Magdalena Miller (1837 - 1910)

Born 8 Jul 1837 in Springs, Elk Lick Township, Somerset County, Pennsylvania, United States

Ancestors

Wife of John J. Miller — married 11 Nov 1855 in Springe, Somerset, Pennsylvania, USA

Descendants

Died 5 Feb 1910 at age 72 in Kalona, Washington County, Iowa, United States

Biography

Magdalena Miller was born on 8 Jul 1837 in Springs, Elk Lick Township, Somerset, Pennsylvania, her father, Benedict Miller and her mother, Catherine Eash. She married John J Miller (1833–1890) on 11 Nov 1855 in Somerset, Pennsylvania, She died on 5 Feb 1910 in Kalona, Washington, Iowa and was buried in East Union Mennonite Cemetery, Sharon Center, Johnson County, Iowa.

Obituary

Magdalena Miller was born in Somerset Co., Pa., July 8, 1837; died in Washington Co., Ia., Feb 5, 1910; aged 72 y. 6 m. 27 d.

She was married to John Miller, Nov. 11, 1855, who died in 1890.

This union was blessed with 19 children, 12 grew to manhood and womanhood. Nine of her children are still living, all in Johnson and Washington counties, except Lizzie, who is in Missouri. All were present at the funeral. Besides her children there are 76 grandchildren, 63 of whom are living, also 2 great-grandchildren. The deceased moved with her husband in 1864 to Iowa, where she has ever since made her home.

Funeral was held at the home of her daughter, Mrs. J. D. Hershberger on Monday, Feb. 7, and she was laid to rest in the Shetler Cemetery.

"The little house, how lone it stands. Where mother used so oft to sing, She's gone to clasp with loved ones, hands, There to sing the praises of her King."^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ Gospel Herald - Vol. 2, No. 48 - February 24, 1910 - page 767, 768

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/116124926/magdalena-miller: accessed May 1, 2024), memorial page for Magdalena Miller Miller (8 Jul 1837–5 Feb 1910), Find A Grave: Memorial #116124926, citing East Union Mennonite Cemetery, Sharon Center, Johnson County, Iowa, USA; Maintained by Royce E Hostetler (contributor 47447951).

• "BillionGraves Index," , FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPZP-HVVZ : 1 August 2018), Magdalene Miller, died 5 Feb 1910; citing BillionGraves (http://www.billiongraves.com : 2012), Burial at East Union Cemetery, Kalona, Johnson, Iowa, United States.

• "United States Census, 1860", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXP6-G8Q : Sun Mar 10 19:42:14 UTC 2024), Entry for Jacob Miller and Magdalena Miller, 1860.

• "United States Census, 1870", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDV8-W4W : Tue Mar 05 07:22:04 UTC 2024), Entry for John J Miller and Magdalene Miller, 1870.

• "United States Census, 1880", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MD2P-GLP : Sat Mar 09 18:55:02 UTC 2024), Entry for John J. Miller and Magdalana Miller, 1880.

• "United States Census, 1900", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M926-9K4 : Thu Apr 11 20:22:15 UTC 2024), Entry for Magdalena Miller and Benedit J Miller, 1900.

• "United States Census, 1910", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MG8W-L3M : Sun Mar 10 12:48:39 UTC 2024), Entry for Magdalena Miller, 1910.

Acknowledgements

• First-hand information as remembered by Robert Summers, Monday, February 3, 2014.