Lawrence married Jeane Lois ANDERSON. Jeane (daughter of Jack L ANDERSON and Sena SWENSON) was born on 31 Jan 1929 in Los Angeles, California; died after 2008 in California. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

NOTE 1./ E-mail From: Jeane Buell [mailto:[email protected]] to Melanie Maasdam on 11-1-2008

I have no idea who Gramps visited in Canada...The only sister I recall of his was "Teed", obviously a nickname...she was married to Charlie...she died first..then Charlie left your Dad $1,000.00 in his will.. that was how we bought the house on Huntdale! Mac was ticked off..she felt Joe should have gotten it!.. Look at the hand painted mug & bowl ( pink) that one(? )of the sisters painted for "Patsy McGarrity" (on the bottom) It was thought your dad would be a girl!

Also Dorothy Simmons was Gram's step-daughter. She & Maggie were in an auto accident in Long Beach & she was a paraplegic from it. I think she was a librarian??? Had 2 daughters, I think....Dorothy , I understand, in her younger adult years, was quite a party girl..also would ride a board behind a boat, before skis!!! She introduced some guy ( w/ money...he owned the water taxies to the gambling ship in Long Beach Harbor) that really took a liking to your dad & could recognize the mechanical genius that he was. Uncle Ernie!...I think that's what your dad called him... He bought your dad his first tools,, etc... You must remember, your dad was a very lonesome little boy..only child...His dad & mom really didn't pay that much attention to him.. thank God for Gram... After she divorced Fred(?) Simmons she lived between the homes of Emma & Maggie... Maggie lived in Butte, Montana...I don't have any idea where Joe is buried...Would Kathy know?.... Also, Gram died at the former T.B. Hospital in Long Beach & was a 'Ward' of the County ..i.e..no money/insurance. The only Cemetery at that time was the one on Cherry in Long Beach.. Sorry, Babe.. It's so long ago.

When Joe married Mac...your dad was in the Service..so they went on with their lives & virtually ignored us later. ... Mac had 2 sisters that married well..so there was that sister competition. they all lived in beautiful homes, etc...
Marilyn & Jackie were Mac's daughters..really neat!..Jackie was married to Myron..no children. He had a mentally retarded brother. It was thought then that it might run in the family..etc... Marilyn was married to Wally..had one daughter, Terry... Joe disowned her because she got pregnant before marriage...Recall the large picture that Eleanor McGarrity sent you ? She thought it was one of Emma McGarrity??? It was Teed!!... so if you look for that.. I remember seeing it 'cause Eleanor thought that you should have it since you named your baby Emma!

Maggie's daughters were named Diana & Patricia...Don't recall the last name..possibly later..

Diana married in Long Beach when you were about 2 yrs. old..small wedding, reception at a posh hotel in Long Beach..Villa Rivera.. on Christmas Day...You & Mike were so good!!.. We were so proud! Conner!!!! That was the last name! Could be Connors????

Papa just remembered the mane of the Cemetery on Cherry.. Sunnyside Mausoleum!!!

He also remembered the largest cemetery in the I.A. area...Forest Lawn... that's probably where Emma is buried... Try to Google them....

Hope that helps....Just seeing all those pictures that you have, from Mike's stuff was so neat./.so many I didn't recall.

Isn't it antiquated the way they did the census back then.. I remember people coming, door to door, getting information & also what large items you had bought..personal income tax had to be paid on it... Weird!!!!

If I recall anything else..I'll let you know.. Besure to print this off for your records!!

Notes:

NOTE 1./ 1901 Saint-Antoine, Montreal, Quebec census,

Name Gender Relationship M/S Birthdate Age
McGarrity Patrick M Head M Sep 28 1853 47
McGarrity Isabella F Wife M Jun 24 1864 36
McGarrity Mary Lottie F Daughter S Sep 3 1886 14
McGarrity Mary Theresa F Daughter S Jan 22 1889 12
McGarrity Gertrude M. F Daughter S Mar 17 1891 10
McGarrity John Thomas M Son S Oct 16 1892 8
McGarrity Joseph Patrick M Son S Aug 3 1895 5
McGarrity Patrick Jas. M Son S Jan 4 1899 2
McGarrity Isabella P. F Daughter S Mar 17 1901 2/12

NOTE 2./ Melanie Maasdam e-mail ( [email protected] ) 10-10-2005: Joseph Patrick McGarrity 1901

I am really perplexed about all these brothers and sisters of my Gramps. He only talked {to my mothers recollection} about one sister, Teed. No one left to ask either.
I actually have my Gramps’ fathers business card, he was a baker up in Canada. Also a picture of him. Almost missed it in a small envelope that looked like nothing.
My Gramps was so class conscience. He was of the school that you did not mention family that were not in the upper eschelon. He became very big in his CPA business, in Whittier, CA. and hob nobbing was very important to him. I wonder if that is why he did not mention other siblings?? I don’t know. I do know when I was a teen, he would visit relatives in Vancouver every year. But my mom and dad never really documented who he went to see.

NOTE 3./ 1930 Orange County California census,

Name Family Members Home Estimated Birth Year Birthplace Relation
Joseph P Mcgarrity Orange, Orange, CA abt 1901 Canada Head
Emma L Mcgarrity Orange, Orange, CA abt 1904 Wife
Lawrence P Mcgarrity Orange, Orange, CA abt 1925 Son
Dorothy Simmons Orange, Orange, CA abt 1911 Canada Stepdaughter

Name: Joseph P McGarrity
Home in 1930: Orange, Orange, California
Age: 29
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1901
Birthplace: Canada
Relation to Head of House: Head
Spouse's Name: Emma L
Race: White
Occupation: Auditor
Military service:No
Rent/home value: $30.00 per month
Age at first marriage: Age 20
Parents' birthplace: Father: Ireland; Mother: Canada
Neighbors: View others on page
Household Members: Name Age
Joseph P McGarrity 29
Emma L McGarrity 26
Lawrence P McGarrity 5
Dorothy Simmons 19

NOTE 4./ Melanie Maasdam e-mail ( [email protected] ) Subject: RE: Dorothy Simmons , Date: 11/1/2008

I remember vividly my Grandpa McGarrity mentioning Gertrude. Gramps was so particular. Some of his siblings he didn’t talk to for whatever reason. Once he cut you off it stayed that way. He wasn’t too forgiving and quite a racist too I think.
Normal old school Canadian type. He even used sort of a High English dialect which was weird to a California girl like myself who was use to slang as being cool.

Joseph married Emma Lilian MILLIE on 06 Sep 1919 in Kelowna, British Columbia. Emma (daughter of Henry Herbert MILLIE and Caroline Sarah MILLS) was born on 06 Mar 1901 in Carmen, Manitoba; died on 01 Jan 1940 in Long Beach, California; was buried in Calvery Cemetery, Long Beach, California. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

NOTE 1./ e-mail from Melanie Maasdam 12-16-2003: Re: David.Emma. Mills

A new find; a composer, Wilson MacDonald had some of his copyrighted piano compositions personalized to Emma L. Millie (my grandmother) who was 6 years old in 1907, when she received these piano works. They are so beautifully illustrated. I have written to some place in Canada, as their URL would not open for me when I came across Wilson MacDonald, Canada, composer in a Yahoo
search. There are many MacDonald relatives in the Millie stuff and I wonder if he could have been an Uncle or cousin.

NOTE 2./ Regarding painting of mother and child in the possession of Melanie Maasdam:

I sent your information to my mom and she clearly remembers back when Gram Millie (Dempster) [Emma L. Millie’s mom] was alive, saying either the child or mother in the oil painting was her great grandmother

NOTE 2./ 1911 Okanagan, Kelowna, British Columbia census

Name Home in 1911 Province, District, Sub-District Birth Year Birthplace Relation

Henry H Millie British Columbia, Yale and Cariboo, Okanagan, Kelowna 1862 Ireland Head
Carrie Millie British Columbia, Yale and Cariboo, Okanagan, Kelowna 1879 Ontario Wife
Emma Millie British Columbia, Yale and Cariboo, Okanagan, Kelowna 1901 Manitoba Daughter
Margarette Millie British Columbia, Yale and Cariboo, Okanagan, Kelowna 1907 BC Daughter
Alice Millie British Columbia, Yale and Cariboo, Okanagan, Kelowna 1911 BC Daughter
William Mills British Columbia, Yale and Cariboo, Okanagan, Kelowna 1890 USA Lodger (brother in law)
Jerrett Johnson British Columbia, Yale and Cariboo, Okanagan, Kelowna 1862 USA Lodger

NOTE 3./ 1930 Orange, Orange, California census

Name: Emma L McGarrity
Home in 1930: Orange, Orange, California
Age: 26
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1904
Relation to Head of House: Wife
Spouse's Name: Joseph P
Race: White

Household Members: Name Age
Joseph P McGarrity 29
Emma L McGarrity 26
Lawrence P McGarrity 5
Dorothy Simmons 19

Jack married Sena SWENSON in 1924. Sena was born in 1902 in Iowa; died after 1930 in Los Angeles California. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Patrick married Isabella Margaret MCDONALD on 08 Sep 1885 in Town of Cornwall, Storemont County, Ontario. Isabella (daughter of John J R MCDONALD and Isabella Mary UNKNOWN) was born on 24 Jun 1864 in St Andrews, Cornwall Township, Stormont County, Ontario; died on 01 Dec 1926 in Kelowna, British Columbia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

NOTE 1./ British Columbia Vital Event Death Registration Name:Isabella M Mcgarrity
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Name:
Isabella M Mcgarrity Place; Kelowna Reg. Number: 1926-09-374125 Digital Image available for purchase
On-Line ; Date: 1926 12 1 (Yr/Mo/Day) Age: 62 Event: Death Microfilm #: B13129 (GSU # 1927306)

NOTE 2./ 1881 Census Place: McNab, Renfrew South, Ontario, Canada
Source: FHL Film 1375870 NAC C-13234 Dist 113 SubDist A Div 2 Page 20 Family 91
Sex Marr Age Origin Birthplace
Alexander STEWART M M 55 Scottish Scotland
Occ: Farmer Religion: C. Presbyterian
Isabella STEWART F M 57 Scottish Ontario Religion: C. Presbyterian
John STEWART M 23 Scottish Ontario Occ: Farmer Religion: C. Presbyterian
Alexander STEWART M 22 Scottish Ontario Occ: Farmer Religion: C. Presbyterian
Donald STEWART M 21 Scottish Ontario Occ: Farmer Religion: C. Presbyterian
Robert STEWART M 18 Scottish Ontario Occ: Farmers SonReligion: C. res
Elizabeth G. STEWART F 15 Scottish Ontario Religion: C. Presbyterian
Peter STEWART M 13 Scottish Ontario Religion: C. Presbyterian
Elizabeth STEWARTF W 44 Scottish Ontario Occ: Servant Religion: C. Pres
John MCDONALD M M 58 Scottish Scotland Occ: Farmer Religion: C. Pres
Isabella MCDONALDF M 57 Scottish Ontario Religion: C. Presbyterian
John MCDONALD M 38 Scottish Ontario Occ: Lumberman Religion: C. Pres
James MCDONALD M 25 Scottish Ontario Occ: Farmer Religion: C. Presbyterian
Alexander MCDONALD M 20 Scottish Ontario Occ: Lumberman Religion: C. Pres
Isabella Margt. MCDONALD F 16 Scottish Ontario Religion: C. Presbyterian
Elizabeth MCDONALD F 14 Scottish Ontario Religion: C. Presbyterian

Notes:

NOTE 1./
Melanie Maasdam e-mail 5-16-01: HH Millie travelled to Liverpool England in 1912.

NOTE 2./ Ancestry. com Message Board: Melanie McGarrity Date: 26 Jan 2001 7:18 PM
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Hi, Harry Millie was my great grandfather, my fathers mothers' dad. My fathers' mothers name was Emma Millie. They were all from the British Columbia, Canada area. Harry Millie put the first telegraph line in up there and Emma his daughter was the operator. She married Joseph P. McGarrity and they moved to California, the Los Anglelas area and had one male child my father Larry Patrick McGarrity. I have no idea if these Millie's are related and I would have to search out some dates to get things more pinpointed. Harry Millie lived with the Cree Indians also and I have some old Indian artifacts that have been handed down to me. I also have many letters from Ireland dated late 1800's. I would be interested in finding out more. Melanie McGarrity Maasdam

NOTE 3./ 1891 Battleford Subdistrict, District of Saskatchewan, Territories Province, Canada census

Name: Henry H Millie
Gender: Male
Marital Status: Single
Age: 28
Birth Year: abt 1863
Birthplace: Ireland
Relation to Head of House: Brother
Religion: Free Church
French Canadian: No
Father's Birth Place: Scotland
Mother's Birth Place: England
Province: Territories
District Number: 200
District: Saskatchewan
Subdistrict: Battleford
Archive Roll #: T-6426

Household Members: Name Age
Charles T Millie 34
Henry H Millie 28
Samuel B Millie 22

NOTE 4./ 1901 Census Carman Village, Lisgar District, Manitoba

Surname Given Name Relationship to Head of Household Birth Date Birth Year Birthplace Immigration Census Year Location Film # Division # Page # Entry # Family #
Millie Henry H head Feb 8 1863 Ireland 1882 1901 Carman T-6432 2 6 26 63
Millie Carrie wife Jul 13 1879 Ontario - 1901 Carman T-6432 2 6 27 63
Millie Emma C daughter Mar 6 1901 Manitoba - 1901 Carman T-6432 2 6 28 63

Name: Henry H Millie
Gender: Male
Marital Status: Married
Age: 38
Birth Date: 8 Feb 1863
Birthplace: Ireland
Relation to Head of House: Head
Spouse's Name: Carrie
Immigration Year: 1882
Racial or Tribal Origin: Irish
Nationality: Canadian
Religion: Methodist
Occupation: Watch Maker
Province: Manitoba
District: Lisgar
District Number: 7
Sub-District: Carman (Village)
Sub-District Number: J-2
Family Number: 63
Page: 6

Household Members: Name Age
Henry S Millie 38
Carrie Millie 21
Emma L Millie 0

It is interesting to note that in the 1901 census, Henry lists his heritage as Irish, but in 1911, he is enumerated as being of Scottish heritage. (BBD2008)

NOTE 5./ HISTORICAL reference: The Fourth National Census, 1901

The first census of the young nation of Canada was taken in 1871, four years after four colonies became Canada. Manitoba and British Columbia joined Canada in 1870 and 1871 and therefore missed being included in the census. By 1901, the year of the fourth census, there were seven provinces, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, Quebec, Ontario, Manitoba, and British Columbia, and the Territories, a vast area that included what became Saskatchewan, Alberta, the Yukon, and Northwest Territories.

Government officials planning censuses increased the number of questions every time; for example, there were twelve columns to be completed on the form in 1891 and thirty-one in 1901. All the additional information is a benefit to genealogists, although I wish two columns from 1891 had been retained--the ones asking for the birthplaces of the individual's father and mother. Their absence is partially compensated for by the addition of questions about origin, nationality, and date of immigration. Also useful for genealogy is the addition of columns for date and place of birth, as well as another for the exact date of birth. The 1901 census also seeks information about the work or employment of each person and how much they earned.

Beginning with the name of each person enumerated, this is the list of columns:

Name of each person in household 31 March 1901
Sex
Colour
Relationship to head of household
Single, married, widowed, or divorced
Month and date of birth
Year of birth
Age at last birthday
Country or place of birth (If Canada, include province and add "r" or "u" for rural or urban.)
Year of immigration
Year of naturalization
Racial or tribal origin
Racial or tribal origin
Nationality
Religion
Profession, occupation, or trade
Living on own means
Employer, Employee, or Working on Own Account
Working at a trade in factory or in home
Months employed at trade in factory
Months employed at trade in home
Months employed in other occupation than trade in factory or home
Earnings from occupation or trade
Months at school in the year
Can read
Can write
Can speak English
Can speak French
Mother tongue
Infirmities

It is of significant interest to read the point on the 1901 form about using "r" and "u" to indicate whether the Canadian birthplace was rural or urban.

NOTE 6./ 1911 Okanagan, Kelowna, British Columbia census

Name Home in 1911 Province, District, Sub-District Birth Year Birthplace Relation

Henry H Millie British Columbia, Yale and Cariboo, Okanagan, Kelowna 1862 Ireland Head
Carrie Millie British Columbia, Yale and Cariboo, Okanagan, Kelowna 1879 Ontario Wife
Emma Millie British Columbia, Yale and Cariboo, Okanagan, Kelowna 1901 Manitoba Daughter
Margarette Millie British Columbia, Yale and Cariboo, Okanagan, Kelowna 1907 BC Daughter
Alice Millie British Columbia, Yale and Cariboo, Okanagan, Kelowna 1911 BC Daughter
William Mills British Columbia, Yale and Cariboo, Okanagan, Kelowna 1890 USA Lodger (brother in law)
Jerrett Johnson British Columbia, Yale and Cariboo, Okanagan, Kelowna 1862 USA Lodger

Name: Henry H Millie
Gender: Male
Marital Status: Married
Age: 48
Birth Date: Feb 1862
Birthplace: Ireland
Family Number: 267
Relation to Head of House: Head
Spouse's Name: Carrie
Immigration Year: 1884
Tribal: Scotch (Scotish)
Province: British Columbia
District: Yale and Cariboo
District Number: 14
Sub-District: Okanagan, Kelowna
Sub-District Number: 43
Place of Habitation: Elles St
Census Year: 1911
Page: 24

Household Members: Name Age
Henry H Millie 48
Carrie Millie 31
Emma Millie 10
Margarette Millie 3
Alice Millie 2/12
William Mills 21
Jerrett Johnson 49

NOTE 7./ e-mail from Melanie Maasdam 3-28-2007 (See .jpeg photos of below descriptions)

I was doing some cleaning on a collage Mom put together many years ago from the Millie clan and their endeavors in Canada. I got out the magnifying glass to see what was etched on the back of one medal and thought it might be of interest in your excellent record keeping. It is a brass medal, very worn and smooth. In the first photo, it is the one in the center.

Here goes, exactly as it is hand etched;
Presented to
The Battleford Rifle Association by A. MacDonald 1885

(This part below looks like it might have been added later, it is less worn)
Won or (Worn) by H.H. Millie
Some of the other medals say;
ü The 14th PWO Rifles Canada NUNQUAM CEDE
ü Rocky Mountain Rangers 102 Kloshe Nanitch
ü DINANT ANTWERP CHENT 1914
ü CAMERON HIGHLANDERS OF CANADA ULLAMH
ü CANADA QUOFAS ET GLORIA DUCUNT
ü 72 Cuidich`n Rich Overseas Battalion
ü 172 Overseas CANADA Battalion Cameron Highlanders of Canada
ü 2nd C.M.R. (B.C. Horse ) CANADA
ü Royal Northwest Mounted Police MAINTIEN LE DROIT
Some don’t say anything and are crowns and various other symbols and numbers.

Sounds as though HH Millie was an adventurer and showoff of sorts. You can even see it in his photos, a proud and haughty look, boastful. (That was always what his wife Gram sort of told my mom)
I think Gram was irritated and possibly disgusted with HH, always off on some adventure to a foreign country or living with the Cree Indians and playing around with the squaws, very naughty! Take a look at that one photo of the squaw and the endearing caption about her! “What a beauty” or something to that effect.

NOTE 8./ Canadian Passenger Lists, 1865-1935, "Electronic," Name: H H Millie
Gender: Male
Age: 20
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1863
Date of Arrival: 11 Sep 1883
Vessel: Ontario
Port of Arrival: Quebec, Quebec
Port of Departure: Belfast, Ireland; Liverpool, England
Roll: C-4533

Ship Information
Ship Name: Ontario
Years in service: 1874-1896
Funnels: 1
Masts: 3
Shipping Line: Dominion
Ship Description: Built by Archibald McMillan & Son, Dumbarton, Scotland. Tonnage: 3,175. Dimensions: 335' x 38'. Single-screw, 11 knots. Compound engines. Three masts and one funnel. Iron hull.
History: Maiden voyage: Liverpool-Quebec-Montreal, July 15, 1874. Transferred to Avonmouth service in 1885. Scrapped in 1896. Sister ship: Dominion.

Henry married Caroline Sarah MILLS on 06 Feb 1900 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. Caroline (daughter of Daniel William MILLS and Emma Louise BURTON) was born on 13 Jul 1879 in St Catherines, Lincoln County, Ontario; died on 25 Nov 1961 in Los Angeles, California; was buried in Sunnyside Mausoleum, Long Beach, California. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

NOTE 1./ 1901 Carmen Village, Lisgar District, Manitoba Canada census

Name: Carrie Millie
Gender: Female
Marital Status: Married
Age: 21
Birth Date: 13 Jul 1879
Birthplace: Ontario
Relation to Head of House: Wife
Spouse's Name: Henry S
Racial or Tribal Origin: English
Nationality: Canadian
Religion: Methodist
Province: Manitoba
District: Lisgar
District Number: 7
Sub-District: Carman (Village)
Sub-District Number: J-2
Family Number: 63
Page: 6

Household Members: Name Age
Henry S Millie 38
Carrie Millie 21
Emma L Millie 0