK WINFRED ROBERTS 1 was born on 26 Oct 1918 in Wellsburg, Brooke Co., WV. He died on 13 Feb 1982 in Huntington Beach, Orange Co., CA. The cause of death was heart & liver failure following long illness. He was buried on 20 Feb 1982 in Good Shepherd Cemetery, Huntington Beach, CA. He married LEE LUELLA EDYTHE MILLER in Jan 1950 in Grand Rapids, MI.
LEE LUELLA EDYTHE MILLER [Parents] 1, 2, 3 was born on 1 Mar in California Twp., Branch Co., MI. She married FREDERICK WINFRED ROBERTS in Jan 1950 in Grand Rapids, MI. She died on 20 July 2008 in Scottsdale, Maricopa Co., AZ. The cause of death was the result of a massive stroke suffered on May 20, 2008. Her ashes were interred and memorial took place on 2 August 2008 at Phoenix Memorial Park, Phoenix, Maricopa Co., AZ.
Other marriages:CONDOS, CHARLES or GUS "NICK"
BIOGRAPHY: The following is an account written in the words of Lee Luella Miller Condos Roberts:
When I was 14 my father told me that he was a Llewellyn and I, a Llewellynah, pronounced "Luell" and "Luella". But on my birth record, the doctor wrote me as Lee Luella. He showed all the records he had of the Miller ancestors and to be mine only on his death.
Again, in July 1967, we talked of this and when he died in September 1967, I asked my stepmother, Fern, for the records. She said she couldn't find them, but that they didn't belong to me anyway. I think she gave them to my half-sister, Priscilla.
The papers and records and birth records and this one Bible was written in Welsh as were many of the others and dated back to before 1800. He had a few pictures in tint-type. He showed and explained to me to pass it on as he would be the last Llewellyn and I the last Llewellynah.
I've had all information for years but it was my brother's daughter, Carlene, that got me to make copies for relatives.
CENSUSES: [ Data provided by LeAnn McRoberts unless otherwise noted.]
1920 - QUINCEY TWP., BRANCH CO., MI
MILLER, Luell W., head, age 30, married, b: MI, Fa b: PA, Mo b: USA, occ: farmer/general farm
_______, Verna, wife, age 29, married, b: IN, FA b: MI, Mo b: IN, occ: none
_______, Clair W., son, age 11, single, b: MI, Fa b: MI, Mo b: IN, occ: none
_______, Lloyd B., son, age 9, single, b: MI, FA b: MI, Mo b: IN, occ: none
_______, LUELLA E., daughter, age 7, single, b: MI, Fa b: MI, Mo b: IN, occ: none
_______, Marcella D., daughter, age 5, single, b: IN, Fa b: MI, Mo b: IN, occ: noneNOTE:
Son Clare is incorrectly recorded as "Clair."
1930 - GRAND RAPIDS, KENT CO., MI
Dwelling 246 Union AvenueMcAllister, James T., head, age 60, married@22, b: Canada(English), Fa b: PA, Mo b: Canada(English), occ: lawyer/independent
__________, Mildred, wife, age 58, married@20, b: Canada(English), Fa b: Irish Free State, Mo b: Irish Free State, occ: none
__________, Robert S., son, age 30, single, b: MI, Fa & Mo b: Canada(English), occ: lawyer/independent
MILLER___, LUELLA E., maid, age 18, single, b: MI, Fa b: USA, Mo b: USA, occ: servant/private family
They had the following children:
F i LeANN MAXINE VIVIAN ROBERTS was born on 21 Jul in Grand Rapids, Kent Co., MI.
BIRTH: LeAnn is the only biological child of Lee and Fred.
CHARLES or GUS "NICK" CONDOS 1 was born about 1887 in Greece. He married LEE LUELLA EDYTHE MILLER in 1936 in MI. The marriage ended in divorce. CHARLES immigrated in 1907 to New York.
LEE LUELLA EDYTHE MILLER [Parents] 1, 2, 3 was born on 1 Mar in California Twp., Branch Co., MI. She married CHARLES or GUS "NICK" CONDOS in 1936 in MI. The marriage ended in divorce. She died on 20 July 2008 in Scottsdale, Maricopa Co., AZ. The cause of death was the result of a massive stroke suffered on May 20, 2008. Her ashes were interred and memorial took place on 2 August 2008 at Phoenix Memorial Park, Phoenix, Maricopa Co., AZ.
Other marriages:ROBERTS, FREDERICK WINFRED
BIOGRAPHY: The following is an account written in the words of Lee Luella Miller Condos Roberts:
When I was 14 my father told me that he was a Llewellyn and I, a Llewellynah, pronounced "Luell" and "Luella". But on my birth record, the doctor wrote me as Lee Luella. He showed all the records he had of the Miller ancestors and to be mine only on his death.
Again, in July 1967, we talked of this and when he died in September 1967, I asked my stepmother, Fern, for the records. She said she couldn't find them, but that they didn't belong to me anyway. I think she gave them to my half-sister, Priscilla.
The papers and records and birth records and this one Bible was written in Welsh as were many of the others and dated back to before 1800. He had a few pictures in tint-type. He showed and explained to me to pass it on as he would be the last Llewellyn and I the last Llewellynah.
I've had all information for years but it was my brother's daughter, Carlene, that got me to make copies for relatives.
CENSUSES: [ Data provided by LeAnn McRoberts unless otherwise noted.]
1920 - QUINCEY TWP., BRANCH CO., MI
MILLER, Luell W., head, age 30, married, b: MI, Fa b: PA, Mo b: USA, occ: farmer/general farm
_______, Verna, wife, age 29, married, b: IN, FA b: MI, Mo b: IN, occ: none
_______, Clair W., son, age 11, single, b: MI, Fa b: MI, Mo b: IN, occ: none
_______, Lloyd B., son, age 9, single, b: MI, FA b: MI, Mo b: IN, occ: none
_______, LUELLA E., daughter, age 7, single, b: MI, Fa b: MI, Mo b: IN, occ: none
_______, Marcella D., daughter, age 5, single, b: IN, Fa b: MI, Mo b: IN, occ: noneNOTE:
Son Clare is incorrectly recorded as "Clair."
1930 - GRAND RAPIDS, KENT CO., MI
Dwelling 246 Union AvenueMcAllister, James T., head, age 60, married@22, b: Canada(English), Fa b: PA, Mo b: Canada(English), occ: lawyer/independent
__________, Mildred, wife, age 58, married@20, b: Canada(English), Fa b: Irish Free State, Mo b: Irish Free State, occ: none
__________, Robert S., son, age 30, single, b: MI, Fa & Mo b: Canada(English), occ: lawyer/independent
MILLER___, LUELLA E., maid, age 18, single, b: MI, Fa b: USA, Mo b: USA, occ: servant/private family
They had the following children:
M i NICHOLAS JAMES CONDOS was born on 19 Jan 1939. M ii JAMES KAY CONDOS (ROBERTS) was born on 25 Jan 1941.
LUELL WEBSTER MILLER [Parents] 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 was born on 18 Jan 1888 in Branch Co., MI. He died on 25 Sep 1967 in Montgomery, Branch Co., MI. He was buried on 27 Sep 1967 in Mundy Cemetery, Kinderhook, Branch Co., MI. He married VERNA BELLE UNROE before 1908. The marriage ended in divorce. LUELL served in the military WW1 Draft Registration, 1917-1918, dated 5 Jun 1917.
Other marriages:(UNKNOWN), FERN
BIRTH YEAR CONFLICT: [LeAnn McRoberts, May 2007]
World War I Draft Registration for Luell Webster Miller lists 1888 for year of birth not 1887. This makes more sense since sister Jessie was born in August of 1886 and if Luell were born in January of 1887 then he would've been 4 months premature and in that time, it is unlikely he would've survived.
Also, the 1900 census records his year of birth as 1888, however, the month is recorded as Oct which is incorrect.
CENSUSES: [Details provided by LeAnn McRoberts unless otherwise noted.]
1900 - SEE NOTES OF FATHER, JOHN WEBSTER MILLER, FOR DETAILS.
1910 - RED BUTTE, CASCADE CO., MT
MILLER, W.L., hired man, age 22, married @ 21, b: MI, Fa b: PA, Mo b: NY, occ: laborer
______, Revnie, housekeeper, age 21, married @ 18, 2 children born, 2 surviving, b: IN, Fa/Mo b: IN, occ: none
______, Clare, son, age 2, b: MI, Fa b: MI, Mo b: IN
______, Lloyd, son, age 1, b: MI, Fa b: MI, Mo b: INCONFLICTS: [LeAnn McRoberts, Jan 2007]
There are a number of inaccuracies in the transcription and indexing of this census due to the illegibility of it. W.L. Miller's wife, Verna's, name is recorded and indexed as Revnie. His son Clare is recorded and indexed as Cair and as the son of the household they either lived in or worked in, Regin Matthews.
1920 - SEE NOTES OF DAUGHTER, LEE LUELLA EDYTHE MILLER, FOR DETAILS.
1930 - KINDERHOOK, BRANCH CO., MI
MILLER, LOWELL, head, age 38, 1st married @ 18; b: MI, Fa/Mo b: MI, occ: agent/Real Estate
______, Fern, wife, age 24, 1st married @ 17, b: IL, Fa/Mo b: IL, occ: none
______, Priscilla J., daughter, age 6, b: FL, Fa b: MI, Mo b: IL
______, Barbara J., daugher, age 4-1/2, b: IL, Fa b: MI, Mo b: ILCONFLICTS: [LeAnn McRoberts, Jan 2007]
Given name incorrectly recorded and indexed as Lowell instead of Luell.
GRANDCHILDREN:
19 grandchildren, several great-grandchildren.
BIOGRAPHY: [Provided by Deane Miller, grandson of Luell Webster Miller.]
Known as "Brownie Miller" to every-one in the Branch County, Michigan area.
The story goes: (from grandpa himself) When John Webster received his pension from the Civil War in 1898 he bought all of the children new clothes. Luell, 11 years old, was all dressed up in a brown suit and shoes. His father laughed and said to him, "little brownie", which stuck as a nickname for life.
**Homesteaded a farm in Montana 1909-10 with his wife Vernabele-his mother, mother-in-law and step father-in-law came with him. Returned to Michigan in Sept 1910. The 1909-10 was a disastrous winter and the women were homesick. They had to travel 6 miles to get water and the closest neighbors were 12 miles away. (Family oral history from Edith Lint, her daughter and Luell Miller) .
After prohibition and the rum running episode, he bought four farms in- farm #1 Kinderhook & #4 California Twp farm -Algansee Twp farm #2 and Steuben Co., Indiana farm #3 (near Pleasant Lake, Indiana).
He had invested his money on horses and hogs and went to Wyoming every year to buy horses. The most notable instance was the purchase of the brother of Dan Patch for stud and had the largest steel barn east of the Mississippi in California Twp. Almost as large as a football field 300 ft long and 40 ft wide (I know, because I walked it many times while working for him in 1947-8) He also had 21 registered Holsteins that I milked before school every morning and after school at night. The best thing I liked about working there was in the fall when we castrated the pigs - all the Rocky Mountain Oysters I could eat for a week. All I received for my service were room and board.
Lived at his home on Coldwater Lake in the summer and a home in Florida in the winte. The house on the lake burned down in 1948 and had it rebuilt in 1949 ($100,000). He gave the farm #1 to his daughter Priscilla in 1946 and bought 5,000 laying hens for his other daughter, Barbara in Indiana in 1947.
VERNA BELLE UNROE [Parents] 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 was born on 3 Jul 1889 in Fremont, Steuben Co., IN. She died on 1 Nov 1964 in Albuquerque, NM. She was buried on 6 Nov 1964 in Greenwood Memorial Park, San Diego, CA. She married LUELL WEBSTER MILLER before 1908. The marriage ended in divorce.
CENSUSES: [Data provided by LeAnn McRoberts unless otherwise noted.]
1900 - SEE NOTES OF FATHER, GEORGE UNROE, FOR DETAILS.
1910 - SEE NOTES OF HUSBAND, LUELL WEBSTER MILLER, FOR DETAILS.
1920 - SEE NOTES OF DAUGHTER, LEE LUELLA EDYTHE MILLER, FOR DETAILS.
1930 - PARIS, KENT CO., MI - Dwelling on Walter Street
Sooy, A.L., head, age 33, 1st married @ 26, b: MI, Fa/Mo b: MI, occ: carpenter/general building
____, VERNA B., wife, age 38, 1st married @ 16, b: IN, Fa b: IN, Mo b: MI, occ: none
____, Maxine V. Sooy, daughter, age 10, b: MI, Fa b: MI, Mo b: IN, occ: noneNOTE:
Though Maxine is recorded as A.L. Sooy's daughter, she was in fact his step daughter.
DIVORCE:
Divorced from Luell in 1921.
OTHER MARRIAGES:
Verna married Arthur L. Sooy in 1929.
Verna married Ernie Tabor who fought in World War I and World War II.
GRANDCHILDREN:
15 grandchildren, numerous great-granchildren.
DEATH:
Verna died while travelling back to Michigan with her daughter, Lee Luella Roberts.
They had the following children:
M i CLARE WEBSTER MILLER was born on 24 Apr 1908. He died on 22 Jan 2000. M ii LLOYD BRENTON MILLER was born on 19 Feb 1910. He died on 21 Nov 1998. F iii LEE LUELLA EDYTHE MILLER was born on 1 Mar. F iv MARCELLA DEAN MILLER was born on 12 Jan 1914. She died on 22 Nov 2004. F v MAXINE VIVIAN MILLER was born on 3 Apr 1920. She died on 24 Jul 2004.
LUELL WEBSTER MILLER [Parents] 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 was born on 18 Jan 1888 in Branch Co., MI. He died on 25 Sep 1967 in Montgomery, Branch Co., MI. He was buried on 27 Sep 1967 in Mundy Cemetery, Kinderhook, Branch Co., MI. He married FERN (UNKNOWN) about 1923. LUELL served in the military WW1 Draft Registration, 1917-1918, dated 5 Jun 1917.
Other marriages:UNROE, VERNA BELLE
BIRTH YEAR CONFLICT: [LeAnn McRoberts, May 2007]
World War I Draft Registration for Luell Webster Miller lists 1888 for year of birth not 1887. This makes more sense since sister Jessie was born in August of 1886 and if Luell were born in January of 1887 then he would've been 4 months premature and in that time, it is unlikely he would've survived.
Also, the 1900 census records his year of birth as 1888, however, the month is recorded as Oct which is incorrect.
CENSUSES: [Details provided by LeAnn McRoberts unless otherwise noted.]
1900 - SEE NOTES OF FATHER, JOHN WEBSTER MILLER, FOR DETAILS.
1910 - RED BUTTE, CASCADE CO., MT
MILLER, W.L., hired man, age 22, married @ 21, b: MI, Fa b: PA, Mo b: NY, occ: laborer
______, Revnie, housekeeper, age 21, married @ 18, 2 children born, 2 surviving, b: IN, Fa/Mo b: IN, occ: none
______, Clare, son, age 2, b: MI, Fa b: MI, Mo b: IN
______, Lloyd, son, age 1, b: MI, Fa b: MI, Mo b: INCONFLICTS: [LeAnn McRoberts, Jan 2007]
There are a number of inaccuracies in the transcription and indexing of this census due to the illegibility of it. W.L. Miller's wife, Verna's, name is recorded and indexed as Revnie. His son Clare is recorded and indexed as Cair and as the son of the household they either lived in or worked in, Regin Matthews.
1920 - SEE NOTES OF DAUGHTER, LEE LUELLA EDYTHE MILLER, FOR DETAILS.
1930 - KINDERHOOK, BRANCH CO., MI
MILLER, LOWELL, head, age 38, 1st married @ 18; b: MI, Fa/Mo b: MI, occ: agent/Real Estate
______, Fern, wife, age 24, 1st married @ 17, b: IL, Fa/Mo b: IL, occ: none
______, Priscilla J., daughter, age 6, b: FL, Fa b: MI, Mo b: IL
______, Barbara J., daugher, age 4-1/2, b: IL, Fa b: MI, Mo b: ILCONFLICTS: [LeAnn McRoberts, Jan 2007]
Given name incorrectly recorded and indexed as Lowell instead of Luell.
GRANDCHILDREN:
19 grandchildren, several great-grandchildren.
BIOGRAPHY: [Provided by Deane Miller, grandson of Luell Webster Miller.]
Known as "Brownie Miller" to every-one in the Branch County, Michigan area.
The story goes: (from grandpa himself) When John Webster received his pension from the Civil War in 1898 he bought all of the children new clothes. Luell, 11 years old, was all dressed up in a brown suit and shoes. His father laughed and said to him, "little brownie", which stuck as a nickname for life.
**Homesteaded a farm in Montana 1909-10 with his wife Vernabele-his mother, mother-in-law and step father-in-law came with him. Returned to Michigan in Sept 1910. The 1909-10 was a disastrous winter and the women were homesick. They had to travel 6 miles to get water and the closest neighbors were 12 miles away. (Family oral history from Edith Lint, her daughter and Luell Miller) .
After prohibition and the rum running episode, he bought four farms in- farm #1 Kinderhook & #4 California Twp farm -Algansee Twp farm #2 and Steuben Co., Indiana farm #3 (near Pleasant Lake, Indiana).
He had invested his money on horses and hogs and went to Wyoming every year to buy horses. The most notable instance was the purchase of the brother of Dan Patch for stud and had the largest steel barn east of the Mississippi in California Twp. Almost as large as a football field 300 ft long and 40 ft wide (I know, because I walked it many times while working for him in 1947-8) He also had 21 registered Holsteins that I milked before school every morning and after school at night. The best thing I liked about working there was in the fall when we castrated the pigs - all the Rocky Mountain Oysters I could eat for a week. All I received for my service were room and board.
Lived at his home on Coldwater Lake in the summer and a home in Florida in the winte. The house on the lake burned down in 1948 and had it rebuilt in 1949 ($100,000). He gave the farm #1 to his daughter Priscilla in 1946 and bought 5,000 laying hens for his other daughter, Barbara in Indiana in 1947.
FERN (UNKNOWN) 1 was born on 3 Nov 1905 in IL. She died on 4 Jul 1981 in Coldwater, Branch Co., MI. She was buried on 6 Jul 1981 in Mundy Cemetery, Kinderhook, MI. She married LUELL WEBSTER MILLER about 1923.
CENSUSES: [Data provided by LeAnn McRoberts unless otherwise noted.]
1930 - SEE NOTES OF HUSBAND, LUELL WEBSTER MILLER, FOR DETAILS.
They had the following children:
F i PRISCILLA J. MILLER 1 was born about 1924 in Kinderhook, Branch Co., MI.
CENSUSES: [Data provided by LeAnn McRoberts unless otherwise noted.]
1930 - SEE NOTES OF FATHER, LUELL WEBSTER MILLER, FOR DETAILS.
SPOUSE:
Priscilla married ? Green.F ii BARBARA J. MILLER 1 was born about 1926 in Kinderhook, Branch Co., MI.
CENSUSES: [Data provided by LeAnn McRoberts unless otherwise noted.]
1930 - SEE NOTES OF FATHER, LUELL WEBSTER MILLER, FOR DETAILS.
SPOUSE:
Barbara married ? Fisher.
GEORGE UNROE III [Parents] 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 was born on 20 Sep 1864 in Wells Co., IN. He died on 19 Mar 1903 in Indianapolis, Marion Co., IN. He was buried on 23 Mar 1903 in Fremont, Steuben Co., IN. He married 6 EDITH ILAH BELLE LINT on 12 Dec 1887 in Steuben Co., IN.
BIOGRAPHY:
According to my mother, Lee Luella Edyth Miller Roberts, George had no siblings. His parents had him late in their lives and after they died, he was raised by relatives. However, correspondence from my first cousin, Deane Miller, indicates that this is not correct.
Excerpt from Deane Miller correspondence:
George Unroe was the son of Michael Unroe and Mary Jane Wilhem, daughter of John and Margaret Sizer [sic] of Rockbridge, Virginia.
Michael was the son of George Armand Unroe and Elizabeth Tribbett, daughter of John and Elizabeth Siders of Rockbridge, Virginia (1880 Michigan census California Twp - living with them were Genevia, George, and grandchildren, Charles and Mary Morey, children of Michael’s daughter, Sarah, and husband David Morey who had died the same year, 1879).
Not to far was the Paul family, David Paul & family next to his son George Paul-a little way from them was O. J. Paul, Edith & daughter Edna-John & Martha Miller were living in Kinderhook Twp with their daughter, Ella, born in 1877.
George, son of Adam and Christian Armentrout (daughter of Johan Heinrich Armentrout and Mary Elizabeth Reish) came to America 1739 on the ship “Samuel” with his brothers, Philip and Johan Frederick.
Adam was the son of Jorge Armand Unroeauxe and Laurette.
CENSUSES: [Data provided by LeAnn McRoberts unless otherwise noted.]
1870 & 1880 - SEE NOTES OF FATHER, MICHAEL UNROE, FOR DETAILS.
1900 - COLUMBUS WARD 9, FRANKLIN CO., OH
UNROE, GEORGE, head, b: Sep 1863, age 36, mar. 12 yrs, b: IN, Fa/Mo b: VA, occ: fireman R.R., reads/writes/English
_____ , Edith B., wife, b: Mar 1869, age 31, mar. 12 yrs, 5 born, 4 surviving, b: IN, Fa b: ?, Mo b: IN, occ: none, read/writes/English
_____ , Vernie B., daughter, b: Jul 1889, age 10, single, b: MI, Fa b: IN, Mo b: IN, at school, reads/writes/English
_____ , Flossie E., daughter, b: Aug 1890, age 9, single, b: MI, Fa b: IN, Mo b: IN, at school, reads/writes/English
_____ , Guy, son, b: Nov 1891, age 8, b: MI, Fa b: IN, Mo b: IN, at school, reads/writes/English
_____ , Carl, son, b: Feb 1895, age 5, b: MI, Fa b: IN, Mo b: IN, at school, reads/writes/EnglishOBITUARIES:
COLDWATER COURIER PAPER:
George Unroe moved to Columbus Ohio from Ray Indiana. He was working in Indianapolis, Indiana on the railroad as a brakeman on March 13 1903. There was an accident and he was caught between two cars. He died March 19, 1903. His remains were sent back to Fremont, Indiana to his Uncle Conrad Lint. He was then buried in Fremont Indiana. He was survived by his wife and four children.STEUBEN COUNTY NEWSPAPER:
The remains of George Unroe were brought here to the home of Mrs. Unroe's brother, Conrad Lint, on Sunday from Columbus Ohio where he had been killed by the cars. He leaves an aged father, wife, and four children. He was 38 yrs of age. Funeral on Monday at M.E. Church conducted by Rev Reicheldfer, Pastor.NOTE: [LeAnn McRoberts, Jan 2007]
Conrad Lint was in actuality, Edith Unroe's uncle.
EDITH ILAH BELLE LINT [Parents] 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 was born on 5 Mar 1866/1869 in Steuben Co., IN. She died on 4 Jan 1966 in Coldwater, Branch Co., MI. She was buried in Halls Corner Cemetery, Algansee, Branch Co., MI. She married 7 GEORGE UNROE III on 12 Dec 1887 in Steuben Co., IN.
Other marriages:PAUL, OTIS JAY
CENSUSES: [Data provided by LeAnn McRoberts unless otherwise noted.]
1880 - YORK, STEUBEN CO., OH
CROSS, George, age 28, married, b: OH, Fa b: VA, Mo b: OH, occ: carpenter
______, Mary A., wife, age 29, married, b: OH, Fa & Mo b: OH, occ: keeping house
______, Winnie, Dau, age 7, b: IN, Fa & Mo b: OH
LENT__, EDITH, SDau, age 10, b: IN, Fa & Mo b: OH1900 - SEE NOTES OF HUSBAND, GEORGE UNROE, FOR DETAILS.
1910 - HELPER SCHOOL DISTRICT, CASCADE CO., MT
Paul, Ottie J., head, age 50, married 5 years, b: MI, Fa/ Mo b: NY, occ: farm laborer
PAUL, EDIE B., wife, age 30, married 5 years, b: IN, Fa b: IN, Mo b: OH, occ: none
Simon, Isaac, boarder, age 29
Band, John, boarder, age 40NOTES: [LeAnn McRoberts, Jan 2007]
Image is fairly illegible which accounts for the inaccuracies in the ages of Edith and Otis Jay Paul. Born in 1866, Edith would've been 44.
Edith's daughter, son-in-law and 2 grandson are also living in Cascade Co., MT.
1920 - ALGANSEE TWP., BRANCH CO., MI
Paul, Jay J., head, age 60, married, b: MI, Fa/Mo b: NY, occ: farmer/general
PAUL, EDITH, wife, age 50, married, b: IN, Fa b: OH, Mo b: IN, occ: none
Unroe, Carl G., step-son, age 24, single, b: MI, Fa b: OH, Mo b: IN, occ: laborer/farmNOTES: [LeAnn McRoberts, Jan 2007]
Carl Unroe is Edith's son from her marriage to George Unroe.
1930 - COLDWATER, BRANCH CO., MI
Dwelling 67 Hooker StreetPAUL, Otis J., head, age 70, 1st married@19, b: MI, Fa & Mo b: NY, occ: none
_____, EDITH B., wife, age 50, 1st married@18, b: IN, Fa b: OH, Mo b: IN, occ: noneNOTE: [LeAnn McRoberts, Jan 2007]
Edith Paul's age is off by about 14 years. She would've been 64 in 1930. Otis' age is correct.
The life of Edythe Lylah Belle Lynt Cross Unroe Paul as told to her granddaughters, Lee Luella Edyth Miller and Maxine Vivian Miller.
VOICE OF EDYTHE BELLE BRENTON:
My earliest memories, begging my mother a story as she lay on the cot as she was very tired and ill, as she was always in those days. She told me this day that I was five years old and big enough to wash my feet as she didn't want me to "meet my maker with dirty feet." "My lovey," she said, "you were born a year after the war ended on March 5, 1866 and your Daddy died of wounds suffered in that war when you were just a baby. I married his cousin who you know as your stepfather, George Cross."
After my mother died, I lived with his relatives until I met and married George Unroe, who told me his parents, Guy Unroeaux, had come to this country just before he was born and no one knew how to pronounce his name as they came from France and it was a French name so he dropped the last three letters and he became George Carl Unroe and his mother's name was Laurette who was also French.
We had married in 1887 and had five children, the first born November 1888 and died stillborn. George worked for the Ohio railroad as a brakeman and in March 1903 he was crushed between two freight cars. With four children, the oldest fourteen years old (Verna Belle), I married his friend and our neighbor, Otis Jay Paul, in 1905 who had several children all grown and married with children. Your stepfather was always called Jay. We moved to Detroit after my four children married and Jay worked in one of the large factories there, moving back down to a farm around Coldwater Lake after World War I ended. Leaving the farm in 1919, Jay got a job with Pratt's Manufacturing Co. and as you know, one year after you (Maxine) were born, your parents divorced in 1921.
I was born Edythe Lylah Belle Lynt whose father left Wales, met and married my mother, Estelle, in England and they came to America, finally settling in both Ohio and Indiana where I was born.
AFTERWORD BY LEE LUELLA:
After our grandmother Paul's death, which we did not hear of until months later, I compared the dates she told us with the dates on the obituary. I questioned it and was told that friends and neighbors gave the dates as close as they knew them so on the obituary and tombstone, the actual dates are incorrect. She would have been 101 years old if she had lived 2 months longer.
I have copied the facts as she told them to my sister and me while I lived with her and my step-grandfather after my parents divorced in 1921. This is the story of my mother, Verna Belle Unroe Miller Tabor's mother, Edythe Belle Lynt Cross Unroe Paul.
They had the following children:
M i INFANT UNROE 1 was born in 1888. He died in 1888. The cause of death was Stillborn. F ii VERNA BELLE UNROE was born on 3 Jul 1889. She died on 1 Nov 1964. F iii FLORENCE ELLEN "FLOSSIE" UNROE was born on 5 Aug 1890. She died on 22 Feb 1945. M iv GUY C. UNROE was born on 20 Nov 1891. He died on 15 Jan 1923. M v CARL G. UNROE III was born on 20 Feb 1895. He died on 5 Oct 1985.
ADAM UNROE [Parents] 1, 2, 3, 4 was born in 1770 in VA. He died after 1830 in Rockbridge Co., VA. He married CHRISTIANE ARMENTROUT before 1793.
CENSUSES: [Data provided by LeAnn McRoberts unless otherwise noted.]
1820 - LEXINGTON TWP., ROCKBRIDGE CO., VA
ADAM UNROE, head of family, free white male age 26 to 45
1 free white female 15 to 26
1 free white female 26 to 45
2 persons (either foreigners not naturalized or engaged in agriculture)1830 - ROCKBRIDGE, VA
Adam Unroe, head of household - 1 male age 50 under 60
1 female age 20 under 30
1 female age 50 under 60NOTES: [LeAnn McRoberts, Jan 2007
Unclear as to who the female age 20 and under 30 is but the female age 50 and under 60 would have to be his wife, Christiane. Son George is recorded after him.
1840 - ROCKBRIDGE CO., VA
ADAM UNRUE, head of family, male age 50 under 60
1 male age 15 under 20
1 female age 20 under 30
1 female age 50 under 60NOTES: [LeAnn McRoberts, Jan 2007]
Though the age is off by 10 years and the surname is misspelled I think it is likely this is Adam Unroe I.
NOTES FROM DEANE MILLER:
Adam Unroe and Christine Armentrout-Bought land on Colliers Creek, Rockbridge County. Apparently a shoemaker.
WILL OF ADAM UNROE, 1770, HUSBAND OF CHRISTIAN (A) ARMENTROUT
To his son George Unroe the plantation and personal property.
To his daughter Susannah Wilhelm, his plantation on which she now lives, her husband is Michael Wilhelm. At her decease the plantation is to be divided among her eight children.
Granddaughter Polly Wilhelm to receive 1/8,
grandson Adam Wilhelm to receive 1/8,
grandson William Wilhelm to receive 1/8,
grandson John Wilhelm to receive 1/8,
grandson Andrew Wilhelm to receive 1/8,
grandson Henry Wilhelm to receive 1/8,
grandson Jacob Wilhelm to receive 1/8,
grandaughter Margaret Wilhelm to receive 1/8.
To niece Susannah Unroe, one bureau, one side saddle, two beds and bedsteads, 6 quilts, 7, blankets, 3 coverlets, one chest, and balance of furniture belonging to said beds, the one side saddle is the new one.
Also to Daughter Susannah Wilhelm, $20-00 to be paid as soon as moneys are collected after my decease.
Son George Unroe and William Armentrout were executors. This will was produced and proven December 6, 1841.
William Armentrout refused to be executor.
Adam Unroe was the administrator George Unroe's estate, it was sold by Adam, March 20, 1869.
Will Book 18, page 469, and Will Book 18, page 527.
Assesment of George Unroe's estate.
Personal Property value $1423.03
Bond value $912.33
Widows produce set aside, $291.15
Other personal property $270.50
Total Value $3298.62, March 1, 1867.
Will Book 18, page 518.Adam Unroe was elected to Township of Buffalo as a Road Commisioner for one year, May 23, 1871.
CHRISTIANE ARMENTROUT 1, 2, 3, 4 was born on 27 Apr 1772 in Rockbridge Co., VA. She died after 1830. She married ADAM UNROE before 1793.
PARENTS:
Father, Johannes Armentrout, came to America on 8/27/1739 on the English ship, Samuel. It docked in the Delaware Bay with 340 passengers on board, mostly Palatine Germans. The ship's passenger list included: Johannes Ermantroud(t) age 22, Philipus Ermantraud(t) age 18, and Johan Friederick Ermantraud(t) age 16. They unloaded in Philadelphia.
CENSUSES: [Data provided by LeAnn McRoberts unless otherwise noted.]
1820, 1830, 1840 - SEE NOTES OF HUSBAND, ADAM, FOR DETAILS.
They had the following children:
F i SUSANNA UNROE 1, 2 was born in 1793.
CENSUSES: [Data provided by LeAnn McRoberts unless otherwise noted.]
1820 - SEE NOTES OF FATHER, ADAM UNROE, FOR DETAILS.
DESCENDANTS OF SUSANNA UNROE:
Susanna Unroe 1793 - ......................... +Michael Wilhelm 1788 - ............................. 4 Polly Wilhelm ............................. 4 William Wilhelm ................................... +Margaret Siders ............................. 4 Andrew Wilhelm ............................. 4 Henry Wilhelm ............................. 4 Jacob Wilhelm ............................. 4 Margaret Wilhelm ............................. 4 Samuel H Wilhelm ................................... +Elizabeth Goodbar 1818 - 1894 ........................................ 5 Nancy Rhoda Wilhelm 1853 - 1898 .............................................. +Jacob Newton Cunningham 1847 - 1909 .................................................. 6 Sylvester H Cunningham 1874 - ........................................................ +Amanda Virginia Wilson 1878 - .................................................. 6 Rebecca Virginia Cunningham 1875 - .................................................. 6 Oren D Cunningham 1876 - .................................................. 6 C F Cunningham 1878 - .................................................. 6 Kapo Frenzie Cunningham 1878 - 1892 .................................................. 6 Neolia Cunningham 1880 - ........................................................ +Frank Blair Teaford 1878 - .................................................. 6 Irona J Cunningham 1883 - .................................................. 6 Mary Malissa Cunningham 1889 - ........................................................ +Fredrick Milton Hardbarger 1885 - .................................................. 6 Mathilda Mathesda Cunningham 1895 - 1895 ........................................ 5 Joseph G Wilhelm 1856 - ........................................ 5 Isaac Abner Wilhelm 1858 - 1887 .............................................. +Melissa Harriet Cunningham 1859 - ........................................ 5 Samuel Newton Wilhelm 1861 - .............................................. +Martha Emily Kinck 1860 - 1894 ........................................ *2nd Wife of Samuel Newton Wilhelm: .............................................. +Martha Virginia Wilson 1873 - 1925 .................................................. 6 Samuel Wilhelm 1897 - 1912 ............................. 4 Adam Wilhelm 1818 - ................................... +Margaret Vess ............................. 4 John W Wilhelm 1822 - 1879 ................................... +Eliza Jane Knick 1823 - ........................................ 5 Benjamin Wilhelm 1850 - 1875 .............................................. +Louise Knick 1851 - .................................................. 6 Benjamin Gregory Wilhelm 1875 - 1941 ........................................................ +Midia Wilhelm ............................................................. 7 Icy M Wilhelm 1896 - ........................................ 5 Joseph Wilhelm 1854 - 1940 .............................................. +Rachel Elizabeth Hartbarge 1865 - 1920 .................................................. 6 Ira Wilhelm 1884 - .................................................. 6 James M Wilhelm 1885 - .................................................. 6 Phillip Wilhelm 1887 - .................................................. 6 Cey A Wilhelm 1891 - .................................................. 6 Alexander Wilhelm 1893 - .................................................. 6 Clara V Wilhelm 1895 - .................................................. 6 Anne K Wilhelm 1897 - .................................................. 6 Joseph Clarence Wilhelm 1905 - ........................................ 5 Harriet Ann Wilhelm 1855 - 1877 ........................................ 5 Mary Elizabeth Wilhelm 1858 - 1940 .............................................. +Andrew Martin Clark 1854 - 1933 .................................................. 6 Phebe Clark 1890 - ........................................................ +William Harrison Manspile ........................................ 5 Rebecca Jane Wilhelm 1859 - 1945 .............................................. +James Dorman Goodbar 1853 - 1942 .................................................. 6 Mary Frances Goodbar 1885 - 1962 .................................................. 6 John Robert Goodbar 1886 - 1958 .................................................. 6 James Edward Goodbar 1888 - 1969 .................................................. 6 Josephine Mable Goodbar 1892 - 1980 .................................................. 6 Howard William Goodbar 1894 - 1963 .................................................. 6 Mamie Virginia Goodbar 1895 - 1948 ........................................ 5 Morgan B Wilhelm 1861 - ........................................ 5 John William Wilhelm 1862 - 1932 .............................................. +Mattie Jane Goodbar 1868 - 1955 .................................................. 6 Sander Wilhelm 1887 -
.................................................. 6 Floyd B Wilhelm 1894 - ........................................ 5 Ruben Howard Wilhelm 1866 - .............................................. +Cora Wilhelm .................................................. 6 Bertie Wilhelm 1888 - .................................................. 6 Edgar R Wilhelm 1891 - ........................................ 5 James P Wilhelm 1870 - ........................................ 5 Louisa Wilhelm 1872 - 1947 .............................................. +Hezekiah Hostetter 1866 - 1936 .................................................. 6 Ira J Hostetter 1901 - 1975M ii JACOB UNROE 1 was born in 1797.
DESCENDANTS OF JACOB UNROE:
................... 3 Jacob Unroe 1797 - ......................... +Catherine Wilhelm 1798 - ............................. 4 Jacob Unroe 1806 - 1896 ................................... +Susannah Wilhelm 1820 - 1884 ........................................ 5 George Unroe 1847 - 1875 ........................................ 5 Lewis Unroe 1855 - ........................................ 5 Amanda Unroe 1858 - ............................. 4 John T Unroe 1818 - ................................... +Sally Eliza Clarke
JACOB UNROE'S WILL: [Will Book 6, page 388]
He willed that his family be kept together and all the property be left as is for year after his decease.
To his wife Catherine, 1/3 of the estate both real and personal, as long as she lives.
To son John Unroe, a mare that is his at all times.
To son Jacob Unroe, grey filly if he stays with the family until age 21
The plantation is to remain as is for the purpose of raising the children, until his youngest child is 15 years of age. Then it is to be divided among the children in equal shares.
John Wilhelm to be executor, made will in August 1829. Produced and proven October 5, 1829.M iii GEORGE ARMAND UNROE II was born on 21 Mar 1801. He died on 18 Dec 1866.
JORG ARMAND UNROEAUX I 1 was born in France. He married LAURETTE (UNKNOWN).
UNROE HERITAGE
The following is an account written in the words of Lee Luella Miller Condos Roberts:
France - early 1700's to Novia Scotia (Acadia); banished to the U.S. 1812 -1815.
In 1969, talking to my Uncle Carl Unroe about the dates concerning our Grandma Paul (and Miller) relatives, he said information was given by a neighbor because he was drunk with grief.
He told me to go talk to the woman. She said she really didn't know the dates when asked so just gave them what she thought might be right. Documents and Grandma's bible that I have says she was born March 5, 1886 [I have Bible, Lee L. Roberts.]
Uncle Carl said to me in 1969 that he had years ago hired an agency, "Tracing Your Ancestors" to trace the Unroe family. He said it took over three years and was very costly. He gave information he had passed down past through the ages from father and mother of Unroe descent.
The agency started with our grandfather and worked back through the years. Grandfather was an only son who had no relatives. He worked for the Ohio railroad where he met Edythe Lylah Cross, married her and had five children; a still born son in 1888, Verna Belle in 1889, Florence Ellen in 1890, Guy in 1891 and Carl in 1895. Grandpa Unroe was killed when Verna Belle was 14 years old. Later Grandma married Grandpa Paul who had children with children.
The agency traced the Unroes back north through the eastern states and into Canada. Records show that in the early 1700's, the French Huguenots in Northern France were religiously persecuted and all left for free land in Nova Scotia in eastern Canada.
In 1750's, America and England fighting both Canada and the colonies. English claimed the settlement in Canada then known as Acadia (Nova Scotia) settled by the French Huguenots and were all banished. The Unroeaux families wandered south through farmland and became horse trainers for wealthy owners through the Civil War (1861-1865), managing to stay together.
Births and deaths entered in small bible belonging to Edythe Lynt Cross Unroe, given to her on her wedding day December 12, 1887 by George C. Unroe. Given to me, Lee Luella Miller Roberts August 1969 by Uncle Carl Unroe.
Edythe Cross Unroe married O.J. Paul December 19, 1905. O.J, Paul died January 1942 (was a descendent of original Welsh clan that migrated to New York and Pennsylvania in 1800's).
After reading through the material from "Tracing Your Ancestors" and taking notes, Uncle Carl took me to the court records and asked to see them. What he found didn't compare with the records and information he had. When he questioned it, he was told the information was supposedly gathered for the U.S. Census and was very often incorrect, taken from uneducated workers, gathered from neighbors or gossips who only guessed dates of birth or death and put their own spelling of names.
In April of 1961, I moved from Michigan to California. In September 1967, I flew back for my father's funeral. My cousin, Leonard Unroe, was there and I asked him to take me to Coldwater to see Grandma Paul and Uncle Carl. He told me that Grandma Paul had died in January. I asked why I wasn't notified and he said that the didn't know the addresses of any of his cousins. Both Uncle Carl and my stepmother verified her death as January 1967.
On Uncle Carl's death, I was to be given all this information, death and birth records. His son took all and wouldn't share with me.
LAURETTE (UNKNOWN) 1, 2 was born in France. She married JORG ARMAND UNROEAUX I.
They had the following children:
M i ADAM UNROE was born in 1770. He died after 1830.
OTIS JAY PAUL 1, 2, 3 was born in 1859. He died in Jan 1942. He was buried in Halls Corner Cemetery, Algahansee, MI. He married EDITH ILAH BELLE LINT on 19 Dec 1905.
CENSUSES: [Data provided by LeAnn McRoberts unless otherwise noted.]
1910, 1920, 1930 - SEE NOTES OF WIFE, EDITH ILAH BELLE LINT, FOR DETAILS.
EDITH ILAH BELLE LINT [Parents] 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 was born on 5 Mar 1866/1869 in Steuben Co., IN. She died on 4 Jan 1966 in Coldwater, Branch Co., MI. She was buried in Halls Corner Cemetery, Algansee, Branch Co., MI. She married OTIS JAY PAUL on 19 Dec 1905.
Other marriages:UNROE III, GEORGE
CENSUSES: [Data provided by LeAnn McRoberts unless otherwise noted.]
1880 - YORK, STEUBEN CO., OH
CROSS, George, age 28, married, b: OH, Fa b: VA, Mo b: OH, occ: carpenter
______, Mary A., wife, age 29, married, b: OH, Fa & Mo b: OH, occ: keeping house
______, Winnie, Dau, age 7, b: IN, Fa & Mo b: OH
LENT__, EDITH, SDau, age 10, b: IN, Fa & Mo b: OH1900 - SEE NOTES OF HUSBAND, GEORGE UNROE, FOR DETAILS.
1910 - HELPER SCHOOL DISTRICT, CASCADE CO., MT
Paul, Ottie J., head, age 50, married 5 years, b: MI, Fa/ Mo b: NY, occ: farm laborer
PAUL, EDIE B., wife, age 30, married 5 years, b: IN, Fa b: IN, Mo b: OH, occ: none
Simon, Isaac, boarder, age 29
Band, John, boarder, age 40NOTES: [LeAnn McRoberts, Jan 2007]
Image is fairly illegible which accounts for the inaccuracies in the ages of Edith and Otis Jay Paul. Born in 1866, Edith would've been 44.
Edith's daughter, son-in-law and 2 grandson are also living in Cascade Co., MT.
1920 - ALGANSEE TWP., BRANCH CO., MI
Paul, Jay J., head, age 60, married, b: MI, Fa/Mo b: NY, occ: farmer/general
PAUL, EDITH, wife, age 50, married, b: IN, Fa b: OH, Mo b: IN, occ: none
Unroe, Carl G., step-son, age 24, single, b: MI, Fa b: OH, Mo b: IN, occ: laborer/farmNOTES: [LeAnn McRoberts, Jan 2007]
Carl Unroe is Edith's son from her marriage to George Unroe.
1930 - COLDWATER, BRANCH CO., MI
Dwelling 67 Hooker StreetPAUL, Otis J., head, age 70, 1st married@19, b: MI, Fa & Mo b: NY, occ: none
_____, EDITH B., wife, age 50, 1st married@18, b: IN, Fa b: OH, Mo b: IN, occ: noneNOTE: [LeAnn McRoberts, Jan 2007]
Edith Paul's age is off by about 14 years. She would've been 64 in 1930. Otis' age is correct.
The life of Edythe Lylah Belle Lynt Cross Unroe Paul as told to her granddaughters, Lee Luella Edyth Miller and Maxine Vivian Miller.
VOICE OF EDYTHE BELLE BRENTON:
My earliest memories, begging my mother a story as she lay on the cot as she was very tired and ill, as she was always in those days. She told me this day that I was five years old and big enough to wash my feet as she didn't want me to "meet my maker with dirty feet." "My lovey," she said, "you were born a year after the war ended on March 5, 1866 and your Daddy died of wounds suffered in that war when you were just a baby. I married his cousin who you know as your stepfather, George Cross."
After my mother died, I lived with his relatives until I met and married George Unroe, who told me his parents, Guy Unroeaux, had come to this country just before he was born and no one knew how to pronounce his name as they came from France and it was a French name so he dropped the last three letters and he became George Carl Unroe and his mother's name was Laurette who was also French.
We had married in 1887 and had five children, the first born November 1888 and died stillborn. George worked for the Ohio railroad as a brakeman and in March 1903 he was crushed between two freight cars. With four children, the oldest fourteen years old (Verna Belle), I married his friend and our neighbor, Otis Jay Paul, in 1905 who had several children all grown and married with children. Your stepfather was always called Jay. We moved to Detroit after my four children married and Jay worked in one of the large factories there, moving back down to a farm around Coldwater Lake after World War I ended. Leaving the farm in 1919, Jay got a job with Pratt's Manufacturing Co. and as you know, one year after you (Maxine) were born, your parents divorced in 1921.
I was born Edythe Lylah Belle Lynt whose father left Wales, met and married my mother, Estelle, in England and they came to America, finally settling in both Ohio and Indiana where I was born.
AFTERWORD BY LEE LUELLA:
After our grandmother Paul's death, which we did not hear of until months later, I compared the dates she told us with the dates on the obituary. I questioned it and was told that friends and neighbors gave the dates as close as they knew them so on the obituary and tombstone, the actual dates are incorrect. She would have been 101 years old if she had lived 2 months longer.
I have copied the facts as she told them to my sister and me while I lived with her and my step-grandfather after my parents divorced in 1921. This is the story of my mother, Verna Belle Unroe Miller Tabor's mother, Edythe Belle Lynt Cross Unroe Paul.
JOHN WEBSTER MILLER [Parents] 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 was born on 9 Jul 1830 in Somerset Co., PA. He died on 25 Sep 1908 in Coldwater, Branch Co., MI. The cause of death was Apoplexy. He married MARTHA S. IRENE WEDGE (AKA WEAGE) on 4 Mar 1877 in Kinderhook, Branch Co., MI.
Other marriages:KIRBY, JANE ELIZA
SPOUSES: [Info provided by LaDeane Webster Miller.]
John Webster Miller married:
(1) Elizabeth Margaret Hess in 1856 in PA. She was b. 1838 in NY and d. 1860 in NY.
(2) Jane E. Kirby on 6 Sep 1862 in Kinderhook, MI. She was b. 1835 in NY.
(3) Martha Irene Weage.NOTE: [LeAnn McRoberts, Oct 2006]
On John's Pension Application, it records the year of his marriage to Jane E. Kirby as "about March 1873".
INFORMATION RECEIVED FROM FROM LADEANE MILLER (great-grandson of John Webster Miller):
I have his Volunteer Enlistment Company "G" 9th Michigan Vols Feb 10, 1864 and the Certificate of Honorable Discharge papers for the Civil War and Pension application #487544 (pension received Jan 22, 1886) for him and his wife Martha (Widows pension received Nov 16, 1908)
Also the Drop Report-Pensioner due to death for both..(names his wife and children)
His enlistment:
John Miller
Enlist Date: 10 February 1864
Enlist Place: Coldwater, MI
Enlist Rank: Private
Enlist Age: 26
Served Michigan Enlisted G Co. 9th Inf Reg. MI- Mustered Out at Nashville, TN on 15 September 1865 Source: Record of Service of Michigan Volunteers 1861-65 Abbreviation: MI Roster Published by on 1903CONFLICTS: [LeAnn McRoberts, Oct 2006]
John's death certificate in 1908 records his age as 78 years of age at the time of death putting his year of birth at 1830. So it would appear that his age at the time of this enlisted would've been 36 not 26.
CENSUSES: [Data provided by LeAnn McRoberts unless otherwise noted.]
1850, 1860 - SEE NOTES OF FATHER, JOHN MILLER, FOR DETAILS.
1870 - KINDERHOOK, BRANCH CO., MI
MILLER, JOHN, age 32, occ: farmer, R.E. Value: 500, P.E. Value: $150, b: PA
______, Jane Eliza, age 30, occ: keeping house, b: NY
______, Stephen G., age 3, b: MI
______, Rachel, age 9 mos., b: MINOTE: [LeAnn McRoberts]
Neither of these children are recorded in the 1880 census which begs the question, did they survive to adulthood?
1880 - KINDERHOOK, BRANCH CO., MI
JOHN MILLER, age 40, married, born OH, occ: day laborer, Fa & Mo b: unknown
Martha MILLER, wife, age 29, married, born NY, occ: keeping house, Fa & Mo b: NY
Francis E. MILLER, dau, age 3, born MI, Fa & Mo b: NYNOTE: [LeAnn McRoberts]
John's age is off by 10 years. He was born in 1830 and would've been 50 years old. Birthplace recorded as Ohio when in actuality it was Pennsylvania.
Daughter Francis E is recorded as both parents born in NY when only mother was born in NY. Middle initial of E most likely stands for Ella. This assumption is based upon John Miller's pension application in 1898 which lists his children.
1900 - KINDERHOOK TWP., BRANCH CO., MI
MILLER, JOHN W., b: Jun 1827, age 72, mar. 26 years, b: PA, Fa & Mo b: PA, occ: day laborer; reads, writes, speak English
______, Martha S., wife, b: Sep 1849, age 50, mar. 26 years, 7 children born, 5 surviving, b: NY, Fa/Mo b: NY, reads, writes, speaks Eng
______, Jessie, daughter, b: Aug 1886, age 13, single, b: MI, Fa b: PA, Mo b: NY, at school, reads, writes, speaks English
______, Luell, son, b: Oct 1888, age 11, single, b: MI, Fa b: PA, Mo b: NY, at school, reads, writes, speaks EnglishMILLER HERITAGE: [The following is an account written in the words of Lee Luella Miller Condos Roberts.]
In 1823, a second born son named Johhnyn Webster. To him and wife (Ennyd Maayh), a first born son named Llewellyn Webster born 1887. Also to him and wife, Verna Belle Unroe, a first born daughter named Llewellynah Edythe in 1912 (Llewellyn Webster - Luell Webster; Llewellynah Edythe - Lee Luella).
The following was by talks and letters, scraps of informaiton on paper and family bibles (bible dated 1800-1900), Grandpa Paul, Grandma Miller, Aunt Jessie, Dad (Luell Webster) and Uncle Carl Unroe. Ezra Purdy and Luell Miller were only friends and no relation. Purdy was a farm auctioneer.
Descendants of original Welsh clans were closely knit through the following years.
Grandpa Paul, from the original Ppowhl (Paul) married in 1905 Edythe Lylah Belle Cross Unroe (after George Unroe was killed in 1903 working for the Ohio railroad as a brakeman in Columbus, Ohio).
MARTHA S. IRENE WEDGE (AKA WEAGE) [Parents] 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13 was born on 11 Sep 1850 in Cold Springs, Cattaraugus Co., NY. She died on 13 Jan 1926 in Coldwater, Branch Co., MI. The cause of death was loss of blood from possible suicide attempt. She married JOHN WEBSTER MILLER on 4 Mar 1877 in Kinderhook, Branch Co., MI.
GIVEN NAME/MIDDLE NAME/SURNAME CONFLICT: [LeAnn McRoberts, Oct 2006 & amended Jun 2007]
My mother's information on her grandmother gives first name of Marta and middle name of Gwenyth or Irene.
Martha, in addition to other family members seem to have also adopted the alternate surname spelling of WEAGE after the 1870 census and before the 1880 census. Martha's surname is found as Wedge in 1870 census, however, documentation of her marriage to John Miller shows her surname as Weage. Father, Daniel, appears to be the only one who maintained the surname Wedge.
ADDITIONAL NOTE: [LeAnn McRoberts, Jan 2007]
Censuses have her recorded in her father, Daniel Wedge's, household with the surname of Wedge. Possibly the spelling of Weage occurred from a transcription error of a handwritten document and was perpetuated.
MAIDEN-NAME-CONFLICT: [LeAnn McRoberts, Oct 2006]
There are several databases on Rootsweb that have Martha's maiden name as Wedge. However, I have received government documents from my cousin, Dean Miller, that confirm her maiden name as "Weage". These documents are marriage and death certificates, and John Miller's pension application, the Declaration for Widow's Pension and the Drop Order report (for both john and Martha) from the Department of the Interior's Bureau of Pension.
My mother, daughter of Luell Webster Miller and Martha's granddaughter, also gave Weage as her maiden name.
CENSUSES: [Data provided by LeAnn McRoberts unless otherwise noted.]
1850, 1860, 1870 - SEE NOTES OF FATHER, DANIEL WEDGE, FOR DETAILS.
1880, 1900 - SEE NOTES OF HUSBAND, JOHN WEBSTER MILLER, FOR DETAILS.
1910 - COLDWATER TWP., WARD 2, BRANCH CO., MI - Dwelling on Montgomery Street
Gregg, John, head, age 26, mar. 2 years, b: MI, Fa b: MI, Mo b: IN, occ: factory machinest, reads, writes
_____, Jessie, wife, age 23, mar. 2 years, 0 children born; b: MI, Fa b: PA, Mo b: NY, occ: none, read, writes
MILLER, MARTHA, mother-in-law, age 58, widowed, 7 born, 5 surviving; b: NY, Fa/Mo b: NY, occ: none, reads, writes1920 - COLDWATER TWP., WARD 3, BRANCH CO., MI - Dwelling on Waterman Avenue
Gregg, John, head, age 36, married, b: MI, Fa b: Hamburg, Germany, Mo b: IN, occ: common laborer; speaks English
_____, Jessie, wife, age 33, married, b: MI, Fa b: PA, Mo b: NY, occ: none, speaks English
MILLER, MARTHA, mother-in-law, age 68, widowed, b: NY, Fa/Mo b: NY, occ: none, speaks EnglishDEATH: [Info provided 11 Oct 2006 by LaDeane Webster Miller, grandson of Martha Weage Miller]
The suicide attempt was discovered by Virgil Miller, her son. The information I got from my dad and aunt Marcella is Jessie and her husband were trying to get her pension by commiting her to a mental hospital. She cut her throat and her head fell tilted so it pinched off the artery and she lived two more days. After she died, Virgil could not cope with the situation so he packed up and went to New York, never to be heard from again.
ADDITIONAL NOTES: [Gedcom Database of LaDeane Miller - 2007]
Note from Aunt Luella:
3/10/2007 the question of Martha Wedge's mother is revealed “mom and dad were separated in 1850 after I was born in Attica” Cannot read rest of pg.
Next pg- “dad wanted to go to Michigan but not mom. My mother finally gave in and left in 1851 with Wally and me.Removed again to Branch Co. Michigan 1857 with father, brothers, Joel & John-John went to Hillsdale Co- Joel to Indiana 1858 to 1869 then Illinois for a year before returning to Michigan in 1872 where he died.
His daughter Ida Elizabeth was born while visiting his father & brother in Harveysburg, Ohio-Family history notes from Martha Wedge, Truman Cyrus' son was born in Michigan-the only child born there-the rest was born in Conn-is this his brother or cousin?
They had the following children:
F i ELLA (FRANCES?) MILLER 1, 2 was born on 31 Mar 1877 in most likely Branch Co., MI.
CENSUSES: [Data provided by LeAnn McRoberts unless otherwise noted.]
1880 - SEE NOTES OF FATHER, JOHN WEBSTER MILLER, FOR DETAILS.M ii VIRGIL MILLER 1, 2, 3 was born on 18 Apr 1880 in most likely Branch Co., MI. He died after 1967 in possibly NY.
CENSUSES: [Detailed provided by LeAnn McRoberts unless otherwise noted.]
1900 - QUINCEY TWP., BRANCH CO., MI
Fish, Levi, head, age 78
___ , Elizabeth, wife, age 71
MILLER, VIRGIL, servant, b: Apr 1881, age 19, single, b: IN, Fa b: PA, Mo b: NY, occ: farm laborer, reads/writes/speaks English
DEATH YEAR: [LeAnn McRoberts, Oct 2006]
This was determined from brother, Luell Webster Miller's, obituary which lists Virgil as a surviving brother.
WHEREABOUTS: [Info provided 11 Oct 2006 by LaDeane Webster Miller, grandson of Martha Weage Miller]
The suicide attempt of Martha Miller was discovered by Virgil Miller, her son. The information I got from my dad and aunt Marcella is Jessie and her husband were trying to get her pension by commiting her to a mental hospital. She cut her throat and her head fell tilted so it pinched off the artery and she lived two more days. After she died, Virgil could not cope with the situation so he packed up and went to New York, never to be heard from again.M iii ERNEST MILLER 1, 2 was born on 26 Oct 1882 in most likely Branch Co., MI.
CENSUSES: [Data provided by LeAnn McRoberts unless otherwise noted.]
1900 - OVID TWP., BRANCH CO., MI
Zeluff, Bernett M., head, occ: mill wright
____ , Florence E., wife
____ , Harold E., son
Purdy, Melissa, mother-in-law
MILLER, ERNEST, servant, b: Nov 1882, age 17, b: MI, Fa b: England, Mo b: MI, reads, writes, speaks English
NOTE: [LeAnn McRoberts, Jan 2007]
There are some discrepancies in this census but it is more likely than not this is the son of John Webster Miller & Martha S. Irene Wedge. Birth month is recorded as Nov not October and father's birthplace is recorded as England not Pennsylvania. Since he is recorded as a servant, it is possible someone other than Ernest gave this information to the census taker.F iv JESSIE MILLER 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 was born on 22 Aug 1886 in most likely Branch Co., MI. She died in Sep 1974 in Melvindale, Wayne Co., MI.
CENSUSES: [Detailed provided by LeAnn McRoberts unless otherwise noted.]
1900 - SEE NOTES OF FATHER, JOHN WEBSTER MILLER, FOR DETAILS.
1910, 1920 - SEE NOTES OF MOTHER, MARTHA S. IRENE WEDGE, FOR DETAILS.
1930 - COLDWATER CITY., BRANCH CO., MI
Gregg, John R., head, age 46, married @24, b: MI, Fa b: Germany, Mo b: IN, occ: contracting
GREGG, JESSIE, wife, age 43, married @ 21, b: MI, Fa b: PA, Mo b: NY, occ: none
DEATH NOTE: [LeAnn McRoberts, Jan 2007]
SSDI has day of birth as August 30.M v LUELL WEBSTER MILLER was born on 18 Jan 1888. He died on 25 Sep 1967.
JOHN MILLER [Parents] 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 was born on 31 Jul 1795 in Somerset Co., PA. He died on 7 Jul 1879 in Branch Co., MI. He married BARBARA MAY on 23 May 1822 in Dauphin Co., PA.
CENSUSES: [Data provided by LeAnn McRoberts unless otherwise noted.]
1840 - ALLEN TWP., CUMBERLAND CO., PA
NOTE: [LeAnn McRoberts, Jan 2007]
This is a possible 1840 census for John Miller. Age range for John S. Miller is 30 under 40 and John Miller would've been around 40 years of age. The male 20 under 30 could be eldest son David. However, sons Frederick and John, are not recorded and possibly were in school.
Barbara Miller's obituary states she had 13 children so the females under 5 and age 5 under could be children that did not survive. Female age 30 to 40 would be wife Barbara.
JOHN S. MILLER, head of family, male age 30 under 40
1 male age 20 under 30
1 female under age 5
1 female age 5 under 10
1 female age 30 under 401850 - LOWER ALLEN TWP., CUMBERLAND CO., PA
JOHN MILLER, age 57, occ: farmer, b: PA
Barbara Miller, age 44, b: PA
Frederick Miller, age 18, occ: laborer, b: PA
John Miller, age 14, b: PA, attended school
Barbara Miller, age 9, b: PA, attended school
Frederick Miller, age 4, b: PA
Abraham Miller, age 1, b: PA
Ann Robison, age 24, b: PA
Daniel Miller, age 26, laborer, b: PACONFLICTS: [LeAnn McRoberts, Jan 2007]
John Miller's age is off by at least 7 years.
It is highly unlikely there were 2 sons named Frederick. In later censuses, there is a son Joseph born in 1846 that would've been 4 years old in 1850 and I've seen a database showing Joseph's middle name as Frederick. It is not known who Ann Robison is.
There is also a check mark in the column "married within the year" for 14 year old John which is not confirmed. Also, his age is off by quite a bit. Records have him born in 1830 which would've made him 20 years old in 1850 and that would've made more sense for him to be recorded as married.
1860 - FREMONT TWP., STEUEBN CO., IN
JOHN MILLER, age 63, occ: farmer, R.E. Value: $2,000, Personal Estate Value: $400, b: PA
Barbara____ , age 56, occ: housework, b: PA
Frederick___ , age 26, occ: miller, b: PA
John_______, age 22, occ: farm laborer, b: PA
Barbara____ , age 18, occ: house work, b: PA
Joseph_____, age 14, b: PA, attended schoolNOTE:
Further age conflict for son, John.
1870 - CALIFORNIA TWP., QUINCY P.O., BRANCH CO., MI
NOTE: [LeAnn McRoberts, Jan 2007]
Given his age and place of birth it seems likely this is our John Miller, however, no idea who this Smith family is. Possibly he was working for the head of household and so was included in the census. Son, John Webster Miller, was recorded living in Branch Co., MI in the 1870 census which is also why I think this is a viable possibility. It is also stated in his obituary that he was living with son, John, at the time of his death.
I have not found wife, Barbara Miller, elsewhere in the 1870 census.
Smith, Elias, age 60, occ: blacksmith, Personal Estate 600, b: Belgium
_____, Mary, age 30, occ: keeping home, b: NY
_____, Joseph, age 12, at school, b: PA
JOHN MILLER, age 68, occ: at home, b: PAOBITUARY: [Ancestry.com One World Tree, Families and Sojourners of Dyer County, Tenn. (1823-1920)]
"STEUBEN REPUBLICAN" JULY 16, 1879, PAGE 5 COLUMN 2 JOHN MILLER
The funeral service of JOHN MILLER, who died at the residence of his son, John Miller Jr., near the Michigan line, July 7th, 1879, occurred last Wednesday. Elder Preston, Pastor of the Fremont M.E. Church officiated, and the remains were laid to rest in the Fremont Cemetery. His age was 82 years, 9 months and 20 days. The subject of this brief sketch was born in Cumberland County, PA, September 17, 1795. He came to Indiana in 1856, settling on and clearing the farm one mile north of the village of Fremont, now owned by Jacob Shank. For several years he alternately made his home with his sons, Frederick and John, whom, we believe both reside near the Michigan line and are well-to-do farmers, and on whom the marks of father time are already plainly visible. Uncle John was always rugged and hearty, very seldom complained of being ill and was formerly a member of the Lutheran Church.
BARBARA MAY [Parents] 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 was born on 25 Mar 1806 in Lancaster, Lancaster Co., PA. She died on 9 Jun 1880 in Fremont, Steuben Co., IN. She married JOHN MILLER on 23 May 1822 in Dauphin Co., PA.
CENSUSES: [Data provided by LeAnn McRoberts unless otherwise noted.]
1840, 1850, 1860 - SEE NOTES OF HUSBAND, JOHN MILLER, FOR DETAILS.
MARRIAGE: [Pedigree Chart of LaDeane Miller]
Marriage 5/23/1822 LDS
Mai-Mey-Maey-Meij-MayesOBITUARY: [Ancestry.com One World Tree, Families and Sojourners of Dyer County, Tenn. (1823-1920]
"STEUBEN REPUBLICAN", JUNE 16, 1880, PAGE 8, COLUMN 4 Miller - At the home of her son , D. Miller, in Fremont Township, June 9, 1880, Barbara Miller, aged 74 years, 3 months, and 14 days. Mrs. Miller was born in Lancaster County, Penn., and moved to Indiana in 1858. She was the mother of thirteen children, nine of them being now dead. The four living children are residents of Fremont Township.
They had the following children:
M i DAVID MILLER 1, 2, 3 was born in 1824 in Allen Twp., Cumberland, PA.
POSSIBLE CENSUSES: [Data provided by LeAnn McRoberts unless otherwise noted.]
1850 - HOPEWELL, CUMBERLAND CO., PA
DAVID MILLER, age 22, occ: laborer, b: PA
Mary_______, age 21, b: PA
Delila Jane__, age 1, b: PA
1860 - NORTH NEWTON, CUMBERLAND CO., PA
DAVID MILLER, age 33, occ: line burner, Personal Estate Value: $150, b: PA
Mary_______, age 32, b: PA
Delilah J____, age 11, b: PA
Agnes A____ , age 8, b: PA
Margt N_____, age 6, b: PA
John_______ , age 3, b: PA
Mary_______ , age 1, b: PA
1870 - LOWER ALLEN, CUMBERLAND CO., PA
MILLER, DAVID L., age 48, occ: farmer, R.E. Value 4000, Personal Estate 180, b: PA
______, Harriet, age 28, occ: keeping house, b: PA
______, Franklin, age 17, occ: laborer, b: PA
______, George, age 14, occ: laborer, b: PA
______, Ida, age 11, at home, b: PA
______, Abraham L., age 5, at home, b: PA
______, Anna, age 2, at home, b: PA
NOTES: [LeAnn McRoberts, Jun 2007]
Censuses for 1850 and 1860 are clearly the same family and none of those family members are found in the 1870 census. It is not apparent which or if either of these censuses for for David Miller, son of John Miller.
If these censuses are for the son of John Miller, then it appears that he did not follow to the rest of the family to Indiana.M ii DANIEL MILLER was born on 31 Jan 1825. He died on 17 Nov 1890. F iii SARAH MILLER was born in 1827. She died in 1863. M iv JOHN WEBSTER MILLER was born on 9 Jul 1830. He died on 25 Sep 1908. M v FREDERICK MILLER 1, 2, 3, 4 was born on 5 Apr 1831 in Cumberland, PA. He died after 1900 in Most likely MI.
CENSUSES: [Data provided by LeAnn McRoberts unless otherwise noted.]
1850 - SEE NOTES OF FATHER, JOHN MILLER, FOR DETAILS.
1860 - SEE NOTES OF FATHER, JOHN MILLER, FOR DETAILS.
1870 - ALGANSEE, BRANCH CO., MI
MILLER, FREDRICK, age 39, occ: farm laborer, Personal Estate 100, b: PA
______, Lettie, age 29, occ: keeping house, b: MI
Thomas, Alva, age 22, occ: housekeeper, b: MI
1880 - KINDERHOOK, BRANCH CO., MI
FREDERICK MILLER, age 49, occ: farm hand & cooper, b: PA, Fa/Ma b: PA
Latecia_________ , wife, age 39, b: MI, Fa/Mo b: NY
Hattie Enbady, age 9, adopted child, b: IN, Fa/Mo b: PAF vi BARBARA MILLER was born about 1841. She died on 11 Feb 1920. M vii JOSEPH MILLER 1, 2 was born about 1846 in PA.
CENSUSES: [Data provided by LeAnn McRoberts unless otherwise noted.]
1850 - SEE NOTES OF FATHER, JOHN MILLER, FOR DETAILS.
1860 - SEE NOTES OF FATHER, JOHN MILLER, FOR DETAILS.
1870 - SEE NOTES OF BROTHER, DANIEL MILLER, FOR DETAILS.
CIVIL WAR: [Ancestry.com One World Tree, Families and Sojourners of Dyer County, Tenn. (1823-1920)]
Company A, 29th Indiana Infantry Height: 5'5 1/2" Complexion: Dark Hair: Dark Eyes: BrownM viii ABRAHAM MILLER 1 was born about 1849 in PA.
CENSUSES: [Data provided by LeAnn McRoberts unless otherwise noted.]
1850 - SEE NOTES OF FATHER, JOHN MILLER, FOR DETAILS.