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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
<<http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/message/an/surnames.millie/3.5>>
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.
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