Simon Miller

1778 - Yes, date unknown

• Name	Simon Miller
  Born	1778	, Germany   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Residence	1852	Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  	Mennonite
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-264007
  Died	Yes, date unknown
  Person ID	I264007	Generations
  Last Modified	10 Jul 2025

  
  

  Family	?,   b. Abt 1779,   d. Bef 1852  (Age ~ 72 years)
  Children	1. Peter Miller,   b. 3 Apr 1798, , Hessen, Germany ,   d. 3 Dec 1885, Pulaski, Davis, Iowa, United States  (Age 87 years)   2. Michael Miller,   b. 1807, , Germany ,   d. Yes, date unknown   3. Anna Miller,   b. 1809, , Germany ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Last Modified	10 Jul 2025
  Family ID	F230873	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  The Miller Family arrived in Baltimore during the fourth quarter of 1824, having set sail from Bremen, Germany. In this group were Simon Miller, age 45, Michael Miller, age 16, Peter Miller, age 14, Magdaline Miller, age 50, Anna Miller, age 14, and Catherine Miller, age 12. Christian Bender, age 28, and Anna "Gingering," age 40, were also listed with this group. By 1830, Simon had laid claim to Lot 9, North Bleam's Road in Wilmot Township Ontario, but had not completed his settlement duties. He had not even built a house. Peter Miller had claimed Lot 19 on the same side of the road, and he had built a house and qualified for his patent (deed). Perhaps the family concentrated their energies on this lot. Simon Miller, a widower, died in 1851. By the time of the 1851 census, the Peter Miller family was living in a two-storey brick house, and Simon, although deceased by the time of the census, was listed with Peter. Michael and Jacobena and their family, listed right beside Peter and Anna's family, lived in the one-storey log house. That was also the last census record in which Peter's and Michael's families appeared. In 1835, Peter had obtained the patent to the front 50 acres of his lot from the Crown, and in July of 1853, upon the payment of 93 pounds and 15 shillings, he received his deed from the University of Toronto, for the rear three quarters of the 200-acre lot. In August of the same year, Peter and Anna sold the 200 acres, plus 12 ½ acres which they had acquired in Block A, to William Scott, the miller of New Hamburg. Both Peter and Michael left mortgages with William Scott, which were paid off in 1855, when Peter certified in writing from Grove, Davis County, Iowa, that Scott had paid his dues of 550 pounds with interest, while Michael certified in writing from "Peleiry" (Pulaski), Davis County, Iowa, that Scott had paid his dues of 312 pounds, ten shillings. Peter and Anna Miller's sale of their property in Wilmot Township in 1853 heralded their leaving Canada. In 1854, they purchased land in Bloomfield Township, Davis County, Iowa. The Peter Miller family is known to have joined the Apostolic Christian Church, also known as the "New Amish." Peter and Annie's daughter, Mary, married Joseph Schlegel, a minister and bishop in the Mennonite church. Their son, Levi O. Schlegel, wrote a family history and remembered the following concerning the Miller Family: "Our mother (Mary Miller Schlegel) had two sisters: Madalene, who married Jacob Gingrich; Katie, who married a Noffsinger. Four brothers: Michael, John, Chris and Daniel. Mother, parents and her brothers and sisters left the Amish Mennonite Church and formed a church called the "New Amish." Very strict in discipline, religious associations with other churches. They had none whatsoever. They were forbidden to listen to teaching or teaching of any religious exercise performed by a minister not of their faith. For this reason they didn't attend funeral services even of their nearest relatives, if not members of their sect. One time several of mother's brothers did come to visit her, so father (Joseph Schlegel) met them at the train. At this same time there was a funeral and so father stopped on the way to take care of the funeral, but these two brothers of our mother refused to listen to services, so they stayed standing outside of the church so they wouldn't hear. When the funeral was over, father brought them to our home. Only once after that did one of mother's brothers come to visit her. So you see that's why we had very little contact with mother's relatives. One of her brothers, Daniel, left because they were very strict in shunning those who were expelled. This practice expelled an expelled member from all social, religious association with his former members including the domestic relationships of the family. Husband and wife were not even permitted to eat at the same table when one or the other had been ex-communicated. So mother's brother Daniel left the family and that is the last we ever heard of him. So because of this, mother with the rest of us, were practically isolated from her relatives, only three of her brothers even came to visit her and only once, but none of her sisters." Find A Grave

  
  

• Sources

  [S134] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - 1851, Div 3 Page 28.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 1778 - , Germany Residence - Mennonite - 1852 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth