Notes:

Walter is the son of Anna Sellers & Brigham Meikleham, both born Scotland.
Ref: Idaho Death Certificate of Walter Meiklehram.

Verify identity:
. Ontario Death Registration 031453-07 - James Meikleham of Erin, Aged 84y 1m 28d. [= b.14 Oct 1834], d. Dec. 11, 1907, age 84 yrs,
Res. Main St., retired blacksmith, married, no parents listed, b. Scotland, COD: general debility & cancer-6 mos, Rel. Protestant, infm: Dr. H. Gear,
Ref: Esquesing Historical Society.

. Mr. McNaught & 2 more medical men who were well known in
Erin's earlier times were Dr. McCullough & Dr. Burnham; who served before my time. I may also mention 3 local ladies, who did much
to aid the Doctors' skill. Mrs. Smith Travis, Mrs Hannah Hull and Mrs. Meikilhein all were the best of nurses.
Ref: Gleanings From Memories By Paths Of Erin, Early Medicine & Barrett's Tub, by Harry Smith.
Note1: Age wise, it would appear Mrs. Meikiham more likely refers to Walter's mother, Anna Sellers, rather than his wife, Mary Jane Walker.

. 1871 Census Georgetown, Halton Co., Ontario
James Meikleham, Age 49, Mary, age 39 born Quebec, unable to read or write; Walter, age 20 /born 1851, blacksmith; William, age 14. b 1857; Thomas, age 11/ b. 1860 and Brigham Meikleham, age 8 /b. 1863 Ontario.

. 1875 Wellington Co. Directory & Gazetteer, Erin, Wellington Co.
James Meiklem, blacksmith.

. 1881 Census Erin Village:
James Miekleham, James, Age 50, b. 1831 Scotland, Blacksmith, Religion 'Infidel' [A high unusual comment for 1881!]
Mary Miekelham, age 44, b. 1837, Ontario, Methodist, Brian, age 16, b. 1865, Ont., Methodist; * Thomas Miekleham, age 20, b. 1861, Ont. Methodist.
They live beside the Overlands, i.e. on Main Street, Erin.

. 1907 Dec 11, James Meikleham, deceased, 84 y.,[1928]
Retired Blacksmith, Main Street, Erin, Married. Died of General debility & cancer. Buried Erin Union Cemetery, Monument S30-1.
Mary Mickleham, born Montreal, Quebec & died 27 Aug 1911, Erin, Ontario, died of goitre & heart disease, many years.

Idaho Death Certificates
. 1922 Jan 4, Mullan, Shoshone, Idaho,
aged 70, b 1842 Canada, Widowed
Father: Brigham Meikleham, b. Scotland
Mother Anna Sellers, b. Scotland.
Burial Butte, Montana.

. 1922 Jan 5 - Walter Meikleham Dies in Idaho; Funeral Here.
Walter Meikleahm 70,, father of Mrs P C King of Butte, Mrs A B Cron of Silver Bow & Mrs A Rudd of Spokane, died at Wallace, Ida. Tuesday. The body will arrive in butte Friday & will be removed to the home of Mrs King, 511 S Crystal street, where the funeral will he held
Ref: Butte Miner newspaper, Montana.

. 1922 Jan 6 - Funeral Notice: Meikleham. of the late Walter Meikleham will be held tomorrow, Monday, afternoon, 2 o'clock at the residence of his daughter Mrs P C King, 511 S Crystal S. Rev E J Groeneveld officiating. Interment Mount Moriah Cemetery.
Ref: Montana Standard Newspaper, Montana.

Land Abstract, Lot 14, Plan 102, Con 10, Erin, Ontario
. 1911 Apr 16, Bargain&Sale, V. M Broddy to Mary Meileham, NWquarter Acres, $$550.
. 1911 Mar 4, Probate Will, Mary Meikleham, decd, to Thos. Miekleham
. Grant , Thos Mieklheam & Wife to G T Scott, $550.
Note2: In the small village of Erin, Mary - Thomas Meikleham purchased the house beside their Ella - Jennie etc. Walker family. in-laws. - -

Birth:
Resided. Parents Scottish. Alt Misspellings: Mickleham/n, Micklam, Merkleham, Meikleham & Meiklam.

Died:
Aged 70, Heart failure, mitral regurgitation myocarditis, widowed.|

Buried:
Butte, Silver Bow, Montana Watchman, Morning Mine. Widowed, born Canada.

Walter married Mary Ann WALKER, .4 on 9 Sep 1880 in Toronto, York Co., Ontario. Mary (daughter of John Sibbald WALKER, .6th and Elizabeth WYKHAM) was born in Nov 1858 in Erin, Wellington Co., Ontario; died on 7 Apr 1907 in Butte, Silver Bow Co., Montana; was buried in Mount Moriah Cemetery. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Viola BELLE MEIKLEHAM was born in Jul 1881 in Erin Village, Wellington Co., Ontario; died after 18 Aug 1963 in Downey, California.
2. Maude Alexandria MEIKLEHAM was born in Dec 1882 in Erin Village, Wellington Co., Ontario; died on 8 May 1952 in Spokane, Washington.
3. Capt. James Bringham MEIKLEHAM was born in Aug 1892 in Butte, Silver Bow Co., Montana; died in 1914 in Butte, Shoshone Co., Montana; was buried in Mount Moriah Cemetery.
4. Mary Ann MEIKLEHAM was born on 24 Oct 1896 in Butte, Silver Bow Co., Montana; died on 18 Nov 1986 in Missoula, Montana.