Henry MILLIE

Male 1819 - 1891  (71 years)


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  • Name Henry MILLIE  [1
    Born 16 Sep 1819  Dundee, Angus, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Christened 10 Oct 1819  Dundee, Angus, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Gender Male 
    Died 07 Jan 1891  Ballymooney, Geashill, Kings (Offaly) County, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Buried Geasehill Churchyard Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I5325  Bob-Millie Family Tree
    Last Modified 12 Oct 2022 

    Father Thomas MILLIE
              b. 26 Jul 1796, Easthill of Bandirran, Ceres Parish, Fife, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Mary MCWATTIE
              b. Abt 1800, Dundee, Angus, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Relationship natural 
    Married 09 Dec 1818  Dundee, Angus, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    Family ID F2576  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Mary Jane DEMPSTER
              b. Abt 1830, England Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 20 May 1899, Ballymooney, Geashill, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 69 years) 
    Married 31 May 1851  St. Thomas, Dublin, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location  [6
    Children 
     1. Henrietta MILLIE  [natural]
     2. Mary MILLIE  [natural]
     3. Margaret Ellen MILLIE
              b. Abt 1853
              d. 05 Dec 1921, Upper Edmonton, Enfield, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 68 years)  [natural]
     4. Charles Thomas MILLIE
              b. 10 Mar 1860, Ballymooney, Geashill, Kings (Offaly) County, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. Bef 11 Sep 1902, Near Wetaskiwin, Alberta Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age < 42 years)  [natural]
     5. Henry Herbert MILLIE
              b. 06 Jan 1863, Ballymooney, Geashill, Kings (Offaly) County, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 22 Oct 1917, Kelowna, British Columbia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 54 years)  [natural]
     6. Lilian Hariot MILLIE
              b. 13 Jun 1865, Ballymoony, Tullamore, Kings County (now Offaly), Ireland. Find all individuals with events at this location  [natural]
     7. Samuel Boucher MILLIE
              b. 21 Jan 1871, Geashill, Kings County, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. Aft 1901, British Columbia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age > 31 years)  [natural]
    Last Modified 12 Oct 2022 
    Family ID F2581  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 31 May 1851 - St. Thomas, Dublin, Ireland Link to Google Earth
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  • Photos
    1770 Kings County Ireland Baronies
    1770 Kings County Ireland Baronies
    Henry Sr. Millie
    Henry Sr. Millie
    Henry Sr. Millie
    Henry Sr. Millie
    Rent book, 1884: Geashill Rate Book, 1883/4
    Rent book, 1884: Geashill Rate Book, 1883/4
    Geasehill Castle
    Geasehill Castle

  • Notes 
    • NOTE 1./ Rent book, 1884: Geashill Rate Book, 1883/4 (see .bmp image)
      <<http://askaboutireland.ie/show_narrative_page_by_place.do?page_id=1398>>

      General warrant to collect county rates of the Barony of Geashill after Spring assizes, 1884, dated 29th day of April 1884 with the entry for Lord Digby in the townsland of Bawnmore.

      NOTE 2./ Geashill Castle

      A castle existed at Geashill from c1200. The Book of Howth mentions that 'the Lord of Offalye builded the Castell of Geschell ' in 1307. The castle may have been erected on or near the site of an earlier castle. The photograph depicts the later manor house and the ruins of the earlier castle to the right of the house.

      NOTE 3./ Historical Perspective: The Year Was 1873

      The year was 1873 and much of the world was entering into a long period of economic depression. The beginning of the Long Depression is typically marked by the crash of the Vienna stock market, which sent ripples across Europe and eventually the United States with the fall of Jay Cooke & Company. The Cooke investment bank was heavily invested in the overbuilt railroad system which was beginning to fail. With the fall of this prominent company, a financial panic ensued and the New York Stock Exchange had to close for ten days. Railroads, factories, banks, and businesses had to close their doors resulting in skyrocketing unemployment rates. The Long Depression would last into the 1890s.

      There were other smaller scale disasters in 1873. The British SS Atlantic out of Liverpool (with a stop at Queenstown) hit a submerged rock en route to New York and was wrecked in heavy seas off Nova Scotia. It is estimated that 545 of the 952 passengers perished.

      In Baltimore, Maryland, a fire began in the factory of Joseph Thomas and Sons and spread over ten acres of the city. Photos of the fire and aftermath can be found online at the Maryland Historical Society.

      A cholera epidemic swept through Birmingham, Alabama. Below is an interesting excerpt from a report from Mortimer H. Jordan, who was secretary of the Jefferson County Medical Society of Birmingham, Alabama, at the time of the epidemic (found on the website of the Reynolds Historical Library at the University of Alabama at Birmingham).

      The treatment adopted was the opium and mercurial. When the stomach seemed so inactive that nothing made any impression upon it, an emetic of mustard, salt, ginger, and pepper, suspended in hot water, in many cases produced a warm glow over the surface of the body in a few moments. . . . Diuretics produced no good results. No condition in life, sex, or age escaped. The sucking babe and those of extreme age suffered alike from its ravages.

      Before closing this paper, justice demands that we should briefly allude to the heroic and self sacrificing conduct, during this epidemic, of that unfortunate class who are known as 'women of the town.' These poor creatures, though outcasts from society, anathematized by the church, despised by women and maltreated by men, when the pestilence swept over the city, came forth from their homes to nurse the sick and close the eyes of the dead. It was passing strange that they would receive no pay, expected no thanks; they only went where their presence was needed, and never remained longer than they could do good. While we abhor the degradation of these unfortunates, their magnanimous behavior during these fearful days has drawn forth our sympathy and gratitude.

      Further north and west, Jesse James and the James- Younger gang robbed a Rock Island train near Adair, Iowa. This first train robbery netted the gang more than $2,300, but was most likely a disappointment for the gang. They were expecting a $100,000 gold shipment, but that shipment had been switched to another train at the last moment.

      North of the border in Canada, the Dominion Parliament had more lawful goals in mind when it established the North-West Mounted Police, the predecessor of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. Canada was growing and in 1873 Prince Edward Island joined the federation as Canada's smallest province.

      In music, the song Home on the Range was born (Daniel Kelly & Brewster M. Higley). The tune went on to become the state song of Kansas and is known around the world.

  • Sources 
    1. [S1646] HH Millie Death Certificate, See .jpeg image.
      The death certificate for H.H. lists his father as Henry Millie, and his mother as Mary. Note that the death certificate says that the father, Henry Millie was born in Scotland.


    2. [S1740] LDS Internet Site, Family Group Record.
      Husband: THOMAS MILLIE ; Wife : MARY MCWATTIE ; Children ; 1. HENRY MILLIE Pedigree ; Male ; Birth: 16 SEP 1819; Christening: 10 OCT 1819 Dundee, Angus, Scotland

    3. [S1730] LDS.
      HENRY MILLIE Birth: 16 SEP 1819 ; Christening: 10 OCT 1819 Dundee, Angus, Scotland ; Parents: Father: THOMAS MILLIE ; Mother: MARY MCWATTIE

    4. [S1710] King's County Chronicle, Notes from Melanie Maasdam.
      extracts from the Kings County Chronicle report that Henry Millie Died January 7, 1891, in his 71st year at Ballymooney, Geashill, (which was where H.H. was born per his death certificate, and per his obituary in 1917 in Kelowna, B.C.).

    5. [S1740] LDS Internet Site, IGI Records.
      THOMAS MILLIE : Male ; Marriages: Spouse: MARY MCWATTIE ; Marriage: 09 DEC 1818 Dundee, Angus, Scotland : Source Information:
      Batch No.: M112824 ; Dates: 1783 - 1819 ; Source Call No.: 0993401; Type: Film ; Printout Call No.: 6902959


    6. [S1220] British Isles Vital Records Index CD #2, David Thompson.
      MILLIE, Henry Age: 30 ; Wife: Mary Jane DEMPSTER Age: 21 ; Marriage Date: 31 May 1851 Recorded in: St Thomas, Dublin, Ireland ; Collection: Civil Registration ; Husband's Father: Thomas MILLIE ; Wife's Father: Charles DEMPSTER ; Source: FHL Film 101326 Dates: 1851 - 1851