Thomas Miller b. 17 Sep 1809 Dumbarton Parish, Dunbartonshire, Scotland d. 6 Dec 1868 West Albany Twp, Wabasha County, Minnesota, United States: Lanark County Origins

Thomas Miller^[1]

1809 - 1868 (59 years)

Name	Thomas Miller
Birth	17 Sep 1809	Dumbarton Parish, Dunbartonshire, Scotland [1, 2]
	MILLAR THOMAS WILLIAM MILLAR/MARY BURNS FR768 (FR768) M 08/10/1809 496/ 30 284 Dumbarton Name: Thomas Millar Gender: Male Birth Date: 17 Sep 1809 Baptism Date: 8 Oct 1809 Baptism Place: Dumbarton,Dunbarton,Scotland Father: William Millar Mother: Mary Burns FHL Film Number: 1041985
Christening	8 Oct 1809	Dumbarton Parish, Dunbartonshire, Scotland [1, 2]
	MILLAR THOMAS WILLIAM MILLAR/MARY BURNS FR768 (FR768) M 08/10/1809 496/ 30 284 Dumbarton Name: Thomas Millar Gender: Male Christening Date: 08 Oct 1809 Christening Place: DUMBARTON,DUNBARTON,SCOTLAND Birth Date: 17 Sep 1809 Birthplace: Death Date: Name Note: Race: Father's Name: William Millar Father's Birthplace: Father's Age: Mother's Name: Mary Burns Mother's Birthplace: Mother's Age: Indexing Project (Batch) Number: C11496-5 System Origin: Scotland-ODM GS Film number: 1041985 Reference ID: Citing this Record: "Scotland Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XBK5-Z5M : 2 January 2015), William Millar in entry for Thomas Millar, 17 Sep 1809; citing , reference , index based upon data collected by the Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City; FHL microfilm 1,041,985.
Gender	Male
Immigration-Witness	1820	Lanark County, Ontario, Canada [3]
	from Scotland
	Role: Witness William Miller?u?,?/u? sailed from Glasgow, Scotland 7 Apr 1820 Prompt, located 19 Nov 1820; wife, 1s +12, 1d +12, 2d -12. 1829 Report. 1834 - Miller and part of family here. Wretched lot. Port of Quebec report: 1820 May 13?tab?Brig Prompt, gone up to Montreal, was not boarded yesterday
		William Miller 1786 Naturalization Card
Residence	20 Jul 1834	Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada [4]
	C3 L6, the time of William's Birth
	Lanark Township Concession 3 Lot 6
Census	1842	Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada [5]
	Canada - Concession 3 Lot 9
	born Scotland Settled Bathurst, Concession 3 Lot 9 Date 1821 2 born Scotland 4 born Canada West 6 in household Presbyterian
Residence	9 Jan 1850	Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada [6]
	at the time of the birth of Andrew Burns Miller and John Mason Miller
	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)
Census	1851	Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada [7]
	Canada
		1851 Census Bathurst Thomas Miller Household
Occupation	1851	Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada [8]
	Farmer
Residence	1851	Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada [9]
Census	1861	Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada [10]
	Canada
		1861 Census Bathurst Thomas Miller Household
FamilySearch ID	KJZC-M9Q
	https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/KJZC-M9Q
Residence	1861	Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada [11]
Immigration	1862	Wabasha, Wabasha County, Minnesota, United States [12]
	from Canada
Name	Thomas Millar [13]
_UID	80B9CEB8573246AE956B0E7B3B96E5CC471B
Death	6 Dec 1868	West Albany Twp, Wabasha County, Minnesota, United States
	Also found on Ancestry tree - 12 Jun 1868 West Albany, Wabasha, Minnesota, USA
Notes	E0123 Batch 7215729 Serial St 13 Thomas Miller, chr. o8 Sep 1809 Cty Dumbarton, Town Dumbarton, William Miller and Mary Burns. 1841 Census Thomas is located at Bathurst C3 L9E and is listed as having arrived from Scotland in 1820. 2 people born in Scotland 4 children born in Canada. JR Ernest Miller May 1993 Thomas Miller would have been 12 years of age when William Miller and Mary Burns left Dumbarton to settle in Lanark Co. On 23 March 1833 he married Elizabeth Mason at Lanark. Elizabeth was the 2nd daughter of Robert Mason and Helen Gourlie who settled in 1820 on C2 L9 Lanark twp. Robert Mason was the first school master in Lanark Village, a weaver by trade and a strict Presbyterian . Their first child, William, may have been born at Lanark, as he is recorded as being baptised at St. Andrew's, Lanark. Thomas and Elizabeth moved to Bathurst, with his brother, and settled on L9 Con 3 where their family grew to number ten. This property was purchased from John Munro, the eldest son of Peter Munro. and was later known as the Alex Stewart farm, front part of West half of Lot 6 C 3 Bathurst (approximately 50 acres). The deed from John Gray is dated 3 November 1854, registered 17 Dec 1855 to John Munro, and sold 22 September 1860 to Thomas Miller for $1200, double the price John Munro paid in 1854. This property adjoined the 63 acre farm on which Peter Munro Sr. lived after moving from Dalhousie Twp. Elizabeth died on 27 January 1850 after giving birth to twin sons. Andrew Burns Miller was raised by his uncle George Miller. John Mason Miller was raised by his aunt Janet (Mrs. Robert Boyle) and went to Australia with them in the 1860's. Many members of this family went west and settled in North Dakota and Minnesota USA. My heartfelt thanks go to Clarice Bachman, wife of William Miller Stefon, of Chehalis, Washington for her tremendous effort in collecting data on this branch of the family and for the five days we spent proof reading and correcting printouts. (Research):E0123 Batch 7215729 Serial St 13 Thomas Miller, chr. o8 Sep 1809 Cty Dumbarton, Town Dumbarton, William Miller and Mary Burns. 1841 Census Thomas is located at Bathurst C3 L9E and is listed as having arrived from Scotland in 1820. 2 people born in Scotland 4 children born in Canada. 1851 Census for Bathurst, Lanark Cty, Canada West Schedule A, roll C_11721, pg. 49, Line 21 Thomas Miller, 42, 1810, Scotland, Farmer, Church of Scotland William Miller, 18, 1834, labourer, CAN Robert, 16, 1836 George, 13, 1839 Mary, 11, 1841 Thomas, 9, 1843 Helen, 7, 1845 Robertson, 6, 1846 David, 4, 1848 Andrew, 2, 1850 John, 2, 1850 Margaret Mason, 23, 1829, CAN (sister of Thomas' wife Elizabeth who died in 1850) note next entry: James Robertson, 29, 1823, CAN, farmer, Church of Scotland Janet Robertson, 26, 1826, CAN Margaret Robertson, 2, 1850, CAN JR Ernest Miller May 1993 Thomas Miller would have been 12 years of age when William Miller and Mary Burns left Dumbarton to settle in Lanark Co. On 23 March 1833 he married Elizabeth Mason at Lanark. Elizabeth was the 2nd daughter of Robert Mason and Helen Gourlie who settled in 1820 on C2 L9 Lanark twp. Robert Mason was the first school master in Lanark Village, a weaver by trade and a strict Presbyterian . Their first child, William, may have been born at Lanark, as he is recorded as being baptised at St. Andrew's, Lanark. Thomas and Elizabeth moved to Bathurst, with his brother, and settled on L9 Con 3 where their family grew to number ten. This property was purchased from John Munro, the eldest son of Peter Munro. and was later known as the Alex Stewart farm, front part of West half of Lot 6 C 3 Bathurst (approximately 50 acres). The deed from John Gray is dated 3 November 1854, registered 17 Dec 1855 to John Munro, and sold 22 September 1860 to Thomas Miller for $1200, double the price John Munro paid in 1854. This property adjoined the 63 acre farm on which Peter Munro Sr. lived after moving from Dalhousie Twp. Elizabeth died on 27 January 1850 after giving birth to twin sons. Andrew Burns Miller was raised by his uncle George Miller. John Mason Miller was raised by his aunt Janet (Mrs. Robert Boyle) and went to Australia with them in the 1860's. Many members of this family went west and settled in North Dakota and Minnesota USA. My heartfelt thanks go to Clarice Bachman, wife of William Miller Stefon, of Chehalis, Washington for her tremendous effort in collecting data on this branch of the family and for the five days we spent proof reading and correcting printouts. JR Ernest notes Thomas Miller, Bathurst purchased lot 301, Old Burying Grounds, Perth in 1853. 1980 notes suggest he may have lived in the Grafton or Cookston area of North Dakota at one time. Chapter 23 WEST ALBANY TOWNSHIP Pages 777-787 From the book about Wabasha Co. Minnesota "HISTORY OF WABASHA COUNTY" Compiled by Dr. L. H. Bunnell Published Chicago by H. H. Hill, Publishers, 1884 Republished Currently by Higginson Books In the spring of 1857, Lawrence Tracy, of Irish nativity, who had previously settled in what is now Oakwood, moved to West Albany. In the same year came Sylvester and William Applegarth, of Canada; Henry Schmuser, of Holstien; Wm. Funk, and some others. In 1858 began the establishment of the Scotch settlement in the northeastern part of the township. In this year came George and William Wilson, William Duffus, Henry Glashen, Geo. And William Perry, Charles Forest, Alexander Thoirs, William Sterling, David Munro, and William Corry; these have since been followed by many others from Scotland and Racine county, Wisconsin, some also from Canada. Many of these came here poor, but all are now successful farmers, and the Scotch settlement will be found a Christian, hospitable community where peace and prosperity reigns. Thus we see the early establishment of three nationalities in this township, German, Irish and Scotch, and to these three the population still mainly belongs, but very few being of American descent.
Person ID	I22	Lanark County Origins \| This is my paternal Lineage, my 2 great grandmother's Lineage (paternal)
Last Modified	9 Jun 2023

Father	William Miller, b. 19 Sep 1786, Dumbarton, West Dunbartonshire, Scotland d. Between 1855 and 1860, Raymond Township, Racine County, Wisconsin, United States (Age 68 years)
Mother	Margaret Burns, b. 10 Mar 1788, Kirkintilloch Parish, Dunbartonshire, Scotland d. Between 1855 and 1860, Raymond Township, Racine County, Wisconsin, United States (Age 66 years)
Marriage	13 Jun 1807	Cardross, Argyll and Bute (Dunbarton), Scotland
Family ID	F3	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family 1 Elizabeth Mason, b. 24 Jan 1812, Cambuslang, South Lanarkshire, Scotland d. 11 Jan 1850, Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada (Age 37 years)

Marriage 22 Mar 1833 Lanark Highlands (Lanark), Lanark County, Ontario, Canada [14, 15, 16]

Thomas Miller to Elizabeth Mason 22 Mar 1833, both of Lanark, Robert S...ory and Robert Boyle Witnesses, Rev William McAlister, Scotch Church Lanark.
Bathurst and District Marriage Register, 1831-148 RG8 I-6-A Vol. 1A pg. 8

Thomas Miller & Elizabeth Mason Marriage

Children

+	1. William Miller, b. 20 Jul 1834, Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada d. 2 Sep 1917, Grafton, Walsh County, North Dakota, United States (Age 83 years) [biological]
+	2. Robert Mason Miller, b. 14 Jul 1836, Tay Valley Twp (Bathurst), Lanark County, Ontario, Canada d. 3 Apr 1915, Pembina County, North Dakota, United States (Age 78 years)
+	3. George Burns Miller, b. 8 Feb 1838, Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada d. 8 Jan 1918, Echo Twp, Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota, United States (Age 79 years)
+	4. Mary Burns "Nancy" Miller, b. 20 Aug 1840, Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada d. 17 Aug 1890, Grafton, Walsh County, North Dakota, United States (Age 49 years)
+	5. Thomas Gourley Miller, b. 13 Apr 1842, Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada d. 3 Jun 1924, Grafton, Walsh County, North Dakota, United States (Age 82 years)
	6. Jane Eliza Miller, b. 12 Apr 1843, Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada d. 13 Oct 1906, Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada (Age 63 years) [biological]
+	7. Helen Gourley "Ella" Miller, b. 14 Apr 1844, Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada d. 16 Jun 1918, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota, United States (Age 74 years)
+	8. Robertson Mason Miller, b. 21 Jun 1846, Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada d. 12 Sep 1918, Excelsior, Hennepin County, Minnesota, United States (Age 72 years)
+	9. David Gourlay Miller, b. 30 Apr 1848, Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada d. Abt 1905, Oakesdale, Whitman County, Washington, United States (Age 56 years)
+	10. John Mason Miller, b. 9 Jan 1850, Tay Valley Twp (Bathurst), Lanark County, Ontario, Canada d. 21 Nov 1925, Darling Downs Region, Queensland, Australia (Age 75 years) [biological]
+	11. Andrew Burns Miller, b. 9 Jan 1850, Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada d. 21 Feb 1909, Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada (Age 59 years) [biological]

Family ID F7 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Last Modified 4 Mar 2024

Family 2 Ann Wilson, b. 1811, Scotland d. 27 Jul 1887, West Albany Twp, Wabasha County, Minnesota, United States (Age 76 years)

Marriage Abt 1852

Children

+	1. James Wilson Miller, b. 17 Aug 1853, Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada d. 8 Feb 1912, Lake City, Wabasha County, Minnesota, United States (Age 58 years)
+	2. Jennette A. "Janet" Miller, b. 10 Jun 1856, Tay Valley Twp (Bathurst), Lanark County, Ontario, Canada d. 9 Apr 1939, Lloydminster, Saskatchewan, Canada (Age 82 years)
	3. Ann Miller, b. Abt 1857, Perth, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada d. Abt 1858, Perth, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada (Age ~ 1 years)
+	4. Agnes Reed Miller, b. 27 May 1860, Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada d. 6 Aug 1940, Lake City, Wabasha, Wabasha County, Minnesota, United States (Age 80 years)

Family ID F8 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Last Modified 4 Mar 2024

Sources

[S122] New Jersey State Archives, Trenton, New Jersey, USA, New Jersey, Marriage Records, 1670-1965, ((ancestry.ca)), accessed 3 Dec 2019), entry for Thomas Miller, person ID KJZC-M9Q. (Reliability: 3).
[S138] Ireland, 1821 Census Transcription, (digital images, Ireland Census 1821 Transcription, Findmypast (findmypast.com)), accessed 20 Mar 2019), Thomas Millar; Original data: Scotland, Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950. Salt Lake City, Utah: FamilySearch, 2013. (Reliability: 3).
Name:?tab?Thomas Millar
Gender:?tab?Male
Birth Date:?tab?17 Sep 1809
Baptism Date:?tab?8 Oct 1809
Baptism Place:?tab?Dumbarton,Dunbarton,Scotland
Father:?tab?William Millar
Mother:?tab?Mary Burns
FHL Film Number:?tab?1041985
[S8] Presbyterian Church (Perth, ON, Canada), Ontario, Index, Presbyterian Church Records, 1832-1858, William Miller, MS-154 (Reliability: 3).
Transcription of Military Records by JRE Miller, Kingston Genealogical Society.
[S9] Bible, Robert Hendry Boyle's family bible, Australia, (N.p., n.d.) (Reliability: 3).
William, son of Thomas Miller and Elizabeth Mason, b 20 Jul 1834, baptized 24 Aug 1834, Lanark C2 L6
[S156] England, Essex Parish Registers, 1538-1997, ((www.familysearch.org)), Thomas Miller, Bathurst (Reliability: 3).
[S9] Bible, Robert Hendry Boyle's family bible, Australia, (N.p., n.d.), 5 May 2017, Thomas Miller Residence (Reliability: 3).
[S103] Ancestry.com and Genealogical Research Library (Brampton, Ontario, Canada), Ontario, Canada, Marriages, 1785-1935, (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc. Date:2010 Place:Provo, UT, USA), 4 Apr 2017, accessed 26 Feb 2018), Thomas Miller Household; Year: 1851; Census Place: Bathurst, Lanark County, Canada West (Ontario); Schedule: A; Roll: C_11731; Page: 49; Line: 14., 1,7921::0. (Reliability: 3).
[S103] Ancestry.com and Genealogical Research Library (Brampton, Ontario, Canada), Ontario, Canada, Marriages, 1785-1935, (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc. Date:2010 Place:Provo, UT, USA), 4 Apr 2017, Thomas Miller Household., 1,7921::0. (Reliability: 3).
[S55] Provincial Archives of Alberta; Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, Canada, Alberta, Marriages Index, 1898-1942, ((ancestry.ca)), accessed 30 Nov 2019), entry for Thomas Miller, person ID KJZC-M9Q. (Reliability: 3).
;Contributor: CSexton3
[S49] National Records of Scotland, ScotlandsPeople, Church registers - Old Parish Registers Births and baptisms, ((https://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk)), 30 Apr 2017, Thomas Miller Household; Library and Archives Canada; Ottawa, Ontario, Canada; Census Returns For 1861; Roll: C-1041. (Reliability: 3).
[S55] Provincial Archives of Alberta; Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, Canada, Alberta, Marriages Index, 1898-1942, ((ancestry.ca)), accessed 30 Nov 2019), entry for Thomas Miller, person ID KJZC-M9Q. (Reliability: 3).
;same person
Contributor: Deirdre Russell, ddruss7@gmail.com
[S160] Ancestry.com, Ontario, Canada, Deaths and Deaths Overseas, 1869-1948, (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc. Date:2010 Place:Lehi, UT, USA), 30 Apr 2017, T623, St Thomas, Pembina Co, North Dakota, USA, enumeration district (ED) Ward 1, sheet 10A, dwelling 158, 1,8946::0. (Reliability: 3).
Attorney-at-law, Main Street, immigrated in 1862, widowed, home free of mortgage
[S55] Provincial Archives of Alberta; Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, Canada, Alberta, Marriages Index, 1898-1942, ((ancestry.ca)), accessed 30 Nov 2019), entry for Thomas Miller, person ID KJZC-M9Q. (Reliability: 3).
;Contributor: unknown4470317
[S10] Church of Scotland (Lanark, Ontario, Canada), Ontario, Index, Marriages, Presbyterian Returns of Marriages, Rev. William McAlister, Perth, "Returns of Marriages by Rev. William McAlister, Minister," Marriage of Thomas Miller & Elizabeth Mas(t)on (Reliability: 3).
Thomas Miller & Elizabeth Mason, both of Lanark, 22 Mar 1833 at Lanark; Robert S*ory & Robert Boyle, witnesses. Rev. William McAlister, Scotch Church, Lanark.
[S11] Scotch Church (Lanark, ON, CAM), Ontario, Bathurst District Marriage Register, 1831-1848, "Bathurst District Marriages," Thomas Miller & Elizabeth Mason, marriage; RG8 16A Vol. 1A (Reliability: 3).
[S12] Ontario. Archives of Ontario, Toronto, Ontario, Canada., Ontario, Marriages, 1801-1935, (Ancestry.ca :n.d.), Archives of Ontario; Toronto, Ontario, Canada; District Marriage Registers, 1801-1858." Series: MS248; Reel: 1, 8, Miller-Mason. (Reliability: 3).

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