[or-roots] Hermiston help? need mor info

[Sue Steward]

This obituary says "born in Norway" for Bertha.

Says survived by husband of Nebraska.  That to me says he was living in
Nebraska at the time of her death.

Sue


----- Original Message -----
From: "Leslie Chapman" <khanjehgil at presys.com>
To: <or-roots at sosinet.sos.state.or.us>
Sent: Sunday, May 23, 2004 12:48 AM
Subject: [or-roots] Hermiston help? need mor info


> First a couple of questions; How locked into this born in Nebraska thing
are
> you for George W? and you say you think your gram was next to youngest, if
> you analyze that; great gram born 1871 produces probable earliest marriage
> date = 1871 + 16 = 1887, okay never mind I addet that up to 1897 about
three
> times in my head and that would have made fifth child 1904 real hard on
> mama. Back to one question; I find no George Washington in 1900 or 1920
> Oregon Census born in Nebraska with Norwegeian wife.
>
> Do you have a birthplace for your Gram, if I had that I could do a better
> job of trying to find them in Census, there are fifty Miller heads of
> household in Umatilla Co Oregon in 1920 Census, Georg W has Kansas bon
wife
> and one child.
>
> Les C
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From:  M. J.
> Sent: Saturday, May 22, 2004 3:28 PM
>
> Greeting fellow listers- I am looking for some help
> with information on my maternal gr-grandmother and
> gr-grandfather; I have had a hard time getting started
> on this branch of the family as I have very little to
> go on.
>
> This is the only reference I have found on her so-far,
>
> (cut-and-pasted from Hermiston Herald obituaries)
>
> Miller, Bertha Jerina
> vol 41 no 19 - 16 Dec 1948
> Born 28 Feb 1871 in Norway. Came to US at age 13. Died
> 12 Dec 1948 at Ordnance. Survived by spouse, George
> Miller of Lincoln, NE and seven children.
> Internment: Hermiston Cemetery
>
> Are any of you kind folks, esp. those close to
> Hermiston, able to do a check on her for me? Any
> further information would be helpful. My grandmother,
> Hazel June <Miller> Cornell, (b. 1/18/1905) was the
> only daughter of the aforementioned 7 children, and I
> believe the second youngest. Her husband, my
> gr-grandfather's, full name was George Washington
> Miller. No clue on any dates for him yet. I only have
> as much as I do from my starting point of the SS-5
> from the SSDI for my grandmother.
>
> I believe a lot of that family is still in Oregon, but
> due to one of those unfortunate family fueds, I am
> stonewalled from any further info from my current
> family.
>
> Hav tried a lot of the freebie stuff on Ancestry and
> Rootsweb, but nothing seems to match. I'm still
> learning on how best to do this so any suggestions are
> welcome. Heck, maybe even some of you are cousins!
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Melanie Munson
>
>
>
>
>
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