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March 21, 1861Sarah Ellen Miller Born in Johnson City, Iowa
June 5, 1879(Sarah) Ellen and Thomas Murry Married Near Grants Pass Oregon
October 1884Edward Bates Miller and Martha Susannah “Susie” Forgey Marry
June 22, 1885Elmer Miller is Born near Irma (1/2 Way Between Pistol River & Mountain Ranch)
July 2, 1893Iva Ada Murray Born in Iowa
1894Elmer, 8 Years Old, Shoots Deer at Grasshopper Hill to Feed the Family
1896William Forgey, Elmer’s Father, Dies in Lapwai, Idaho
1897Sarah Ellen, Jenny and Iva Spend 3 Years as Gypsies Traveling Around California
1897Sarah Ellen leaves Thomas (a drunk) taking Jenny and Iva
September 21, 1900Jenny, Iva’s Sister, Marries Vester in Redding, California
1903Elmer Purchases Grasshopper Hill Ranch from Ed Miller for $10.00
1903Elmer Runs Sheep Until Coyotes Come In 1910 (See page 66, Iva)
May 28, 1905Elmer Miller is a Predatory Animal Hunder for the State of Oregon for Nearly 25 Years
1906Iva sees Her Dad Thomas for First Time in 9 Years at a Picnic
June 11, 1906Elmer Miller Ahead (Newspaper article): Champion Bear Hunter — 30 Bear, 8 Panther
June 20, 1906Curry County Has Game (Newspaper article): Elmer Killed 30 bear and 8 panther. Curry County has the Champion Bear Hunter.
February 6, 1907Thomas Murry, Iva’s Father, Dies near Grants Pass Oregon
1908Sarah Ellen and Oliver Doolittle rent the Theron Place at Burnt Hill Creek in Pistol River
July 1910(Sarah) Ellen Doolittle goes to the Klamath to Bring the Walter Doolittle Family to the Coast to Burnt Hill Creek
December 23, 1910George Lawrence Kills Bear with Butt of His Gun: Elmer Miller and John Ostrander were Running Behind Lawrence
June 13, 1911Carrier Pigeon Drops into Elmer’s Mountain Home (Newspaper article)
December 11, 1911Champion Bear Men Reside at Gold Beach (Newspaper Article)
December 26, 1911Elmer Miller has killed 11 bear this season (Newspaper article).
May 5, 1912Iva Murry Marries Elmer Miller
October 23, 1913Leo Elmer Miller is Born
September 26, 1916Raymond Murray Miller Born
January 3, 1918Elmer Miller Charged with Shooting Pheasants Out of Season. This case came up on appeal from the justice court, where an adverse verdict was returned against Miller. Guy Lewelling was Elmer’s attorney. (Newspaper article)
December 5, 1918Ira Edward Miller Born
November 25, 1919Sarah Esther Miller Dies (Newspaper article obituary)
1920Upper Pistol River School—Third Known School
April 7, 1921Ella Mae was Born (Sarah Ellen was Midwife to all but Jack)
1924Swinging Bridge for Upper Pistol Pistol River School Built by Gardner, Ralph and Miller
December 23, 1924Rose Marie Carlsen Born
September 1926Elmer Rents a House in Gold Beach
1927Elmer buys House and 5 Lots on 3rd Street in Gold Beach
January 4, 1928Elmer Miller Kills More Cougars than Anyone in the State
March 13, 1928Deer Prey to Malady
March 15, 1928Wild Boars in Woods of Curry County (Newspaper Article)
December 21, 1928Story About Proud Mom in Upper Pistol River. Baby has Tooth and Loses it. Baby says, “Mom, I’ve just had the biggest surprise of my life."
April 18, 1929Wild Turkeys Liberated on Miller Farm (Newspaper article)
November 1, 1929Forest Ranger Work Attracts Thirteen: Elmer Takes United States Forest Service Examination at the Post Office Building in Albany to Become a Forest Ranger
December 16, 1929Old Hunter Quits: Predatory Animal Hunter for Nearly 25 Years. Bags 5 Cougar on Eve of Last Day. He has killed so many mountain lines, can’t count them. Killed 16 in six months period last year.
January 1, 1930Elmer Becomes a Forest Ranger for U.S. Forest Service.
May 9, 1930Hogs is Hogs in Wildest Area of Western County: Elmer Goes to Court (Newspaper Article)
December 16, 1930Will Wridge, Elmer’s Uncle, Phones Elmer Miller to go Bear Hunting
1932Jack’s Home in Gold Beach was Located on 3rd Street
November 6, 1932Sarah Ellen (Miller Murry) Doolittle Dies in Curry County, Oregon. A month before Jack turns 3.
January 24, 1933Andy A. Lawrence and Iva Lawrence get Marriage License (Newspaper article). Jack has just turned 3. Andy moves into house on 3rd Street. Older boys sleep in loft in Garage. Girls have one room. There is no indication where Jack slept.
1938Rose Marie’s Mother Attempts Suicide
August 16, 1939Oliver Doolittle Dies in Curry County
May 1944Rose Marie Sophomore at Cal Berkley
October 30, 1944Rose Marie Admitted into University of San Francisco Berkley and Nurses Corps
March 3, 1945Leo Elmer Miller Dies in Italy at End of World War II
August 1945Jack Returns to Oregon Confused and Discouraged
March 1949Jack’s Mother has a Heart Attack
August 1949Jack Takes Rose Marie on First Date to Chinese Restaurant
September 1949Jack Writes Lots of Letters to Rose Marie about Doctrine
January 29, 1950Jack Marries Rose Marie Carlsen (Gus was Jack’s Best Man) in Bolinas at Lorenz Home
February 1950Concrete Goals for Jack and Rose Marie Starting Out in Marriage
February 1950Jack and Rose Marie Live in a Boarding House
May 1950Rose Marie Pregnant with Roseann
May 11, 1950Jack & Rose Marie Spend First Summer Together at Lookout in Siskiyou Mountains
May 20, 1950Jack asked to Drive Car to Gold Beach (after School was Over)
September 1950Jack and Rose Marie Live in One Room Apartment with Small Kitchen $30/Month
September 1950Jack Works as Manager in School Cafeteria
January 19, 1951Rosanne is Born
June 1951Jack and Rose Marie (Pregnant w/Ruth) Spend 2nd Summer at Oregon Lookout
September 1951Jack and Rose Marie Live in Rent-Controlled House for Two Years
February 4, 1952Miller’s 1952 Home Address: 4426 20th Street, San Francisco, CA
March 4, 1952Ruth is Born
September 17, 1952Miller’s Address in Sept. 1952: 24 1/2 Ford Street, San Francisco, CA.
May 13, 1953Paul Miller is Born
September 17, 1953Miller’s Home Address Before Moving to Philly: 24 1/2 Ford Street, San Francisco, CA
March 26, 1954Miller’s Home Address in Philadelphia: 2028 E. Chelten Avenue, Philadelphia, 38, PA
August 2, 1954Barbara is Born
May 1955Jack Leaves Westminster to Return to California
June 1955Jack and Rose Marie Move into Very Small House Close to the Jail in Ripon
September 1956Jack Drives Roseann to School (Roseann was 6) and Taught Her Grammar
August 1957Jack and Rose Marie Move into a Farm House
June 1959Jack and Rose Marie Move to Stockton
April 1, 1960Keren is Born
June 1960Rose Marie’s Bitterness Began with Jack’s First Pastorate
June 1960Rose Marie’s Root of Bitterness toward Jack and God
August 25, 1961Richardson Grove Camping Trip, Garberville, CA.
June 1962Rose Marie’s Father Lorenz Carlsen Sells 10 Acres in Bolinas and Moves to Modesto
January 1963Miller’s Move to Redwood City: Jack Works for Center for American Studies
February 1963Jack and Rose Marie Old Home Address: 1125 West Poplar Street, Stockton, CA
February 1963New Address of Miller Family: 1975 Cordilleras Road, Redwood City, CA.
February 20, 1963Ancestry Letter to Jack from Maysel Grow
April 29, 1963Jack Repays Loan from Volker Fund
October 30, 1963Miller’s Home Address: 1975 Cordilleras Road, Redwood City, CA
November 14, 1963Letter from Jack to Ira Miller
August 1964Miller Family Rents Large House in Jenkintown from son of Doctor Friend
January 1965Rose Marie’s Father, Mother & Sister Move in with Millers
1966Jack Comments to Paul Miller: "One Day You’ll Stand on Shoulders of Giants"
May 11, 1966Letter to Miller Family from Jack’s Mother Iva
May 1968Valedictory Speech: The Nature of Freedom by Rosanne Miller
May 1970Jack “Studies the Promises Like a Pig” — Summer in Spain
May 1970Rose Marie Works as Telephone Sales Person
May 1970Tina Comes to Live with Jack and Rose Marie
May 23, 1970Jack Visits L’Abri on the Way to Spain
September 1970Rose Marie Works in School to Help Pay for Tickets to Spain
September 1970The Miller’s Visit the Schaeffer’s on the Way Home from Spain
November 1970Roberta Peace Stays with Millers
January 30, 1971Roseann Miller and Jim Trott Marry at Mechanicsville Chapel (Newspaper article)
March 19, 1971Lorenz C. Carlsen dies (Obituary in Newspaper article)
June 1971Rose Marie and Family Open Home to All-Comers
July 1971Mary Comes to Live with Jack and Rose Marie
November 1971Ruth Marries Jim Correnti
January 15, 1972Jack Driving His Green Nova Reflecting on 22 Years of Marriage
January 15, 1972Rose Marie is Diagnosed with a Lemon-Sized Cyst on Right Ovary
January 29, 1972Jack and Rose Marie Celebrate 22nd Anniversary
March 15, 1972Rose Marie Undergoes Gall Bladder Surgery
March 22, 1972Rose Marie is Released from Hospital to Return Home
June 1972Barbara’s Classmate—President of Senior Class and Captain of Football Team—Killed in Car Accident
July 1972Jack Teaches in Cuernavaca, Mexico: Break with Barbara
September 1972Drives Barbara to Dickinson College, Carlisle, PA in Early September
November 1972Jack Begins Weekly Prayer Meeting in His Home
January 5, 1974Barbara Marries Tom
May 1974Jack and Rose Marie Take People in Their Home
July 1974Family Vacation: Rose Marie says, “I Don’t Know if I Believe in God"
August 1974Bob Heppe’s Conversion
December 1974Bob Heppe Becomes a Christian
January 1975Miller’s Take in Refugees from Uganda
January 1975Prayer for Paul’s Financial Difficulties
September 1975Barbara Leaves Tom
September 10, 1975Ireland Caravan Trip — Europe & L’Abri Sabbatical
March 1976Barbara Gets Mono
March 1976Rose Marie’s Ski Slope Experience in Switzerland
June 1976Rose Marie Joins Southern Home for Children
April 1977Barbara Leaves John and Comes Home
April 1978Angelo Moves in with Barbara: Barbara Works as Waiter
December 4, 1978Oregon Family Trip
August 1979Beautiful Memory: Jack Confronts Barbara
January 1980“You Act like an Orphan”: The Dam Broke (First Ugandan Missions Trip)
February 13, 1980Barbara and Angelo Married
April 1980Angelo and Barbara Become Christians
June 1980Barbara and Angelo Come Home from Palo Alto
December 14, 1980Jack Accepts Keren’s Pregnancy
April 25, 1981Keren Calls to Announce Conversion and Engagement to Bob Heppe
October 1981Bob Heppe Marries Keren
October 16, 1981Iva Ada (Murry) Lawrence Dies in Brookings, Oregon
January 1982Angelo Becomes Youth Director
July 4, 1983Rose Marie and Bob Heppe Arrive in Kampala at Nsymbia Hospital after Jack’s Heart Attack
July 11, 1983Letter from Rose Marie to Jim and Ruth Correnti Re: Jack’s Heart Attack in Uganda
August 25, 1987Jack Resigns as Rose Marie’s Editor
November 20, 1990Paul Miller Burns Out Late in November 1990
March 1991Reflecting on Jack’s Cancer and the Gospel
April 7, 1991Rose Marie and Jack read "Born for Battle” by Arthur Matthews Together
November 1992Rose Marie gets Sick: Thyroid, Sinus Infection, Exhaustion
July 31, 1994Annemarie Carlsen Dies (Newspaper article)
June 1995“It was like Being Married to a 24-Hour Prayer Meeting"
January 14, 1996Lunch in Spanish Restaurant with Rose Marie
February 1996Rose Marie on being Weary of Traveling
April 2, 1996At the Time of Jack’s Heart Surgery
May 1996Jeremiah 29 & Exile After Jack’s Death
July 8, 1996Letter from Junior (Allen Lawrence, Jr.) to Miller Family Re: Jack
July 31, 1996Elmer: Man of the Forest by Ella Sponaugle
August 1996Rose Marie Grieves Jack’s Death
March 1997A Mother Wrote Rose Marie a Letter about Daughter Coming Home
September 26, 2003Raymond Murray Miller Dies
2004The Roles of Faith in Justification and Sanctification: A Constructive Criticism of Sonship Theology
February 13, 2006Dan Allendar Tribute to Jack Miller
February 21, 2007Ira Edward Miller, Jack’s Brother, Dies
2013Iva: A Biography of Jack’s Mother written by Ella Mae Sponaugle (Jack’s Sister)
August 31, 2015Paul Miller Four Major Themes
August 31, 2015Paul Miller on Themes in Jack Miller—Castle of Grace with No Door (Myers-Briggs INTJ)
September 2015Frances Miller Rutledge Dies
September 1, 2015Bob Heppe Reflects on Four Cheer Ups!
September 1, 2015Rose Marie’s Hope for a Biography on Jack Miller
September 2, 2015Bob Heppe on Sonship and Union with Christ
September 3, 2015Paul Thinks Jack was a Warm Lutheran
September 3, 2015The Luke-Grace Theme in Jack (According to Paul Miller)
September 4, 2015A Dominent Theme of Jack’s Life is Courage (According to Paul Miller)
September 4, 2015Age of the Spirit Speedbump (According to Paul Miller)
September 5, 2015Jack Miller Made Three Leaps (According to Paul Miller)
September 5, 2015Letter from Rose Marie Miller: According to Paul, Best Description of Jack’s Weaknesses
September 6, 2015Paul Miller on the PCA and Tim Keller