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Scotland (Counties as in 1851-1901) => Scotland => Dumfriesshire => Topic started by: softcoats on Saturday 23 July 05 23:12 BST (UK)
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Am trying to locate my grandmothers 1st husband
Ernest Miller
The only information I have at present is that he married Mary Johnson In Quebec in December 1912 he died sometime between then & 1919 when she married my grandfather They also had 2 children Ernest Charles & Jessie
I have been given information from another website that an Ernest Miller was killed during the War
He was a Sgt in the 3rd Battalion Canadian pioneers
This Ernest's parents are given as Joseph& Elizabeth
I have found their Marriage cert and the relevant death certs but they have not shown up on ANY census nor can I find any birth certs for any children However as they married & died in Dumfries I wonder if anyone could shed any light on this please ???
Married 06/09/1875
Joseph died 09/01/1919 aged 65
Elizabeth died 20/05/1941 aged 89
any help would be much appreciated
Jean
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Found the following.
Edward Kerr Miller born April 9th 1878 to Joseph Miller and Elisabeth Miller nee Kerr.
in Dumfries. Page 54 entry 161.
In the 1881 Census I found the following.
address : 68 Friars Vennel, Dumfires Scotland.
GRO Ref Volume 821 EnumDist 5 Page 15
Joseph Miller aged 26 a butcher by occupation born England
Elizabeth Miller aged 26 born Dumfries
Janet Miller aged 5 born England
Edward Kerr Miller aged 2 born Dumfries
then in the 1891
Joseph Miller age 36 Flesher Born Cumberland in England.
Elizabeth Miller age 37 Born Dumfries KirkMichael
Janet Miller aged 15 Born South Sheilds, England
Edward Miller aged 12 BOrn Dumfires Scotland
Joseph Miller aged 7 Born Dumfried Scotland
Ernest Miller aged 3 Born Dumfries Scotland
Robert J Miller aged 1 Born Dumfries Scotland
Hope this helps..
Best wishes
Mo
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THANK YOU, :)THANK YOU, :)THANK YOU :)
Can now hopefully move forward
Have had mammouth problems trying to find The Scottish Connection
My father was born in Aberdeen and we could not trace his parents back there.
at least I now know that
my grandmothers connection to Scotland exists by marriage I have as yet no found her Birth certificate in either Scoyland or england at least not yet anyway
In Case you are curious
my grandmothers name is Mary Johnson
she died in 1950 aged 61 in Aberdeen
her parents
are Charles Edward Johnson
and Caroline Elizabeth Turff
many thanks for all the help so far
Jean
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I realise a long time has passed since you raised this enquiry; however I am a descendant of Edward Kerr Miller son of Joseph and brother of the Ernest in the census extract below; and stumbled on this a couple of days ago when working on my line. My family have done a fair bit of research on our line, and - from your point of view - I'm sorry, but our understanding is that our Ernest never married. He was killed in action at Hooge Belgium, when serving as a Sgt in the 3rd Canadian Pioneer Battalion. Of course if you have found any other information to contradict this I woudl be very keen to know.
Alastair