Blanche Elliott Easton

Other Events and Attributes:

• _UID: 2D0530F0AA794AD8B42387631F19AEAEEC11

Notes:

(Research):Green: has birth in Dalhousie Twp; Easton Papers note has her buried in Elmwood Cemetery, Perth.

Blanche married Lindsay Duncan Grant on 14 Nov 1919 in Rainy River, Rainy River District, Ontario, Canada. Lindsay (son of Duncan Grant and Orphena Gray) was born on 6 Sep 1890; died on 25 Dec 1981 in Winnipeg, Greater Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada; was buried on 29 Dec 1981 in Winnipeg, Greater Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Margaret Gray Grant was born on 6 Nov 1918 in Rainy River, Rainy River District, Ontario, Canada; and died.
2. Blanche Eleanor Grant was born on 13 Nov 1920 in Neepawa, Manitoba, Canada; and died.

Other Events and Attributes:

• _UID: D2A038FAE26F467A881DE5B525E3E00BE79F

Notes:

(Research):Green: Farmer

George married Margaret Jane Miller on 12 Sep 1894 in Watson's Corners, Dalhousie Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada. Margaret (daughter of Stewart Evan Miller and Jane Elliott) was born on 13 Feb 1877 in Dalhousie Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; died on 27 Apr 1967 in Fort Frances, Rainy River District, Ontario, Canada; was buried on 2 May 1967 in Fort Frances, Rainy River District, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• _UID: B288200480EC4C8183BEEAF96DAF5DCD019C
• Census-Household Member: 1881, Dalhousie & North Sherbrooke Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Canada
• Census-Household Member: 1891, Dalhousie Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Canada

Notes:

Birth:
Green: 1877

Census-Household Member:
Role: Household Member


Census-Household Member:
Role: Household Member

Other Events and Attributes:

• FindaGrave Memorial ID: 214554796
• _UID: 62C5CF4A741546F8B9818C1A3B631C35D625

Notes:

(Research):Green: Foundry Moulder

FindaGrave Memorial ID:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/214554796

George married Lillian McDougall in 1854. Lillian was born in Mar 1836 in Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; died in Nov 1916 in Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; was buried in Lanark Village Cemetery, Lanark, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• FindaGrave Memorial ID: 214599116
• _UID: E34E07A4E0974578AFFC67325437099C84C2

Notes:

FindaGrave Memorial ID:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/214599116

Other Events and Attributes:

• FamilySearch ID: 97TD-YHW
• FindaGrave Memorial ID: 146868876
• _UID: 51A5A4FB7644415B9B7F728D4151B4448E04
• Census-Household Member: 1861, Rawdon Twp, Hastings County, Ontario, Canada; Canada - Isabella does not appear in the 1861 census but would have been married at this time.
• Occupation: 1861, Rawdon Twp, Hastings County, Ontario, Canada; Labourer
• Census: 1871, Dalhousie Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Canada
• Census: 1881, Dalhousie & North Sherbrooke Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Canada
• Census: 1891, Dalhousie Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Canada
• Census: 1901, Rainy River (Beaver Mills), Algoma District, Ontario, Canada; Canada
• Occupation: 1901, Rainy River (Beaver Mills), Algoma District, Ontario, Canada; Carpenter
• Occupation: 1899 1926, Blue Twp, Rainy River District, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Residence: 28 Feb 1926, Rainy River, Rainy River District, Ontario, Canada; N1/2 of NW1/4 Sec 11, Township of Blue

Notes:

(Research):Muriel Peppler Letter suggest b 1841 in Bathurst

From Ted Miller
George Blair's "other next door neighbour" was now Stewart Miller, his first wife, Jane Ann Elliot, and the first two of their five children, namely Wesley Peter and Annie. This suggests Stewart and his Family left Rawdon Township around 1871, perhaps after the death of his Father, John, in April, 1871, or perhaps after the death of his Mother, Margaret Blair, in September, 1871?

Birth:
Green Family Tree: from Easton Papers, Aunt Dorothy
Born 28 Sep 1841 Rawdon twp, Hastings Co.

FamilySearch ID:
https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/97TD-YHW

FindaGrave Memorial ID:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/146868876

Census-Household Member:
Role: Household Member

Stewart married Jane Elliott on 31 Dec 1866 in Rawdon Twp, Hastings County, Ontario, Canada. Jane (daughter of Kennedy Elliott and Ann Williams) was born on 7 Mar 1843 in Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; died on 2 Oct 1884 in Dalhousie Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; was buried in Saint Andrew's Cemetery, Watson's Corner, Dalhousie Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• FindaGrave Memorial ID: 108103140
• Name: Annie
• _UID: 2FBA6BDEC6604CC2B107F72DBFD5756BB65C
• Census-Wife of Head: 1871, Dalhousie Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Canada
• Census-Wife of Head: 1881, Dalhousie & North Sherbrooke Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Canada

Notes:

Birth:
Easton Papers suggests born c1849; d 1884

FindaGrave Memorial ID:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/108103140

Census-Wife of Head:
Role: Wife of Head


Census-Wife of Head:
Role: Wife of Head

Notes:

Married:
Duncan Stewart and Elizabeth McMullen witnesses

Name:?tab?Stewart Miller
Age:?tab?25
Birth Place:?tab?Rawdon Township
Residence:?tab?Rawdon Township
Spouse Name:?tab?Jane Elliott
Spouse Age:?tab?21
Spouse Birth Place:?tab?Bathurst Township
Spouse Residence:?tab?Rawdon Township
Marriage Date:?tab?31 Dec 1866
Father Name:?tab?John
Mother Name:?tab?Margaret
Spouse Father Name:?tab?Kennedy
Spouse Mother Name:?tab?Ann
County:?tab?Hastings
Microfilm Roll:?tab?1030057

Source Information
Ontario, Canada, County Marriage Registers, 1858-1869 [database on-line].

Other Events and Attributes:

• _UID: 1FFAF1FA2C814853A63A0066D1046475401D
• Location: 1820, Dalhousie Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Concession 3 Lot 17E
• Immigration: 1820, Dalhousie Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; from Scotland on Prompt with Lesmahgow Emigration Society

Notes:

Immigration:
wife and two children

Thomas married Mary McDonald Chalmers. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Name: Mary McDonald Chambers
• _UID: DB93FCD72C744BAEA18898BC263442655831

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]

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

Other Events and Attributes:

• _UID: 831F70ACD4324F2785D73C9631F973E4E940

Notes:

(Research):Moved to Rawdon Twp. c1842

Kennedy married Ann Williams. Ann was born in 1817 in Ireland; died in 1891. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• _UID: F241F8DF56B14FFF940DFBB1282D9530C655