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                  <text>Jacob Miller at the time of his death::::

Property of

â€¢

To my son Edmund Miller I
5,

con.,

and the south part

pf Bertie,

of Lot 15,

in the County of Welland

in Bertie:

Farm

devise the South

more or less,

# 15

part of lot

6,

in the

being a

con.

in the

of the Township

part of My Old Homestead

containing by admeasurement seventy seven acres

more particularily described a

follows:::

Commencing on the Niagara River where a stone has been planted
in the ce ntre

of the

on the south side

fence

little south of the carriage house:
for the northern boundary of said
the south side of the lane,

of the

fourteen

in the

fifth;

parcel,

the centre of the fence in

as far as it extends

west in a

fence and line in both lots
and

and a

thrnce westerly and west taking

to the seventh concession of said Township of Bertie;
the lands South of said

laï¿½e,

fourteen in the sixth.

direct

line,

embracing all

up to lot number

concession

of said

Township of Bertie.
To sons John Riselay and William I
The east part of lot number
Township of Bertie,

ï¿½

fourteen in the seventh concession,

of the

in the County of Welland containing Fifty acres

more or less.
To son Charles Adolphus Miller
The north part

of lot no.

fifteen in

of Bertie in the County of Welland,
stead

farm in Bertie

more or less;

I devise:::
the

;

and the

fifth consession,

fifteen in the sixth, concession of

north part of lot no.

being also a

the Township

part of mï¿½

old home-

containing by admeasurement seventy seven acres

embracing all the lands including the lane,

through the farm north of the
lot number sixteen in the
of said Township of Bertie

â€¢

devise:::

said

fence and line in both

fifth and sixteen in
â€¢

running
lots;

up to

the sixth concessions

Â·

�Translation from the Birth Certificate
JAC OB MILLER

â€¢

born in Pennsylvania in Lancaster County,

was

in

Mannerland Township in the year after the death of Our Saviour

1795,

Jesus Christ

(

Juliu's

on the

used for

name

and Christina

,

11th.

Jacob)

around heart:::

verse

friends

are

with

rare,

great danger;

so

all the

this

area,

family

it
,

was

termoil in the world:

old German by Mrs.

quite comnmn,

In
of st.

case

1980's

,

Kuhn,

on

earth

Honesty is in
friend".

Gilmore Rd.

we can see that a Miller married a Miller

the

oldest male

on

Once in the Bertie
one

side pf the'

,,

oldest girl from the other side.

south side married into the
even a

here

the best

family left the United States.

marrying the

the term in

Millerinï¿½(

friend is in Heaven:

At Miller's Creek this m t'nt that

was

nee

Johannes Miller

I always believe My Jesus is

certificate

before this

even

were

Miller)

for

" My best

Translated from the
From

parent s

his Christian wife:

old German to meanthe female

â€¢

opposi te of Jacob Miller.

the English Millers

German family from the

from the

north side. There

of first cousins marrying.
this practise

Catharines,

was

carried

married another Miller

on
,

when Mary Jane Miller
of

no

relationship.

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�MILLERS:::

MC.

Reverse side

( NORTH SIDE OF CREEK_ GERï¿½lAN)

AFEE

of Jacob Miller stone;;;

John R. Miller:
Ed mund Miller

b.

nov.

1824. d. Jan. 13 , 1905
20,
,

.

''

d.

:

Nov.

7,

1911:

78yrs.

Ana Augusta Miller: b. Dec. 19, 1848. d. Oct. 25, 1932
Charles A. Miller

:

b.

Apr.

3, 1851, d. Apr. 12, 1938

ï¿½-ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½------- ï¿½--------------------------------------

William
Edela.

ï¿½ller

b.

fRicela.y) b/

May 15, 1836. d. Feb. 12, 1892.
Ma r .

19 , 1846. d . Feb. 1 , 1 930.

ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½-ï¿½ï¿½-----ï¿½- ï¿½ï¿½- ï¿½- ----------- -----------------

Nary E. Miller wife

ï¿½ï¿½-

.._.. __ _.. _____. _ _

)

of Edwin

A twood.

b.

Apr.

?, 1837.

d.

July

3, 1896.

,..__________________________________ï¿½---- --

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