Howard Alexander MacDonald

Male Abt 1894 - Abt 1918  (~ 24 years)


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Howard Alexander MacDonald was born about 1894 (son of John A. MacDonald and Isabella Miller); died about 1918.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • _UID: 695A9A8045484321A9A92381FB2CB8EA8DE5
    • Census-Household Member: 1901, Seymour Twp, Northumberland County, Ontario, Canada; Canada
    • Census-Household Member: 1911, Byng Inlet, Parry Sound District, Ontario, Canada; Canada

    Notes:

    Census-Household Member:
    Role: Household Member


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    Role: Household Member


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  John A. MacDonald was born on 15 Mar 1862 in Cochrane, Cochrane District, Ontario, Canada (son of Ewan MacDonald and Elizabeth "Granny" Smith); died on 23 Jul 1957 in Iroquois Falls, Cochrane District, Ontario, Canada.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Name: John Mcdoneld
    • _UID: 8FBA592595B74291A7BF15F129DEBEAAC123
    • Census: 1891, Seymour Twp, Northumberland County, Ontario, Canada; Canada
    • Residence: 1891, Seymour Twp, Northumberland County, Ontario, Canada
    • Census: 1901, Seymour Twp, Northumberland County, Ontario, Canada; Canada
    • Occupation: 1901, Northumberland County, Ontario, Canada; Paper Mill Laborer
    • Census: 1911, Byng Inlet, Parry Sound District, Ontario, Canada; Canada
    • Occupation: 1911, Byng Inlet, Parry Sound District, Ontario, Canada; Labourer
    • Census: 1921, Calvert, Temiskaming District, Ontario, Canada; Canada
    • Occupation: 1921, Calvert, Temiskaming District, Ontario, Canada; Farmer

    John married Isabella Miller on 9 Nov 1886 in Belleville, Hastings County, Ontario, Canada. Isabella (daughter of David Edward Miller and Susan Ann Johnson) was born on 25 Mar 1864 in Rawdon Twp, Hastings County, Ontario, Canada; died on 3 Sep 1931 in Campbellford, Trent Hills, Seymour Twp, Northumberland County, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Isabella Miller was born on 25 Mar 1864 in Rawdon Twp, Hastings County, Ontario, Canada (daughter of David Edward Miller and Susan Ann Johnson); died on 3 Sep 1931 in Campbellford, Trent Hills, Seymour Twp, Northumberland County, Ontario, Canada.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Name: Bella
    • _UID: 2B07CAF78EF24E4991B8E3D4BE43FC6F7689
    • Census-Household Member: 1871, Rawdon Twp, Hastings County, Ontario, Canada; Canada
    • Census-Household Member: 1891, Seymour Twp, Northumberland County, Ontario, Canada; Canada
    • Census-Household Member: 1901, Seymour Twp, Northumberland County, Ontario, Canada; Canada
    • Census-Household Member: 1911, Byng Inlet, Parry Sound District, Ontario, Canada; Canada
    • Census-Household Member: 1921, Calvert, Temiskaming District, Ontario, Canada; Canada
    • alt Death: 3 Sep 1931, Toronto (York), Toronto Municipality, Ontario, Canada

    Notes:

    Census-Household Member:
    Role: Household Member


    Census-Household Member:
    Role: Household Member


    Census-Household Member:
    Role: Household Member


    Census-Household Member:
    Role: Household Member


    Census-Household Member:
    Role: Household Member

    Children:
    1. Clara D. MacDonald was born on 1 Apr 1888 in Campbellford, Trent Hills, Seymour Twp, Northumberland County, Ontario, Canada; died on 12 Jan 1956 in Campbellford, Trent Hills, Seymour Twp, Northumberland County, Ontario, Canada.
    2. Eveline Susan MacDonald was born on 26 Jun 1892 in Campbellford, Trent Hills, Seymour Twp, Northumberland County, Ontario, Canada; died on 18 Sep 1976 in Campbellford, Trent Hills, Seymour Twp, Northumberland County, Ontario, Canada.
    3. 1. Howard Alexander MacDonald was born about 1894; died about 1918.
    4. Mary Edith MacDonald was born on 10 May 1896 in Campbellford, Trent Hills, Seymour Twp, Northumberland County, Ontario, Canada; and died.
    5. Floyd David MacDonald was born about 1898; died about 1977.
    6. Gerald Donald MacDonald was born on 14 Dec 1900 in Campbellford, Trent Hills, Seymour Twp, Northumberland County, Ontario, Canada; and died.
    7. Ada Belle MacDonald was born on 4 Nov 1902 in Campbellford, Trent Hills, Seymour Twp, Northumberland County, Ontario, Canada; died on 23 Sep 1992; was buried on 26 Sep 1992 in Abitibi, Cochrane District, Ontario, Canada.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Ewan MacDonald was born about 1814 in Scotland (son of John MacDonald and Margaret); died before Dec 1869.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • _UID: 863C946DF5984E1EB23698C3F4A61750004C

    Ewan married Elizabeth "Granny" Smith on 13 Jun 1860 in Perth, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada. Elizabeth (daughter of John Robert Smith and Janet Marshall) was born on 5 Sep 1818 in Paisley Parish, Renfrewshire, Scotland; died on 24 Apr 1903 in Palmerston Twp, Addington County, Ontario, Canada; was buried on 25 Apr 1903 in Crawford Cemetery, Elphin, Dalhousie Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 5.  Elizabeth "Granny" Smith was born on 5 Sep 1818 in Paisley Parish, Renfrewshire, Scotland (daughter of John Robert Smith and Janet Marshall); died on 24 Apr 1903 in Palmerston Twp, Addington County, Ontario, Canada; was buried on 25 Apr 1903 in Crawford Cemetery, Elphin, Dalhousie Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • FamilySearch ID: G354-NCL
    • FindaGrave Memorial ID: 55415896
    • Name: Granny
    • _UID: E3DE29CDCD75400898D6E4FC411AD32FEC49
    • Census-Household Member: 1891, Palmerston & Canato Twp, Addington County, Ontario, Canada; Canada

    Notes:

    (Research):?i?Elizabeth Smith?/i?, married
    ?b??i?James Millar?/i?,?/b? Sherbrooke, 05 Apr 1842, Bell Marriages, First Presbyterian Church Records.
    Only child listed in baptisms is Mary 1846.

    ?b?Other Sherbrooke Millar marriages:?/b?
    ?i?George Millar?/i? m. ?i?Agnes McDougall?/i?, 21 Jun 1842
    Listed as parents in baptisms but no name of child

    ?i?Thomas Millar?/i? m. ?i?Marion Hamilton?/i?, 4 Jan 1848
    Listed as parents in baptisms but no name of child

    ?i?Elizabeth Smith?/i?, 42, b. abt 1818, Scotland, Residence Palmerston, ON, CAN married
    ?b??i?Ewan McDonald,?/b??/i? 13 June 1860, Perth, Lanark, ON, CAN
    ?i?Household?/i?
    John McDonald, Margaret McDonald, Ewan McDonald, Elizabeth Smith, John Smith, Janet Marshall
    Parents: John Smith and Janet Marshall
    ?i?(Who was Janet Marshall? she appears again in 1876)
    ?/i?
    ?b?1861 Canada Census Palmerston Township, Frontenac County?/b?.
    In the household are:
    Ewan McDonald 1814 Scotland
    Elizabeth McDonald 1818 Scotland
    Janet Miller 1842 Canada West
    Thomas Miller 1842 Canada West
    Mary Miller 1846 Canada West
    James Miller 1848 Canada West
    John Miller 1851 Canada West
    Elizabeth Miller 1855 Canada West '96 marries that McKinnon fellow
    William Miller 1858 Canada West

    Married ?b??i?Robert (Brown?) Millar?/b??/i?, 29 Dec 1869 Perth, ON -
    ?i?Robert Millar?/i?, 59, North Gower, ON, widower, stone mason, parents William and Margaret Millar, married to
    ?i?Elizabeth Smith Millar?/i?, 53, Palmerston, ON, Scotland, parents John and Janet Smith, Francis Davis, Perth and Peter McIntyre, S. Sherbrooke, witnesses, both Presbyterian, Rev. W.A. Caldwell, Lanark.
    ?i?(concerns, Elizabeth is using Miller as her previous name when married throwing into question her relationship to McDonald, can't find any record of Robert, except birth, before or after 1851 census, can't find a burial record).

    ?b??/i?1871 Census for Palmerston Township in Addington County
    ?/b??i?Robert Miller?/i? is head of household and married to Granny Smith '96
    John Miller age 9 in 1871 is the John Miller in 1861 and is a son of James Miller & Granny Smith
    So is William Miller age 14 in 1871.
    The Elizabeth Miller born 1860 in the 1871 census is not a daughter of James Miller & Granny Smith because it is the other Elizabeth born 1855 who is and she marries McKinnon.

    A search for parental lines going back to Elizabeth Smith, (great granddaughter), suggests she had the following in her household in 1871 when she married Robert.?i? [Parents unknown]?/i?.
    Elizabeth Millar, c1860, John, c 1862, Hannah, c 1863, and Alexander James c1866, buried Snow Road, Palmerston, Frontenac, ON, who later had a son Howard.

    "I am writing about Robert Brown Millar who married Elizabeth Granny Smith in 1869 - Perth, Ontario. Robert and Elizabeth raised my ggrandmother Elizabeth Miller, her sister Hannah and their brother Alexander. The 3 siblings are listed in the 1871 census for Palmerston and South Canonto, Ontario as living with Robert and Elizabeth. A descendant has advised that they did live with their grandparents. I'm assuming that would have been Robert. ?i?[I think it may also be first wife Janet's parents as a possibility as well : C McFadden][ It could be Elizabeth's parents, John Smith and Janet Marshall: DED] ?/i?I can only find him listed in one other census for 1861 in North Gower, Carleton, Ontario. He was a bricklayer and married at that time but his wife and children were not listed. He was widowed when he married Elizabeth. I believe that he was born in Dunbartonshire, Scotland. It could be that one of his children?i? [Robert] ?/i?was the father of Elizabeth and her siblings. I was told that their?i? [James' although the marriage registers differ, childhood memory of what they were told?]?/i?parents were John and Janet Miller who met and married in Perth, Lanark, Ontario. I cannot locate records for them. Any details would be appreciated."

    Married ?i?Philips James Shevlin?/i?, 13 Aug 1876,
    ?i?Household ?/i?
    Elizabeth Miller, ?i?Janette Marshall?/i?, John Smith, Philips James Shevlin, Terrence Shevlin, ?i?Mary Cavener
    (Who is Mary Cavener?)

    ?b??/i?Tombstone, Crawford Cemetery, C12, L9-L10, Dalhousie Twp, Lanark, ON, CAN?/b?
    In memory of James Millar, born June 29, 1817, died 7 July, 1857. Also his wife Elizabeth Smith, born Sept 5, 1818, died 24 Apr 1903. Natives of Scotland
    On alternate side: In memory of Hugh A. Miller, died May 26, 1905, AGED 20 years, 8 Mo's.?i?
    ?/i?
    ?b?Elizabeth Smith Miller: Title: The Lanark Era, BDM, Author Peter E Anderson, Obituary:

    ?/b?In many respects, Mrs. Miller was one of the most remarkable women in the County of Lanark. Possessed of wonderful energy all through life, hers was a career of exceeding activity. In a region where all was virgin forest, and no person save a lone Indian was near, she with her husband erected a home of logs, where they resided for many years the only white people in that neighbourhood. Then the lumberman came with his axes and men, the mighty giants of the forest were felled and removed and Nature's primitive scenes gave place to pastoral landscapes and peaceful vistas. Mrs. Miller outlived this process of change, the woodman's entrance and exit, the passing of the redman, the bleat of the lamb for the howl of the wolf, the modern dwelling for the scoop-roof shanty, the varnished buggy for the crude jumper, the silks for the homely drugget and having passed through it all, she entered the better land. Mrs. Miller came of good Scotch parents. He maiden name was Elizabeth Smith. Born the 5th Sept, 1818 at Paisley... with her parents she came to Canada in 1821 and settled in the Township of North Sherbrooke. In 1842 Elizabeth was married to Mr. James Miller. The young couple began matrimonial life in North Sherbrooke and after several moves they settled in the township of Palmerston, on a lot known as the Indian lot. That was in 1848 and they were the furthest settlers west of the Mississippi River for a period of 12 years. The opening up of the Snow Road brought in a lot of settlers who took up land around the Miller homestead. In 1857 the terrible disaster known as the Crotch Lake catastrophe shocked the whole countryside. A whole gang of men were swept away while driving by the river by breaking of the dam. Their bodies were not recovered for a long time afterwards and Mr. Miller used to carry mail to the men searching for the bodies of the unfortunate rivermen. It was on one of these trips that Mr. Miller lost his life.He was drowned near Crotch Lake. Mrs. Miller has living 43 grandchildren, 77 great grandchildren and three great great grandchildren. To her children and many of her grandchildren Mrs. Miller proved a very efficient physician, administering to their physical ailments with skill born the years of observation and experience. Indeed, for many years when no doctor was in the neighbourhood and Lanark was the nearest point that boasted a man of medicine, Mrs. Miller attended the sick and lost many a night's sleep in doing what she considered a duty. She was a Presbyterian. When a young girl, McDonald's Corners was the nearest place where public worship was held. The boys and girls walked there barefooted, carrying their boots, and when near the church put them on. This was done to save the boots, for in those days frugality and economy were the very essence of living.

    MillarJ
    Great-great grandmother Elizabeth (Smith) Millar


    ?b?Elizabeth Smith Millar?/b?
    ?i?Posted 17 Sep 2013 by oldneva on Ancestry?/i?
    In 1861 census, Elizabeth was in Palmerston married to Ewen McDonald and living with her family. She married Robert Brown Millar in 1869 and on 1871 census is with Robert and has 3 additional Miller children preceding marriage date - likely from his first marriage (both were "W" at time of marriage) who she ended up raising after Robert died. On 1881 census she is married to Philip James Shevelin. After his death she remained a widow and appeared as Elizabeth Shevelin W in 1891 and as Elizabeth Millar W in 1901. All children were born to Elizabeth and James, no more children were born to Elizabeth by her other 3 husbands.
    Elizabeth donated the property for the Snow Road Presbyterian Church that was built in 1885 (from the book "The First One Hundred Years, Snow Road Presbyterian Church 1885-1985", by Max Millar, Hilda Geddes and Don St. Pierre).
    Perth Courier, May 22, 1903. p.3. Obituary - Millar - "A pioneer of North Sherbrooke has passed away-- Mrs. James Millar, who died at McLaren's Depot, April 24 [1903]. In many respects, says the Lanark Era, Mrs. Millar was one of the most remarkable women in the County of Lanark. She was 85 years of age at the time of her demise. In a region where all was virgin forest, and no person save a lone Indian was near, she, with her husband, erected a home of logs where they resided for many years, the only white people in that neighborhood. Then the lumberman came with his axes and men, the mighty giants of the woods were felled and removed, nature's primitive scenes gave place to pastoral landscapes and peaceful vistas. Mrs. Millar outlived this process of change, the woodman's entrance and his exit, the passing of the red man, the bleat of the lamb for the howl of the wolf, the modern dwelling forthe scoop- roofed shanty, the varnished buggy for the crude jumper, the silks for the homely drugget, and having passed through it all, sheentered the better land. Mrs. James Millar came of good Scotch parents. Her maiden name was Elizabeth Smith, Born the 5th September 1918, at Paisley Scotland, she passed the first four years of her life in the famous place. With her parents she came to Canada in 1821, and theysettled in the township of North Sherbrooke. In 1842 on the 5th AprilElizabeth married Mr. James Millar. The young couple began matrimonial life in North Sherbrooke, and after several moves, as the country opened up and they saw more favorable locations, they settled in the Township of Palmerston on a lot known as the Indian lot.This was in 1848, and they were then the only white residents in the Township of Palmerston and were the farthest settlers west of the Mississippi River for a period of twelve years. The opening up of the Snow Road brought in a lot of settlers, who took up land around the Millar homestead. In1857 the terrible disaster known as the Crotch Lake Dam catastrophe shocked the whole countryside. A whole gang of men were swept away while riverdriving by the breaking of the dam. Their bodies were not recovered for a long time afterwards and Mr. Millar used to carry the mail to themen searching for the bodies of the unfortunate rivermen wholost theirlives there. It was upon one of these trips that Mr. Millar lost his life. He was drowned near Crotch Lake. To Mr. and Mrs. Millar were born seven children. Janet (Mrs. Jos. McVeigh), deceased, Mary (Mrs. Alex McDougall), deceased, Elizabeth (Mrs. Hugh McKinnon) at McLaren's Depot, John at Ompah, James, Thomas and William at McLaren'sDepot. William lives on the homestead. Mrs. Millar has living 43 grandchildren, 77 great grandchildren and 3 great- great- grandchldren. Toher children and many of her grandchildren Mrs. Millar proved a kind,sympatheticand very efficient physician, administering to their physical ailmentswith skill born of years of experience and observation. Indeed, formany years, when no doctor was in the neighborhood and Lanark was thenearest point that boasted a man of medicine, Mrs. Millar attended the sick and lost many a nights sleep in doing what she considered a duty. Mrs. Millar was a Presbyterian and a member of the Church. When a younggirl McDonald's Corners was the nearest place where public worship was held. The boys and girls walked there barefooted, carrying their boots, and when near the Church put them on. This was doneto save the boots for in those days frugality and economy were the very essenceof living. The remains were interred on Saturday, April 25th [1903] in Crawfords Cemetery, the identical ground where a great many years ago deceased had hoed corn. The funeral was largely attended and Rev. Wm. A. Guy conducted the service."

    Twp Palmerston Lot 9 Conc 10 - original grant to Canada Company who sold to John Gillalloch who deeded to Robert B. Miller, Elizabeth's 3d husband, on July 1, 1871. Deed from Elizabeth Shevlin to William Millar on Mar 18 1883, and various other dealing over the years.
    Twp Palmerston Lot 11 Conc 10 - original patent of E 1/2 was to John Playfair, apparently purchased by Elizabeth Millar Mar 16 1858. Various other family dealings with the property over the years.
    Twp Palmerston Lot 10 Conc 11 - original patent June 28 1864 from Crown to Elizabeth Miller: various other family dealings with the property over the years.

    The following is an excerpt from the newspaper "The Telegram", a Toronto paper. This is taken from the Saturday, December 26, 1959 edition.
    "The Millars can trace back six generations when the family first moved in 1821 into what is now North Sherbrooke Township.
    Max's great grandmother moved to Snow Road about 1848 and for many years she and husband James were the only white settlers north of the Mississippi.
    She opened her home as a 'stopping place' for travelers along Snow Road, and the energetic woman served the community as physician, midwife, lawyer and mailman." (Max is Thomas Maxwell Millar, great grandsonof James and Elizabeth)

    FamilySearch ID:
    https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/G354-NCL

    FindaGrave Memorial ID:
    https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/55415896

    Census-Household Member:
    Role: Household Member


    Died:
    24 APR 1903 Lot 11 Conc. 10, Palmerston Twp, Frontenac Co, ON, Canada

    Children:
    1. 2. John A. MacDonald was born on 15 Mar 1862 in Cochrane, Cochrane District, Ontario, Canada; died on 23 Jul 1957 in Iroquois Falls, Cochrane District, Ontario, Canada.
    2. Hannah McDonald was born about 1863; and died.
    3. Alexander McDonald was born on 26 May 1866; died on 24 Apr 1931 in Plap, Manitoba, Canada.

  3. 6.  David Edward Miller was born on 6 Aug 1840 in Ontario, Canada (son of John Miller and Margaret Blair); died on 19 May 1907 in Buffalo, Erie County, New York, United States; was buried in Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Trent Hills, Northumberland, Ontario, Canada.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • FamilySearch ID: MR8B-X9G
    • _UID: A86249B8396A4E7496AA1540EE8922801E19
    • Census: 1861, Rawdon Twp, Hastings County, Ontario, Canada; Canada
    • Census: 1871, Rawdon Twp, Hastings County, Ontario, Canada; Canada

    Notes:

    (Research):?b?Muriel Peppler Letter?/b?
    b 1840
    ?b?Muriel Peppler Letter?/b?
    b 1830's was a daughter of John Miller and Margaret Blair, according to Harry Parr of Hoard's Station. David Miller and Susan Johnston were Harry's grandparents. His mother Margaret Anne Miller married Alfred H. Parr.

    Was he also married to a Mary Anderson?

    FamilySearch ID:
    https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/MR8B-X9G

    David married Susan Ann Johnson on 6 Feb 1859 in Belleville, Hastings County, Ontario, Canada. Susan (daughter of David Johnston and Annie Hackett) was born on 5 Nov 1840; died on 19 May 1904; was buried in Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Trent Hills, Northumberland, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 7.  Susan Ann Johnson was born on 5 Nov 1840 (daughter of David Johnston and Annie Hackett); died on 19 May 1904; was buried in Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Trent Hills, Northumberland, Ontario, Canada.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • _UID: 224B54B4F32F4C5EACCA989750885CB8D2A1
    • Census-Wife of Head: 1861, Rawdon Twp, Hastings County, Ontario, Canada; Canada
    • Census-Household Member: 1871, Rawdon Twp, Hastings County, Ontario, Canada; Canada

    Notes:

    Census-Wife of Head:
    Role: Wife of Head


    Census-Household Member:
    Role: Household Member

    Notes:

    Married:
    Name:?tab?David Miller
    Age:?tab?20
    Gender:?tab?Male
    Birth Place:?tab?Bathurst Township
    Residence:?tab?Hastings County, Ontario, Canada
    Spouse Name:?tab?Si?am Johnston
    Spouse Age:?tab?18
    Spouse Gender:?tab?Female
    Spouse Birth Place:?tab?Canada
    Spouse Residence:?tab?Hastings County, Ontario, Canada
    Marriage Date:?tab?6 Feb 1859
    Father Name:?tab?John
    Mother Name:?tab?Margaret
    Spouse Father Name:?tab?David
    Spouse Mother Name:?tab?Ann
    County:?tab?Hastings
    Microfilm Roll:?tab?1030057

    Children:
    1. Margaret Ann Miller was born on 9 Feb 1861 in Rawdon Twp, Hastings County, Ontario, Canada; died about 1945 in Campbellford, Trent Hills, Seymour Twp, Northumberland County, Ontario, Canada; was buried in Mount Pleasant United Church Cemetery, Stirling, Hastings County, Ontario, Canada.
    2. Jane "Jennie" Miller was born about Nov 1863 in Rawdon Twp, Hastings County, Ontario, Canada; died on 28 Aug 1920 in Campbellford, Trent Hills, Seymour Twp, Northumberland County, Ontario, Canada.
    3. 3. Isabella Miller was born on 25 Mar 1864 in Rawdon Twp, Hastings County, Ontario, Canada; died on 3 Sep 1931 in Campbellford, Trent Hills, Seymour Twp, Northumberland County, Ontario, Canada.
    4. Elizabeth Mary Miller was born about 1867 in Rawdon Twp, Hastings County, Ontario, Canada; and died.
    5. Ida Ellen Miller was born on 28 Nov 1868 in Rawdon Twp, Hastings County, Ontario, Canada; died on 19 Jul 1941 in Campbellford, Trent Hills, Seymour Twp, Northumberland County, Ontario, Canada; was buried on 22 Jul 1941 in Campbellford, Trent Hills, Seymour Twp, Northumberland County, Ontario, Canada.
    6. Lillus Kidd Miller was born on 28 Mar 1870 in Rawdon Twp, Hastings County, Ontario, Canada; died on 27 Apr 1943 in Longford Mills, Simcoe County, Ontario, Canada; was buried on 29 Apr 1943.
    7. John Millar was born about 1872 in Tonawanda, Erie County, New York, United States; and died.
    8. Charlotte "Lottie" Miller was born about 1874 in Hastings County, Ontario, Canada.
    9. George "Fredrick" Miller was born on 24 Oct 1875 in Lucknow, Bruce County, Ontario, Canada; died on 30 Aug 1937 in Tonawanda, Erie County, New York, United States.
    10. Lucina "Sina" Miller was born about 1878; died in 1969 in Seymour Twp, Northumberland County, Ontario, Canada.
    11. Blanche Miller was born about 1880 in Ontario, Canada; died about 1968; was buried in Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Trent Hills, Northumberland, Ontario, Canada.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  John MacDonald

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • _UID: 1944051E9F8A4866A5E18BF11888B7C87894

    John married Margaret. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 9.  Margaret

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • _UID: F25AA237389F4BE5AF13C39FD8466AFDD52A

    Children:
    1. 4. Ewan MacDonald was born about 1814 in Scotland; died before Dec 1869.

  3. 10.  John Robert Smith was born on 4 Oct 1785 in Sheldon Twp, Beaufort County, South Carolina, USA; died on 6 Jun 1871 in Dalhousie Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • _UID: 72F0550C9CFD4B2BBC40B2AAA7FC5D2A54A4

    John married Janet Marshall about 1811 in Paisley Parish, Renfrewshire, Scotland. Janet was born on 3 Jun 1796 in Paisley Parish, Renfrewshire, Scotland; died on 8 Jun 1876 in Sherbrooke North Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 11.  Janet Marshall was born on 3 Jun 1796 in Paisley Parish, Renfrewshire, Scotland; died on 8 Jun 1876 in Sherbrooke North Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • _UID: B79CE99C82304EF0AEB3DED36F9E23515BB7

    Children:
    1. Ellen Smith was born on 31 Mar 1812 in Paisley Parish, Renfrewshire, Scotland; died on 6 Jun 1886 in Sherbrooke North Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; was buried in Crawford Cemetery, Elphin, Dalhousie Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada.
    2. 5. Elizabeth "Granny" Smith was born on 5 Sep 1818 in Paisley Parish, Renfrewshire, Scotland; died on 24 Apr 1903 in Palmerston Twp, Addington County, Ontario, Canada; was buried on 25 Apr 1903 in Crawford Cemetery, Elphin, Dalhousie Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada.
    3. Thomas Smith was born about 1822 in Ogdensburg Cemetery, Ogdensburg, St Lawrence County, New York, United States; died on 19 Oct 1917 in Sarnia Twp, Lambton County, Ontario, Canada.
    4. Jannett Smith was born on 30 Sep 1829 in Sherbrooke North Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; died on 31 May 1896 in Sherbrooke North Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; was buried in Crawford Cemetery, Elphin, Dalhousie Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada.
    5. Joseph Smith was born on 9 Aug 1834 in Sherbrooke North Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; died on 2 Apr 1914 in Elphin, Dalhousie Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; was buried in Crawford Cemetery, Elphin, Dalhousie Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada.

  5. 12.  John Miller was born on 15 Aug 1806 in Dumbarton Parish, Dunbartonshire, Scotland; was christened on 24 Aug 1806 in Dumbarton Parish, Dunbartonshire, Scotland (son of James Miller and Margaret Lang, son of William Millar and Elizabeth Gilmour); died on 18 Apr 1870 in Rawdon Twp, Hastings County, Ontario, Canada; was buried in Rawdon Twp, Hastings County, Ontario, Canada.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • FamilySearch ID: LJV5-BRJ
    • Name: Millar
    • _UID: 0D509571001C4C079BD3DB8999304E581322
    • Census: 1861, Rawdon Twp, Hastings County, Ontario, Canada; Canada - Isabella does not appear in the 1861 census but would have been married at this time.
    • Location: 1869, Hastings County, Ontario, Canada; Concession A Lot 21
    • Occupation: 1869, Hastings County, Ontario, Canada; yeoman
    • Census: 1871, Rawdon Twp, Hastings County, Ontario, Canada; Canada - Death Record

    Notes:

    Ted Miller: Birth info from OPR Births 496/00 0030 0242 Dumbarton Register - Birth Date 24 August 1806.

    Based on correspondence from Muriel Peppler, I believe that?b? John Miller 1806 came to Canada in 1826?/b? (unexplained date in a Robert Miller bible in the possession of Carolee, daughter of Clinton Park, granddaughter of Elizabeth Miller Park 2017).

    Family lore suggests that he worked on a ships crew and left the ship in Quebec and made his way to Lanark County. He would have been 20 years of age at the time and would have qualified for a free grant of land when he reached age 21 but the land granting program was cancelled in 1827. He therefore did not receive a land grant.

    It is not know at this time where he worked and lived until his ?b?marriage to Margaret Blair in Lanark, Rev. John Gemmill, in 1831?/b? (Marriage certificate believed to have been held by Melville Millar in the 1990s). It is suspected that he may have worked for James Blair for a time and thus met his daughter Margaret. James Blair settled in Dalhousie in 1820. He died before 1834 and his son George acquired the property Dalhousie Concession 1 Lot 8 and applied for the crown patent for this lot.
    ?i?Land Record Dalhousie C1 L8?b??/i? ?/b?(Almonte Registry Office - researched by Mel Miller)
    1837 Crown to George Blair
    1852 George Blair to Robert Bateson
    1865 Robert Bateson to George Blair
    1872 George Blair to Andrew Paul
    1876 Andrew Paul to Stewart Miller
    1881 Stewart Miller to George Blair
    1885 George Blair to Jane Blair
    1895 Stewart Miller and wife to James Dunham
    Stewart Miller, son of John and Margaret, retured to this farm in the 1870's with his first wife, Jane Elliott, age 40 who died in 1883 and a son John, age 12 who died in 1881. Jane and her son are buried in the same plot as George Blair in the Watson Corners cemetery.

    It is believed that two children were born before moving to Bathurst. One unsubstatiated suggestion is that William was born in Huntley Township, Carleton County. If this can be established it might suggest that John was engaged in the timber industry for a period. This was one of the common methods for gaining currency during this period.

    ?b?St Andrew's Presbyterian Church, Perth, ON?/b?
    John (21 Jan 1836 - 13 Feb 1846) and Margaret (1 Feb 1835, communicant - 13- Jun 1846) were members of St. Andrews Presbyterian Church, Perth. It lists their location as Bathurst C2 L8 at time of becoming members (1836). Margaret's location is given as Perth at time of departure from congregation.

    ?b?Their children?/b?
    ?i?(?sup?*?/sup?PAO Toronto. MS 201 Reel#1 Church Records: Drummond, Bathurst, St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church)?/i?
    William - birth location to be confirmed;
    Catherine - birth location and baptism to be confirmed;
    James Miller born 15 Dec, 1835, chr. 8 May 1836, St Andrews Presbyterian Church, location Bathurst C2 L3?sup?*?/sup?
    George Miller born 18 Sep 1837, chr. 24 Sep 1837, St Andrews Presbyterian Church, location Bathurst C2 L3?sup?*?/sup?
    David - born circa 1840, Bathurst Twp, Lanark County
    Stewart - born c 1841, Bathurst Twp, Lanark County
    Robert - born 1834-4, Rawdon Twp, Hastings County
    John - born circa 1850, Rawdon Twp, Hastings County

    Research on the two Bathurst Township locations gives this information:
    Location from Baptismal records:
    C2 L3E - 1824 Hugh Spratt
    C2 L3E - 1829 Patrick Kane
    C2 L3W - 1824 Michael Cullen
    C2 L3W - 1825 Samuel McLellan
    C2 L3W - 1841 Isaac Corry
    It is probable that they rented or leased part of this lot for a period of time.

    Location from John Miller, St. Andrew's Role and Lanark Land Records, Book I, sale of property to Andrew Miller and Early Settlers in Bathurst Township; JRE Miller :
    C2 L8E - 1826 John McKenzie
    C2 L8E - 1832 Henry Graham
    ?b?C2 L8W - 1833 Archibald Fraser
    C2 L8W - 1833 John Miller
    C2 L8W - 1833 Andrew Miller
    ?/b?It appears that John Miller owned this lot jointly with Archibald Fraser 1833-1838. The sale to Andrew was recorded on 12 Dec 1838.

    After the move to Hastings County, Land records indicate that John and Margaret resided at Rawdon C9 L21 but later acquired additional properties.
    ?b?Rawdon Township
    ?/b?C9 L21 Deed March 1847 - 200 acres
    C8 L21 Deed December 1853 - 50 acres
    C8 L20 Deed 1864 - 100 acres (Johnston property)
    ?b?
    ?/b?Margaret Blair's sister ?b?Lillus Blair m. John Stewar?/b?t C4 L20 Bathurst
    Janet Stewart b. 5 Apr 1836, c. 8 May 1836
    John Stewart was former military, a teacher in Perth (Jean McGill: A Pioneer Story...)
    They moved to Rawdon Township, Hastings Cty with John and Margaret.

    Stewart Miller m. Annie Elliott, daughter of Kennedy & Ann Elliott, Bathurst, who also moved to Rawdon.
    Robert Miller m. Agnes Duncan, daughter of Peter Duncan & Elizabeth Beaumont, Bathurst, who moved to either Rawdon or Seymour E Twp, Northumberland.
    ?b?
    ?/b?John Miller died late 1870 and before 12 Jan 1871

    (Research):One of the census (1861) shows an Isabella Miller that no one can identify. Isabella is said to have married William Milne and is buried in Burnbrae cemetery, adjoining St Andrew's Church. The inscription on their tombstone is hard to read (1981:M. Peppler) but seems to be: Isabella Miller, died 22 Feb 1883, aged 60?, 63?, 69?. A granddaughter has her birth as 27 May 1820. This would make it unlikely that she was John and Margaret's daughter, maybe a sister?
    Family, Jane Milne married William Stewart Jr.

    Mary McLaughlin Miller, daughter of John and Margaret Miller, Osgoode, C10 L36, born 10 Jul 1843, baptised 16 Mar 1844.

    Excerpt from a letter - decendent of Stewart & Janet Miller
    The Millers and Blairs first settled in Dalhousie. Grandfather moved to Rawdon, near Campbellford; both he and grandmother Miller are buried there. Father, Mother, Uncle Robert and Aunt Agnes are buried in Rainy River.

    From Ted Miller, Nov 2019
    The 1871 Census of Canada lists John Miller, age 64, as dying in April within the 12 months "preceeding the 1871 Census".

    2. The Ontario Land Registry Access Land Registry Office for Hastings County (LRO21) advises -
    Page 267 of 301 of this document recorded that William, James, David, Stewart, George, John and wives & Margaret Miller ? Widow" Granted 100 acres of the property of Concession 9, Lot 21, to "Robert Miller", by Grant G818 on 12 January, 1871.

    Page 267 of 301 of this document recorded that William, James, David, Stewart, Robert, John and wives & Margaret Miller ? Widow" Granted 50 acres of the property of Concession 9, Lot 21, to "George Miller", by Grant G814 on 12 January, 1871.

    If the property of John Miller was passed to his descendants in January, 1871, that must mean that John Miller died during the April before 1871, i.e., April 1870.

    Birth:
    Family Search listing suggest Kilpatrick but no source given

    Name:?tab?John Miller
    Gender:?tab?Male
    Birth Date:?tab?15 Aug 1806
    Baptism Date:?tab?24 Aug 1806
    Baptism Place:?tab?Dumbarton,Dunbarton,Scotland
    Father:?tab?James Miller
    Mother:?tab?Margret Lang
    FHL Film Number:?tab?1041985

    Ancestry.com. Scotland, Select Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014.

    ScotlandsPeople

    Original data: Scotland, Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950. Salt Lake City, Utah: FamilySearch, 2013.
    First name(s)?tab?John
    Last name?tab?Miller
    Gender?tab?Male
    Birth year?tab?1806
    Birth place?tab?-
    Baptism year?tab?1806
    Baptism date?tab?24 Aug 1806
    Baptism place?tab?DUMBARTON,DUNBARTON,SCOTLAND
    Father's first name(s)?tab?James
    Father's last name?tab?Miller
    Mother's first name(s)?tab?Margret
    Mother's last name?tab?Lang
    Place?tab?Dumbarton
    County?tab?Dunbartonshire
    Country?tab?Scotland
    Record set?tab?Scotland Births & Baptisms 1564-1950
    Category?tab?Birth, Marriage & Death (Parish Registers)

    or was it:
    MILLAR
    JOHN
    JOHN MILLAR/MARY WILSON
    M
    14/04/1805
    495/
    20 71
    Cumbernauld


    Christened:
    MILLER
    JOHN
    JAMES MILLER/MARGRET LANG FR746 (FR746)
    M
    24/08/1806
    496/
    30 242
    Dumbarton

    First name(s)?tab?John
    Last name?tab?Miller
    Gender?tab?Male
    Birth year?tab?1806
    Birth place?tab?-
    Baptism year?tab?1806
    Baptism date?tab?24 Aug 1806
    Baptism place?tab?DUMBARTON,DUNBARTON,SCOTLAND
    Father's first name(s)?tab?James
    Father's last name?tab?Miller
    Mother's first name(s)?tab?Margret
    Mother's last name?tab?Lang
    Place?tab?Dumbarton
    County?tab?Dunbartonshire
    Country?tab?Scotland
    Record set?tab?Scotland Births & Baptisms 1564-1950
    Category?tab?Birth, Marriage & Death (Parish Registers)
    Subcategory?tab?Parish Baptisms
    Collections from?tab?Scotland, United Kingdom
    Index (c) IRI. Used by permission of FamilySearch Intl



    FamilySearch ID:
    https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/LJV5-BRJ

    Census:
    Name:?tab?John Miller
    Age:?tab?64
    Estimated birth year:?tab?abt 1807
    Gender:?tab?Male
    Birth Place:?tab?Scotland
    Residence District:?tab?Hastings North
    Residence Location:?tab?Rawdon
    Religion:?tab?Church of Scotland / Kirk / Scotch Presbyterian, etc.
    Occupation:?tab?Farmer
    Division:?tab?2
    Microfilm Roll:?tab?C-9993
    Page:?tab?D
    Head of Household Comment:?tab?The page number 'D' means that this individual did not appear in the regular census schedule, but instead was listed on the schedule that recorded deaths that had taken place within the last twelve months. When looking at the microfilm rolls, you will find

    Died:
    April is stroked out but not replaced.

    Buried:
    possibly in the Barton Cemetery

    John married Margaret Blair on 11 Feb 1831 in Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada. Margaret (daughter of Henry Blair and Mary Stobo, daughter of James Blair and Isabella "Bella" Kid) was born on 19 Jun 1802 in Barony Parish, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland; was christened on 4 Jul 1802 in Barony Parish, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland; died after Jun 1881 in Sinclair Twp, Muskoka District, Ontario, Canada; was buried in Rawdon Twp, Hastings County, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  6. 13.  Margaret Blair was born on 19 Jun 1802 in Barony Parish, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland; was christened on 4 Jul 1802 in Barony Parish, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland (daughter of Henry Blair and Mary Stobo, daughter of James Blair and Isabella "Bella" Kid); died after Jun 1881 in Sinclair Twp, Muskoka District, Ontario, Canada; was buried in Rawdon Twp, Hastings County, Ontario, Canada.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • FamilySearch ID: 93L7-GKT
    • Name: Margaret Pickens
    • _UID: F873EEFBBC484EF1BEFD34B462AE6CAB6119
    • Census-Wife of Head: 1861, Rawdon Twp, Hastings County, Ontario, Canada; Canada - Isabella does not appear in the 1861 census but would have been married at this time.
    • Residence: 1861, Rawdon Twp, Hastings County, Ontario, Canada
    • Residence: 1881, Sinclair Township, Muskoka, Ontario, Canada

    Notes:

    (Research):?b?Muriel Peppler Letter 25 Jan 1978, RR3 Hwy 8 Beamsville, ON L0r 1B0
    Contact from Jean Johnston, her cousin in Prescott
    ?/b?William Blair owned the hotel right behind the Perth Museum, formerly the Matheson home, made first brick in triangular shape, died c1821. Could he have been Margaret's father?

    ?i?James Blair Lanark Society Settler?/i?
    James Blair Society Settler 1820 Anderston and Rutherglen Transatlantic Emigration Society.
    Located East lot 8 Concession 1 Dalhousie.
    Weaver.
    Wife and 4 children.
    James Blair died before 1834 and his son George inherited the land.
    James son George Blair 1800 married Jane Jean Bateson 1802.

    Margaret Kelso Mrs. John Munro ? her niece Janet McDonald married Robert Bateson 1825 and his parents were William Bateson 1804 and Janet Sinclair who in 1851 are living beside George Blair and wife Jean Bateson.
    Jean Bateson 1802 Blair is sister of William Bateson 1804. Also with them is Isabella Blair born 1773 and so safe bet that Isabella is wife, widow of James Blair Lanark Society Settler dead by 1834 who came out in 1820.
    And Isabella is mother of George Blair 1800.

    Birth:
    Name:?tab?Margaret Blair
    Gender:?tab?Female
    Birth Date:?tab?21 Oct 1802
    Baptism Date:?tab?4 Nov 1802
    Baptism Place:?tab?Barony,Lanark,Scotland
    Father:?tab?James Blair
    Mother:?tab?Isobel Kidd
    FHL Film Number:?tab?1041477

    Source Information
    Ancestry.com. Scotland, Select Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014.
    Original data: Scotland, Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950. Salt Lake City, Utah: FamilySearch, 2013.

    Christened:
    BLAIR
    MARGARET
    HENRY BLAIR/MARY STOBO FR1031 CHILD 4 (FR1031)
    F
    04/07/1802
    622/
    40 250
    Barony

    FamilySearch ID:
    https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/93L7-GKT

    Census-Wife of Head:
    Role: Wife of Head


    Died:
    Sinclair Twp, home of David Millar, Canada Census 1881

    Notes:

    Married:
    Mel Miller had marriage certificate
    Rev. John Gemmell married John Millar, Lanark Twp and Margaret Blair, Dalhousie Twp in 1831

    Children:
    1. William Miller was born on 11 Apr 1832 in Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; died on 7 Mar 1901 in Seymour Twp, Northumberland County, Ontario, Canada.
    2. Catherine Isabella "Isabella" Miller was born on 27 May 1833 in Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; died on 27 Feb 1889 in Menie, Northumberland County, Ontario, Canada.
    3. James N. Miller was born on 15 Dec 1835 in Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; was christened on 8 May 1836 in St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church, Perth, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; died on 26 Oct 1924 in Fargo, Cass County, North Dakota, United States; was buried in Riverside Cemetery, Fargo, Cass County, North Dakota, United States.
    4. George Miller was born on 18 Sep 1837 in Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; was christened on 24 Sep 1837 in St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church, Perth, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; died in Feb 1875.
    5. 6. David Edward Miller was born on 6 Aug 1840 in Ontario, Canada; died on 19 May 1907 in Buffalo, Erie County, New York, United States; was buried in Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Trent Hills, Northumberland, Ontario, Canada.
    6. Stewart Evan Miller was born on 27 Sep 1842 in Campbellford, Trent Hills, Seymour Twp, Northumberland County, Ontario, Canada; died on 28 Feb 1926 in Rainy River (Beaver Mills), Algoma District, Ontario, Canada; was buried in Forest Lawn Cemetery, Fort Frances, Rainy River District, Ontario, Canada.
    7. Robert Miller was born on 3 Jun 1843 in Springbrook, Rawdon Township, Hastings County, Ontario, Canada; died on 21 Oct 1931 in Rainy River, Rainy River District, Ontario, Canada; was buried on 23 Oct 1931 in Rainy River, Rainy River District, Ontario, Canada.
    8. John Miller was born on 5 Jan 1850 in Rawdon Twp, Hastings County, Ontario, Canada.

  7. 14.  David Johnston died about 1863.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • _UID: AA0ADCCAD9B344E2A29397FE94FD8B43352C

    Notes:

    (Research):Muriel Peppler letter
    Lived in the vicinity of Perth in 1831; moved to Rawdon twp late 1840s
    Bought C8 L20 Deed Dec 1855 200 acres, north half
    Bought C8 L20 Deed Dec 1855 200 acres, south half

    died before 13 Nov 1863

    David married Annie Hackett. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  8. 15.  Annie Hackett

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • _UID: E0A8F7E7C9C941C297B17CC90AFC329252F6

    Children:
    1. Ellen Johnston was born in Perth, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada.
    2. 7. Susan Ann Johnson was born on 5 Nov 1840; died on 19 May 1904; was buried in Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Trent Hills, Northumberland, Ontario, Canada.




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