born in Coleraine, County Londonderry (now called Derry)
"The largest and most important shipbuilder was Miller Brothers & Co., located on the Chicago River just above the Chicago Avenue Bridge. The firm built steamships, tugs, canal boats, and schooners. When the shipping industry was booming the Miller Brothers dry docks, the largest on Lake Michigan, were constantly occupied with ships being rebuilt while carpenters were busy with one or more new ships. The busiest time of year for new ship construction was in the late winter and early spring. Sailors idled by the close of shipping joined with the professional ships' carpenters and caulkers to finish new vessels before the navigation season began again in April. "
-- -Compiled by Dr. Neil Gale, History of Chicago's Shipbuilding Industry. Thursday, June 22, 2017
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Parents:
David Miller, b. 1783 in Scotland, d. 15 June 1839 in near Coleraine, Londonderry County, Ireland
Ann Forbes, b. 1796 in Ireland, d. 6 Jan 1859 in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA
Spouse:
Margaret Wallace (1826-abt. 1851)
Ann J. McKinnon ()
Andrew Miller was born near Coleraine, Londonderry, Ireland - a place well known as a premieir shibbuilding community. He is thought to be one of 11 children who left Ireland with their mother Ann, after the death of their father. The family settled near their father's brother Andrew Miller. This older Andrew Miller was already well known as an established shipbuilder in Oswego, Oswego, New York. After his schooling, Andrew P. Miller apprenticed himself to his Uncle Andrew Miller, shipbuilder of Oswego, Oswego, New York to learn the trade. He married Margaret Wallace in Oswego in 1826. At some point the family moved to Chicago. Margaret appears to have died after their second child. Andrew remarried Ann J. McKinnon, a widow with one child in 1863.
Siblings:
- Samuel Arther Miller b. 1816, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, d. 9 Sept 1897, Chicago, Cook, Illinois
James Miller.
Nancy Miller
John Moore Miller
- David Miller, (1828-1880)
- William Moore Miller, (1832- )
- Thomas Eaton Miller, (1834-1909)
- Brice Annan Miller, (1838-1909)
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Andrew P. Miller spent 30 years as a well known shipbuilder in Chicago. He was the senior partner in Miller Bros. Shipyard, located in South Chicago, (founded 1861).
"The largest and most important shipbuilder was Miller Brothers & Co., located on the Chicago River just above the Chicago Avenue Bridge. The firm built steamships, tugs, canal boats, and schooners. When the shipping industry was booming the Miller Brothers dry docks, the largest on Lake Michigan, were constantly occupied with ships being rebuilt while carpenters were busy with one or more new ships. The busiest time of year for new ship construction was in the late winter and early spring. Sailors idled by the close of shipping joined with the professional ships' carpenters and caulkers to finish new vessels before the navigation season began again in April. "
-- -Compiled by Dr. Neil Gale, History of Chicago's Shipbuilding Industry. Thursday, June 22, 2017
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Parents:
David Miller, b. 1783 in Scotland, d. 15 June 1839 in near Coleraine, Londonderry County, Ireland
Ann Forbes, b. 1796 in Ireland, d. 6 Jan 1859 in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA
Spouse:
Margaret Wallace (1826-abt. 1851)
Ann J. McKinnon ()
Andrew Miller was born near Coleraine, Londonderry, Ireland - a place well known as a premieir shibbuilding community. He is thought to be one of 11 children who left Ireland with their mother Ann, after the death of their father. The family settled near their father's brother Andrew Miller. This older Andrew Miller was already well known as an established shipbuilder in Oswego, Oswego, New York. After his schooling, Andrew P. Miller apprenticed himself to his Uncle Andrew Miller, shipbuilder of Oswego, Oswego, New York to learn the trade. He married Margaret Wallace in Oswego in 1826. At some point the family moved to Chicago. Margaret appears to have died after their second child. Andrew remarried Ann J. McKinnon, a widow with one child in 1863.
Siblings:
- Samuel Arther Miller b. 1816, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, d. 9 Sept 1897, Chicago, Cook, Illinois
James Miller.
Nancy Miller
John Moore Miller
- David Miller, (1828-1880)
- William Moore Miller, (1832- )
- Thomas Eaton Miller, (1834-1909)
- Brice Annan Miller, (1838-1909)
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Andrew P. Miller spent 30 years as a well known shipbuilder in Chicago. He was the senior partner in Miller Bros. Shipyard, located in South Chicago, (founded 1861).
born in Coleraine, County Londonderry (now called Derry)
"The largest and most important shipbuilder was Miller Brothers & Co., located on the Chicago River just above the Chicago Avenue Bridge. The firm built steamships, tugs, canal boats, and schooners. When the shipping industry was booming the Miller Brothers dry docks, the largest on Lake Michigan, were constantly occupied with ships being rebuilt while carpenters were busy with one or more new ships. The busiest time of year for new ship construction was in the late winter and early spring. Sailors idled by the close of shipping joined with the professional ships' carpenters and caulkers to finish new vessels before the navigation season began again in April. "
-- -Compiled by Dr. Neil Gale, History of Chicago's Shipbuilding Industry. Thursday, June 22, 2017
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Parents:
David Miller, b. 1783 in Scotland, d. 15 June 1839 in near Coleraine, Londonderry County, Ireland
Ann Forbes, b. 1796 in Ireland, d. 6 Jan 1859 in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA
Spouse:
Margaret Wallace (1826-abt. 1851)
Ann J. McKinnon ()
Andrew Miller was born near Coleraine, Londonderry, Ireland - a place well known as a premieir shibbuilding community. He is thought to be one of 11 children who left Ireland with their mother Ann, after the death of their father. The family settled near their father's brother Andrew Miller. This older Andrew Miller was already well known as an established shipbuilder in Oswego, Oswego, New York. After his schooling, Andrew P. Miller apprenticed himself to his Uncle Andrew Miller, shipbuilder of Oswego, Oswego, New York to learn the trade. He married Margaret Wallace in Oswego in 1826. At some point the family moved to Chicago. Margaret appears to have died after their second child. Andrew remarried Ann J. McKinnon, a widow with one child in 1863.
Siblings:
- Samuel Arther Miller b. 1816, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, d. 9 Sept 1897, Chicago, Cook, Illinois
James Miller.
Nancy Miller
John Moore Miller
- David Miller, (1828-1880)
- William Moore Miller, (1832- )
- Thomas Eaton Miller, (1834-1909)
- Brice Annan Miller, (1838-1909)
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Andrew P. Miller spent 30 years as a well known shipbuilder in Chicago. He was the senior partner in Miller Bros. Shipyard, located in South Chicago, (founded 1861).
"The largest and most important shipbuilder was Miller Brothers & Co., located on the Chicago River just above the Chicago Avenue Bridge. The firm built steamships, tugs, canal boats, and schooners. When the shipping industry was booming the Miller Brothers dry docks, the largest on Lake Michigan, were constantly occupied with ships being rebuilt while carpenters were busy with one or more new ships. The busiest time of year for new ship construction was in the late winter and early spring. Sailors idled by the close of shipping joined with the professional ships' carpenters and caulkers to finish new vessels before the navigation season began again in April. "
-- -Compiled by Dr. Neil Gale, History of Chicago's Shipbuilding Industry. Thursday, June 22, 2017
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Parents:
David Miller, b. 1783 in Scotland, d. 15 June 1839 in near Coleraine, Londonderry County, Ireland
Ann Forbes, b. 1796 in Ireland, d. 6 Jan 1859 in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA
Spouse:
Margaret Wallace (1826-abt. 1851)
Ann J. McKinnon ()
Andrew Miller was born near Coleraine, Londonderry, Ireland - a place well known as a premieir shibbuilding community. He is thought to be one of 11 children who left Ireland with their mother Ann, after the death of their father. The family settled near their father's brother Andrew Miller. This older Andrew Miller was already well known as an established shipbuilder in Oswego, Oswego, New York. After his schooling, Andrew P. Miller apprenticed himself to his Uncle Andrew Miller, shipbuilder of Oswego, Oswego, New York to learn the trade. He married Margaret Wallace in Oswego in 1826. At some point the family moved to Chicago. Margaret appears to have died after their second child. Andrew remarried Ann J. McKinnon, a widow with one child in 1863.
Siblings:
- Samuel Arther Miller b. 1816, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, d. 9 Sept 1897, Chicago, Cook, Illinois
James Miller.
Nancy Miller
John Moore Miller
- David Miller, (1828-1880)
- William Moore Miller, (1832- )
- Thomas Eaton Miller, (1834-1909)
- Brice Annan Miller, (1838-1909)
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Andrew P. Miller spent 30 years as a well known shipbuilder in Chicago. He was the senior partner in Miller Bros. Shipyard, located in South Chicago, (founded 1861).
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