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Scotland (Counties as in 1851-1901) => Scotland => Caithness => Topic started by: msc on Sunday 31 July 05 16:06 BST (UK)
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My first post on this board so Hi to everyone.
One off my families on my tree is the Miller family from Stirkoke & Kirkhill.
I have traced the family back to Alexander MILLER and his wife Elizabeth HARPER.
I believe Alexander's parents to have been William MILLER and Christian HAROLD??? going by the Scottish naming pattern could be.
The children off Alexander & Elizabeth were---
WILLIAM MILLER C 1796 he married ELIZABETH JOHNSTON 1820 in Wick I have more info on their family.
JAMES MILLER c 1801 he married MARY MOWAT 1826 in Wick they were my gggrandparents
JOHN MILLER b 1803 no info.
CHRISTIAN MILLER C. 1806 no info.
ALEXANDER MILLER C. 1810 he married ISABEL HARPER 1838 in Wick
DONALD MILLER c. 1813 he married MARY COGHILL 1843 in Wick. I have more info on their family.
If anyone can connect to these Miller's I would be pleased to hear from you.
Regards Mary :)
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Hi
No relationship that I know off but can confirm both IGI and ScotlandsPeople have an Alexander Miller, born 21/06/1767 @ Wick, parents William Miller/Christian Harold.
Ysabeau
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I believe we have a connection!!
I have the death certificate of Catherine Reid (nee Miller) and it lists her parents as Alexander Miller and Elizabeth Harper. I also have her in a few census returns.
She married David Reid in 1825 and had nine children
James, David, Elizabeth, Jane, Christina, Alexander, Catherine, Donald (direct line) and William.
Alexander Reid and his brother Donald moved to Birkenhead around 1860.
Aaron Reid
Toronto, Canada
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I believe we have a connection!!
I have the death certificate of Catherine Reid (nee Miller) and it lists her parents as Alexander Miller and Elizabeth Harper. I also have her in a few census returns.
She married David Reid in 1825 and had nine children
James, David, Elizabeth, Jane, Christina, Alexander, Catherine, Donald (direct line) and William.
Alexander Reid and his brother Donald moved to Birkenhead around 1860.
Aaron Reid
Toronto, Canada
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Hi
No relationship that I know off but can confirm both IGI and ScotlandsPeople have an Alexander Miller, born 21/06/1767 @ Wick, parents William Miller/Christian Harold.
Ysabeau
Hi,
Thank you for your reply. I did find the record on IGI which made me think that William and Christian could have been his parents, I will try and verify this by getting the extract from Scotlands People.
Best wishes
Mary.
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Hello Aaron,
Yes we do have a connection here. I have lot off info. on the Miller line which I have verified by getting the extracts from Scotland People. Iwould be happy to compare info. with you.
Best Wishes
Mary Clark.
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Re the Miller, Reid and Harper's
I have a gretat deal of data on the Harper side of the family if you are interested.
Eric
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Hello Eric,
I have some more info. on my Harper line if your are interested.Sorry for the delay but I have not been on this site for quite some time.
My line goes back to James HARPER and Catherine FARQUHAR who married in WICK 1751, they had 5 children the birth/Baptism records I found on Scotlands People
Isabel b 1755
Alexander b 1757 married Isobel Tait
Janet b 1760
Margaret b 1765
David b 1768
Elizabeth b. 1771 was my 3x greatgrandmother she married Alexander Miller.
I am hoping to find out more when I visit GRO in Edinburgh next month.
Regards
Mary :)
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Good afternoon Mary
If you like I can send you what I have. If so please supply your email address.
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Hello from New Zealand
On my mother's family tree (Reid), we have my great-great-great grandfather, John Reid of Keiss (baptised there, 1733) marrying Margaret Miller (bap. 1722)of Wick. They were married in 1765 at Keiss/Neibster and had a son called Alexander Reid (born around 1768) who married the daughter of John Sinclair of Stain, Keiss in 1799. She was Jane (possibly Jean) Sinclair. Margaret's son, Alexander died 1937 in Pulteneytown.
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my late grandfather was alexander miller from wick scotland,he had a brother peter and 2sister who's names escapes me but i believe their married names were Farquhar & Thomson who moved to toronto,he moved to johannesburg south africa,please make contact with me if we have a connection
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reid is also a prominent name in our family.
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I dont know if there is any connection but the 1901 census of Liverpool
13 Great Nelson Street Liverpool,
The family was Miller or Millar from Caithness family.
Ann Miller age 60 was a retired fish curer
living with her are 8 adult children; her son Robert the eldest being a fish and game salesman.
they had a tenant/lodger a Donald Francis Campbell Shearer born in Thurso and formerly a successful merchant and JP . This was my great grandfathers brother who lost his money and was now living on his own means age given as 60, working, as a commissioning agent.
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Thank you for your response,I will see if I can get some sort of confirmation on this,most family in the know have passed on.
Please keep me posted if you find out more.
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[My first time here as well!
My great-grandfather was John Miller of Wick. He married Alexina (have all birth certificates and death certificates). John Miller was killed just after the 1st World War - their fishing boat hit a mine - somewhere in the North Sea. Most of the elders were killed.
John and Alexina's children: Alexander (my grandfather - immigrated to South Africa); Alexina (Scotland); Margaret (Canada); Peter (Canada), Elizabeth (Canada).
My grandfather married Gladys Lillian Vickers - their children:
Ian William (deceased); Brian Alexander (my father - deceased 2000) and * (living in *).
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You are more than welcome to contact me on my email address: (*). As mentioned, I have the birth certificates; death certificates and marriage certificates of both John Miller and Alexina, as well as other family members.
Look forward to hearing from you.
Sandy
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Hi there,
We are family! You are my cousin - I do believe that you are either *'s offspring or *'s offspring. I am *'s daughter, Sandra. My siblings are *. Contact me on * if this is indeed the case.
Look forward to hearing from you,
Sandra
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HI - just joined this site. I have just started my Family Tree re Miller.
James Miller and Mary Miller nee Mowat were my ggg grandparents. They had a son called Alexander Miller born c 1836 and he married Janet Miller nee Mackay on 28th December 1859 in Wick. They probably had more children but cant trace. Alexander and Mary had a son Alexander Miller born c 1859 and he married Johan (Joan) Miller nee MacKay on 11th June 1880 in Wick.. They had a son Alexander McKay Miller born 1886 and he married Elizabeth McGregor Miller nee Hewitt in Perth on 5th September 1906. Alexander McKay Miller and Elizabeth were my mother's parents.
Do you think there is a connection here.
Would like to hear from you
Dorothy
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I have a Dolina Miller/Millar, born 1837 in Hallkirk, Caithness, who married James McIvor of Latheron, son of crofter and fisherman Donald McIvor and his wife Elizabeth. Could Dolina belong to any of these families?
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James Miller and Mary Mowat were my ggg grandparents. Their children were, Catherine b 1/2/1828, Elizabeth b 1831, Mary b 20/3/1832, Alexander b 1836, Thomas b 1838, James b 12/10/1841and John 1847. Alexander was my gg grandfather and he married Janet McKay on 23/12/1859. Their children were Mary, Angus, William and Alexander b 1859. Alexander was my g grandfather. He married Johan McKay on 11th June 1880. According to the census 1891 they had children John, Alexander b 1886 and Mary appears to be a sister. She was aged 15. Alexander was my grandfather and he married Elizabeth Hewitt on 5th September 1906 in Perth. If there is any connection would like to hear from anyone who has got a connection.
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Hi, My fathers name was Derek Miller. I know very little of his background other than he had a connection to Wick (either born there or was adopted there for a while). His birth would have been around 1933 (give or take a couple of years) and he served with the Cameroons as a young man.
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My great grandmother was Jane Bruce Miller [b: 22.06.1885, d: 08.12.1957]. She was born in Craigston, Wick.
Her father was Murdoch Miller [b: 05.11.1841 in Olrig, d: 14.06.1908 in Wick] and her mother was Jane Oag [b: abt 1846 in Thurso, d: before 1909].
I have got back as far William Miller [b: 1776 d: 18.12.1862 in Howe, Wick]
I don't know if this any use. I think I have much of the documentation and I am naturally more than happy to share what I have / know.
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James Miller and Mary Mowat were my ggg grandparents. Thomas Miller and Elizabeth Cook were my gg grandparents.Their son, David Coghill Miller (my great grandfather) married Minnie Pratt (my great grandmother), and their son Leslie Coghill Miller was my grandfather (born in South Gippsland, Victoria, Australia).
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Any information/records on Thomas Miller/Elizabeth Cook and earlier generations would be greatly appreciated.
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I am new to this forum but approaching 70 thought it high time to link with my roots. My paternal roots that is and not helped by my father being a dark horse during the short time I knew him as a boy. So my hope is by putting what little information I have out there it might get picked up as a piece in another's jigsaw puzzle.
The given knowledge from my childhood was that we hailed from Wick and my grandfather or great-grandfather was once Town Clerk there. My father's family were migrants to Birmingham, when I do not know. My father was RODERICK AUSTEN MILLER (born 1910) and he had a brother DUNCAN who apparently left for the USA under a cloud, and I never knew him.
Who knows this may trigger something!!!!
Regards, MALCOLM MILLER
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There is such a vast Miller family around Wick, Caithness
My fathers family also is from there.
My father, born 1944 in London
His father Edwin Miller (twin of George), born 1908 in Wales
His father John Leslie Miller, born 1887 in Edinburgh
His father John Miller, born 1842 in Wick
His father Alexander Miller born 1807 in Wick
His father Peter Miller born in Wick (farmer I think)
Feel free to reach out and connect. I live here in London, UK
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My mother's mother was Dorothy Miller. Her familiy came from Wick. What I have is this:
David Miller born 1724 Wick, Caithness. Son of David. Married Jean Taylor in Wick 1752.
James Miller born 1759 Wick, Caithness. Married Elizabeth Sandison in Watten 1779.
David Miller born 1780 Kilmer, Wick, Caithness. Married Ann Cormac in Wick 1825.
James Miller born 1829 Wick, married Margaret Moir in Glasgow.
William Murray Miller born 1865 Glasgow, married Gertrude Viufhuis in 1889
Dorothy Miller born 1896 in Suffolk. (My grandmother)
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It looks like you all connect with this post...
https://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php?topic=823563.msg7072401
Annie
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This was done by my great grandfather, William Murrey Miller, in 1911, "so far as known from records". It's not easy to read, in a sort of Gothic script.
James Miller, born Kilminster (Wick), 1759, died 1838. Married Elizabeth Sandison 1779. They had:
David, born Kilminster 1780, d. 1862. Married Ann Cormac 1825
John, b. 1782, d. 1860
Jean, b. 1785, died In infancy.
William, b. 1788, d. 1860. He had Ann, James, Robert, Harry
James, b. 1792, d. 1838
David Miller and Ann Cormac had:
Margaret, b. 1826, d. 1829
James, b. 1829, d. 1892, m. Margaret Moir in Blythewood, Glasgow, 1856
Elizabeth, b. 1831, d. 1876
Ann, b. 1836, d. 1866 at sea, m. Captain James Mitchell 1862
James Miller and Margaret Moir had:
David Waddel Miller, b. 1857, d. 1859
John Moir Miller, b. 1859, d. 1898
James Andrew Miller, b. 1861, d. 1905, m. Ana Magdella Gilbertson at Pietermaritzburg 1891
David Wares Miller, b. 1863, d. 1886
William Murrey Miller, b. 1865, m. Ethel Gertrude Anne Vyfhius at St Lukes, Demerara (South America) in 1889
Margaret Mitchell Miller, b. 1867, m. John Turnbull Smith in Glasgow, 1892
Frederick Miller, b. 1873, d. 1875
Hendry Miller, b. 1876, m. Agnes MacFadyen 1903
Elizabeth Wares Miller b. 1879, d. 1911
William Murrey Miller and Gertrude Vyfhuis had:
Murrey James Vyfhuis Miller, b. 1890 in St Lukes, Demerara
Muriel Margaret Thulia Miller, b. 1892 in Cumbrae, Scotland
Dorothy Ethel Miller, b. 1895 in Claydon, Suffolk
Phyllis Edith Miller, b. 1898 in Wellesley, Penang
Joyce Maud Miller, b. 1901 in Wellesley, Penang