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​Elisabeth Miller (née Pauly)

Elisabeth Pauly Miller is the grandmother of David J. Miller, one of the founders of the American Historical Society of Germans from Russia (AHSGR) and a great grandmother of Lydia Miller Ruyle. The photo on the left was taken in Norka prior to World War II and was the inspiration for Lydia Ruyle's lithograph titled Babushka which was sold as a fund raiser for AHSGR in the early 1980's. Lydia vividly remembers attending prayer meetings as a young girl and listening to the older women, heads wrapped in babushkas, singing their favorite hymns with all their hearts and souls.
The Miller and Hein Families Book Cover
Photograph of Elisabeth Pauly Miller (1846-1920) courtesy of Lydia Miller Ruyle.
'Babushka
The lithograph titled "Babushka" created by Lydia Miller Ruyle.

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Last updated April 16, 2019.