Originally, the name was Mueller when Conrad came to the United States aboard the steamship "New York City" in August 1866. He was born in Grebenau, Hesse, Germany in 1846, His father was Kasper Mueller, a baker in the village and his mother was Anna Elizabeth Duench.

Anna Elizabeth Duench was one of eleven children of Johann Georg Duench and Anna Elizabeth Eydt. Three of their children died in childhood. Four of their children, including Anna Elizabeth, stayed in Germany and the other four immigrated to Canada around 1843. Anna's sister Marie Duench married Adam Thaler and lived in Ontario. Marie died and her sister Barbara Duench married Adam in about 1849. The families in Canada and Germany kept in touch and Conrad may have been encouraged by them to leave Germany himself. He may have even visited with them as he headed west, from New York.

Conrad came to Detroit, Michigan and in 1870, he married Anna Elizabeth Leich, the daughter of Jacob Leich at St. John's Evangelical Luthern Church. They had at least nine children.

Their names were Mary (b. 1872), Elizabeth (b. 1874), Bertha (b. 1876), Rose (b. 1878), Conrad (b 1880), Emma (b. 1882), Albert John (b.1884), Clarence Fredrick (b. 1886), Arthur Henry (b. 1888). Emma, Conrad and Elizabeth all died in childhood.

Tragedy struck the family in 1913 when their daughter Mary Lynds committed suicide by drinking carbolic acid while temporarily insane. She left a 17-year-old daughter, Genevieve Lynds who died herself in 1921.

Conrad and Annie separated shortly before he died due to a dispute over the disposition of his estate. He planned to leave everything to his son Clarence Fredrick. Conrad moved in with his sister, Eliza Fauser on Defer Place in Detroit, where he died. Indeed, his will left everything to Clarence, except for one dollar for his wife and each of his other children. Conrad was survived by another sister, Sophia Schiebel, who lived in Warren, Michigan. He is buried in Forest Lawn Cemetery next to his sister Eliza and her husband Zacharias Fauser.

Clarence C. Miller grew up in Detroit, Michigan where he met his future wife, Marie Selinske by the third grade. He attended St. Joseph's Commercial College, where his uncle, Fr. Theodore Lindemann was the principal. Although he was a Boy Scout, he had had trouble in other schools. His uncle, however, was determined that Clarence would graduate.

He learned to drive a car at age fourteen. His grandfather, Conrad Miller, bought him a car so Clarence could drive him to meetings. The Model-T Ford made a big impression on Clarence and was the subject of many of the stories he told during his life.

And was last updated July 29, 2010