Margaret (Carnegie) Miller (1897 - 1990)

Born 30 Mar 1897 in New York City, New York, United States

Ancestors

Wife of Roswell Miller Jr. — married 22 Apr 1919 in Manhattan, New York County, New York, USA

Descendants

Died 11 Apr 1990 at age 93 in Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States

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Biography

New York Times Obituary - Margaret Carnegie Miller Published April 21, 1990

Margaret Carnegie Miller, the only child of Andrew Carnegie, the steel manufacturer and philanthropist, died on April 11 at her home in Fairfield, Conn. She was 93 years old.

From 1934 to 1973 she was a trustee of the Carnegie Corporation of New York, the grant-making foundation established by her father in 1911. From 1973 until her death she was an honorary lifetime trustee.

She was born March 30, 1897, to Mr. Carnegie and Louise Whitfield, whom Mr. Carnegie married when he was 51. Mr. Carnegie died in 1919. Mrs. Miller's marriage to Roswell Miller ended in divorce. She is survived by one of her four children, Barbara M. Lawson of Cranby, Colo.; 13 grandchildren; 26 great-grandchildren, and 2 great-great-grandchildren.

Sources

• Jordan, John W. Genealogical and Personal History of Western Pennsylvania (Lewis Historical Pub. Co., New York, 1915, Vol. 3, p. 1452-1457)
• Find A Grave: Memorial #148733011

From behind the ancestry.com subscription wall:

• New York State Census, 1905 (Manhattan, NY)
• New York, State Census, 1915 via Ancestry.com
• New York Times, Obituary - Margaret Carnegie Miller - April 21, 1990
• New York Times, Engagement Announcement - "Andrew Carnegie's Daughter to Wed" - November 29, 1918
• U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014, Margaret C. Miller via Ancestry.com