Individual Record 100

Name}   Miller, Harold Mathias		Family History} Olson
Title}	Race} White	Sex} Male
Birth:   Date} Exa 21 May 1903	Place} Perth Amboy, Middlesex, New Jersey
Marr.: Date} Cir 1931 - 1935	Place}       (Link)
Death: Date} Fam 20 Nov 1956	Place} Reading, Berks, Pennsylvania
Burial: Date} Aft 20 Nov 1956	Place} Saint Johns Cemetery, Wernersville, Berks, Pennsylvania
	Grave Marker} Yes	Source 1}   50 = Family hstry Source 2}   52 = Interview Source 3} 217 = Interview Source 4} 232 = 1910 USA cen Source 5} 2149=1915 NJ cen Source 6} 748 = 1920 USA cen Source 7} 746 = 1930 USA cen Source 8} 1348=1940 USA cen Source 9} 274 = Newspaper Source 10} 630 = Photograph Source 11} 1253-Photograph Source 12} 1250-Letter Source 13} 2053=City directory Source 14} 963 = Cemetery rec Source 15} 1331=Letter Source 16} 1517=Genealogy Source 17}   Source 18}
Parents: } Christian Hansen Møller & Dorthea Hansen    Relationship No.} 6
1st Household No.} 79 = Perth Amboy, Middlesex, New Jersey
Occupation 1} Truck driver        Occupation 2} Platform man
Religion/Church} Lutheran
Spouses:   Prime} Kauffman, Esther P.  Total Number of} 1
Notes:  Harold Mathias Miller was born in Perth Amboy, Middlesex, New Jersey, on 21 May 1903.  He was the fifth and last son of Christian and Dorthea Møller.  He was christened on 2 Aug 1903 at St. Stephan's Danish Lutheran Church, Perth Amboy.  He grew up in the family home located at 315 Washington Street, Perth Amboy, seen at left.
In the 1920 U.S. census, Harold was working as a clerk in a bank.  By the 1930 U.S. census, he was a "chauffer" in the dry goods industry, meaning he was probably driving a delivery truck.  Harold marrried Esther Kauffman, who grew up in Pennsylvania, sometime between 1931 and 1935.  Their only child, a daughter, was born in 1936.  In 1937, Harold was a truck driver driving for the American Oil Company.  The family was living at 307 Perkasie Avenue in West Lawn, a suburb of Reading, Pennsylvania.  In the 1940 U.S. census, the house was reported as owned and worth $4,500. Harold was a truck driver, and in 1939, he reported an income of $1,320.  He had completed 8th grade. About 1943, Harold went to work for the Railroad Express Agency as a truck driver.  He became a platform man for the company the next year.  In 1944, after the death of his father, his mother, Dorthea Miller moved into the family home.  She died in 1948, following an accidental fall down the stairs.  By 1950, he and Esther had moved to 2729 Bellmont Avenue in West Lawn.  This is according to the 1950 City Directory.  In a personal letter written by Esther, she writes the home address as 2725 Belmont Ave.  Harold continued in his job as a platform man. According to family records, Harold died at the age of 53 years on 20 November 1956, in Reading, Pennsylvania.  His wife died in 1985.  Both are buried in the Saint Johns Cemetery, Wernersville, Berks, Pennsylvania.
Time of Birth}	Time of Death}	Fraternal/Social}
Baptism Date} Exa 2 Aug 1903	Place} St. Stephan's Danish Lutheran
Confirm. Date}	Photos} Harold M. Miller
Immigr'n Date} N/A	Port} N/A
Education: Grade} Eighth grade        or Top 2 Degrees}
Military: Service}                                    for the State of}
Health Condition}     Cause of Death}	Last Updated by} Karen Hancock Date Updated} 24 Nov 2024 Date Created}  13 Nov 1997
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