Jane Miller

## Jane Theresa Abbott (née Miller)

**Jane Theresa Abbott** (née **Miller**)(17 June, 1954 - 11 October, 1997) was a muggle-born English witch and a member of the Miller family. She was born in Blackpool, Devon, England (a small hamlet near Plymouth) and received the invitation to study at Hogwarts at the age of eleven, during the summer of 1964. She attended from 1 September, 1964, to June 1971. After graduation, she worked for the Ministry of Magic's Administrative Registration Department, located within the Department of Magical Law Enforcement, as a recordkeeper.

She met and married Maurice Abbott, a member of the Departments' Law Enforcement Squad, in 1979, and the couple had a daughter together, Hannah Abbott, during the First Wizarding War.

Jane Abbott became the victim of a homicide in the autumn of 1997, and she was presumably targeted because of her muggle-born blood status. After her death, her daughter, Hannah, was pulled from school, though she returned for her final year due to Hogwarts attendance becoming compulsory.

## Biography

### Early life

Jane Theresa Miller was born on 17 June, 1954, in Blackpool, Plymouth, Devon, to muggle parents. She had an older brother called Robert, who was a muggle. Blackpool, the small hamlet where she was born, was situated on the south coast of Devon, England, approximately 37 miles (60 km) south-west of Exeter and 190 miles (310 km) west-south-west of London. Its nearest city was Plymouth. Enclosing the port city of Plymouth are the mouths of the river Plym and river Tamar, which are naturally incorporated into Plymouth Sound to form a boundary with Cornwall.

Her parents ran a small shop for tourists wanting to visit Blackpool Sands, a nearby rocky beach. The family lived above the shop. She and her brother Robert attended primary school in the port city of Plymouth.

#### Hogwarts years

The Miller family received a visit from Professor Minerva McGonagall during the summer of 1964. It was then that Jane was told that she was a witch. It is unknown how her family took the news, but they most likely took it well.

She was accompanied to Diagon Alley by another professor, who was present when a wand made of spruce and unicorn hair chose Jane in Ollivander's Wand Shop. Her parents were also there to help her buy her supplies.

Jane Miller boarded the Hogwarts Express on 1 September, 1964, and later that evening, she was sorted into Hufflepuff House. She was a relatively average student and made up for it through hard work.

### First Wizarding War (1970-1981)

Jane Miller attended Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry during the First Wizarding War. She likely experienced the prejudices of other students that were beginning to develop regarding muggle-borns and blood traitors. Being muggle-born herself, she experienced a definite disadvantage over the summers, during which she was not permitted to use magic. During her fifth year of school she fell victim to a cruel trick performed by Rabastan Lestrange, a Slytherin boy from her year.

#### Leaving Hogwarts (1971)

Jane Miller left Hogwarts upon the completion of her seventh year in June 1971. Almost immediately after graduation, Jane got a job at the Ministry of Magic as a recordkeeper. Her job was to file documents inside the Administrative Registration Department (located within the Department of Magical Law Enforcement).

The Administrative Registration Department is responsible for the registration of the wizarding population. The Animagus Registry is also found within this department. Once a witch or wizard has a child they must then register the baby as a member of the magical community of Great Britain through this department.

#### Marriage (1979)

In the years that she worked for the Administrative Registration Department, she met Maurice Abbott, a member of the Department of Magical Law Enforcement's Law Enforcement Squad. They married on 2 March, 1979, in Barnstaple, Devon, where Maurice was from.

#### Birth of daughter (1980)

On 12 February, 1980, Jane Abbott gave birth to her and Maurice's only child, Hannah, in Plymouth, Devon, during the height of the First Wizarding War. Hannah was born in the same year and only a couple of months before the soon-to-be famous Harry Potter, who would later be credited for defeating the Dark Lord as an infant in October, 1981.

### Between the Wars (1981-1994)

In September, 1991, Jane's daughter, Hannah started attending Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry and was sorted into Hufflepuff House, like both of her parents had been.

#### Hannah's early Hogwarts years (1991-1994)

Hannah Abbott was in the same year as Harry Potter, and likely went home to Jane with many tales of his escapades and adventures, though she was in a different house and was not friends with him as others were.

### Second Wizarding War (1995-1998)

In 1995, Jane's daughter, Hannah, was made a prefect for Hufflepuff House, along with Ernie Macmillan. It is very likely that she and her husband Maurice were proud of her for this achievement, as only two students from each of the four houses are selected for this honour.

#### 1995-1996

During her daughter Hannah's fifth year, Jane was likely aware that Hannah had joined Dumbledore's Army, an organisation designed to fight against Dolores Umbridge's inpratical teachings of Defense Against the Dark Arts. Jane Abbott was also probably in the minority of parents who believed that Lord Voldemort was back, likely due to the fact that Cedric Diggory, a student of her daughter's house, was claimed by Harry Potter to have been murdered by the Dark Lord in the previous year.

#### Death (1997)

"*There had been a horrible incident the day before, when Hannah Abbott had been taken out of Herbology to be told her mother had been found dead. They had not seen Hannah since.*"
—The death of Hannah's mother
Jane Abbott (née Miller) was last seen in public seeing her daughter, Hannah, off onto the Hogwarts Express for her sixth year of Hogwarts. She was believed to have been murdered in the evening of 11 October, 1997, by Death Eaters who targeted her home when she was there alone.

Maurice Abbott returned to the Abbott residence in Plymouth, Devon, only to find his wife dead and the Dark Mark hanging high above in the sky above their house.

#### Post-mortem (1997-)

Early on during her sixth year, Hannah was told during a Herbology lesson that her mother, Jane Abbott, had been murdered earlier in the day, presumably by Death Eaters. As a result of this, Hannah was subsequently pulled out of Hogwarts and did not return for the rest of the year.

## Etymology

The female name Jane originates in Hebrew language and means "God is merciful". Originally derived from a Hebrew masculine name, it has the same origin as many other names, including Joan and Hannah, the name given to her daughter.

The Miller surname is a common muggle occupational name for someone who grinds grain in a mill.