Conrad J. Miller I was born on Aug. 24, 1818 in Baden, Germany. He emigrated to Canada West with at least two brothers, John K. and Philip Henry, and one sister, Catherine. In 1846 he married Juliana Neuert who was born on Sept. 17, 1817 in Germany. They settled on part of Lot 124, German Company Tract, about six miles north of Elmira or West Woolwich as it was known then. This property had been bought from Benjamin Eby, who had purchased the entire lot of 124 from John and Jacob Erb on Dec. 16, 1807. They had bought it from William Wallace who was the original purchaser of Block 3 of the Grand River Tract from Chief Joseph Brant. Brant and his United Empire Loyalist Indians of Northern New York State had been granted a strip of land 6 miles on either side of the Grand River for their support of the British cause during the American Revolution.
Conrad and Juliana had a family of 8 boys and 2 girls, namely: Andrew, Catherine, Frederick, Peter, Jacob, Conrad II, Moses, Mary, Benjamin, and John N. A brother of Conrad I, John K. Miller, settled on an adjacent farm and his family consisted of 8 girls and 2 boys.
From the first Census of Canada West for Woolwich Township, which was taken in 1851, the following information was found:
"Conrad and Juliana Miller were living on 97 acres in Lot 124, 25 acres of which was under cultivation; 72 acres were in woodland or wild condition. The cultivated land included 8 acres wheat which yielded 130 bushels; 1/2 acres oats which yielded 12 bu.; 1 acres potatoes which yielded 30 bu.; 1/2 acres turnips which yielded 60 bu.; 14 acres hay which yielded 2 tons; 1 acres in orchard or occupied by buildings. Their livestick included 2 horses; 2 bulls, oxen or steers; 2 milch cows; 2 calves or heifers; 5 sheep and 6 pigs. During 1851, 45 lb. of maple sugar, 30 lb. butter, 2 cwt. pork and 3 cwt. beef were processed for their own use. They had 3 chikdren; Andrew, Catherine, and Frederick and they lived in a 1 story dwelling." This log dwelling was replaced by a stone house. New land was in great demand in the 1840s and 1850s in Canada West. Thus, it was not until Feb. 11, 1854 that the deed for the property was officially registered. On Mar. 10, 1854, Conrad Miller I and Joseph Umbach, who had settled on an adjacent farm, each sold 1/2 acre to provide a 1 acre site for "an Evangelical Association meeting house and burying ground." Services were conducted in a log building until the present sturcture on the property, a white brick church, was built in 1868. It was known as the North Woolwich Evangelical Church. In 1946, it became the North Woolwich Evangelical United Brethern Church. Sice Jan. 1, 1968, it has been the North Woolwich United Church and belongs to the Guelph Presbytery of the United Church of Canada.
According to the 1861 Census, the Conrad Miller family was living on the same farm with all but the youngest son, John N., born by that time. No details as to cropland, livestock etc. was given.
By 1871, the oldest son, Andrew, was married to Anna Archibald, who was born in Scotland. According to the Census of that year they were also living on Lot 124. The Andrew Miller family emigrated to Nebraska around 1885.
Conrad Miller I died on Feb. 26, 1891. On May 6, 1893, ownership of the farm was transferred to Benjamin Miller, second youngest son of Conrad Miller I. He farmed there until 1930. At present, Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Musselman and family live on this farm (1969).
Conrad and Juliana had a family of 8 boys and 2 girls, namely: Andrew, Catherine, Frederick, Peter, Jacob, Conrad II, Moses, Mary, Benjamin, and John N. A brother of Conrad I, John K. Miller, settled on an adjacent farm and his family consisted of 8 girls and 2 boys.
From the first Census of Canada West for Woolwich Township, which was taken in 1851, the following information was found:
"Conrad and Juliana Miller were living on 97 acres in Lot 124, 25 acres of which was under cultivation; 72 acres were in woodland or wild condition. The cultivated land included 8 acres wheat which yielded 130 bushels; 1/2 acres oats which yielded 12 bu.; 1 acres potatoes which yielded 30 bu.; 1/2 acres turnips which yielded 60 bu.; 14 acres hay which yielded 2 tons; 1 acres in orchard or occupied by buildings. Their livestick included 2 horses; 2 bulls, oxen or steers; 2 milch cows; 2 calves or heifers; 5 sheep and 6 pigs. During 1851, 45 lb. of maple sugar, 30 lb. butter, 2 cwt. pork and 3 cwt. beef were processed for their own use. They had 3 chikdren; Andrew, Catherine, and Frederick and they lived in a 1 story dwelling." This log dwelling was replaced by a stone house. New land was in great demand in the 1840s and 1850s in Canada West. Thus, it was not until Feb. 11, 1854 that the deed for the property was officially registered. On Mar. 10, 1854, Conrad Miller I and Joseph Umbach, who had settled on an adjacent farm, each sold 1/2 acre to provide a 1 acre site for "an Evangelical Association meeting house and burying ground." Services were conducted in a log building until the present sturcture on the property, a white brick church, was built in 1868. It was known as the North Woolwich Evangelical Church. In 1946, it became the North Woolwich Evangelical United Brethern Church. Sice Jan. 1, 1968, it has been the North Woolwich United Church and belongs to the Guelph Presbytery of the United Church of Canada.
According to the 1861 Census, the Conrad Miller family was living on the same farm with all but the youngest son, John N., born by that time. No details as to cropland, livestock etc. was given.
By 1871, the oldest son, Andrew, was married to Anna Archibald, who was born in Scotland. According to the Census of that year they were also living on Lot 124. The Andrew Miller family emigrated to Nebraska around 1885.
Conrad Miller I died on Feb. 26, 1891. On May 6, 1893, ownership of the farm was transferred to Benjamin Miller, second youngest son of Conrad Miller I. He farmed there until 1930. At present, Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Musselman and family live on this farm (1969).
Conrad J. Miller I was born on Aug. 24, 1818 in Baden, Germany. He emigrated to Canada West with at least two brothers, John K. and Philip Henry, and one sister, Catherine. In 1846 he married Juliana Neuert who was born on Sept. 17, 1817 in Germany. They settled on part of Lot 124, German Company Tract, about six miles north of Elmira or West Woolwich as it was known then. This property had been bought from Benjamin Eby, who had purchased the entire lot of 124 from John and Jacob Erb on Dec. 16, 1807. They had bought it from William Wallace who was the original purchaser of Block 3 of the Grand River Tract from Chief Joseph Brant. Brant and his United Empire Loyalist Indians of Northern New York State had been granted a strip of land 6 miles on either side of the Grand River for their support of the British cause during the American Revolution.
Conrad and Juliana had a family of 8 boys and 2 girls, namely: Andrew, Catherine, Frederick, Peter, Jacob, Conrad II, Moses, Mary, Benjamin, and John N. A brother of Conrad I, John K. Miller, settled on an adjacent farm and his family consisted of 8 girls and 2 boys.
From the first Census of Canada West for Woolwich Township, which was taken in 1851, the following information was found:
"Conrad and Juliana Miller were living on 97 acres in Lot 124, 25 acres of which was under cultivation; 72 acres were in woodland or wild condition. The cultivated land included 8 acres wheat which yielded 130 bushels; 1/2 acres oats which yielded 12 bu.; 1 acres potatoes which yielded 30 bu.; 1/2 acres turnips which yielded 60 bu.; 14 acres hay which yielded 2 tons; 1 acres in orchard or occupied by buildings. Their livestick included 2 horses; 2 bulls, oxen or steers; 2 milch cows; 2 calves or heifers; 5 sheep and 6 pigs. During 1851, 45 lb. of maple sugar, 30 lb. butter, 2 cwt. pork and 3 cwt. beef were processed for their own use. They had 3 chikdren; Andrew, Catherine, and Frederick and they lived in a 1 story dwelling." This log dwelling was replaced by a stone house. New land was in great demand in the 1840s and 1850s in Canada West. Thus, it was not until Feb. 11, 1854 that the deed for the property was officially registered. On Mar. 10, 1854, Conrad Miller I and Joseph Umbach, who had settled on an adjacent farm, each sold 1/2 acre to provide a 1 acre site for "an Evangelical Association meeting house and burying ground." Services were conducted in a log building until the present sturcture on the property, a white brick church, was built in 1868. It was known as the North Woolwich Evangelical Church. In 1946, it became the North Woolwich Evangelical United Brethern Church. Sice Jan. 1, 1968, it has been the North Woolwich United Church and belongs to the Guelph Presbytery of the United Church of Canada.
According to the 1861 Census, the Conrad Miller family was living on the same farm with all but the youngest son, John N., born by that time. No details as to cropland, livestock etc. was given.
By 1871, the oldest son, Andrew, was married to Anna Archibald, who was born in Scotland. According to the Census of that year they were also living on Lot 124. The Andrew Miller family emigrated to Nebraska around 1885.
Conrad Miller I died on Feb. 26, 1891. On May 6, 1893, ownership of the farm was transferred to Benjamin Miller, second youngest son of Conrad Miller I. He farmed there until 1930. At present, Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Musselman and family live on this farm (1969).
Conrad and Juliana had a family of 8 boys and 2 girls, namely: Andrew, Catherine, Frederick, Peter, Jacob, Conrad II, Moses, Mary, Benjamin, and John N. A brother of Conrad I, John K. Miller, settled on an adjacent farm and his family consisted of 8 girls and 2 boys.
From the first Census of Canada West for Woolwich Township, which was taken in 1851, the following information was found:
"Conrad and Juliana Miller were living on 97 acres in Lot 124, 25 acres of which was under cultivation; 72 acres were in woodland or wild condition. The cultivated land included 8 acres wheat which yielded 130 bushels; 1/2 acres oats which yielded 12 bu.; 1 acres potatoes which yielded 30 bu.; 1/2 acres turnips which yielded 60 bu.; 14 acres hay which yielded 2 tons; 1 acres in orchard or occupied by buildings. Their livestick included 2 horses; 2 bulls, oxen or steers; 2 milch cows; 2 calves or heifers; 5 sheep and 6 pigs. During 1851, 45 lb. of maple sugar, 30 lb. butter, 2 cwt. pork and 3 cwt. beef were processed for their own use. They had 3 chikdren; Andrew, Catherine, and Frederick and they lived in a 1 story dwelling." This log dwelling was replaced by a stone house. New land was in great demand in the 1840s and 1850s in Canada West. Thus, it was not until Feb. 11, 1854 that the deed for the property was officially registered. On Mar. 10, 1854, Conrad Miller I and Joseph Umbach, who had settled on an adjacent farm, each sold 1/2 acre to provide a 1 acre site for "an Evangelical Association meeting house and burying ground." Services were conducted in a log building until the present sturcture on the property, a white brick church, was built in 1868. It was known as the North Woolwich Evangelical Church. In 1946, it became the North Woolwich Evangelical United Brethern Church. Sice Jan. 1, 1968, it has been the North Woolwich United Church and belongs to the Guelph Presbytery of the United Church of Canada.
According to the 1861 Census, the Conrad Miller family was living on the same farm with all but the youngest son, John N., born by that time. No details as to cropland, livestock etc. was given.
By 1871, the oldest son, Andrew, was married to Anna Archibald, who was born in Scotland. According to the Census of that year they were also living on Lot 124. The Andrew Miller family emigrated to Nebraska around 1885.
Conrad Miller I died on Feb. 26, 1891. On May 6, 1893, ownership of the farm was transferred to Benjamin Miller, second youngest son of Conrad Miller I. He farmed there until 1930. At present, Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Musselman and family live on this farm (1969).
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