Frederick Miller

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Brewery owner in Wisconsin (1824–1888)

title: "Frederick Miller" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["1824-births", "1888-deaths", "people-from-riedlingen", "emigrants-from-württemberg-to-the-united-states", "businesspeople-from-milwaukee", "american-brewers", "american-company-founders", "19th-century-american-businesspeople", "deaths-from-cancer-in-wisconsin", "burials-at-calvary-cemetery-(milwaukee)"] description: "Brewery owner in Wisconsin (1824–1888)" topic_path: "people/1820s" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederick_Miller" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Brewery owner in Wisconsin (1824–1888) ::

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nameFrederick Müller
imageFrederick miller.jpg
captionMiller in an undated photograph
birth_nameFriedrich Johannes Müller
birth_date
birth_placeRiedlingen, Kingdom of Württemberg, German Confederation
death_date
death_placeMilwaukee, Wisconsin, U.S.
spouse{{plainlist
children4 sons, 2 daughters
known_forMiller Brewing Company
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| name = Frederick Müller | image = Frederick miller.jpg | caption =Miller in an undated photograph | birth_name = Friedrich Johannes Müller | birth_date = | birth_place = Riedlingen, Kingdom of Württemberg, German Confederation | death_date = | death_place = Milwaukee, Wisconsin, U.S. | spouse = {{plainlist|

He was born Friedrich Johannes Miller in Riedlingen in the Kingdom of Württemberg. Some German records, like the one about the baptism of his first son Joseph Eduard, also state the name as Müller. Since the end of the 20th century, some publications state Miller's name as "Frederick Edward John Miller" from which they derive the birth name "Friedrich Eduard Johann(es) Müller".

Miller married Josephine Müller in Friedrichshafen, Württemberg, on June 7, 1853. Their first child, Joseph Edward Miller, was born the next year. In 1854, the family emigrated to the United States, spending the first year in New York. They moved to Wisconsin in 1855, arriving through New Orleans.

Josephine died in April 1860 and Miller married Lisette Gross and had five children who survived infancy: Ernst, Emil, Frederick II, Clara, and Elise. Clara married Carl A. Miller (no relation), also a German immigrant.

Frederick Miller once owned a tract of land in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan that is now Craig Lake State Park.

Miller died of cancer in 1888 at age 63, and was buried in the Calvary Cemetery in Milwaukee. Following his death, the company was run by his surviving three sons and son-in-law Carl.

Miller's younger daughter Elise was the mother of Harry G. John (1919–1992), president of the company from 1946 to 1947 and founder of the De Rance Corporation, once the world's largest Catholic charity.

Older daughter Clara's son Frederick C. Miller (1906–1954) was an All-American college football player at Notre Dame under Knute Rockne and became president of the company after John in 1947. He and his 20-year-old son Fred, Jr., were killed in a plane crash in Milwaukee in 1954. The nine-passenger twin-engine company aircraft was a converted Lockheed Ventura. It was bound for Winnipeg for a December hunting trip at Portage la Prairie; the crash also killed the two company pilots, brothers Joseph and Paul Laird.

References

References

  1. "Term: Miller, Frederick 1824 - 1888". wisconinhistory.org.
  2. (May 30, 2002). "Timeline: Another page in the Miller Brewing story". Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.
  3. (July 19, 1949). "Company founded in 1855 by hard working young German". Milwaukee Journal.
  4. Daykin, Tom. (April 10, 2005). "Good times, tough times, Miller time". Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.
  5. Staatsarchiv Ludwigsburg, Katholische Kirchenbücher: Zweitschriften, Riedlingen, F 901 Bd 1217/ Baptim book from 18 March 1818 - 6 October 1840, [http://www.landesarchiv-bw.de/plink/?f=2-181199-69 picture 69], #66
  6. Diözesanarchiv Rottenburg, Familienregister Riedlingen 1808, microfilm 1051174, page 283 (image 548 at FamilySearch
  7. ''[https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QB37-DJW2 Joseph Eduard Müller, „Deutschland, Baden, Erzbistum Freiburg, katholische Kirchenbücher, 1678-1930“ • FamilySearch]'', familysearch.org
  8. Yenne, Bill: [https://archive.org/details/fieldguidetonort0000yenn/page/72/mode/2up?q=%22Frederick+Edward+John+Miller%22 The field guide to North America's breweries and microbreweries], 1994, p. 72
  9. Staatsarchiv Ludwigsburg, Katholische Kirchenbücher: Zweitschriften, Sigmaringen, F 901 Bd 494, Marriage register from 10 February 1831 - 9 December 1875, [http://www.landesarchiv-bw.de/plink/?f=2-180267-64 picture 64], #5
  10. (December 18, 1954). "Miller's grandfather came here as immigrant in 1854". Milwaukee Journal.
  11. Archives, L. A. Times. (1992-12-21). "Harry John; Founded Charity That Gave Away Millions".
  12. (July 19, 1949). "Miller Brewing Co. president is a colorful figure". Milwaukee Journal.
  13. (December 18, 1954). "Fred Miller, son die in fiery plane crash". Milwaukee Sentinel.
  14. (December 18, 1954). "Fred C. Miller, son killed in air crash". Milwaukee Journal.
  15. (December 20, 1954). "Pilots buried side by side". Milwaukee Journal.

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