Rupert MILLER

1860 - 1954  (94 years)

• Name	Rupert MILLER  [1]
  Born	11 Feb 1860	Northfield, Hants Co., N.S.
  Gender	Male
  Died	18 Aug 1954	Rockland, MA., USA
  Buried	Oak Grove Cemetery, Bath, Sagadahoc, ME, USA
  Person ID	I4564	Densmore
  Last Modified	20 May 2013

  
  

  Father	Isaac MILLER,   b. 1834, Hants Co., N.S. ,   d. 25 Sep 1883, Nova Scotia  (Age 49 years)
  Mother	Lucinda DENSMORE,   b. 16 Feb 1842, Hants Co., N.S. ,   d. 19 Mar 1923, Portland, ME, USA  (Age 81 years)
  Married	17 Nov 1859	Noel, Hants Co., N.S.   [2]
  	Catherine's birth registration (Registration  Year:  1869   - Book:  1812   - Page:  111   - Number:  642) gives their date of marriage as 17 Nov 1869 in Noel. Robert's birth registration (Registration  Year:  1874   - Book:  1812   - Page:  238   - Number:  84) gives their date of marriage as 17 Nov 1858 in Noel. 'Jsaiah's' birth registation (Registration Year: 1867 - Book: 1812 - Page: 53 - Number: 593) gives date as 17 Nov 1859 in Noel. 'Mary S.'s' birth registration ( Registration Year: 1876 - Book: 1813 - Page: 43 - Number: 281) gives date as 17 Nov 1860 in Kennetcook.
  Family ID	F16475	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Katherine Stewart SINGER,   b. Jun 1870, Five Mile River, Hants Co., N.S. ,   d. 12 Sep 1928, Bath, ME, USA  (Age ~ 58 years)
  Married	21 Oct 1890	Maitland, Hants Co., N.S.
  	www.novascotiagenealogy.com Marriage: Registration  Year:  1890   - Book:  1823   - Page:  227   - Number:  83 (listed as 'Kate Singer')
  Children	1. Harry Alvin MILLER,   b. 11 Feb 1892, Nova Scotia ,   d. Aug 1968, Massachusetts, USA  (Age 76 years)   2. Roy Leighton MILLER,   b. 2 Feb 1895, Portland, ME, USA ,   d. 14 Mar 1970, Brandenton, Florida, USA  (Age 75 years)   3. Helen Vivian MILLER,   b. 10 Sep 1897, Portland, ME, USA ,   d. 22 Jun 1997, Portland, Cumberland, ME, USA  (Age 99 years)   4. Clarence Earl (Spud) MILLER,   b. 18 Sep 1899, Portland, ME, USA ,   d. 25 Dec 1977, Mobile, Alabama, USA  (Age 78 years)   5. Lillian Constance MILLER,   b. 21 Feb 1903, Bath, ME, USA ,   d. 31 Aug 1984, Fitchburg, MA, USA  (Age 81 years)
  Last Modified	18 May 2013
  Family ID	F16526	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Elmira LAFFIN,   b. Abt 1855, Northfield, Hants Co., N.S. ,   d. 24 Oct 1888  (Age ~ 33 years)
  Married	30 Oct 1884	Northfield, Hants Co., N.S.
  	Witnesses Mrs. Wm. Hennigar & Mrs. Hugh Hennigar. www.novascotiagenealogy.com Marriage: Registration  Year:  1884   - Book:  1823   - Page:  175   - Number:  102
  Children	1. Alice Ruby MILLER,   b. 1885, Hants Co., N.S. ,   d. 1976  (Age 91 years)   2. Wilfred MILLER,   b. 18 Oct 1886, Hants Co., N.S. ,   d. 19 Apr 1968  (Age 81 years)
  Last Modified	23 Mar 2013
  Family ID	F16524	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Rupert was a ships carpenter in Maitland, N.S. and his second wife, Kate, was a boarding house cook in Maitland. He, Kate and son Harry Alvin emigrated to Portland, Maine in about 1894. In 1900, the family moved to Bath where Rupert was a ships carpenter and later a member of the Bath Police Department. After Kate's death Rupert and his children lived at various times in Portland; Quincy, Massachusetts; and Mobile, Alabama. About 1950 he voluntarily entered a State Hospital for the Aged in Rockland, Massachusetts, where he died August 18,1954. Rupert's first wife, Elmira Laffin, was his second cousin, once removed. 1891 Census, NS, Hants 35, Maitland 15 B, p. 8, Household 37 Miller Rupert  M  31  Married (born in NS as were his parents, Church England, ships carpenter) Miller Kate  F  23  Married  Wife (born in NS as were her parents, Church England Singer William  M  42  Single (born in NS as were his parents, Church England) Singer Thomas  M  32  Single (born in NS as were his parents, Church England, ships carpenter) 1900 US Census, ED 207 Bath city Ward 3, Sagadahoc, Maine, United States         Household       Gender       Age       Birthplace Head       Rupert Miller       M       40       N B C E (born Feb 1860, parents born in N B C E [New Brunswick Canada English?], married 9y, immigrated 1892) Wife       Kate Miller       F       22       N B C E (born Jun 1878, parents born in N B C E, married 9y, mother of 4 children - all living, immigrated in 1872 [?]) Son       Harry A Miller       M       8       N B C E (born Feb 1892) Son       Roy L Miller       M       5       Maine (born Feb 1895) Daughter       Vivian H Miller       F       2       Maine (born Sep 1898) Son       Clarence E Miller       M       1       Maine (Sep 1899) Boarder       Thomas A Singer       M       43       N B C E (born May 1857, parents born in N B C E, single, immigrated 1872) "United States Census, 1900," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MML1-K1P : accessed 20 May 2013), Roy L Miller in entry for Rupert Miller, 1900. 1910 US Census, Bath Ward 4, Sagadahoc, Maine         Household       Gender       Age       Birthplace SELF       Rupert Miller       M       50y       Canada (immigrated 1877, parents born in Canada) WIFE       Kate Miller       F       41y       Canada (immigrated 1887, parents born in Canada) SON       Harry A Miller       M       18y       Canada SON       Roy L Miller       M       15y       Maine DAU       Hellen V Miller       F       12y       Maine SON       Clarence E Miller       M       10y       Maine DAU       Lillian Miller       F       7y       Maine "United States Census, 1910," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MR3F-RKR : accessed 18 May 2013), Rupert Miller, 1910. 1920 US Census, , Sagadahoc, Maine         Household       Gender       Age       Birthplace SELF       Rupert Miller       M       59y       Canada (parents born in Canada) WIFE       Kate S Miller       F       51y       Canada DAU       Helen V Miller       F       22y       Maine SON       Clarence E Miller       M       20y       Maine DAU       Lilliane Miller       F       16y       Maine "United States Census, 1920," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MF83-SFX : accessed 18 May 2013), Rupert Miller, 1920. 1930 US Census, Freeport, Cumberland, Maine         Household       Gender       Age       Birthplace Head       Charles A Dyer       M       74       Maine Wife       Maud N Dyer       F       56       Maine Boarder       Rupert Miller       M       70       Canada (widowed, immigrated 1877, parents born in Canada) Boarder       Fred H Smith       M       41       Maine Boarder       Emma F Bibber       F       62       Maine "United States Census, 1930," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XM82-1WT : accessed 18 May 2013), Rupert Miller in entry for Charles A Dyer, 1930. 1940 US Census, Ward 1, Bath, Bath City, Sagadahoc, Maine Name: Rupert Miller Gender: Male Age: 80 Marital Status: Widowed Race (Original):       Race: White Relationship to Head of Household (Original):       Relationship to Head of Household: Inmate Birthplace: Canada Birth Year (Estimated): 1860 Last Place of Residence: Same House "United States Census, 1940," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/KMMR-WBN : accessed 18 May 2013), Rupert Miller, Ward 1, Bath, Bath City, Sagadahoc, Maine, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 12-5, sheet 6B, family , NARA digital publication T627, roll 1490. www.findagrave.com Rupert Miller Birth: 1860 Death: 1954 Family links: Spouse:   Kate Miller (1870 - 1928)* *Calculated relationship Burial: Oak Grove Cemetery, Bath, Sagadahoc County, Maine, USA (Research):MIL-13

  
  

• Sources

  [S82] Hennigar. [S85] Isabel Henniger Henninger/Hennigar Family, Isabel Pilkington Henniger, (Self-Published: Peterborough, Ontario, 2007), p. 118 (Reliability: 3), 19 Jan 2008.