David married Margaret KID on 28 Jun 1795 in Airlie, Angus, Scotland. Margaret (daughter of Charles KID and Margaret DOIG) was born on 28 Dec 1773 in Auchterhouse, Angus, Scotland; was christened on 28 Dec 1773 in Auchterhouse, Angus, Scotland; died on 16 Jan 1835 in Dundee, Angus, Scotland; was buried in Howff Graveyard, Dundee, Angus, Scotland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Elispeth FARQUHARSON. Elispeth was born about 1800 in Dundee, Angus, Scotland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Mary married Thomas MILLIE on 09 Dec 1818 in Dundee, Angus, Scotland. Thomas (son of Henry MILLIE and Magdalene RUMGAY) was born on 26 Jul 1796 in Easthill of Bandirran, Ceres Parish, Fife, Scotland; died in in Ireland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

David married Elisabeth RATTRAY on 17 Oct 1819 in Dundee, Angus, Scotland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Elizabeth MILLS. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Ann married John MACHREY on 02 Jun 1827 in Dundee, Angus, Scotland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Margaret married John BOYACK on 14 Jul 1829 in Dundee, Angus, Scotland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Margaret CHALMERS. Margaret was buried in Howff Graveyard, Dundee, Angus, Scotland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Alexander married Elizabeth SMITH on 01 Apr 1833 in Dundee, Angus, Scotland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

NOTE 1./ Rent book, 1884: Geashill Rate Book, 1883/4 (see .bmp image)
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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.

Henry married Mary Jane DEMPSTER on 31 May 1851 in St. Thomas, Dublin, Ireland. Mary (daughter of Charles DEMPSTER) was born about 1830 in England; died on 20 May 1899 in Ballymooney, Geashill, Ireland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

David Thompson e-mail on 5-15-2002:

Hi Melanie & Hi Bob:
I got the new LDS UK Vital Records CD today and I am having some fun. My notes tell me that from Melanie's past we figured her HH Millie's parents were Henry MILLIE and Mary DEMPSEY. I found the following record which confirms Henry's father was Thomas and Mary's was Charles Dempsey:
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

We also had figured that Thomas's MILLIE had brothers Robert, John and Andrew. Well, I found a family with all these children:
MILLIE, John Bir 1791 Scot Fife Ceres: Fa: Henry Millie ; Mo: Magdalene Rumgay
MILLIE, Andrew Chr 1793 Scot Fife Ceres: Fa: Henry Millie ; Mo: Magdaline Rumgay
MILLIE, David Chr 1794 Scot Fife Ceres: Fa: Henry Millie ; Mo: Magdaline Rumgay
MILLIE, Henry Chr 1794 Scot Fife Ceres: Fa: Henry Millie ; Mo: Magdaline Rumgay
MILLIE, Thomas Chr 1796 Scot Fife Ceres: Fa: Henry Millie ; Mo: Magdaline Rumgay
MILLIE, Robert Chr 1798 Scot Fife Ceres: Fa: Henry Millie ; Mo: Magdalene Rumgay

I also found the following who may be an aunt of HH, her father was Thomas, she was in Dublin, and note her first and middle names, the same as Thomas above:
LATIMER, William
Wife: Magdalene Rumgay MILLIE
Marriage Date: 23 Oct 1847 Recorded in: St. Peter, Dublin, Ireland
Collection: Civil Registration
Husband's Father: James LATIMER
Wife's Father: Thomas MILLIE
Source: FHL Film 101286 Dates: 1847 - 1847
I still bet that Bob's Henry comes down this line. Likely a couple or all of the brothers went to Ireland together.

Magdalene married William LATIMER on 23 Oct 1847 in St Peters, Dublin, Dublin, Ireland. William (son of James LATIMER) was born about 1822 in Dublin, Dublin, Ireland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Never MARRIED. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Charles CASTLE. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

NOTE 1./ Per David Thompson:

Margaret Ellen Millie married a McDowell and was living in London, according to Samuel’s next of kin record, at the time of WWI, at 16 Angel Road, Upper Edmonton, Enfield, England. A note from Melanie says she died December 5, 1921, aged 68, interred in Tottenham Cemetery. I found these records (LDS British Vital Records, 2nd Edition) which give the husband as Frederick, and two children, an unnamed boy and an unnamed girl, born in Dublin:
MCDOWELL, Birth
Gender: Male ; Birth Date: 4 Sep 1875 Birthplace: No 3 South City, Dub, Ire
Recorded in: Dublin, Ireland ; Collection: Civil Registration ; Father: George Frederick MCDOWELL ; Mother: Margaret Ellen MILLIE ; Source: FHL Film 255935 Dates: 1875 - 1875

MCDOWELL, Birth ; Gender: Female ; Birth Date: 4 Dec 1873 ; Birthplace: No 3 South City, Dub, Ire ; Recorded in: Dublin, Ireland ; Collection: Civil Registration
Father: George Frederick MCDOWELL ; Mother: Margaret Ellen MILLER ; Source: FHL Film 255889 ; Dates: 1873 - 1875

Family/Spouse: George Frederick MCDOWELL. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

NOTE 1./ David J. Thompson e-mail May 18, 2002:

H.H. Millie's brother, Charles Millie was found in Battleford, Saskatchewan. It appears that he was a member of the Battleford Home Guard Volunteers in the rebellion of 1885. He was given a land grant for services but took $$ instead. By 1901, when Henry had settled in Carman Manitoba, Charles was working for a rancher in Alberta near Wetaskiwin. In the letter from H. H. Millie in Carman, Manitoba to the Commissioner of the North-West Mounted Police it says that his brother Charles had died just previous to September 11, 1902. He died shortly after in Wetaskiwin. This relationship is confirmed in the Archives records, and per note received from Melanie apparently written by H.H.'s daughter Emma.

NOTE 2./ 1891 Battleford Subdistrict, Disrict of Saskatchewan, Territories Province, Canada census,

Name: Charles T Millie
Gender: Male
Marital Status: Single
Age: 34
Birth Year: abt 1857
Birthplace: Ireland
Relation to Head of House: Head
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 3./ Canadian Passenger Lists, Immigration

Name: Charles Millie
Gender: Male
Age: 21
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1859
Date of Arrival: 14 Jun 1880
Vessel: Moravian
Port of Arrival: Quebec, Quebec
Port of Departure: Liverpool, England; Londonderry, Ireland
Roll: C-4530

Ship Name: Moravian
Years in service: 1864-1881
Funnels: 1
Masts: 3
Shipping Line: Allan
Ship Description: Built by Robert Steele & CO., Greenock, Scotland. Tonnage: 2,481. Dimensions: 320' x 38'. Single-screw, 11 knots. Inverted engines. Three masts and one Funnel. Iron Hull. Clipper Bow.
History: Maiden voyage: Liverpool-Portland, November 10, 1864. Lengthened to 389 feet (3,300 tons) in 1874. Reengined with compounds. Wrecked off Nova Scotian coast, December 30, 1881, with no loss of life. Sister ships: Austrian, Nestorian and Peruvian.

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]

Family/Spouse: Never MARRIED. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

NOTE 1./ David Thompson e-mail, 4-10-01:

Samuel Millie joined the NWMP in August of 1899 when he listed his residence as Battleford, Saskatchewan. He lists his next of kin as Miss L.H. Millie of Ballymooney, Gashill. Kings County (now Offaly) , Ireland. He was Prebyterian which indicates a Scottish origin.

NOTE 2./ David Thompson letter May 18, 2002

Alternate records for Samuel Millie's enlistment into the North-West Mounted police list his next of kin as Margaret McDowell, of Upper Edmonton, now a London suburb. Samuel joined the 179th Battalion in the Canadian Expeditionary Force in WW1. This relationship is confirmed inthe Archives records, and per note received from Melanie Maasdam, apparently written by HH's daughter, Emma. Although reported to have died in Winnipeg during WW1, the archives records suggest he claimed a pension in British Columbia under the name, William Thompson.

Samuel Boucher Millie joined the North-West Mounted Police force on September 1, 1899 and was discharged on March 25, 1904. The archive records refer to his next of kin, Miss Lily Hariot Millie of Ballymooney, Gashill, Kings. Co., Ireland. Another record identifies his next of kin as his sister, Margaret McDowell of Upper Edmonton, now a London suburb. Samuel joined the 179th Battalion in the Canadian Expeditionary Force in World War I. This relationship is confirmed in the Archives records, and per note received from Melanie apparently written by H.H.'s daughter Emma. Although reported to have died in Winnipeg during WWI, the archives records suggest he claimed a pension in British Columbia under the name William Thompson.

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

Name: Samuel B Millie
Gender: Male
Marital Status: Single
Age: 22
Birth Year: abt 1869
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