"Pet" was the first daughter of Robert and Betty Miller. She ran away from home at age 15 to Harrisonburg,Va. where she worked as a housekeeper for Rev. Chandler. His son Charley, was a tobacco salesman and musician in Baltimore. He came to visit, fell in love with Pet and ran away with her to Baltimore. Her family called the police and had the train stopped after it crossed the state line to have Charley arrested for "white slavery", but he convinced the athorities he and Pet were married. He later died of Meningitis. On May 14, 1908, she married Louis Aidt in Woodstock, Va. He worked for the railroad. After Louis died, she and her sister Julia moved to Romney, W. Virgina where she lived with her sister June (Miller) Hockman. She next moved to Cumberland, Md. where she earned a living reading cards in Narrows Park, a local amusement park. Eventually, she moved back to Edinburg. She is remembered as a heavy smoker (only Piedmont cigarettes) and she drank a lot of coffee. Pet's advice to a neighbor "Don't ever give a damn for anybody who dosen't give a damn for you". She died of Chronic Myocarditis and also had a chronic kidney condition.
She had no children.
She had no children.
"Pet" was the first daughter of Robert and Betty Miller. She ran away from home at age 15 to Harrisonburg,Va. where she worked as a housekeeper for Rev. Chandler. His son Charley, was a tobacco salesman and musician in Baltimore. He came to visit, fell in love with Pet and ran away with her to Baltimore. Her family called the police and had the train stopped after it crossed the state line to have Charley arrested for "white slavery", but he convinced the athorities he and Pet were married. He later died of Meningitis. On May 14, 1908, she married Louis Aidt in Woodstock, Va. He worked for the railroad. After Louis died, she and her sister Julia moved to Romney, W. Virgina where she lived with her sister June (Miller) Hockman. She next moved to Cumberland, Md. where she earned a living reading cards in Narrows Park, a local amusement park. Eventually, she moved back to Edinburg. She is remembered as a heavy smoker (only Piedmont cigarettes) and she drank a lot of coffee. Pet's advice to a neighbor "Don't ever give a damn for anybody who dosen't give a damn for you". She died of Chronic Myocarditis and also had a chronic kidney condition.
She had no children.
She had no children.
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