| 8. | John Mason Miller was born on 9 Jan 1850 in Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; was christened on 9 Jan 1850 in St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church, Lanark Village, Ontario, Canada (son of Robert Hendry Boyle and Janet Millar, son of Thomas Miller and Elizabeth Mason); died on 21 Nov 1925 in Darling Downs, Queensland, Australia; was buried on 21 Nov 1925 in Toowong Cemetery, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. Other Events and Attributes:
- FamilySearch ID: 2W62-TFT
- _UID: BDDD05CBE9954B93A3249776310B6AF5355E
- Residence-Family Member: 9 Jan 1850, Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; at the time of the birth of Andrew Burns Miller and John Mason Miller
- Census-Family Member: 1851, Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Canada
- Census-Household Member: 1851, Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Canada
- Location-Witness: 1851, Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Concession 2 Lot 6 whole
- Religion-Member: 1851, Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Free Church
- Census-Household Member: 1861, Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Canada
- Occupation: 1871, Ipswich Reserve, Queensland, Australia; Farmer's Assistant
- Occupation: 30 Sep 1874, Brisbane City, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia; Joined the Queensland Police Force - 12 months in Brisbane
- Occupation: Abt Sep 1875, Toowoomba Garden of Remembrance, Toowoomba, Toowoomba Region, Queensland, Australia; Queensland Police Force - Toowoomba for two months
- Occupation: Abt Nov 1875, Leyburn, Queensland, Australia; Queensland Police Force - Leyburn
- Occupation: Abt 1877, Inglewood, Queensland, Australia; Queensland Police Force
- Census-Household Member: 1903, Warwick, Darling Downs, Queensland, Australia; Electoral Rolls
- Residence: Bef 1905, Warwick, Darling Downs, Queensland, Australia; Wood Street
- Occupation: 1905, Warwick, Darling Downs, Queensland, Australia; Drove watercart for the Council (horse cart)
- Residence: Aft 1905, Warwick, Darling Downs, Queensland, Australia; Dragon St just up from the corner of Grafton St, east side.
- Residence-Occupant: 1923, Brisbane City, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia; 13 Plunkett St, Paddington - on 1923 Electoral Roll
- Religion: 1925, Brisbane City, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia; Buried Church of England
- Residence: 1925, Paddington, Queensland, Australia; Campbell St.
Notes:
Elizabeth Mason Miller died on 27 January 1850 after giving birth to twin sons who were born and baptised on 9 January 1950. She ws the daughter of Robert Mason and Helen Gourlay who had immigrated to Canda at the same time as the Miller family.
Andrew Burns Miller was raised by his uncle George Miller in Bathurst Township, Canada West (Lanark County, Ontario, Canada). John Mason Miller was raised by his aunt Janet (Mrs. Robert Boyle) and went to Australia with them in the 1860's. John Mason Miller travelled to Ipswich Reserve, Australia with the Boyle family on the Golden City, arriving on 5 February 1866. The Boyle family settled on the Ipswich Agricultural Reserve in the Fassifern Valley near Brisbane Queensland. John Mason Miller was 16 years of age when he arrived in Queensland.
In the 1851 Canada West census ?b?John Mason Miller?/b? is listed twice, once in the household of his father Thomas Miller and secondly in the household of Robert Hendry Boyle.
In 1851 his father, ?b?Thomas Miller?/b?, is 42, member of the Church of Scotland, who is a farmer and lives in a log house. John Mason's siblings are listed as William 18, Robert 16, George 15, Mary 11, Thomas 9, Helen 7, Robertson 6, David 4, and Andrew 2. Margaret Mason, a sister of his mother, age 23, is also listed and has probably assumed the 'mother' role in the household. It is unknown who cared for John Mason during his infancy. Janet, his aunt would have only been eight years older than his father, Thomas, and would have grown up in the same neighbourhood and probably forged a close relationship. Her youngest child Mungo, was six years old so it is not probable that she was able to nurse John Mason as an infant. If he joined her household shortly after birth as the census may indicate, a wet nurse may have been engaged or a sop* used.
Meanwhile (1851), in the Boyle household you have Robert Boyle, age 57, member of the Free Church, a farmer who also lives in a log house. His wife Jannet is a sister of William, father of Thomas, and aged 48. The family members are slightly older; Catherine 26, Mary 24, William 21, John 18, Robert 17, David 15, James 12 and Mungo 10. John Mason is listed as age 3, indicating that the census was taken later in the year.
In 1861, aged 12, John is again listed as a member of this household.
Meanwhile, Andrew Burns Miller is only listed with his father, Thomas Miller's household in 1851. In 1861 Andrew Burns Miller, age 11, is found in the household of George Miller. Other members of the household are George Miller 47, his wife (Helen) Ellen 45, Jane 18, Mary 16, Robert 14, Jennet 12, Margaret 10, William 7, Catherine 5, George 3. Again, it is not known who would have cared for him as an infant unless a wet nurse was engaged or Margaret Mason was able to successful feed him with a sop.
Thomas Miller remarried in 1852. He and his new wife Ann Wilson Donaldson, b circa 1812, had three children, James b. 1853, Jennett b. 1856, and Agnes b. 1860. They appear as part of Thomas Miller's household in 1861 along with children from his first marriage. It appears that the twins, have both been 'adopted' within the extended family shortly after birth or at least by the time that Thomas remarried.
(Research):Mary, Mungo and John Mason Miller are the only family members mentioned in John's letters in 1870 to his twin brother Andrew Burns Miller.
?i?Land Orders 1862
?/i?#381
#2520 (John C. Boyle) ??i?
Land Orders 1866
?/i?#1725?i?
Land Orders 1871
?/i?#573?i?
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?i?Australia Electoral Roll 1903, Warwick - Darling Downs Division?/i?
John Mason Miller, Wood Street, labourer.
?i?Australia Electoral Roll 1925, Warwick - Darling Downs Division
?/i?John Mason Miller
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Residence-Family Member:
Role: Family Member
Lanark County, Bathurst Township, Concession 3, Lot 9
Thomas Miller, farmer, age 42, C. of Scot., Log house
William 18
Robert 16
George 15
Mary 11
Thomas 9
Helen 7
Robertson 6
David 4
Andrew 2
John 2
Margaret Mason 23 (sister-in-law)
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Census, 12 Jan 1852
?b?#10 William Crawford 50 (1802), ?/b?carpenter, Ireland, 1802 - household Margaret 25 (1827), Elizabeth 8 (1844) , William 5 (1847), James 3 (1849), Margaret A. 1 (1851) are next to James Bredin.
In the next door household (log house) of #17 ?b?James Bredin?/b? 72 (1780), Ireland, farmer, are daughter/wife? Elizabeth 57 (1795) Ireland, May 26 (1826), William 24 (1828) #21 ?b?Robert Bredin 22 (1830), shoemaker?/b?, wife Jane 20 (1832), Richard 18 (1834), Harry W. 16 (1836), Elizabeth 14 (1838), William 11 (1841)and ?b?Alexander Wilson?/b? 72 (1780).
Another neighbour ?b?James Mui?/b?r is also a shoemaker and may be the son of the shoemaker noted in Robert Mason's diary.
#28 ?b?Robert and Janet Boyle?/b? may have operated a stopping place (1 story log house) as their property was located on the edge of Lanark village at the point where the road branches, travelling west towards Watson's Corners and north towards Hopetown. This junction would be important for access to timber shanties located further west and north.
Additional name attached to Robert Boyle's household are:
David McIntosh 24 (1828) Scotland
Robert Newen (Noonan) 17 (1835) Scotland - Residence Darling Twp
James Watt 21 (1831) Canada -Residence Dalhousie
Robert Miller 17 (1835) - Residence Bathurst
George Miller 15 (1837) - Residence Bathurst
James Miller 17 (1835 - Residence Rodden
?b?#45 Robert Cannon, cooper?/b?, Scotland 35 (1817), Isabell Cannon and daughters Sarah 4 (1848) and Jane 2 (1850) are either across the road or next door to the Boyles in a frame house with a cooper shop. Also in the household are
#49 ?b?Margaret Beith?/b?, servant, Scotland, 16 (1836)
#50 ?b?Jane Wilson?/b? 30 (1822)
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It appears that by this time Robert is surrounded by a settlement. The neighbours are numerous but include mainly skilled labour, e.g. saddler, .
The following neighbours include frame houses and may indicate proximity to Lanark Village. As you to the next page the houses are of log.
Neighbours:
?b?John Gillis?/b? and ?b?James Caldwell?/b?, both lumber merchants
?b?Gavin Jamieson?/b?, yeoman, Ireland, Baptist 68, log
Mrs. 69 Ireland
?b?Hugh McEwen?/b?, Blacksmith, Scotland, Baptist, 41, frame
Mrs. 41 & children
?b?Alex McNichol?/b?, Innkeeper, 32, frame
Mrs. 24
?b?Thomas McMaster?/b?, labourer, 29
Mrs 31
?b?Richard Payne?/b?, druggist, 30
?b?John Teskey?/b?, labourer, 27
Mrs, 27 and family
?b?Samuel Drummond?/b?, 29 yeoman,
Mrs. 23, and family
?b?Robert Craig?/b?, tanner, 37, Scotland
Mrs. 38, and family, with labourer Tusau Disheau, labourer, Darling
?b?Robert Boyle?/b?, yeoman, 66, 1 1/2 story log
Mrs. 59
John H. 28, in Lavant
Robert H. 26, in Dalhousie
David, 24
Mungo, 19
Catherine, 35
Mary 33
John Miller, 12
Henry Connwell, 1
?b?William Alcorn ?/b?37, log 1 1/2 story
Mrs 38
Mary 11
Siman 9
James 8
David 5
William 5
Robert 3
Alexander 2
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Role: Occupant
Died:
Herbert Dobbin Miller Informant
Name:?tab?John Mason Miller
Death Date:?tab?21 Nov 1925
Death Place:?tab?Queensland
Father's name:?tab?Thomas Miller
Mother's name:?tab?Elizabeth Mason
Registration Year:?tab?1925
Registration Place:?tab?Queensland
Registration Number:?tab?B047337
Page Number:?tab?1216
John married Margaret Beatty on 8 Sep 1871 in Ipswich Reserve, Queensland, Australia. Margaret (daughter of Benjamin Beatty and Ann Dobbin) was born about 1843 in Maghernfett, County Londonderry, Ireland; died on 22 Apr 1904 in Warwick, Darling Downs, Queensland, Australia; was buried on 23 Apr 1904 in Warwick Cemetery, Warwick, Darling Downs, Queensland, Australia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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