John Walter Miller (1925 - 1987)

Born 26 Apr 1925 in Pittsburgh, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, USA

Ancestors

Son of Franz A (Melnarowicz) Miller Sr. and Stanislawa (Melczak) Miller

Husband of Regina A. (Karcz) Miller — married 31 Jul 1947 in Allegheny, Pennsylvania, USA

Descendants

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Biography

Before 1 August 1936, John was subpoenaed to go in front of Squire David A. Smith for allegations of being "too boisterous and loud," according to complainant John Sudomirski, along with his brothers Edward Stanley, Living Miller, Matthew Francis, Bernard Paul, and Anthony Edward. The boys belonged to what newspaper reports referred to as the "Welsh Street Gang," which also comprised of children Tom and Leo Zaborowski; Stanley and Walter Dudkiewicz; Edward, Frank, and Casmier Kazmierczak; Bill McWilliam; Theodore and Edwin Dedo; and Frank and Louis Cardello. The "gang" would play in an empty house adjoining 34 Welsh Way in Pittsburgh, Allegheny, Pennsylvania late into the night and also engaged in card playing on the street. Allegedly, the boys would "make noise, throw stones, and boo [at the complainant] when [his family] would go in and out of the house." While boys eight years and younger were struck off the record of boys who needed to be summoned to junveile court, since John was eleven years old, he was left on the list.^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ "18 Children Face Squire on Neighbor's Charges," images, Newspapers.com (https://www.newspapers.com/clip/93206512/18-children-face-squire-on-neighbors/); citing "Pittsburgh Sun-Telegraph, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 1 August 1936, page 3."

• Paternal and Maternal relationships are both confirmed by an autosomal AncestryDNA test match between Brianna Miller and T. Miller, their 2nd cousin. Their most-recent common ancestors are Franz Melnarowicz and Stanislawa Melczak, the great grandparents of both Brianna Miller and T. Miller. Predicted relationship from AncestryDNA: 3rd – 4th Cousin, based on sharing 72 cM across 3 segments.
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• Joe & Johnnie Miller, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Joe on left/Johnnie on right. bhutsonii. Original picture owned by Mary V. Miller (Grabowski). Shared on 20 July 2012. Accessed on ancestry.com, January 2022. View Media on ancestry.com.
• John Miller. bhutsonii. Johnnie Miller, original picture processed by Mary V. Miller (Grabowski). Shared on 20 July 2012. Accessed on ancestry.com, January 2022. View Media on ancestry.com.
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