Individual 79: Miller, Wilfred

Individual Record 79

Name} Miller, Wilfred Baldwin (Will)

Family History} Olson

Title}

Race} White

Sex} Male

Birth: Date} Exa 12 Jun 1929

Place} Perth Amboy, Middlesex, New Jersey

Marr.1: Date} Exa 10 Sep 1950

Place} Pasadena, Los Angeles, California (Link)

Marr.2: Date} Fam 2 Aug 1974

Place} (Link)

Death: Date} Cir 2016

Place} , , California

Burial: Date} Cir 2016

Place} , , California

Grave Marker}

Source 1}	12 = Family notes
Source 2}	39 = Address list
Source 3}	57 = Family histy
Source 4}	467 = Interview
Source 5}	2154=Birth index
Source 6}	749 = 1930 USA cen
Source 7}	2152=Church rec
Source 8}	1249=Photographs
Source 9}	1334=1940 USA cen
Source 10}	2165=Yearbook
Source 11}	643 = Photographs
Source 12}	2174=1950 USA cen
Source 13}	867 = Marriage rec
Source 14}	2027=City directy
Source 15}	2175=Divorce rec
Source 16}	2043=Public rec
Source 17}	673 = Photographs

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

1st Household No.} 259 = Atlanta, Fulton, Georgia

Occupation 1} Salesperson
Occupation 2}

Religion/Church} Presbyterian

Spouses: Prime} Weary, Geraldine Alice
Hampson, Marguerite Anne
Total Number of} 2

Notes: Wilfred Baldwin Miller was born 12 Jun 1929 in Perth Amboy, Middlesex, New Jersey. He was the fifth child of Peter John Miller and Evelyn Mae Baldwin. From an early age he was known as Will. He had three older brothers, John Leslie (Jack), Robert Alfred (Bob), and Alfred Lincoln (Al); and a sister Frances Dorthea (Fran). The family moved often, sometimes living in houses, and sometimes in flats over storefronts. Will grew up mainly in Perth Amboy.

In the 1930 U.S. census, Wilford, 10 months, 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, Robert, 8, Frances, 6, and Alfred, 4. 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. Will was baptised 18 Jan 1931 in this church. The family was living at 205 Patterson Street, Perth Amboy. The 1931 Perth Amboy City Directory lists his father as a credit manager for Reynolds Bros Inc.

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. A few years later, Will gained another sister, Ruth Jean.

In the 1940 U.S. census, Wilfred, 10, 5th grade, 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 apprentice, with 4 years of high school; Robert, 18, 4 years of high school; Frances, 16, 2 years high school; Alfred, 14, 1 year high school; and Ruth J., 3 months.

Will attended Alhambra High School, taking a general course. In May of 1945, he was hospitalized for an emergency appendectomy. He graduated in 1947 and was a "Camera Shy Senior" in the yearbook.

In the 1950 U.S. census, Wilfred, 20, was living with his parents, Peter J. Miller, 51, and Evelyn, 53, at 1821 S. Atlantic Blvd., Alhambra, Los Angeles, California. He was working as a clerk in his father's paint store. Only his sister, Ruth Jean, 10, was still at home.

Wilfred B. Miller, 21, married Geraldine A. Weary, 19, on 10 Sep 1950 in Los Angeles County, California. They had two children, Kathleen and Victoria. In 1969, the family was living at 167 Longley Way, Arcadia, California. Everyone of his brothers and sisters had ties to the paint business. Will was no exception as he was a paint salesman. The marriage ended in divorce on 1 Jun 1974.

Will married Marguerite Anne Hampson (Marge) on 2 Aug 1974. Their Southern California residences included 1146 Stanley Ave., Apr. 2, Glendale, 9575 Broadway, Apt. 7, Temple City (1978), and a Mobile home park at 15454 Horace St. #85, San Fernando (1978). They were here during the 1994 Northridge Earthquake. About 2000, they retired and moved to Sacramento. In the Spring of 2004 they were staying with Kathleen in Newport beacause of Will's knee surgery.

Marge died in 2010 and Will passed away in 2016. Their burial place is unknown.