Robert Mason Miller

1836 - 1915  (78 years)

• Name	Robert Mason Miller
  Birth	14 Jul 1836	Tay Valley Twp (Bathurst), Lanark County, Ontario, Canada   [1, 2]
  	Grave marker suggests 14 Jul 1834
  Gender	Male
  Census-Household Member	1842	Tay Valley Twp (Bathurst), Lanark County, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  	Canada - Concession 3 Lot 9
  	Role: Household Member born Scotland Settled Bathurst, Concession 3 Lot 9 Date 1821 2 born Scotland 4 born Canada West 6 in household Presbyterian
  Residence-Occupant	9 Jan 1850	Tay Valley Twp (Bathurst), Lanark County, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  	at the time of the birth of Andrew Burns Miller and John Mason Miller
  	Role: Occupant 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-Household Member	1851	Lanark Highlands (Lanark), Lanark County, Ontario, Canada   [5]
  	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) ----
  		1851 Census Robert Boyle Household
  		Robert Boyle property in Lanark Twp
  Census-Household Member	1851	Tay Valley Twp (Bathurst), Lanark County, Ontario, Canada   [6]
  	Canada
  	Role: Household Member
  		1851 Census Bathurst Thomas Miller Household
  Census-Household Member	1861	Tay Valley Twp (Bathurst), Lanark County, Ontario, Canada   [7]
  	Canada
  	Role: Household Member
  		1861 Census Bathurst Thomas Miller Household
  Immigration	1862	Wabasha, Wabasha County, Minnesota, United States   [8]
  	from Canada
  	Name: Robert Miller County:     Wabasha Reel:     1 Code:     1 Volume:     [A] Page:     382 Document Type:     First Papers Years:     1860 -1863 Numbers:     1-593
  Census	1870	West Albany Twp, Wabasha County, Minnesota, United States   [9]
  	United States
  		1870 Census West Albany Wabasha Minnesota Robert Mason Miller
  Occupation	1870	West Albany Twp, Wabasha County, Minnesota, United States   [9]
  	Farmer
  Census-Household Member	1871	Tay Valley Twp (Bathurst), Lanark County, Ontario, Canada   [10]
  	Canada
  	Role: Household Member
  		1871 Census Bathurst Lanark Peter Miller
  Census	1 May 1875	West Albany Twp, Wabasha County, Minnesota, United States   [11]
  	Minnesota Territorial and State
  		1875 Census Minnesota Territorial Robert Mason Miller Household
  Census	1880	Lake City, Goodhue and Wabasha Counties, Minnesota, United States   [12]
  	United States
  Census	1885	Wabasha, Wabasha County, Minnesota, United States   [13]
  	U S Territorial and State Census
  		1885 Territorial and State Census Wabasha County Minnesota Robert Mason Miller
  Census-Household Member	1900	St Thomas, Pembina County, North Dakota, United States   [8]
  	United States
  	Role: Household Member
  		1900 Census Saint Thomas Pembina North Dakota Thomas Alfred Miller
  Census	1910	St Thomas, Pembina County, North Dakota, United States   [14]
  	USA
  		1910 Census St Thomas Pembina North Dakota Robert Mason Miller
  Census-Household Member	1915	St Thomas, Pembina County, North Dakota, United States   [15]
  	Territorial and State
  	Role: Household Member
  		1915 Census Territorial and State Pembina North Dakota Andrew Lincoln Miller
  FamilySearch ID	GK1K-Z2P
  _UID	5CB27A7465144B9DB837107AA93C4E050EC5
  Death	3 Apr 1915	Pembina County, North Dakota, United States
  	E. Miller notes: 17 July 1915, aged 68 other: St. Thomas
  Burial	St Thomas Cemetery, St Thomas, Pembina County, North Dakota, United States
  	Also recorded on stone at Elmwood Cemetery, Perth #45652496
  Person ID	I87	Lanark County Origins | This is my paternal Lineage, my 2 great grandmother's Lineage (paternal)
  Last Modified	15 Feb 2024

  
  

  Father	Thomas Miller,   b. 17 Sep 1809, Dumbarton Parish, Dunbartonshire, Scotland d. 6 Dec 1868, West Albany Twp, Wabasha County, Minnesota, United States (Age 59 years)
  Mother	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
  Family ID	F7	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Mary Elizabeth Alvina Miller,   b. 4 Aug 1835, Tay Valley Twp (Bathurst), Lanark County, Ontario, Canada d. 24 May 1932, Pembina County, North Dakota, United States (Age 96 years)
  Marriage	26 Jul 1861	St Andrew's Presbyterian Church, Perth, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada   [16, 17]
  	26 July 1861, Robert Miller, 25, son of Thomas Miller and Elizabeth Mason and Elizabeth Miller, 24, daughter of Andrew Miller and Catherine Munro, both of Bathurst Township, Witnesses: George Miller, Jr and Andrew Miller, Jr. Minister, Rev. Dr. Bain
  Children	1. Thomas Alfred Miller,   b. 10 Jun 1862, Perth, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada d. 21 Apr 1943, Pembina County, North Dakota, United States (Age 80 years) + 2. Andrew Lincoln Miller,   b. 20 Jun 1864, Perth, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada d. 7 Dec 1946, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota, United States (Age 82 years) + 3. Arthur Charles Miller,   b. Oct 1879, Wabasha, Wabasha County, Minnesota, United States d. Abt 1968 (Age ~ 88 years)
  Family ID	F2216	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	4 Mar 2024

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 14 Jul 1836 - Tay Valley Twp (Bathurst), Lanark County, Ontario, Canada Census-Household Member - Canada - Concession 3 Lot 9 - 1842 - Tay Valley Twp (Bathurst), Lanark County, Ontario, Canada Residence-Occupant - at the time of the birth of Andrew Burns Miller and John Mason Miller - 9 Jan 1850 - Tay Valley Twp (Bathurst), Lanark County, Ontario, Canada Census-Household Member - Canada - 1851 - Lanark Highlands (Lanark), Lanark County, Ontario, Canada Census-Household Member - Canada - 1851 - Tay Valley Twp (Bathurst), Lanark County, Ontario, Canada Census-Household Member - Canada - 1861 - Tay Valley Twp (Bathurst), Lanark County, Ontario, Canada Marriage - 26 Jul 1861 - St Andrew's Presbyterian Church, Perth, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada Immigration - from Canada - 1862 - Wabasha, Wabasha County, Minnesota, United States Census - United States - 1870 - West Albany Twp, Wabasha County, Minnesota, United States Occupation - Farmer - 1870 - West Albany Twp, Wabasha County, Minnesota, United States Census-Household Member - Canada - 1871 - Tay Valley Twp (Bathurst), Lanark County, Ontario, Canada Census - Minnesota Territorial and State - 1 May 1875 - West Albany Twp, Wabasha County, Minnesota, United States Census - United States - 1880 - Lake City, Goodhue and Wabasha Counties, Minnesota, United States Census - U S Territorial and State Census - 1885 - Wabasha, Wabasha County, Minnesota, United States Census-Household Member - United States - 1900 - St Thomas, Pembina County, North Dakota, United States Census - USA - 1910 - St Thomas, Pembina County, North Dakota, United States Census-Household Member - Territorial and State - 1915 - St Thomas, Pembina County, North Dakota, United States Death - 3 Apr 1915 - Pembina County, North Dakota, United States Burial - - St Thomas Cemetery, St Thomas, Pembina County, North Dakota, United States  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S7] St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church (Perth, ON, CAN), Ontario, Lanark County, St. Andrews Church Records, 1832-1858, MS 201 Reel #1 and M196, MS 201 Reel 1. (Reliability: 3). [S8] Presbyterian Church (Perth, ON, Canada), Ontario, Index, Presbyterian Church Records, 1832-1858, MS 201 Reel #1 and M196 (Reliability: 3). [S307] J.R.Ernest Miller & Robert Sargeantoriginal data: Library and Archives Canada; Index:, Canada, 1842 Census, Index, Records for Lanark County, Ontario, Canada, (Kingston, Ontario: Ontario Genealogical Society, Kingston Branch, 1987), Thomas Miller, Bathurst (Reliability: 3). [S6] St. Andrews (Lanark, ON, CAN), Ontario, Index, Lanark County, St. Andrews Presbyterian Church, Lanark, Thomas Miller Residence (Reliability: 3). [S128] Canada, 1851 Census, ((http://ancestry.ca)), Robert Boyle Household; Year: 1851; Census Place: Lanark, Lanark County, Canada West (Ontario); Schedule: A; Roll: C_11732; Page: 11; Line: 34. (Reliability: 3). [S128] Canada, 1851 Census, ((http://ancestry.ca)), 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. (Reliability: 3). [S58] Public Archives of Canada, Canada, 1861 Census, ((http://ancestry.ca)), Thomas Miller Household; Library and Archives Canada; Ottawa, Ontario, Canada; Census Returns For 1861; Roll: C-1041. (Reliability: 3). [S174] USA, 1900 Census Population Schedule, (National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), T623, St Thomas, Pembina Co, North Dakota, USA, enumeration district (ED) Ward 1, sheet 10A, dwelling 158 (Reliability: 3). Attorney-at-law, Main Street, immigrated in 1862, widowed, home free of mortgage [S314] USA, 1870 Census Population Schedule, (National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), M593, West Albany, Wabasha, Minnesota, USA, dwelling 115, family 115 (Reliability: 3). [S120] Public Archives of Canada, Canada, 1871 Census, ((http://ancestry.ca)), accessed 12 Mar 2018), Peter Miller Household; ear: 1871; Census Place: Bathurst, Lanark South, Ontario; Roll: C-10017; Page: 41; Family No: 153. (Reliability: 3). [S332] Minnesota, USA, Minnesota, Territorial and State Census, 1849-1905, (Digital images. Ancestry . ancestry.ca : n.d.), West Albany, Wabasha County, Minnesota, USA, p. 106 in MNSC_16, family 46, line 16, Robert Mason Miller; (ancestry.ca) (Reliability: 3). [S324] Wisconsin, Burlington, Racine, USA, 1880 Census Wisconsin State Population Schedule, (National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), T9, Lake, Waabasha, Minnesota (Reliability: 3). Sewing Machine Agent [S332] Minnesota, USA, Minnesota, Territorial and State Census, 1849-1905, (Digital images. Ancestry . ancestry.ca : n.d.), Lake City, p. 3, family 28, line 37; (ancestry.ca) (Reliability: 3). [S254] USA, 1910 Census Population Schedule, (National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), T624, roll T624_1145, St Thomas, Pembina County, North Dakota, enumeration district (ED) 0150, sheet 9B, p. 9B, dwelling 59 (Reliability: 3). [S381] North Dakota, USA, North Dakota, Territorial and State Censuses, 1885, 1915, 1925, (Digital images. Ancestry . ancestry.ca : n.d.), St Thomas, Pembina County, family 47, line 31, Andrew Lincoln Miller; (ancestry.ca) (Reliability: 3). [S22] St. Andrews Presbyterian Church (Perth, Ontario, Canada), Ontario, Index, Marriages, St. Andrews Presbyterian, Rev Bain, Perth, "Robert Miller & Elizabeth Miller," Marriage (Reliability: 3). Rev Bains Records: Robert Miller 25, son of Thomas Miller and Elizabeth Mason, married 26 Jul 1861 Elizabeth Miller 24, daughter of Andrew Miller and Catherine Munroe George Miller Jr.& Andrew Miller Jr., witnesses Also on Microfilm Roll: 1030059 at Ancestry [S73] Ontario. Lanark., Canada, Marriages, 1661-1949, 35, Miller-Miller; FHL microfilm 1,030,059 1,o3o,059. (Reliability: 3).