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Jan [I431 remembers the Miller sisters Florine and Mathilda (Tillie). They lived together in the woods by
Dayton, and made their own elderberry wine. Theodor remembers that they also made plum wine, grape
wine, rhubarb wine, and probably other types. They had many plum trees.
Marvin Hoyer remembers Florine and Mathilda, too. They used to dress as in Arsenic and Old Lace, with
a forties' style print dress with lace added around the collars, and a black straw hat with fake fruit on the
brim.
Father: (Heinrich Andreas) Christoph Muller
Mother: Johanna Wilhelmine Ziehe [4]
Wife: Pauline W. H. Bergmann
Born 1857, according to Marvin Hoyer. Married February 3, 1878, at Boone, Iowa. Died 1927
near Dayton, Iowa. Buried in Dayton, Iowa.
Child 1: Mathilda Dena Christina Henrietta Miller
Known as "Tillie". Born June 28 or 29, 1879, at Pilot Mound, Boone Co, Iowa. Lutheran.
Died of a heart attack at home in Dayton, Iowa, April 29, 1956. Buried in Dayton, Iowa.
Child 2: Florine Alvina Caroline Miller
Born June 29, 1880, at Dayton, Webster Co, Iowa. Lutheran. Died November 5,1972. Buried
in Dayton, Iowa.
Child 3: Rudolph Henry Miller [12]
Child 4: Theodor John William Miller [14]
Child 5: Amanda Johanna Emilia Miller [20]
Generation 6 Rudolph Henry Miller [I21
Born June 19, 1882, at Dayton, Webster Co, Iowa. They lived in Stratford, Iowa. Died June 17, 1970, or
June 13, 1969. Buried in Pilot Mound Cem, Boone Co, Iowa.
Perhaps Rudolph was named after his great grandfather, Rudolph Wigand Ziehe [2] .
Father: Johann Heinrich Friedrich Muller [ll]
L Mother: Pauline W. H. Bergmann
Wife: Clara Emily Campbell
Known as Emmie. Married in 1906, at Dayton, Webster Co, Iowa. Buried in Pilot Mound
Cem, Boone Co, Iowa.
Child 1: Richard Miller [13]
L
Generation 7 Richard Miller [I31
Richard was Theodor's "drinking cousin". At a softball game once he was drunk and had a hard time
standing up. Afterwards they visited his parents, and Emmie didn't want Mathilda and Florine to offer
Rudolph any wine for fear that Richard would notice the wine and learn to like it.
He divorced from his wife, and became a drifter or something.
He had many children, according to Theodor, who may be living near Stratford. Or maybe also near
Stanhope, where he also lived for a while.
There are Millers in the phone book in Stanhope: Rick, 515-826-3486; Larry and Sandra: 515-826-3622;
Myrtle, 515-826-3342. I called them all, and they aren't descended from Richard or Rudolph.
We don't know where Richard's children ended up. Does anybody know any of them or any of their
descendants?
Father: Rudolph Henry Miller [12]
Mother: Clara Emily Campbell
Wife: Lillian XXX
Child 1: Richard Miller, Jr.
Child 2: Marlene Miller
Child 3: Raymond Miller
Child 4: Katherine Miller
Child 5: Bonnie Miller
Generation 6 Theodor John William Miller [I41
Born August 10, 1884, at Dayton, Webster Co, Iowa. Farmer, piano factory worker, painter, and salesman.