| Name |
John Mason Miller |
| Birth |
9 Jan 1850 |
Tay Valley Twp (Bathurst), Lanark County, Ontario, Canada  [1] |
| Christening |
9 Jan 1850 |
St Andrew's Presbyterian Church, Lanark Village, Lanark Highlands (Lanark), Lanark County, Ontario, Canada |
| Gender |
Male |
| Residence-Family Member |
9 Jan 1850 |
Tay Valley Twp (Bathurst), Lanark County, Ontario, Canada [2] |
| at the time of the birth of Andrew Burns Miller and John Mason Miller |
- Role: Family Member
Lanark County, Bathurst Township, Concession 3, Lot 9
Thomas Miller, farmer, age 42, C. of Scot., Log house
William 18
Robert 16
George 15
Mary 11
Thomas 9
Helen 7
Robertson 6
David 4
Andrew 2
John 2
Margaret Mason 23 (sister-in-law)
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| Census-Family Member |
1851 |
Tay Valley Twp (Bathurst), Lanark County, Ontario, Canada [3] |
| Canada |
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1851 Census Bathurst Thomas Miller Household
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| Census-Household Member |
1851 |
Lanark Highlands (Lanark), Lanark County, Ontario, Canada [4] |
| Canada |
- Role: Household Member
Census, 12 Jan 1852
#10 William Crawford 50 (1802), carpenter, Ireland, 1802 - household Margaret 25 (1827), Elizabeth 8 (1844) , William 5 (1847), James 3 (1849), Margaret A. 1 (1851) are next to James Bredin.
In the next door household (log house) of #17 James Bredin 72 (1780), Ireland, farmer, are daughter/wife? Elizabeth 57 (1795) Ireland, May 26 (1826), William 24 (1828) #21 Robert Bredin 22 (1830), shoemaker, wife Jane 20 (1832), Richard 18 (1834), Harry W. 16 (1836), Elizabeth 14 (1838), William 11 (1841)and Alexander Wilson 72 (1780).
Another neighbour James Muir is also a shoemaker and may be the son of the shoemaker noted in Robert Mason's diary.
#28 Robert and Janet Boyle may have operated a stopping place (1 story log house) as their property was located on the edge of Lanark village at the point where the road branches, travelling west towards Watson's Corners and north towards Hopetown. This junction would be important for access to timber shanties located further west and north.
Additional name attached to Robert Boyle's household are:
David McIntosh 24 (1828) Scotland
Robert Newen (Noonan) 17 (1835) Scotland - Residence Darling Twp
James Watt 21 (1831) Canada -Residence Dalhousie
Robert Miller 17 (1835) - Residence Bathurst
George Miller 15 (1837) - Residence Bathurst
James Miller 17 (1835 - Residence Rodden
#45 Robert Cannon, cooper, Scotland 35 (1817), Isabell Cannon and daughters Sarah 4 (1848) and Jane 2 (1850) are either across the road or next door to the Boyles in a frame house with a cooper shop. Also in the household are
#49 Margaret Beith, servant, Scotland, 16 (1836)
#50 Jane Wilson 30 (1822)
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1851 Census Robert Boyle Household
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Robert Boyle property in Lanark Twp
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| Location-Witness |
1851 |
Lanark Highlands (Lanark), Lanark County, Ontario, Canada [4] |
| Concession 2 Lot 6 whole |
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| Religion-Member |
1851 |
Lanark Highlands (Lanark), Lanark County, Ontario, Canada [4] |
| Free Church |
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| Census-Household Member |
1861 |
Lanark Highlands (Lanark), Lanark County, Ontario, Canada [5] |
| Canada |
- Role: Household Member
It appears that by this time Robert is surrounded by a settlement. The neighbours are numerous but include mainly skilled labour, e.g. saddler, .
The following neighbours include frame houses and may indicate proximity to Lanark Village. As you to the next page the houses are of log.
Neighbours:
John Gillis and James Caldwell, both lumber merchants
Gavin Jamieson, yeoman, Ireland, Baptist 68, log
Mrs. 69 Ireland
Hugh McEwen, Blacksmith, Scotland, Baptist, 41, frame
Mrs. 41 & children
Alex McNichol, Innkeeper, 32, frame
Mrs. 24
Thomas McMaster, labourer, 29
Mrs 31
Richard Payne, druggist, 30
John Teskey, labourer, 27
Mrs, 27 and family
Samuel Drummond, 29 yeoman,
Mrs. 23, and family
Robert Craig, tanner, 37, Scotland
Mrs. 38, and family, with labourer Tusau Disheau, labourer, Darling
Robert Boyle, yeoman, 66, 1 1/2 story log
Mrs. 59
John H. 28, in Lavant
Robert H. 26, in Dalhousie
David, 24
Mungo, 19
Catherine, 35
Mary 33
John Miller, 12
Henry Connwell, 1
William Alcorn 37, log 1 1/2 story
Mrs 38
Mary 11
Siman 9
James 8
David 5
William 5
Robert 3
Alexander 2
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1861 Census Lanark Lanark Robert Hendry Boyle
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| Occupation |
1871 |
Ipswich Reserve, Queensland, Australia [6] |
| Farmer's Assistant |
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John Mason Miller & Margaret Beatty Marriage
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| Occupation |
30 Sep 1874 |
Brisbane City, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia [7] |
| Joined the Queensland Police Force - 12 months in Brisbane |
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John Mason Miller Enlistment in Queensland Police Force
https://www.police.qld.gov.au/aboutUs/facilities/museum/celebrate/history/Documents/Book of Names 1864-1974 pages.pdf
pg 218 |
| Occupation |
Abt Sep 1875 |
Toowoomba Garden of Remembrance, Toowoomba, Toowoomba Region, Queensland, Australia |
| Queensland Police Force - Toowoomba for two months |
| Occupation |
Abt Nov 1875 |
Leyburn, Southern Downs Region, Queensland, Australia |
| Queensland Police Force - Leyburn |
| Occupation |
Abt 1877 |
Inglewood, Queensland, Australia |
| Queensland Police Force |
| Census-Household Member |
1903 |
Warwick, Darling Downs Region, Queensland, Australia |
| Electoral Rolls |
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| Residence |
Bef 1905 |
Warwick, Darling Downs Region, Queensland, Australia [8] |
| Wood Street |
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John Mason Miller & Mary Matilda Haslam Marriage.
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| Occupation |
1905 |
Warwick, Darling Downs Region, Queensland, Australia [9] |
| Drove watercart for the Council (horse cart) |
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John Mason Miller & Mary Matilda Haslam Marriage.
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| Residence |
Aft 1905 |
Warwick, Darling Downs Region, Queensland, Australia [9] |
| Dragon St just up from the corner of Grafton St, east side. |
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John Mason Miller Research notes
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| Residence-Occupant |
1923 |
Brisbane City, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia [9] |
| 13 Plunkett St, Paddington - on 1923 Electoral Roll |
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| Religion |
1925 |
Brisbane City, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia [10] |
| Buried Church of England |
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John Mason Miller Death Certificate
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John Mason Miller Death Certificate
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| Residence |
1925 |
Paddington, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia [11] |
| Campbell St. |
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John Mason Miller Death Certificat
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| _UID |
BDDD05CBE9954B93A3249776310B6AF5355E |
| Death |
21 Nov 1925 |
Darling Downs Region, Queensland, Australia [12, 13] |
| Cause: Cardiac Failure/Fibrous myocarditis / Senility |
- Herbert Dobbin Miller Informant
Name: John Mason Miller
Death Date: 21 Nov 1925
Death Place: Queensland
Father's name: Thomas Miller
Mother's name: Elizabeth Mason
Registration Year: 1925
Registration Place: Queensland
Registration Number: B047337
Page Number: 1216
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John Mason Miller Death Certificate
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| Burial |
21 Nov 1925 |
Toowong Cemetery, Toowong, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia [14] |
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John Mason Miller Toowong Cemetery
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John Mason Miller Burial
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| Notes |
- Elizabeth Mason Miller died on 27 January 1850 after giving birth to twin sons who were born and baptised on 9 January 1950. She ws the daughter of Robert Mason and Helen Gourlay who had immigrated to Canda at the same time as the Miller family.
Andrew Burns Miller was raised by his uncle George Miller in Bathurst Township, Canada West (Lanark County, Ontario, Canada). John Mason Miller was raised by his aunt Janet (Mrs. Robert Boyle) and went to Australia with them in the 1860's. John Mason Miller travelled to Ipswich Reserve, Australia with the Boyle family on the Golden City, arriving on 5 February 1866. The Boyle family settled on the Ipswich Agricultural Reserve in the Fassifern Valley near Brisbane Queensland. John Mason Miller was 16 years of age when he arrived in Queensland.
In the 1851 Canada West census John Mason Miller is listed twice, once in the household of his father Thomas Miller and secondly in the household of Robert Hendry Boyle.
In 1851 his father, Thomas Miller, is 42, member of the Church of Scotland, who is a farmer and lives in a log house. John Mason's siblings are listed as William 18, Robert 16, George 15, Mary 11, Thomas 9, Helen 7, Robertson 6, David 4, and Andrew 2. Margaret Mason, a sister of his mother, age 23, is also listed and has probably assumed the 'mother' role in the household. It is unknown who cared for John Mason during his infancy. Janet, his aunt would have only been eight years older than his father, Thomas, and would have grown up in the same neighbourhood and probably forged a close relationship. Her youngest child Mungo, was six years old so it is not probable that she was able to nurse John Mason as an infant. If he joined her household shortly after birth as the census may indicate, a wet nurse may have been engaged or a sop* used.
Meanwhile (1851), in the Boyle household you have Robert Boyle, age 57, member of the Free Church, a farmer who also lives in a log house. His wife Jannet is a sister of William, father of Thomas, and aged 48. The family members are slightly older; Catherine 26, Mary 24, William 21, John 18, Robert 17, David 15, James 12 and Mungo 10. John Mason is listed as age 3, indicating that the census was taken later in the year.
In 1861, aged 12, John is again listed as a member of this household.
Meanwhile, Andrew Burns Miller is only listed with his father, Thomas Miller's household in 1851. In 1861 Andrew Burns Miller, age 11, is found in the household of George Miller. Other members of the household are George Miller 47, his wife (Helen) Ellen 45, Jane 18, Mary 16, Robert 14, Jennet 12, Margaret 10, William 7, Catherine 5, George 3. Again, it is not known who would have cared for him as an infant unless a wet nurse was engaged or Margaret Mason was able to successful feed him with a sop.
Thomas Miller remarried in 1852. He and his new wife Ann Wilson Donaldson, b circa 1812, had three children, James b. 1853, Jennett b. 1856, and Agnes b. 1860. They appear as part of Thomas Miller's household in 1861 along with children from his first marriage. It appears that the twins, have both been 'adopted' within the extended family shortly after birth or at least by the time that Thomas remarried.
- (Research):Mary, Mungo and John Mason Miller are the only family members mentioned in John's letters in 1870 to his twin brother Andrew Burns Miller.
Land Orders 1862
#381
#2520 (John C. Boyle) ?
Land Orders 1866
#1725
Land Orders 1871
#573
Australia Electoral Roll 1903, Warwick - Darling Downs Division
John Mason Miller, Wood Street, labourer.
Australia Electoral Roll 1925, Warwick - Darling Downs Division
John Mason Miller
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| Person ID |
I335 |
Lanark County Origins | This is my paternal Lineage, my 2 great grandmother's Lineage (paternal) |
| Last Modified |
8 Mar 2024 |
| Family 1 |
Margaret Beatty, b. Abt 1843, Magherafelt, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland d. 22 Apr 1904, Warwick, Darling Downs Region, Queensland, Australia (Age ~ 61 years) |
| Marriage |
8 Sep 1871 |
Ipswich Reserve, Queensland, Australia [9, 15] |
- Name John Mason Miller
Spouse Name Margaret Beatty
Marriage Date 08 Sep 1871
Marriage Place Queensland
Registration Place Queensland
Registration Year 1871
Registration Number 000251
Page number 10219
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John Mason Miller & Margaret Beatty Marriage Certificate
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John Mason Miller & Margaret Beatty marriage
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| Children |
| + | 1. Herbert Dobbin Miller, b. 27 Jul 1872, Stanley, Ipswich Reserve, Queensland, Australia d. 10 Aug 1934, Brisbane City South, Oxley, Queensland, Australia (Age 62 years) |
| + | 2. Albert Edward Miller, b. 4 Apr 1874, Stanley, Ipswich Reserve, Queensland, Australia d. 14 Sep 1941, Mile End, Warwick, Darling Downs, Queensland, Australia (Age 67 years) |
| | 3. Florence Miller, b. 26 May 1875, Toowoomba, Darling Downs, Toowoomba Region, Queensland, Australia d. 8 Nov 1875, Toowoomba, Darling Downs, Toowoomba Region, Queensland, Australia (Age 0 years) |
| | 4. William Mason Miller, b. 17 Nov 1877, Stanley, Ipswich Reserve, Queensland, Australia d. 11 Oct 1880, Queensland, Australia (Age 2 years) |
| | 5. Mary Elizabeth Miller, b. 1 Feb 1879, Stanley, Ipswich Reserve, Queensland, Australia d. 1 Feb 1879, Stanley, Ipswich Reserve, Queensland, Australia (Age 0 years) |
| | 6. Lily Ann Miller, b. 30 Nov 1880, Warwick, Darling Downs, Queensland, Australia d. 9 Sep 1895, Warwick, Darling Downs, Queensland, Australia (Age 14 years) |
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| Family ID |
F117 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
4 Mar 2024 |
1850 - 1925 (75 years)
