Alfred Milton Miller (1893 - 1956)

Born 1 Jan 1893 in Steelton, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, United States

Ancestors

Died 8 Jun 1956 at age 63 in Prospectville, Montgomery, Pennsylvania, United States

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Biography

Descendant of Tillman Miller and Elizabeth Kreider.

Private Alfred Miller served in the United States Army in World War I
Service started: March 2, 1915
Unit(s): Co B, 3rd Infantry Regiment
Service ended: July 28, 1919

Sergeant, Company D 3rd Infantry March 2, 1915-July 28, 1919^[1]

In 1916 he was stationed at Fort Ontario in New York^[2].

He was a member of The Patriotic Order Sons of America Commandery Unit # 22 which was named Washington Commandery, located inTower City, Schuylkill County; met at the Wagner Building on the 2nd Friday of the month. The Recorder(Secretary)R.F. Nunemacher who lived on Wiconisco Ave in Tower City ^[3]

Alfred Miller Fireman 1926-1948

He was a fireman for the city of Philadelphia up until his retirement^[4][5]

Uncle Alfred was somewhat of a character. Rumor has it that a young woman broke his heart and that is why he never married. In his will he left burial plots to his many nieces and nephews. It is due to his will that we learned his sister Bertha's married name and her sons name. He owned a lot of jewelry and wore silk pajamas. He also suffered from depression.

He died at the age of 63 of encephalomalacia of the left cerebral hemisphere extensive and cerebral atherosclerosis, ^[6]and is buried in the Whitemarsh Memorial Park, Ambler, Montgomery, Pennsylvania, United States of America^[7]

Census

1900 Williams Township (excl. Williamstown borough), Dauphin, Pennsylvania, United States^[8]

1910 Philadelphia Ward 21, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States^[9]

1920 Fort Du Pont, New Castle, Delaware, United States^[10]

1930

1940 Ward 21, Philadelphia, Philadelphia City, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States^[11]

Sources

1. ↑ Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission; Harrisburg, Pennsylvania; Pennsylvania Veterans Burial Cards, 1929-1990; Archive Collection Number: Series 1-8; Folder Number: 329.
2. ↑ https://www.wikitree.com/photo/jpg/Miller-19251-3
3. ↑ Larry at posofa@frontier.com 12/23/2012
4. ↑ Fireman's Hall Museum William Grow, Volunteer Researcher, June 23, 2011
5. ↑ https://www.wikitree.com/photo/pdf/Miller-19251
6. ↑ Pennsylvania, Death Certificates, 1906-1944#57280
7. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #100912432
8. ↑ "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M3SH-NSH : accessed 26 April 2017), Alfred M. Miller in household of Ruben B Miller, Williams Township (excl. Williamstown borough), Dauphin, Pennsylvania, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 111, sheet 6A, family 112, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,241,404.
9. ↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MG7Q-618 : accessed 26 April 2017), Alfred M Miller in household of Rueben B Miller, Philadelphia Ward 21, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 393, sheet 5B, family 104, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1395; FHL microfilm 1,375,408.
10. ↑ "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MD49-JMS : accessed 26 April 2017), Soldier Alfred M Miller, Fort Du Pont, New Castle, Delaware, United States; citing ED 166, sheet 2A, line 35, family 135, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 204; FHL microfilm 1,820,204.
11. ↑ "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KQW1-BT2 : accessed 26 April 2017), Alfred Miller in household of Reuben Miller, Ward 21, Philadelphia, Philadelphia City, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 51-419, sheet 12A, line 12, family 206, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 3699.