Notes: Hans Johansen Miller and Helen Sokolinski were married about 1920, probably in Perth
Amboy, New Jersey. In the 1920 U.S. census, Hans Miller, 26, and his wife Helen Miller, 29,
were living on Ford Avenue in Woodbridge Twp., Ward 2, Middlesex, New Jersey, a suburb of Perth
Amboy. Hans was a chemist for a factory. Their first son Harold Alexander Miller
was born 10 Aug 1923 in Perth Amboy, Middlesex, New Jersey..
In the 1930 U.S. census, Hans Miller, 37, his wife Helen Miller, 39, and son Harold, 6, were living
on Maxwell
Avenue in Woodbridge, Middlesex, New Jersey. The Perth Amboy City Directory lists
them at this address from 1927 through 1930. They owned their home with a mortgage.
Hans was a chemist with the vaseline factory. In 1931 through 1935, the Perth Amboy City
Directory lists them at 218 Gordon, Perth Amboy, which is the house Helen lived in as a teenager.
In 1933 their second son John Arthur was born. The family reports that Helen was a school
teacher; Hans was a chemist, and then Superintendent at the Chesebrough Mfg. Co, a vasaline
manufacturer. By 1935 they were living at 159 Kearny Avenue, Perth Amboy.
In the 1940 U.S.census, Hans J. Miller, 46, and his wife Helen Miller, 48, were living at 159 Kearny
Ave,, Perth Amboy, Middlesex, New Jersey. They owned their house with a value of $11,000.
Hans had completed 4 years of high school and was making $3,500. a year as a chemist for the vaseline
works. Helen had completed 4 years of college. Their children were Harold,
16, who had completed 3 years of high school, and John A., 6, who had completed one year of school.
Hans died suddenly after suffering a heart attack on 12 Feb 1955 in Perth Amboy.
Upon his death, he left his wife real estate and $100. The remainder of his
estate was divided between his two sons. Helen died 27 Feb 1977 in South Perth
Amboy. Both are buried in the Catholic New Calvary Cemetery
in Parlin, New Jersey. |
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