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Martin Miller brought his family to the USA from Basel, Switzerland in 1852. The Miller (Mueller) family set sail to America on a Brigantine (Brig) sailboat named Leonidas about August 1852 from the French port of Le Havre, France. The Captain of the ship was W. Hewes and 334 passengers were aboard, manifest #0007027. They arrived in the port of New York on November 9, 1952 with the trip taking 63 days.
I found in the Youngstown, Oh library volumes of the Germans to America passenger lists by Ira A. Glazier and P.
William Filby. Volume 4, page 149 lists the transcribed passenger list for Martin
Mueller. Miller actually had the French spelling MUELLER (German spelling was
Müller). Source: Germans to America, vol 4, pg 149. There has been some confusion over the years as to how old John Miller was
when he arrived. Harry Miller had stated he was 2 years old at the time of
crossing the ocean. The following was written by Eugene (Fritz) Whiteman
in a letter dated December 11, 1981 to Larry Baughman. What he stated in
the letter does conflict with the above Germans to America information but it
was what the family believed at the time. The letter stated: "....Larry, I
have uncovered a lot of information of our ancestors. It takes a lot
of time and traveling which is sporadic since I cannot devote a lot of time.
To give you some information on the Miller side. Your Great-Grandfather (John Miller) was
born in Switzerland coming to this country he was two years old. There
were 9 brothers and 2 sisters. They came on a sailboat and the
trip took 40 days. There is some assumption that they landed along the North
Eastern Atlantic, then migrated down the Great Lakes, crossing overland and settling
in Tonawanda, New York. Then migrated to Jefferson County. Some died of small
pox and diphtheria. Your ancestors served in the Civil War. There were 2
great-Uncle Millers. One was
imprisoned at Andersonville for three years and the other was wounded. I
could go on and on....." Uncle Gene had researched and
"...substantiated and confirmed most of this information from newspaper
clippings, taped interviewing of Uncle Harry Miller and at the Carnegie Library
in Pittsburgh, Pa...." Martin Miller moved his family
to Sigel, Jefferson Co., Pa in 1858. |
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