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- See attached sources. [13, 14]
- (Research):MS-154 Scottish Immigrant Records 1815-1834
William Miller and wife, Scotland on Prompt, September 1820
1 male +12, 0 male -12, 1 female +12, 1 female - 12
Settled Dalhousie C2 L14 Rear West, 19 Nov 1820.
William Miller and wife, Scotland on Prompt in September 1820
1 males +12, 2 males -12, 1 female +12, 0 female -12
Settled C2 Lot 20 Front east
His father:
William Miller and wife, Scotland on Cannington 16 July 1821
2 males +12, 2 males -12, 1 female +12, 0 female -12
settled Lanark C1 15 W
Brothers:
Andrew Miller, Bachelor, Scotland on Cannington 16 July 1821, Dalhousie C1 L15E.
James Miller and wife, Scotland on Cannington, 16 July 1821, Dalhousie C6 L12W
Index to the Return of Persons Located by the Military Settling Department dated 24 December 1822
(Father)William Miller, Lanark C1, L15W, 15 July 1821
(Bro)Andrew Miller, Dalhousie C6 L12W 15 July 1821
(Bro) James Miller, Dalhousie C6 L12W 15 July 1821
Inspection Report Bathurst District Clergy Reserves 1828 MS 482 Vol 1
Lanark C1 L15W William Miller. No present occupant 15 acres improved. Rocky and swampy. Lives on improved farm in the adjoining township of Bathurst.
Location of Immigrants Indebted to His Magesty's Government 24 October 1829
1820 Arrivals
William Miller Lanark C2 L13W; original grant to William Brown, sold to Wm. Miller, owned Perth tavern.
William Miller Dalhousie C1 L8E
William Miller Dalhousie C2 L14E
In another place the additional info appears Settlers who Received and Advance of Mone 1820:
William Miller Dalhousie C2 L14E
John Miller Dalhousie C3 L21E; in Rankin Report 1834 he is listed as left 13 years ago to unknown area, land is vacant
William Miller Lanark C2 L14E
Robert Mason Lanark C2 L9W
1821 Arrivals
William Miller Lanark Con1 Lot 15W
Robert Mason Lanark C2 Lot 9W
John Miller Lanark C2 L22W
In another place the additional info appears:
James Miller Dalhousie C6 L12W; in Rankin Report 1834 he is listed as here but going to Plympton. Flat rock and broken.
Return of Settlers in the Lanark Settlement Bathurst District Upper Canada 6 December 1834 - C Rankin Canadian Archives Q385, 1, pg.3 and MS 154 Scottish Immigration 1815-1834
Lanark Twp C1 L15W
William Miller, arrived in 1821, current owner Widow Miller, amount paid 6? 4 5. Property described as very rocky and broken. A large clearing with very small spots cultivatible.
Lanark Twp C2 L13W
William Brown sold this lot to William Miller who is here, by permission of Col Marshall. Paid 17 15 6.William Brown keeps tavern in Perth.
A-V1-3 Vol 4 1840 Inspection of Bathurst District by Francis Allen
Lanark Twp. C1 L15W 1/2, William Miller, No present occupant, 15 acres improved, rocky hills and swamp. Lives on an improved farm in the adjoining Township of Bathurst.
MS9 Reel 10 Vol. V Pg.160
28th Nov 1839
Read the return of Lanark settlers who having performed the settlement duties are entitled to patent deeds for their lots. William Miller Lanark C2 Lot 13W1/2
Ontario Archives RG1 CIV
Dalhousie C2 L14E1/2 Grant to William Miller of the township of Dalhousie in the County of Lanark in the District of Bathurst as one of the Lanark Society Settlers all that parcel of land in the Township of Dalhousie in the County of Lanark in the District of Bathurst being the east half of lot number 14 in the second concession containing 100 acres more or less for which an allotment of 14 acres and two sevenths is made for a protestant clergy in lot ten in the fourth concession of the said township of Dalhousie.
Order in Council
6th day of September under the administration of Sir George Arthur, KCH Lieutenant Governor, for said 100 acres of land. SGO fiat #2108 ME Description No. 2205 ME. Settlement duty performed.
Surveyor General's Office, Toronto, 6th October 1838.
Patent free.
J. Radenhurst
From Charles McFadden letter
William Miller (1762) arrived Brig George Canning 1821, Dumbartonshire and located on W L15 Con 1 Lanark Township after first drawing Lot 24 Con 2. He was accompanied by his wife and William Miller (1786)'s siblings. He later moved to Bathurst.
William Miller arrived on Brig Prompt, 1820 located in Dalhousie, Whitelee. Son of William 1762.
William Miller & Family in Wisconsin from Charles McFadden
William V. Moore , Wisconsin Probate. A kerfuffle over his estate. Mary Miller, his wife, refused administration on his estate. Jane Ebbot petitioned for re-payment of loans totaling over $1000 - in 1885 - dating back to 1855. The notes were in her name then: Jane M. Wilson. She says that she is the sister of William's wife, Mary Miller. A great grandson petitioned in 1948 because his grandfather had been named in the will "Miller W. Moore" and his name was really "William M. Moore" There is diagram of the homestead there too.
I do not have the diagram. I think Robert Urquhart's 4 great grand daughter may as a guess.
Then, Mary Miller Moore died in 1898 and her parents were named as William Miller and Margaret Burns.
So, now we know that William Miller 1786 went to the United States in 1836, was in Racine in 1844, that he had, at least, children Margaret Mary, Jane, and John with him. Jane married one husband Joseph Wilson along the way, and Mary married William V. Moore either Dec. 25 1844 or Jan. 31st 1845 - both records exist. Unfortunately, nothing further about the whereabouts of William and Margaret after the 1850 census of Wisconsin. William Miller 1786 & Mary Margaret Burns your 4 great grandparents either died before 1860 or moved on.
Notice Diane that there is a darn gone David Miller listed as well!
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William appears as head of household in Racine Wisconsin in 1855 Census. This census does not show names of household.
JR Ernest Miller 18 May 1993
Wm. Miller & Mary or Margaret Burns were married at Kilmarnock Scotland on 13 June 1807.
The baptismal records of their children in Scotland use one of those two christian names but never the two at one time. We have not checked her birth records to verify which is correct or whether it should be Mary Margaret Burns. It is rumoured that she is a sister of Robbie Burns the poet but never verified.
In 1821, William Miller took his family to Greenock where they embarked for Canada settling in Lanark twp on Con 1 Lot 15 opposite his brother Andrew who had drawn a similar lot in Dalhousie twp.
Burial records have never been located but the 1834 report on the condition of the 1820-21 Scottish settlers to Lanark and Dalhousie twps states that widow Miller is alone on L15 C1 Lanark and that the rest of the family has moved to Bathurst twp. In his diaries Robert Mason recorded that Mrs. William Miller died 13 Dec 1839. As three of his daughters were married to Miller husbands we have assumed that this was Mary Margaret Burns.
To make a positive identification more difficult there were no less than four William Millers in Dalhousie and Lanark twps in 1834. A William Miller left L14 C2 Dalhousie in 1839 and moved to Hammond, St. Lawrence Co., New York State. Efforts to identify this man have failed to date.
Janet, Margaret Ann & Mary, daughters of William and Mary Margaret Miller have not been identified in our research although earlier family history had indicated possible marriages to a Brownlee and a Robinson.
Carol Bennett: The Lanark Society Settlers, 1991.
pg. 105 reflects the confusion of William Millers at the time. She has Andrew Miller as a son rather than a brother. Again on pg 106 there is confusion of generations.
One of the William Millers was a member of the Glasgow Canadian Society. Signatures of James, Andrew and William are posted on page 103. Walter Black was head of this emigration society. This group arrived in 1821 on the ship George Canning.
Information about other settlers for future reference
Canadian Immigration Records, Part two: William Miller, wife age 40, male children 6, 10, 12 and 14; female 15.
William Miller, Lanark C7, L12W, 10 February 1821
William Miller, Scotland, Batchelor, Commerce, June 1820, Located 22 March 1821, Lanark C7 L12W; not sent out by Government, received by authority of Commander, 22 January, 1821.
William Miller, Dalhousie C9, L10E, 19 November 1820.
MS 9 Reel 10 Land Book Vol T #79
6 Sept 1838
Read a letter from John McIntire applying on behalf of certain individuals for their patents to issue.
William Miller Dalhousie C2 L11E1/2
William Miller Dalhousie C5 L6W1/2
Return of Settlers in the Lanark Settlement Bathurst District Upper Canada 6 December 1834 - C Rankin Canadian Archives Q385, 1, pg.3 and MS 154 Scottish Immigration 1815-1834
Dalhousie Twp C3 L14E
William Miller present and part of the family is out of the province. Land rocky and broken.
Dalhousie Twp C5 L6W
John Blair, original grantee, is in the States. William Miller is here. Broken, rocky, small clearing. Has paid 10? 0 0
James Blair Lanark C1 L8E
Andrew Blair - left settlement
William Miller Dalhousie C5 L6W; original grant to John Blair, sold to William Miller.
Alexander Brownlee Dalhousie C12 L11W
James Miller Lanark C5 L8E - note that he returned to Scotland prior to 1834
William Miller Dalhousie C5 L6W original grant to John Blair, sold to William Miller
John Miller Lanark C2 Lot 22
Alexander Brownlee Dalhousie C12 L11W
1851 Agricultural Census there is a William Miller on Con 2 Lot 13 Lanark Township
1851 Census, Lanark Township C 1-4
William, farmer, Scotland, Presbyterian, Age 76, Log House
Elizabeth, Ireland, 55
Elizabeth, Canada, 21
John, Canada 19
Jane, Canada 18
Rose Ann, Canada 12
Located in record between James Dobbie and John Gunn.
notes from William [6] for reference
As part of the Glasgow Sr. Wrights was Andrew Blair (4 people). As part of the Lanarkshire Society James Gilmour (6 persons), William Miller (1 person) and William Gilmour (1 person) sailed on Earl of Buckinghamshire, Johnston Master, departing Greenock on 29 Apr 1821 to sail to Quebec.
Among the 1821 arrivals is Robert Mason on Lanark C2 Lot 9W, Alexander Brownlee on Dalhousie C12 L11W, and John Miller on Lanark C2 L22W.
on the same ship, Cannnington as part of the Cambuslang Society, there was a John Miller (4 people) and a William Gourley (5 people).
I find that one of the William Millers from Scotland, was a bachelor, and had arrived on the Commerce on June 1820 and was not located until 22 March 1821 on Lanark C7 L12W. Furthermore I discover that he was not sent out by Government but was received by authority of Commander, 22 January, 1821. A Hugh Miller, 1821 settled in Ramsay Township C10 L18 on 25 Jul 1821. He was of interest, not as a Miller but as an ancestor of Beatrice Miller Duncan who married into my husband's Duncan family.
Another document was In this report we find that William Miller, 1820, purchased Lanark C2 Lot 13W from Wm. Brown who now owns a tavern in Perth and that William Miller is located on Dalhousie C2 Lot 14E. It seems there is a 'Brown' connection yet to be discovered in the family. A grandson of William and Elizabeth has Brown as a second name on a marriage record. It is also noted that John Blair sold Dalhousie C5 L6W to William Miller. At this point I go back to the record of births and baptism I have already gathered. I know that William Miller and Elizabeth Gilmour, are the parents of Robert, b. 3 Nov 1784, William, b. 19 Sep 1786, John, born 7 Jun 1789, and Jean b. 3 Aug 1791, all in Dumbarton, Dumbartonshire, Scotland.
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