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1850:  Federal Census, p. 51, Seneca Co., NY, lists Jacob Miller (age 48, b. NY, shoe maker), Elisa Miller (age 45, b. NJ).  I don't know if this is our Jacob Miller, but it evidently IS the same Jacob Miller as the one who filed a will in Covert on 14 Aug 1872.  I have tentatively listed this information because 1) the Egner Family Association sent me information about a Maria Eliza Eigner who was born 31 May 1813 in Germantown (Columbia), NY (see bottom of this page), 2) from Charles Egner Miller's marriage certificate, we know that his parents were Jacob Miller and M.E. Egner, and 3) this Jacob Miller has a wife named Elisa and is living in Seneca Co., NY.

1851 Jun. 28:  Charles Egner Miller was born at Seneca Falls (Seneca), New York.

1869:  Charles Egner Miller left Seneca Falls after having worked there as a stonecutter.

1872 Aug. 14:  A Jacob Miller filed his last will and testament in Covert (Seneca), NY.  "I give and bequeath the house and lots in which I now live together with all my personal property to my beloved wife Eliza forever."  Abram Ditmars and Eliza Miller are named as executors; Peter Covert and Abram Ditmars were witnesses.  (Will Book K, p. 261, package 1260, Seneca Co., NY)  I am not certain that this is our Jacob Miller.

1885:  Charles Egner Miller moved to Coal City (Grundy), Illinois.

1886 Jan. 27:  Charles Egner Miller married Jane Ellen Prickett in Coal City (Grundy), Illinois.  Their marriage record, on file in Grundy County, indicates that Charles father was Jacob E. Miller and that his mother was M.E. Egner.  (Continued on their own family group chart.)

I am listing the mother of Charles E. Miller as Maria Eliza Eigner but I have only circumstantial evidence for this link.  On the marriage record for Charles Miller and Jane Ellen Prickett, Charles names his parents as Jacob E. Miller and M.E. Egner.  Charles Miller was born in 1851 in Seneca Falls, Seneca County, New York according to both his marriage record and his death certificate.  The Eygner Family Association in New York state provided the name of Maria Eliza Eigner who was born 31 May 1813 and baptized 17 July 1813 as the only possible record they had for a female “Egner” whose initials were M.E., who was of child bearing age in 1851, and who lived in New York.  According to the Eyger Family Association the father of Maria Eliza Eigner was Peter Eigner and her mother was Gritjen Schultes.  The birth was recorded in the Germantown Reform Church in Columbia County, New York.

According to Velma Miller (daughter in-law of Charles Egner Miller), Charles Miller mentioned a brother named Harry and a sister named Blanche.

The 1900 Federal Census that enumerates Charles E. Miller indicates that the birthplace of Charles' parents was Germany.

On Charles Miller's death certificate, Jane Ellen Prickett Miller indicates that the first name of Charles' mother was "Bell".

Possibly relevant information from the Finger Lakes Genealogical Society: Federal Censuses list Jacob Millers in the following Seneca County towns: 1820:  Covert, Fayette 1830:  Fayette, Lodi

According to Charles Leslie Miller (son of Charles Egner Miller's son, Marion Miller): Charles Egner Miller told some things about the Erie Canal and all the good fruit they had in Pennsylvania.  He did talk about doing stone masonry work, but I have no idea where or when.  In fact they kept a stone Bible, carved from white marble on the table that he had made.  As far as I know they were never involved with any church.  The only information I have about his family is that his father died when he was quite young.  Later his mother remarried.  Grandfather did not get along with the stepfather and left home when he was around thirteen years old and he said he never went back home.  You must understand Grandpa had all us grandkids scared of him; I would have to say that he wasn't a loving grandparent.  We have thought that his family probably came from either Holland or Germany.  He still had the accent and sentence structure of the German language like, "Throw the cow over the fence some hay."  Pronouncing "W" as "V" and so forth.  One other story I heard about Grandpa.  In his younger days he was known to drink a few.  Kersey and Greeley were dry towns.  He would go to Evans, a wet town, with the horse and buggy.  When the saloon closed they would put him in the buggy, tie the reins up and turn the horse loose.  It would come all the way back home to Kersey with Grandpa asleep or "out".  Sometimes they wouldn't look for him until next morning.

Tintype of Charles Egner Miller In fireman’s uniform for “Hose 1” (Hose Company 1 – city unknown, date unknown)

The following entries are interesting and possibly but not necessarily related to this Charles Miller.

1.        If you search the 1880 Federal Census for a family where a member of the family is Charles Miller born in 1851 in New York and the head of the family is Jacob Miller, you find only one entry matching those criteria.  The middle initial of this Charles is listed as “J” instead of “E,” but the occupation of Charles J. Miller is a clerk in the fire department (see photo above).

From Syracuse, Onondaga, New York (National Archives Film T9-0907, page 164A):

Name	Relation	Marital Status	Gender	Race	Age	Birthplace	Occupation	Father's Birthplace	Mother's Birthplace
Jacob MILLER	Self	W	Male	W	60	BADEN	Sexton	BADEN	BADEN
Charles J. MILLER	Son	S	Male	W	29	NY	Clerk Fire Dept.	BADEN	BADEN

 

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