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Thurtell and Related Families
Notes for Evangeline Florence THURTELL
Evangeline Thurtell is listed in the 1900 U.S. Census for Traverse City,
Grand Traverse County, Michigan (Vol. 23, E.D. 42, Sheet 7, Line 42) as
living with her parents, sister, and brother at 219 East Ninth Street,
Traverse City, Michigan. She is shown as being born in May 1886, age 14
as of June 1, 1900, in Michigan and attending school.
She is listed in the 1905 Traverse City directory as "Thurtell, Eva F,
tchr, bds 410 5th."
She is listed in the 1910 U.S. Census index for Washtenaw County,
Michigan (089 0120 0014) as living with her parents and sister. This
index shows her age as 23.
The Traverse City Record Eagle for August 24, 1911, shows Eva Thurtell
was married to Dr. E. A. Miller of Suttons Bay at the home of her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Walter Thurtell, 630 West Ninth, Street, Traverse
City, Michigan, on August 24, 1911, with Rev. Demas Cochlin of First
Congregational Church officiating. They left by automobile that
afternoon for Suttons Bay, where they would be making their home and
where Dr. Miller had a very good practice. The article also showed that
"Miss Hattie Travis of Grand Rapids presided at the piano both during and
after the ceremony. Only immediate friends and relatives were present."
The Social Security record for her Social Security number 372-46-5547,
shows that Eva F. Miller applied for her first Social Security card in
December 1962. The record showed she was born May 31, 1886, in Lelanau,
Michigan, and that her name at birth was Evangeline F. Thurtell. It
showed her parents were Agnes Hall and Walter Thurtell. She never
applied for any Social Security benefits since neither she nor her
husband ever worked under Social Security.
A letter from their son, Dr. James Miller, dated July 7, 1998, recalled
that their family was living in Berrien Springs, central Berrien County,
Michigan, in 1920. His mother was born in Maple City (near Traverse
City), the first daughter of Walter B. Thurtell and Agnes Hall. She
graduated from the Traverse City school system and went to Ann Arbor in
1906, entering the University of Michigan Lit. School, where she met his
father, who entered the University of Michigan Medical School of
Homeopathic Medicine (or Homeopathy). His mother graduated from the
Literary School in 1910, and his father graduated from the Medical School
the same year. His mother then taught school in Hurley, Wisconsin, for one year. Hurley is close to the state line between Ironwood, Michigan, which was an iron and copper mining area. His father went to Suttons Bay
and to the practice of medicine upon graduation. His parents were
married in Traverse City in 1911. James and his twin brother, Francis
George Miller, were born on October 14, 1913. Shortly after their birth,
their mother had a ruptured appendix and was operated on by his uncle, Dr. Herbert Thurtell, on the kitchen table in Suttons Bay. She nearly
died and drained for nine months. He and his brother were cared for
during that period by their grandmother, (Agnes) Mrs. W. B. Thurtell.
A letter from her son, Dr. James W. Miller, to Susan Persia Thurtell
Miller dated February 25, 1998, showed that Evangeline Thurtell Miller
and her husband were both cremated, and their cremains are in an urn at
the Acacia Mausoleum, 14951 Bothellway NE, North Seattle, Washington.
View Pictures of Evangeline Thurtell Miller and Dr. Edward A. Miller
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