MILLER
Generation: 1
Generation: 3
1. MILLER (daughter of MILLER, Willis M and BAER, Kate). Family/Spouse: TOMPKINS, Wilbur. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
2. MILLER, Willis M died in 1935. Willis + BAER, Kate. Kate (daughter of BAER, Jonas and HOUSE, Sarah Ann) was born about 1862 in New York; died on 15 Jul 1958 in Town of Cambria, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
3. BAER, Kate was born about 1862 in New York (daughter of BAER, Jonas and HOUSE, Sarah Ann); died on 15 Jul 1958 in Town of Cambria, Niagara County, NY. Notes:
Niagara Gazette
SANBORN - Mrs. Kate Miller.
96, died Tuesday (July 15, 1958)
at the home of her grandson, Marvin
Miller. Upper Mountain Rd-
Town of Cambria.
A lifelong resident of Niagara
County, Mrs. Miller was born Dec.
10, 1861, in the Town of Wheat-
field. She was the daughter of
Jonas and Sarah Baer. Her hus-
band, Willis M. Miller, died in
1935.
Surviving are a son, Charles
Miller, Hialeah, Fla.; two daugh-
ters, Mrs. Wilbur Tompkins, San-
born, and Mrs. gladys Lavery,
North Tonawanda. Also surviving
are eight grandchildren, 13 great-
grandchildren, and one great-grand-
child.
Funeral services will be conduct-
ed at 2 p.m. Thursday at the Pike
Funeral Home by the Rev. Rich-
ard Sova. Burial will be in Wheat-
field Cemetery.Children:
Generation: 3
6. BAER, Jonas was born about 1810 in PA; and died. Notes:
Niagara Gazette - 3/6/1937
The following from an article by
CLARENCE O. LEWIS
Niagara County Historian
The Bear, road running south
from the Ridge road to the Lock-.
port road is not named after the
bears that roamed the woods there
in the early days, but after an
old settler on the road named
Jonas Baer who settled there in
the 1830's. He married a 16-year-old
French girl who .could not
speak a word of. English. She
-went to school nearby to learn
English.. He was a weaver by
trade, raised his own flax arid
wove linens. He also wove woolen
carpets. The name on the road
sign is incorrectly spelled. Jonas
Baer lived near the south end
of the road.Jonas + HOUSE, Sarah Ann. Sarah was born about 1824 in PA; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
7. HOUSE, Sarah Ann was born about 1824 in PA; and died. Children:
- BAER, Daniel L was born about 1846 in New York; died before 1937.
- BAER, Anna was born about 1847 in New York; and died.
- BAER, Julia A was born on 14 Nov 1848 in New York; died on 10 Jan 1926 in Niagara Falls, Niagara County, NY; was buried in Riverdale Cemetery, Town of Lewiston, Niagara County, NY - Section 5.
- BAER, Jonas G was born about 1856 in New York; died on 20 May 1935 in Sanborn, Niagara County, NY.
- BAER, Rose E was born on 11 Oct 1859 in Sanborn, Niagara County, NY; died on 12 May 1934 in Sanborn, Niagara County, NY.
- 3. BAER, Kate was born about 1862 in New York; died on 15 Jul 1958 in Town of Cambria, Niagara County, NY.