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MILLER Augusta
Born Gussie Barnett.
Date of birth : March 18, 1891, New York.
Date of death : March 6, 1961, Brooklyn.
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Mother of Arthur Miller.
Her parents were Aaron Louis Barnett (1861, Austria-September 1st, 1941, New York) and Rose Leibel (1855, Poland-February 10, 1940, New York). They emigrated in 1879 and married in 1881 in New York.
She studied enough to be able to become a teacher.
She married Isadore on December 31, 1910, in New York.
They had 3 children : Kermit (October 5, 1912, New York-October 17, 2003, Connecticut), Arthur and Joan (born on June 1st, 1922, New York).
Arthur would describe her as a true Jewish mother, loving her children and dominating her husband.
with Isadore 
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June 24, 1956, leaving New York to Roxbury 
June 29, 1956, civil wedding of Arthur and Marilyn at Roxbury
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July 1st, 1956, jewish wedding 
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July 13, 1956, Marilyn and Arthur Miller leaving for England, for the production of "The Prince and the
Showgirl" 
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She learned Marilyn the Jewish cooking rudiments, including the bortsch, the chicken soup with unleavened bread dumplings and the liver émincé.
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She died on March 6, 1961 at the Brooklyn Jewish Hospital, from a heart attack.
Marilyn attended her funeral on March 8, 1961, despite her separation with Arthur and her latest outing from the
hospital 
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