Frederick Miller
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Frederick Edward John Miller (born as "Friedrich Eduard Johannes Müller" November 24, 1824 in Sigmaringen, Germany - May 11, 1888) was a brewery owner who founded the Miller Brewing Company in 1855.
Miller was born in Germany, and was married to Josephine Miller in Friedrichshafen, Germany on June 7, 1853. Their first child, Joseph Edward Miller, was born the next year. In 1854, the family emigrated to the United States.
He died of cancer, and was buried in the Calvary Cemetery in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
One of Miller's daughters, Elise, was the mother of Harry G. John, president of Miller Brewing from 1946-1947 and founder of the De Rance Corporation, once the world's largest Catholic charity.