Selected Families and Individuals

Notes


Josephine Katherine Kearney

Josephine had several husbands. She had no children.


Francis J. Miller

In 1900, Frank J. and Mary A. Miller owned a mortgaged home on Hawkins Ave. in North Braddock (no house number given in the census). They had been married less than a year. Frank's occupation was "labor." Also living in the house (renting) were Fulda natives Alexander and Rachel (Yeagle) Michel -- also newlyweds) and Henry Shell (28). Henry Schell (Schehl) and Mary Schaad Miller were second cousins.

In 1910, 38 year old Frank J. Miller lived with his wife, Mary A. (30) in a home they owned at 12 Second Street in the third ward of North Braddock Borough, Allegheny Co., Pennsylvania. Frank and Mary had been married for 9 years according to the census. Living with them were their children Elizabeth C. (9), Robert John (7), William Joseph (4), and Francis A. (2). Elizabeth and Robert attended school. Frank and Mary were born in Ohio as were Frank's mother and both of Mary's parents. According to the census, Frank's father was born "at sea." All of the children were born in Pennsylvania. Frank was employed as a laborer in structural iron.

In 1920, Frank J. Miller (47) and his wife Mary (39), owned a house at 701 Second St. in North Braddock, near the corner of Hawkins Ave. Living with them were their children Elizabeth (18), Robert (17), William (14), Francis (12), Joseph (8), John (6), Benjamin (1 yr, 11 mos), and Geraldine (1 mo.). William, Francis, Joseph, and John attended school. Frank worked as a laborer in a steel mill.

At the time of the 1930 census, Frank J. and Mary A. Miller owned a home worth $4000 at 420 Stokes Ave. in North Braddock. Frank was retired. Living with them were their children Elizabeth (28), Joseph (18), John (16), Benjamin (12), and Geraldine (10). In 1930, Frank Miller was retired. The house next door was owned by another Fulda native, Edward Dimmerling.

The following appeared in The Times Recorder (Zanesville, OH) newspaper on May 24, 1951: Frank Miller, 80, and his son-in-law and daughter and
their two daughters, all of Braddock, Pa., were guests
Sunday and Monday at the home of the former's brother
and sister-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin Miller of 522
Gray street.

[NOTE: The son-in-law and daughter were Joseph and Geraldine Miller Baldige and their daughters were Mary Ann and Joann.]


Mary A. Schaad

Some confusion exists about the first child of Joseph and Elizabeth Schaad. Grandson Ed Miller states that the child born in 1880 was named Mary A. Schaad However, in the 1880 census, the child is named Lizzie A. Schaad.

From Mary Schaad and Frank Miller's marriage license application:
Frank Miller to Mary Schaad. Applied for license May 3, 1900.
Frank Miller born in North Braddock, PA on March 1, 1872. He is age 28.
Mary Schaad born Washington County, Ohio March 17, 1880. She is age 20.
Consent was given by Joseph Schaad of Churchtown, Ohio on April 26, 1900.
They married May 3, 1900.

Mary was a dressmaker.


Elizabeth C. Miller

In 1930, Unmarried Elizabeth Miller (28) lived with her parents and younger siblings in the family home on Stokes Ave. in North Braddock. Elizabeth was employed as a laundress.

Elizabeth Miller never married. She worked as a housekeeper and companion to Mrs. Sedar, wife of the founder of Frank and Sedar's Department store in Pittsburgh, PA.

Elizabeth MILLER
Birth Date: 8 Mar 1901
Death Date: 21 Apr 1994
Social Security Number: 183-26-3544
State or Territory Where Number Was Issued: Pennsylvania

Death Residence Localities
ZIP Code: 15642
Localities: Irwin, Westmoreland, Pennsylvania
North Huntingdon, Westmoreland, Pennsylvania


Joyce Ann Miller

Joyce was pretty and popular; loved by all her cousins. When Joyce was a small child, the Miller family would often host the Kearney and Miller cousins during the summer in West Virginia and later in Connellsville. Her cousin Audrey Schweinberg Coleman (a Kearney descendant), remembers that the kids would often put on shows. At other times, they would go to the movies.... each child was given change to buy soda and a snack. Little Joyce would sit watching the movie and drinking her soda, which came in a wax-paper cup. After she finished the soda, Joyce would sit mesmerized by the movie, and tear off tiny pieces of the cup bit by bit and eat them, until the cup was gone.


Joyce Ann Miller

Joyce was pretty and popular; loved by all her cousins. When Joyce was a small child, the Miller family would often host the Kearney and Miller cousins during the summer in West Virginia and later in Connellsville. Her cousin Audrey Schweinberg Coleman (a Kearney descendant), remembers that the kids would often put on shows. At other times, they would go to the movies.... each child was given change to buy soda and a snack. Little Joyce would sit watching the movie and drinking her soda, which came in a wax-paper cup. After she finished the soda, Joyce would sit mesmerized by the movie, and tear off tiny pieces of the cup bit by bit and eat them, until the cup was gone.


Clayton Dyer

Clay is in the military. The family was living in Fort Leavenworth, Kansas in 2005.