John Dioyius Miller^[1]

1821 - 1879  (58 years)

• Name	John Dioyius Miller
  Born	1821	, Prussia, Germany   [2, 3, 4]
  Gender	Male
  Name	J. D. Miller
  Name	John Miller  [5]
  Name	John Müller
  Residence	1848	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [6]
  Occupation	1851	Bridgeport (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [7]
  	blacksmith
  Occupation	1852	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  	blacksmith
  Occupation	1861	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  	Blacksmith
  Residence	1861	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  	Catholic
  Occupation	1871	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  	Blacksmith
  		J. D. Miller from 1878 Directory
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-30529
  Died	17 Aug 1879	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Person ID	I30529	Generations
  Last Modified	28 Jan 2025

  
  

  Family ID

  F43364

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• Notes

  At St. Agatha the church was entirely too small for the Congregation. Under Father Rupert Ebner, S.J., who came here in 1849, the church was enlarged by moving the Sanctuary back and prolonging, the body of the church by one-third. Now the church had nice proportions. The steeple was covered with the old-fashioned tin. Painted immaculately white and with the tin-covered steeple, the church on the high elevation was certainly a beautiful sight, and for years the most beautiful building in the County and far beyond. The writer still remembers with satisfaction with what pleasure and pride, when a boy on his way to church, he admired the stately building on the hill, its tin-covered steeple glistening gloriously in the sunshine as if inviting the faithful for miles around to the service of the Most High. The steeple was crowned with an artistic iron cross made by the genial blacksmith, John D. Miller, of Bridgeport. This cross now adorns the Sisters' burial plot in the cemetery. The Catholic Church in Waterloo County Book 1, by Rev. Theobald Spetz 1916

  
  

• Sources

  [S7] 2? May 1880. May 18, 1880 Barbara Miller, née Kaiser, widow of John D. Miller, died in Bridgeport at age of 56 years. [S131] Div 2 Pg 95. [S168] Div 2, Page 38. [S1887] Div 6 Page 34. [S4] 011609-82. John Alison Jr., 28, occ. Drover, b. Scotland, res. Galt, son of John Alison and Ann Nesbitt married Emma K. Miller, 24, b. Canada, res. Bridgeport, daughter of John Miller and Barbara Kaiser, Witness(s):Frederick K. Miller of Bridgeport and Marion Alison of Galt, 21 March 1882 in Berlin. [S419] . John Müller & Bab. b. Kaiser. Res: Waterloo Born: 4 Jan 1848 Name of Child Joseph [S1544] 199.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 1821 - , Prussia, Germany Residence - 1848 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - blacksmith - 1851 - Bridgeport (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - blacksmith - 1852 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Blacksmith - 1861 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Catholic - 1861 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Blacksmith - 1871 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 17 Aug 1879 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth