Researching Eldon 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 Eldon means "Of old age" and is of Teutonic origin.
Records of Eldon Miller on Ancestry
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DNA
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Eldon Miller and 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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| Did you know that there are currently 1288216 people with the Miller surname in the USA? Miller is ranked number 6 for popularity in the USA. |
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Investigate the Ellis Island Database for information on Eldon Miller. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
Some Famous People called Eldon Miller
Eldon Miller
Eldon Miller (born June 19, 1939) is an American college basketball coach. The Gnadenhutten, Ohio native has led four different programs in 36 years of coaching: at Wittenberg University (1962–70), Western Michigan University (1971–76), Ohio State University (1977–86) and the University of Northern Iowa (1987–98). His overall record is 568–419 and 5–6 in NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament games.
Miller is now an assistant coach for his son, Ben Miller, at the University of North Carolina at Pembroke.
Miller was inducted into the Ohio Basketball Hall of Fame in 2009. He was also inducted into Wittenberg's Athletics Hall of Honor in 1986. In 2015 he was inducted into the Western Michigan University Athletics Hall of Fame.
In 1976 Coach Miller was named the Mid-American Conference Men's Basketball Coach of the year.
Source: Eldon Miller, Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaOther names that sound a bit like Miller
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