This album chronicles the family of Anton Miller, my great-grandfatehr and an
immigrant from Boulaide, Luxembourg to Chicago. These photos are from various sources and are
labeled. Please feel free to e-mail me
any photos you would like to include in the museum.
Click on thumbnails to see entire photo.
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Anton Miller took this photo many years before leaving Luxembourg for Chicago aboard the SS Vaderland in 1908. (house) |
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Marie Nilles, the second wife of Anton Miller, was born in Boulaide, Luxembourg, and immigrated independent of her husband in 1909. (house) |
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The wedding of Anton Miller and Marie Nilles, both of Boulaide, in Chicago around 1909. (house) |
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Anton and Marie Miller wedding party. (house) |
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Medal attributed to Anton Miller by his son. |
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Bayonet attributed to Anton Miller by his son. Inscription reads "1879 St. Etienne." St. Etienne, France, was the site of the bayonet's origin. |
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Nick Miller, born 1911 in Chicago, was Anton's first son with his second wife. (house) |
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Marie and son Nick at their home on Ridge in Chicago. ca. 1924. (house) |
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Nick Miller (center) and brothers at their Rogers Park home on Ridge Avenue. (house) |
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Adele and Nick Miller at Lake Geneva in the 1930's. They are Anton's children. (house) |
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Anton Miller (right) and unidentified friend with a big catch, probably at Lake Geneva, WI, in the 1930's. (house) |
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Nick Miller in Delavan, Wisconsin, in the 1920's. (house) |
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Anton (bowside) and son Nick fishing in Lake Geneva. 1930's. (house) |
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The grave of Anton Miller and Marie Nilles in St. Joseph Cemetery. Taken in 2003. |
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Mike Miller (right) was Anton's first-born son born in Luxembourg. Nick Miller, his first-born in America. (left) |
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Family photo of Gene Miller, son of Anton, and family, probably at St. Alphonsis in Chicago in the 1950's. |
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Helen and Nick Miller in a park. |
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Nick Miller and his son Glenn. |
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