Résumé

Draftsman, Whidden and Lewis, Architects, Portland, OR, 1892-1895. (See R.L. Polk and Company's Portland, Oregon City Directory, 1893, p. 648.) By 1894, Miller was listed as a Building Superintendent for Whidden and Miller working on the Portland City Hall. (See R.L. Polk and Company's Portland, Oregon City Directory, 1894, p. 554.)

Principal, Rolph H. Miller, Architect, Sherlock Building, Portland, OR, 1896-03/1901. Miller had an office in Room #16 of the Sherlock Building in 1897. (See R.L. Polk and Company's Portland, Oregon City Directory, 1897, p. 449.)

Relocation

Rolph H. Miller was born in MO on 03/23/1860. Records have not been found that indicate exactly what MO city in which he was born. His sister, Georgia, two years younger, had been born in Saint Louis.

By 1868, at least, his parents had settled in Boles, Franklin County, MO, an agricultural area for which Samuel Miller, Rolph's father, was the community physician. Boles, an unincorporated community, was located about 50 miles due west of Saint Louis above the Missouri River floodplain, and It developed beginning around the time of the Civil War. The Miller's Immediate neighbors were largely foreign-born at the time, with some having emigrated from Denmark, Holland and various German states. In 1870, Samuel possessed $1,000 worth of real estate and had a personal estate of another $1,000. The household consisted of his parents, Rolph and two siblings, Georgia and Herbert.

In 1880, at age 20, Rolph lived with his mother and two sisters in a family residence in Boles, MO. Neither his father nor his brother Herbert were listed on the 1880 Census form. Rolph, the first born, was eighteen years older than his youngest sister Hope. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation Year: 1880; Census Place: Boles, Franklin, Missouri; Roll: 686; Page: 92c; Enumeration District: 070, accessed 04/24/2024.)

In 1893, "Ralph" Miller was listed as living on the northeast corner of Park Avenue and Clifton Street in Portland. (See R.L. Polk and Company's Portland, Oregon City Directory, 1893, p. 648.)

By 1894, Miller had moved to a residence at 531 Montgomery Street in Portland, OR, and remained here in 1897 and 1898. (See R.L. Polk and Company's Portland, Oregon City Directory, 1894, p. 554, R.L. Polk and Company's Portland, Oregon City Directory, 1897, p. 449 and R.L. Polk and Company's Portland, Oregon, City Directory, 1898, p. 466.)

On 03/11/1901, Rolph H. Miller died at the age of 40 at Saint Vincent's Hospital in Portland. He died from complications due to appendicitis and jaundice. an illness that lasted about nine days. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation Oregon Center For Health Statistics; Portland, Oregon, USA; Portland Oregon Deaths, accessed 04/24/2024 and Ancestry.com, Source Citation Oregon State Archives; Salem, Oregon; Oregon, Portland Death Records, 1881-1915, accessed 04/24/2024.) At the time of his death in 1901, he and his wife Ellen resided at 208 Adams Street in Portland, OR. (See R.L. Polk and Company's Portland, Oregon, City Directory, 1901, p. 506.)

Parents

His father was Samuel Miller (born 1822 in ON, Canada- d. 02/14/1904 in Saint Louis, MO), his mother Julia Bender (born 06/15/1835 in OH-d. 03/11/1916 in Lebanon, IL). Julia's parents were Hastings Bender (born in CT) and Sophia Miller (born in Willison, VT). She wed Samuel Miller on 04/25/1859 in Wentworth, ON, Canada. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation Archives of Ontario; Toronto, Ontario, Canada; County Marriage Registers, 1858-June 1869; Reel: 10, accessed 04/24/2024.) As per the US Census of 1900, Samuel and Julia lived with their daughter Georgia and her husband Charles L. Walrath (born 12/19/1851-d. 10/14/1915 in MO), a real estate dealer, in Lebanon, MO. Only Julia remained alive in 1910 and she continued to reside with the Walraths. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation Year: 1900; Census Place: Lebanon, St Clair, Illinois; Roll: 341; Page: 2; Enumeration District: 0113, accessed 04/24/2024 and Ancestry.com, Source Citation Year: 1910; Census Place: Lebanon Ward 1, Saint Clair, Illinois; Roll: T624_323; Page: 4a; Enumeration District: 0145; FHL microfilm: 1374336, accessed 04/24/2024.)

Samuel Miller was a physician.

He had the following siblings: Georgia L. Miller Walrath (born 03/18/1862 in Saint Louis, MO-d. 01/18/1951 in Seattle, WA), Herbert C. Miller (born c. 1864 in MO), and Hope A. Miller (born 1872 in MO-d. 11/1904 in MO).

Spouse

He wed Ellen R. Miller. In 1903, two years after Rolph's death, Ellen remained living at 208 Adams Street. (See R.L. Polk and Company's Portland, Oregon, City Directory, 1903, p. 578.)