Elisabeth (Pauly) Miller
Elisabeth Pauly Miller (1846-1920) and the lithograph of her titled "Babushka" created by Lydia Miller Ruyle.
Elisabeth Pauly Miller is the grandmother of David J. Miller, one of the founders of AHSGR and a great grandmother of Lydia Miller Ruyle. This photo was taken in Norka prior to World War II and was the inspiration for Lydia Ruyle's lithograph titled Babushka which was sold as 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, sing their favorite hymns with all their hearts and souls.
Contributed by Lydia Ruyle