Individual 77: Miller, Robert Alfred (Bob)

Individual Record 77

Name} Miller, Robert Alfred (Bob)

Family History} Olson

Title}

Race} White

Sex} Male

Birth: Date} Fam 10 May 1921

Place} Perth Amboy, Middlesex, New Jersey

Marr.: Date} Exa 10 Dec 1944 M

Place} Alhambra, Los Angeles, California; (Link)

Marr.: Date} Fam Jul 1955

Place} , El Dorado, California; (Link)

Marr.: Date} Exa 1 Jun 1968

Place} Tahoe City, El Dorado, California; (Link)

Death: Date} Exa 7 Jan 1984

Place} Sacramento, Sacramento, California

Burial: Date} Exa 9 Jan 1984

Place} East Lawn Memorial Park, Sacramento, California

Grave Marker} Yes

Source 1}	12 = Family notes *
Source 2}	39 = Address list
Source 3}	50 = Genealogy
Source 4}	57 = Family notes
Source 5}	2154=Birth record
Source 6}	2152=Church record
Source 7}	564 = Baptism rec
Source 8}	749 = 1930 USA cen
Source 9}	627 = Newspaper
Source 10}	633 = Photograph
Source 11}	1249=Photograph
Source 12}	1265=Photograph
Source 13}	2156=Yearbook

Parents: } Peter John Miller & Evelyn Mae Baldwin
Relationship No.} 3

1st Household No.} 259 =Fullarton Street, Atlanta Geornia

Occupation 1} Salesman
Occupation 2}

Religion/Church} Presbyterian

Spouses: Prime} Kirkbride, Lucille
Rhymes, Bettie Jeanne
Smith, Frances E. (Fran)
Total Number of} 3

Source 14} 599=Bible record
Source 15} 1334=1940 USA cen
Source 16} 2125=Prison record
Source 17} 1972=Military rec
Source 19} 1430=Marriage rec
Source 20} 2157=1950 USA cen
Source 21} 622 = Letter
Source 22} 988 = City directy
Source 23} 326 = Phone book
Source 24} 1273=Newspaper
Source 25} 867 = Marriage rec
Source 26} 630 = Photograph *

Source 27} 643 = Photograph
Source 28} 645 = Photograph
Source 29} 648 = Photograph
Source 30} 650 = Photograph
Source 31} 652 = Photograph
Source 32} 653 = Photograph
Source 33} 654 = Photograph
Source 34} 655 = Photograph
Source 35} 656 = Photograph
Source 36} 657 = Photograph
Source 37} 658 = Photograph
Source 38} 659 = Photograph

Source 39} 660 = Photograph
Source 40} 661 = Photograph
Source 41} 662 = Photograph
Source 42} 663 = Photograph
Source 43} 673 = Photograph
Source 44} 63 = Letter
Source 45} 533 = Death record
Source 46} 62 = Funeral record
Source 47} 2158=Obituary
Source 48} 541 = S.S. record
Source 49} 963 = Cemetery rec

Notes: Robert Alfred Miller was born 10 May 1921 in Perth Amboy, Middlesex, New Jersey. His parents were Peter John Miller of Danish descent, and Evelyn Mae Baldwin. He was baptized 16 Oct 1921 in the First Presbyterian Church of Perth Amboy, New Jersey; He had an older brother, John Leslie. From an early age, Robert was known as Bob, and his older brother as Jack. The family moved often, sometimes living in houses, and sometimes in flats over storefronts. Bob grew up mainly in Perth Amboy. Bob and Jack were soon joined by a sister Frances (Fran), and brothers Alfred (Al) and Wilfred (Will).

In the 1930 U.S. census, Robert, 8, was living with his family in Georgia. His mother Evelyn Miller, 33, was renting a home at 220 N. Farrington, Atlanta, Fulton, Georgia. His siblings were Jack,10, Frances, 6, Alfred, 4, and Wilfred, 10 months. His father, Peter J. Miller, 31, was an inmate in the U.S. Federal Penitentiary, in South Bend District, Fulton, Georgia.

The family returned to Perth Amboy in 1931 and were readmitted to the First Presbyterian Church in Perth Amboy. Their address was 205 Patterson Street, Perth Amboy. The 1931 Perth Amboy City Directory lists his father as a credit manager for Reynolds Bros Inc.

Bob became a member of Boy Scout Troop No. 6. He also was a paper boy for the Perth Amboy Evening News, and went to Washington D.C. in March 1933 with other newspaper boys, including his brother Jack. In March of 1934, at age 13, Bob was seriously injured when taking out the ash cans. The cellar door fell on his head, and he allegedly suffered skull and jaw fractures, and lacerations. At the time, the family was living at 285 State Street, Perth Amboy.

On 5 Oct 1935, the family left for California traveling by car with all of their possessions, camping as they traveled by way of the Southern route. They settled in Wilmar (now Rosemead) at 2912 South Stevens Street. Bob is seen at right with his bicycle and dog in 1936. A few years later, Bob gained another sister, Ruth.

Bob played on the varsity Tennis Team at Alhambra High School, graduating in 1938. He attended college for one year.

In the 1940 U.S. census, Robert, 18, 4 years of high school, was living with his family at 2912 Stevens Avenue, Wilmar, Los Angeles, California. His parents, Peter J. Miller, 41, and Evelyn, 43, had both completed 8th grade, and his father was an accountant for a drug store, with an income of $1680. They owned their home. His siblings were Jack, 20, working as a brick mason apprentic, with 4 years of high school; Frances, 16, 2 years high school; Alfred, 14, 1 year high school; Wilfred, 10, 5th grade; and Ruth J., 3 months.

In 1938, and again in 1939, Bob was was arrested for grand theft auto (Sec-503-VC) and on 8 Sep 1941 he entered the San Quentin Prison, Marin, California. Prison records record his occupation as "painter". He was paroled 8 Dec 1942, and registered for the World War II draft that same day in Oakland, Alameda, CA. He was described as 5'7". 145 lbs., with red hair, blue eyes, and a ruddy complexion. "Large scar on top of head" was noted, from his cellar door accident in 1934. He listed A. G. Stoli as his employer.

On 10 Dec 1944, Bob married Lucille Kirkbride in the Little Stone Chapel of Turner, Stevens, and Turner in Alhambra, California. At the time of his marriage he was a material coordinator in steel fabrication and engineering. In the spring of 1949, they traveled to New Jersey to visit his relatives. Bob is seen at right with his grandmother, Frances Lydia Baldwin, his uncle, Wilfred L. Baldwin, and his Uncle Chris Miller's family.

Bob was in the paint and wallpaper business, as was the rest of the family. In 1945, he was a partner with his father, opening the Montebello store at 134 North Fifth Street, Montebello.

In the 1950 U.S. census, Robert A. Miller, 28, and his wife Lucille A., 25, were living at 648 Wilbur Place, Apt. O48, Montebello, Los Angeles, California. Bob was the owner of a paint store, and his wife was a clerk therein. In 1952, Bob and Lucille were living at 8651 Abilene Street, Rosemead. They had a daughter, Linda. About this time he sold his part in the Montebello store back to his father, but he was also a partner with his father in the Pasadena store, located at 643 East Colorado.

Bob and Lucille's marriage ended in divorce, and in 1954, Bob was living with his parents at 101 E. Adams, Alhambra. In July 1955, he married Bettie Jeanne Rhymes in El Dorado County, California. They had one daughter, Janice, but in 1959, this marriage also ended with divorce.

Bob moved north, and settled in Oakland, California. At one time he played the French horn, as seen at the left, with the Oakland Symphony. His third marriage was to Frances E. Smith, known as Fran. His mother, Evelyn Miller, was present for the ceremony on 1 Jun 1968, in the Presbyterian Church in Tahoe City, California.

Fran liked to take photographs, and Bob's life after marriage was much photographed. They also did quite a bit of moving about as well as taking many vacations. In 1969, Bob and Fran lived in a house on Salmon Falls Drive in Sacramento. Bob evidently liked to barbeque. In 1971, they were living in San Leandro, California. In 1974, they were living in a house on Knoll Way, Castro Valley, California. They were in their second mobile home in San Leandro, when it snowed in 1976. Eventually, they moved to Sacramento.

Bob had a company called Miller Sales. He also owned The Miller Transportation Company in Oakland. He and Fran attended hardware shows in Brooks Hall, San Francisco, in 1974, 1975, and 1976.

Bob died suddenly on 7 Jan 1984 of heart failure in a Sacramento hospital. Fran said he evidently had a premonition that time was short, and was tidying up his affairs. He wrote Karen Hancock a thank you note the day before he died.

Services were held Monday, 9 Jan 1984, at the East Lawn Chapel, the Dr. Maurice Marcus, Fremont Presbyterian Church officiating. Burial was by cremation, and he resides in the Azalea Garden, East Lawn Memorial Park, Sacramento, California.