Records of Bill Miller on Ancestry

Ancestry is a major source of information if you are filling out the detail of Bill Miller in your family tree. Many large databases are available to search covering from births, deaths and marriages, military records, census records and immigration records with many other smaller collections too. Free trials are normally available and are a good way to fill out a lot of your tree quickly.

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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Bill Miller and the Miller Family Tree

Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Miller Genealogy that will form part of your family tree. Although records vary from country to country, they are normally the most formal record of a person's relations. From the sources below you will be able to find a birth record and, from that, a birth certificate can be ordered which lists the names of the mother and father, taking you back another generation in your tree. A marriage certificate may also list the names of the respective fathers of the bride and groom which may then help you to find them earlier in life on a census record enabling you to fill out more detail in the Miller family tree.

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Miller Family History Databases

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Miller Forums

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Study the Ellis Island Database for information on Bill Miller. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.

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Some Famous People called Bill Miller

Bill Miller (left-handed pitcher)

William Paul Miller (July 26, 1927 – July 1, 2003) was an American pitcher in Major League Baseball (MLB) who played from through for the New York Yankees (1952–1954) and Baltimore Orioles (1955). Listed at tall and, Miller batted and threw left-handed. In his four-season MLB career, Miller posted a 6–9 record and a 4.24 ERA in 41 appearances, including 18 starts, five complete games, two shutouts and one save. In 131⅔ innings of work, he surrendered 136 hits and 79 bases on balls with 158 strikeouts. He was a member of the Yankees teams that won the World Series in 1952 and 1953, though he did not pitch during the postseason. After the 1954 season, Miller was part of one of the largest trades in Major League history, a 17-player swap between the Yankees and Orioles that also included Gene Woodling, Gus Triandos, Don Larsen and Bob Turley.

But after only five games with the 1955 Orioles, four in relief, Miller was sent to the minor leagues. He retired after the 1956 season, his 12th as a professional.

Miller died of congestive heart failure at age 75.

Source: Bill Miller (left-handed pitcher), Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia

Bill Miller (British businessman)

William Robert Miller CBE (born 1928) was a British-born businessman who was Vice-Chairman of Bristol-Myers Squibb until 1990. Subsequently, he has become a philanthropist and supporter of scientific, artistic, educational and ecclesiastical causes.

Miller was born in 1928 in Paddington, West London, one of three brothers. In 1939 he was evacuated from the war with his mother and brothers to Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk. He won a scholarship to Culford School, which he attended until 1946 before winning a further scholarship to read PPE at St Edmund Hall, Oxford. Three years of National Service in the RAF intervened once the family moved back to London, and he took up his place at Oxford in 1949, graduating in 1952.

Upon leaving university, Miller began a career in the pharmaceuticals industry with Pfizer, rising to become Area Manager for Central Europe and Africa, before moving to US-based Bristol Laboratories in 1964 as Overseas Resident Manager for Europe (Bristol became Bristol-Myers Squibb, or BMS, in 1989). From 1980 to 1989, he had worldwide executive responsibility for BMS pharmaceutical and nutritional businesses, including research. He was Vice Chairman of the Board from 1985 until his retirement.

With his second wife, Irene Diaman Miller, who had graduated from the Stern School of Business in 1954, Miller settled in New York City. He has three children from his first marriage to Rita (Ian Miller, Jane Tierney, Judy Miller) and two step-children (Konrad Kaletsch, Tatiana Kaletsch). The Miller Family Foundation was established by the Millers in 1991and supported many charitable organizations.

Honors: Miller was appointed Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (OBE) in 2000 for services to British Charities in the US and Commander of the Order of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2011 Birthday Honours for services to UK/US relations in business, and for philanthropy. In 2001, he was made a Knight of Justice in the Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of St. John of Jerusalem. In 2016, he received the First Annual Hero Award from the Anglosphere Society.

Source: Bill Miller (British businessman), Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia

Bill Miller (basketball)

William Ralph Miller (November 24, 1924 – July 9, 1991) was an American professional basketball player. He played in the Basketball Association of America (BAA) for the Chicago Stags and St. Louis Bombers during the 1948–49 season. Prior to playing in the BAA, Miller played collegiate basketball at Eastern Kentucky Teachers College and then at the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill.

After the NBA, Miller became a college coach for Campbellsville Junior College and Elon University. Between 1968 and 1974, Miller led Elon to six straight 20-win seasons. In the Winter of 1973, Miller was selected to coach the NAIA All-Stars - which went on to defeat the NCAA All-Stars 107-78 in High Point, N.C. Miller ended his career with 329 wins at Elon, still the most in program history.

Source: Bill Miller (basketball), Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia

Other names that sound a bit like Miller

Family names can get corrupted over time, particularly where literacy was not as good. The following list contains some names that have similar sounds so you may want to also look at one or two of the more likely possibilites.

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