Christian Johan (Møller) Miller (1879 - 1958)

Born 5 Jul 1879 in Framlev, Århus, Denmark

Ancestors

Husband of Elizabeth Marie (Jensen) Miller — married 15 May 1913 in Stearns, Minnesota, United States

Died 29 Aug 1958 at age 79 in Stearns, Minnesota, United States

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Biography

Christian (Møller) Miller was born in Denmark

Christian Johan Møller was born on 5 July 1879 in Framlev, Århus, Denmark, He was the son of Frederik Johan Christian Moller and Nielsine Nielsen. Christian was christened on 12 October 1879 in Harlev, Framlev, Aarhus, Denmark.^[1]

He arrived about 1881 in the United States with his parents. The family settled in Crow Lake, Stearns, Minnesota.

Christian used the surname "Miller".

He married Elizabeth Marie Jensen.

Christian and Elizabeth had six sons and two daughters:

1. Evelyn Christina Miller m Erven Curtis Mickelson
2. Frederick Christian Johan Miller m Merline Bertha Shoeneck
3. Leoyd Bernhart Miller m Mildred Emelia Wellbrock
4. Alton Richard Miller m Paulette Yvonne
5. Elda Nellien Miller m Eugene Carroll Score
6. Cliphord Lauritz Miller m Arlene Rose Weimerskirch
7. Lyle Eldred Miller m Noreen Rooney
8. Dale Ellsworth Miller m Thelma Cleo Stubbs

Christian Miller died on 29 August 1958 in Stearns County, Minnesota.^[2][3]

Research Notes

Christian changed his surname from Moller to Miller. The family traditionally used the Danish spelling of Møller rather than the German spelling of Moller. (information conveyed via email from a descendant who visited the family in Denmark to Simone Cody)

Sources

1. ↑ "Danmark Kirkebøger, 1484-1941," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QGD3-3B2Z : 15 March 2018), Frederik Kristian Johan Moller in entry for Kristian Johan Moller, ; Birth, 05 Jul 1879, 8, Rigsarkivet, København (The Danish National Archives), Copenhagen.
2. ↑ "Minnesota Death Index, 1908-2002," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V4WF-CQV : 4 December 2014), Christ J. Miller, 29 Aug 1958; from "Minnesota Death Index, 1908-2002," database, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2001); citing Stearns, Minnesota, record 1378364, certificate number 016950, Minnesota Department of Health, Minneapolis.
3. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/191131156/christ-j-miller : accessed 19 December 2021), memorial page for Christ J Miller (1879–29 Aug 1958), Find a Grave Memorial ID 191131156, citing Crow Lake Cemetery, Belgrade, Stearns County, Minnesota, USA ; Maintained by Pam Miller (contributor 47444452) .