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Walter Miller 1825 – 1898 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 19 May 1825

Birth Location: Maxton Parish, Roxburghshire, Scotland

Death Date: 15 Jul 1898

Death Location: Clarks Flat, Otago, New Zealand

Father: Andrew Miller

Mother: Mary Hope

Spouse(s): Mary Bell

Children(s): Mary Miller, Helen Miller, Agnes Miller, Isabela Miller, Fanny Miller, Andrew Miller, John Miller, Walter Miller, William Miller

The story of Walter Miller began in 1825 in Maxton Parish, Roxburghshire, Scotland. Walter Miller married Mary Bell, and had children including Mary Lillico Miller, Helen Miller, Agnes Miller, Isabela Miller, Fanny Miller, Andrew Miller, John Cargill Miller, Walter Miller, William Hope Miller. Walter Miller passed away in 1898 in Clarks Flat, Otago, New Zealand.

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Biography

  • The story of Walter Miller began in 1825 in Maxton Parish, Roxburghshire, Scotland.
  • Walter Miller married Mary Bell, and had children including Mary Lillico Miller, Helen Miller, Agnes Miller, Isabela Miller, Fanny Miller, Andrew Miller, John Cargill Miller, Walter Miller, William Hope Miller.
  • Walter Miller passed away in 1898 in Clarks Flat, Otago, New Zealand.

Immediate Family

Parents

Andrew Miller
1804 – 1882
Birth Location: Easter Softlaw, Roxburgh, Roxburghshire, Scotland
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Mary Hope
1804 – 1882
Birth Location: Scotland
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Spouses(s)

Mary Bell
1820 – 1890
Birth Location: Greenlaw, Berwickshire, Scotland
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Children(s)

Mary Miller
1848 – 1914
Birth Location: Kelso, Roxburgh, Scotland
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Helen Miller
1850 – 1935
Birth Location: Blueskin, Otago, New Zealand
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Agnes Miller
1852 – 1934
Birth Location: East Taieri, Otago, New Zealand
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Isabela Miller
1853 – 1935
Birth Location: Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand
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Fanny Miller
1854 – 1862
Birth Location: –
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Andrew Miller
1856 – 1940
Birth Location: Glenore, Otago, New Zealand
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John Miller
1857 – 1920
Birth Location: –
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Walter Miller
1859 – 1933
Birth Location: Roxburgh Station, Tokomairiro, Otago, New Zealand
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William Miller
1861 – 1930
Birth Location: Glenore, Otago, New Zealand
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Walter Miller's Ancestors

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Walter Miller
1825 – 1898
Birth Place: Maxton Parish, Roxburghshire, Scotland
Parents
Andrew Miller
1804 – 1882
Easter Softlaw, Roxburgh, Roxburghshire, Scotland
Mary Hope
1804 – 1882
Scotland
Grandparents
Walter Miller
1777 –
Roxburgh, Roxburghshire, Scotland
Mary Lillico
1776 –
Roxburgh, Roxburghshire, Scotland
Thomas Hope
Nellie Pender
Great-Grandparents
John? Miller
Agnes? Small
Andrew? Lillico
Mary?
Thomas Hope
Helen Lee
Alexander Pender
Henretta Black
2nd-Great-Grandparents
John Pender
1674 – 1750
Jean Wood
1670 –
WILLIAM BLACK
1694 – 1742
Mary Tod
1698 – 1767

Walter Miller's Descendants

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Walter Miller (19 May 1825 – 15 Jul 1898) m. Mary Bell (Abt. 1820 – 21 Dec 1890)
  1. 1. Mary (Lillico) Miller (Abt. 1848 – 25 Oct 1914) m. James Thomson (Abt. 1843 – 02 Nov 1922)
    1. 1. James Thomson (Abt. 1868 – Bef. 1968)
    2. 2. Fanny (Mary) Thomson (26 Jul 1869 – 04 Aug 1961) m. Danial (Percy) Clements (Abt. 1866 – Jun 1946)
    3. 3. Nellie (Constance) Thomson (10 Sep 1872 – 19 Apr 1934) m. James Brydie (Abt. 1865 – 10 Dec 1918)
      1. 1. Eileen (Constance) Brydie (Abt. 1908 – 12 Jun 1930)
      2. 2. James (Alexander Miller) Brydie ( – Abt. 1958) m. Margaret (Rasmussen) Pilgrim
        1. 1. Barry (James) Brydie (Abt. 1955 – ) m. Sandra Maidens (Abt. 1971 – )
        2. 2. Stephanie (Gail) Brydie m. Allan (H) Newell
      3. 3. Euphemia (L) Brydie m. Murray Henshaw
        1. 1. Helen Henshaw
    4. 4. Walter (Miller) Thompson (02 Jul 1876 – 01 Sep 1957) m. Lillian (Maude) Girvan (20 Feb 1878 – 11 Sep 1960)
      1. 1. Isabel Thomson (15 Nov 1902 – 24 Aug 1988) m. Henry Murray
        1. 1. Patricia Murray m. Grant
        2. 2. David Murray
        3. 3. Ivan Murray
      2. 2. Mabel (Lillico Jessie) Thomson (29 Jul 1905 – ) m. Walter Briggs ( – Abt. Aug 1951)
        1. 1. Marie Briggs (1930 – ) m. Alan (David) Dow
        2. 2. Betty (May) Briggs (Abt. Sep 1932 – Nov 1968) m. Gordon (Kitchener) Mackay
        3. 3. Raymond (Walter) Briggs (1936 – ) m. Elizabeth (Ann or) Liz (Abt. 1940 – 02 Sep 1998)
      3. 3. Raymond (Walter) Thompson ( – 25 Dec 1956) m. Alice (Ngara) Adams
    5. 5. Charlotte (Hope) Thomson (Abt. 1878 – 07 May 1970) m. Robert Brydie (Abt. 1876 – 21 Oct 1920)
      1. 1. Cecil (Robert Imrie) Brydie (29 Nov 1907 – Abt. 1990) m. Marjorie (Crawford) Lawson ( – Abt. 1986)
        1. 1. Robert (Alexander) Brydie m. Heather McNichol
        2. 2. Keith (Betson) Brydie m. Enid (E) Robertson
        3. 3. Noeline (Isobel) Brydie m. Ronald (Gordon) Eckhold ( – 08 Nov 1992)
        4. 4. Yvonne (Margaret) Brydie m. Dennis (W) Chambers
      2. 2. Ethel (Hope) Brydie (30 May 1910 – ) m. Douglas Martin m. James Harwood
        1. 1. Douglas (Leslie J) Martin m. Edith (W) Harrex
      3. 3. Mary (Euphemia) Brydie (24 Dec 1911 – Abt. 1987) m. James McIntosh ( – Bef. 1987)
      4. 4. Gladys (Margaret) Brydie (23 Aug 1914 – ) m. Thomas (Carrick) Hogg ( – Abt. 1965)
        1. 1. Dorothy (Margaret) Hogg m. Gordon Smith
        2. 2. Lorraine (Adele) Hogg m. Malcolm Edwards m. Kenneth (D) Gibbs
      5. 5. Dorothy (Fanny Constance) Brydie (02 Jul 1916 – Abt. 1981) m. William (A) Porteous
        1. 1. William (Alexander) Porteous m. Joyce McDonald
      6. 6. Vera (May) Brydie m. Keith (James) Smith
        1. 1. Stephen (James) Smith m. Sherry McGregor
        2. 2. Carrick (Keith) Smith m. Alison Sinclair
        3. 3. Warner (Michael) Smith m. Jennifer (J) Page
    6. 6. Patricia (Isabel) Thomson (23 Feb 1882 – 11 Oct 1910)
    7. 7. Alice (D) Thomson ( – Oct 1900)
    8. 8. Elizabeth Thomson ( – Bef. 1960)
    9. 9. George Thomson ( – 15 Nov 1900)
  2. 2. Helen Miller (11 Dec 1850 – 01 Jun 1935) m. Patrick McIntyre ( – 23 Nov 1898)
  3. 3. Agnes Miller (15 Apr 1852 – 1934) m. George (Hunter) Macan (30 Oct 1848 – 24 Apr 1914)
    1. 1. Charles (Gray) Macan (31 Oct 1891 – 04 May 1964) m. Elizabeth (Lillian) Davis (18 Nov 1892 – 13 Jan 1966)
      1. 1. Charles (Davis) Macan (1916 – 06 May 1979) m. Maureen (Josephine) O'Keefe
        1. 1. Gabrielle (Maureen) Macan (09 Dec 1942 – ) m. Michael (Joseph) Haley (08 Feb 1942 – )
        2. 2. Charles (Peter) Macan (01 Apr 1944 – 23 Nov 1979) m. Helen Thompson (01 Aug 1945 – )
        3. 3. John (David) Macan (27 Oct 1949 – ) m. Annette Herd (06 Jun 1953 – )
        4. 4. Mary (Elizabeth) Macan (26 Jan 1954 – ) m. Kevin (Gerard) Ryan (03 Jan 1953 – )
      2. 2. Hunter (Benjamin) Macan (27 Jul 1922 – 13 Jun 1974) m. Doris Leigh (Abt. 1923 – )
        1. 1. Dawn (Frances) Macan (20 Sep 1947 – 19 Apr 1974) m. Arthur (Lewis John) Mason
        2. 2. Stephen (George) Macan (05 Mar 1950 – ) m. Lynette (Verna) Healey m. Sonia Rean m. Julie (Ann) Randal
        3. 3. Linda (Maree) Macan (26 Oct 1956 – ) m. Ioannis Manousakis
    2. 2. George (Hunter) Macan (28 Jan 1893 – 19 Apr 1947) m. Isabel (Waddell) McKenzie (28 Jun 1893 – 07 Sep 1973)
      1. 1. Brenda (Patricia) Macan (1922 – 27 Feb 1965) m. Charles (Wesley) Helliwell (Abt. 1901 – 1985)
        1. 1. Linda Helliwell (1951 – ) m. Lewis White
  4. 4. Isabela Miller (11 Jul 1853 – Bef. 1935)
  5. 5. Fanny Miller (Dec 1854 – 05 May 1862)
  6. 6. Andrew Miller (28 Feb 1856 – 15 Jul 1940) m. Isobel (Brown) McGill ( – 08 Nov 1933)
    1. 1. Jane (Bell) Miller (1886 – 01 May 1936) m. John (Warden) Kerr (Abt. 1879 – 08 Apr 1951)
      1. 1. Eric Kerr (09 Dec 1921 – )
      2. 2. Rita (Isobel) Kerr (30 Jun 1926 – 11 Nov 1958)
    2. 2. Alice Miller (23 Apr 1890 – 31 Jan 1964) m. John McNaughton (17 Jan 1875 – 04 Jan 1944)
      1. 1. Doris McNaughton (25 Jul 1926 – ) m. Allan Anderson
        1. 1. Caryl (Janette) Anderson (13 Dec 1952 – ) m. Neville (G) Low (27 Aug 1951 – )
        2. 2. Robyn (Noeline) Anderson (18 Mar 1955 – ) m. Christopher (J) Mulligan (01 Sep 1947 – )
      2. 2. Eoin (Miller) McNaughton (08 Jun 1930 – ) m. Patricia (Marjorie) Johnstone
        1. 1. Judith (Anne) McNaughton (26 Oct 1953 – ) m. Leicester Rutledge (12 Apr 1952 – )
        2. 2. John (Lawrence) McNaughton (26 Jul 1956 – ) m. Carol Hamilton (23 Dec 1958 – )
        3. 3. Stuart (Eoin) McNaughton (06 Jun 1960 – ) m. Judith Marshall (26 Jul 1964 – )
    3. 3. Peter (Andrew Eric) Miller (Abt. 1895 – 23 Oct 1918)
  7. 7. John (Cargill) Miller (26 Jun 1857 – 1920) m. Unknown
  8. 8. Walter Miller (03 May 1859 – 26 May 1933) m. Mary (McNair) Long ( – 10 Jan 1908)
    1. 1. Walter (McNair) Miller (Abt. 1877 – 04 Sep 1950) m. Caroline (Mary) (Manners) (20 Nov 1874 – 06 Jul 1968)
      1. 1. Frederick (Walter Gascoyne) Miller (19 Sep 1904 – 12 Oct 1996) m. Ngaire Malcolm (Abt. 1907 – 26 May 1998)
        1. 1. John (Malcolm) Miller (06 Jun 1929 – ) m. Leone
        2. 2. Elizabeth (Carolyn) Miller (06 Aug 1936 – )
        3. 3. Judith (Kathleen) Miller (31 Mar 1939 – ) m. Stan Crosswell
        4. 4. Frances (Mary) Miller (31 Jul 1941 – ) m. Lindsay Gray
        5. 5. Natalie (Ruth) Miller (16 Feb 1948 – ) m. Rod Butler m. Jaceglav
      2. 2. Marion (Amy Gascoyne) Miller (24 Jun 1906 – 19 Mar 1997) m. Derick (van) Asch ( – 24 May 1997)
      3. 3. Constance (Mary McNair) Miller (13 Jul 1908 – )
      4. 4. Ruth (Bonar Cecil) Miller (05 Oct 1911 – ) m. James (Joseph) Faulkner ( – Bef. 1998)
      5. 5. Henry (Algernon Gascoyne) Miller (26 Sep 1914 – 13 Aug 1940)
      6. 6. Francis (Bamber Gascoyne) Miller (31 Dec 1917 – ) m. Alison Luke
        1. 1. Catherine (Helen) Miller (02 May 1950 – ) m. Dennis (Roderick) McGregor (15 Nov 1944 – )
        2. 2. Kenneth (Charles) Miller (24 Jun 1951 – ) m. Jill Mitchell m. Sandra Duthie
        3. 3. Rosalind (Ruth) Miller (14 Jan 1956 – ) m. Peter (?)
    2. 2. Annie (Bonar) Miller (1881 – Abt. Mar 1973)
    3. 3. John (Hope Donald) Miller (1888 – 05 Jul 1966) m. Janie (Virgeline) Cato (Abt. 1881 – 26 Jan 1971)
      1. 1. Paul (Hope) Miller (18 Oct 1919 – 20 Aug 2001) m. Patricia (Constance) Knowles (26 Nov 1916 – )
        1. 1. Ann (Joy) Miller (19 Dec 1946 – ) m. Ian (Charles) Horrax (21 Jul 1945 – )
        2. 2. Pauline (Joan) Miller (02 Mar 1949 – ) m. John (Raymond) Priest (22 Feb 1945 – )
        3. 3. Marilyn (Jean) Miller (31 Jul 1951 – ) m. Ronald (Ernest) Bullar (26 Nov 1949 – )
    4. 4. Walter (Leslie) Miller (1890 – )
    5. 5. Leslie (Stewart) Miller (Abt. 1894 – 04 Jan 1904)
    6. 6. Miller (1900 – )
    7. 7. Eric (Charles) Miller (06 Jan 1902 – ) m. Dorothy (McLeod) Holder
      1. 1. Dorothy (Prudence) Miller (21 Apr 1926 – 1980) m. Gerrit (Keeley van) Asch
        1. 1. Charlotte (van) Asch
        2. 2. van Asch
        3. 3. van Asch
        4. 4. van Asch
    8. 8. Mary Miller
    9. 9. Margaret Miller m. Prichard
    10. 10. Fanny (Bell) Miller ( – 1969) m. F (G) Wayne
      1. 1. Ruth (Bell) Wayne (16 Mar 1904 – )
      2. 2. Henry (Edward) Wayne (10 Aug 1910 – )
      3. 3. Eric (Herman) Wayne (20 May 1912 – 1965)
      4. 4. Robert (William) Wayne (10 Apr 1913 – 1969)
  9. 9. William (Hope) Miller (16 Mar 1861 – 05 Jan 1930) m. Janet (Walker) Milne (1870 – 06 Jul 1939)
    1. 1. Ethel (Bell) Miller (23 Feb 1895 – 23 Sep 1972) m. Arthur (Morris) Stephens (1891 – 1954)
      1. 1. Norma (Rita) Stephens (31 Jan 1921 – ) m. Ronald (David) Vaughan (1918 – 1971) m. Michael (Edmund) Goode
    2. 2. Edgar (Hope) Miller (07 Feb 1899 – 18 Aug 1914)

Walter Miller's Timeline

4 Records

1825
19 May 1825
Birth of Walter Miller in Maxton Parish, Roxburghshire, Scotland
Maxton Parish, Roxburghshire, Scotland
1825
25 May 1825
Walter Miller was christened in Rutherford, Maxton Parish, Roxburghshire, Scotland
Rutherford, Maxton Parish, Roxburghshire, Scotland
1898
15 Jul 1898
Age 73
Death of Walter Miller in Clarks Flat, Otago, New Zealand
Clarks Flat, Otago, New Zealand
1898
19 Jul 1898
Age 73
Burial of Walter Miller in Northern Cemetery, Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand
Northern Cemetery, Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 19 May 1825
    Event Place: Maxton Parish, Roxburghshire, Scotland
    Record Source:
    [1] A_DURRYfam1.FTW
    [2] Index Entry for Birth of Walter Miller, Index to christenings pre-1855 Old Parish Records for Roxburghshire

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Christening
    Event Date: 25 May 1825
    Event Place: Rutherford, Maxton Parish, Roxburghshire, Scotland
    Record Source: A_DURRYfam1.FTW

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Event Date: 15 Aug 2000
    Record Source: A_DURRYfam1.FTW

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 15 Jul 1898
    Event Place: Clarks Flat, Otago, New Zealand
    Record Source:
    [1] A_DURRYfam1.FTW
    [2] Notice of the Death of Walter Miller, 'Otago Witness' page 29
    [3] Obituary for Walter Miller, 'Otago Witness' page 34, columns 3 & 4
    [4] Record of Death for Walter Miller, Gabriels Register #20

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Date: 19 Jul 1898
    Event Place: Northern Cemetery, Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand
    Record Source: A_DURRYfam1.FTW
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