Researching Edgar Miller
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 53584 people with the Miller surname? In that year Miller was ranked number 50 for popularity in the UK. |
The name Edgar means "Great spear man" and is of English origin.
Records of Edgar Miller on Ancestry
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DNA
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Edgar Miller and the Miller Family History
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 listed below it will be possible to locate a birth record and, from that record, a birth certificate may be obtainable which is likely to list the names of the parents, therefore taking you back another generation. 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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| Did you know that there are currently 69714 people with the Miller surname in the UK? Miller is now ranked number 54 for popularity in the UK. |
Miller Family History Databases
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Miller Forums
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Check out the Ellis Island Database for information on Edgar Miller. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
Some Famous People called Edgar Miller
Edgar Miller (American football)
Edgar E. "Rip" Miller (June 1, 1901 – October 1, 1991) was an American football player, coach, and college athletics administrator. Miller played college football as a tackle at the University of Notre Dame from 1922 to 1924. He was a member of the "Seven Mules" line that blocked for the famous "Four Horsemen" backfield on Knute Rockne's national championship team of 1924. Miller served as the head football coach at the United States Naval Academy from 1931 to 1933, compiling a record of 12–15–2. After stepping down as head coach, he remained at Navy as line coach until 1947 and then was the assistant athletic director there from 1948 until his retirement in 1974. Miller was elected to the College Football Hall of Fame as a player in 1966. Five of his Notre Dame teammates are also enshrined in the Hall of Fame: fellow "Mule", Adam Walsh, and each of the "Four Horsemen", Harry Stuhldreher, Don Miller, Jim Crowley, and Elmer Layden.
Miller died on October 1, 1991.
Source: Edgar Miller (American football), Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaEdgar Miller (artist)
Edgar Miller (born James Edgar Miller in 1899 in Idaho Falls, Idaho; died 1993 in Chicago, Illinois) was an American designer, painter, craftsman, master woodcarver and one of the nation's foremost stained-glass designers. He could sculpt and draw, and he was considered a pioneer in the use of graphic art in advertising. In the 1920s, he was called “the blond boy Michelangelo”; in the 1930s, “a new luminary” by Architecture Magazine; in the 1940s, "one of the most versatile artists in America.” By the 1950s, he was the go-to guy for the nation's most successful industrial designers.
Source: Edgar Miller (artist), 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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