Hello,
A two-year brick wall has finally crumbled, and I now have new members of my family tree. This is what I know:
Henry Miller (d. 1898, Newark) married Elizabeth White (d. 1890, Newark) in Spittlegate (part of Grantham), in Lincolnshire in 1848.
Henry was born around 1828, in Prussia. Elizabeth was born around 1821 - birthplace just given as Germany.
Both were musicians according to census records, although Henry also worked as a labourer and as an ostler.
Henry's father was John, a bricklayer. Elizabeth's was Francis, a carpenter.
Their names would've been Anglicised, and the German versions would be Muller or Weiss.
There is a Matthias Miller (born around 1830), also a musician, living in Newark around the same time. His father was Frederick. Possible cousin?
If anyone can provide any help, I'd be greatly appreciative. It was so exciting to have found these people, and would be even more exciting to trace at least one of them back to Germany (Elizabeth looking the most likely as her father had a specific occupation, and Franz is a bit more rare than Johan).
Thanks,
Adam
A two-year brick wall has finally crumbled, and I now have new members of my family tree. This is what I know:
Henry Miller (d. 1898, Newark) married Elizabeth White (d. 1890, Newark) in Spittlegate (part of Grantham), in Lincolnshire in 1848.
Henry was born around 1828, in Prussia. Elizabeth was born around 1821 - birthplace just given as Germany.
Both were musicians according to census records, although Henry also worked as a labourer and as an ostler.
Henry's father was John, a bricklayer. Elizabeth's was Francis, a carpenter.
Their names would've been Anglicised, and the German versions would be Muller or Weiss.
There is a Matthias Miller (born around 1830), also a musician, living in Newark around the same time. His father was Frederick. Possible cousin?
If anyone can provide any help, I'd be greatly appreciative. It was so exciting to have found these people, and would be even more exciting to trace at least one of them back to Germany (Elizabeth looking the most likely as her father had a specific occupation, and Franz is a bit more rare than Johan).
Thanks,
Adam
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