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Isabella Miller fonds. 2001 additions
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[184-?] (Creation)
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- Miller, Isabella
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1 cm of textual records
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Isabella Brownlie was born in approximately 1828 in Scotland. Her mother died in childbirth and her father remarried. She had a number of sisters and a brother Claud. Isabella was brought to Otonabee, Upper Canada at the age of eight, from Scotland, by William Christie and his mother as a servant. She married James Miller who was from Perthshire, Scotland on December 1, 1845. They settled on land in Otonabee Township, half a mile from the Otonabee River. They had five sons: William Wallace, born December 29, 1846; Thomas Menzies, born September 18, 1849; James, born October 23, 1852; Peter, born September 4, 1859, died October 11, 1859; and John Claud, born October 14, 1863. They also had two daughters: Isabelle Fulton, born August 5, 1848; and Margaret Ann, born May 7, 1855. Isabella died September 8, 1869.
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Fonds consists of one copybook of arithmetic exercises belonging to Isabella Miller, Otonabee Township.
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This fonds was donated from an unknown source.
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Associated material located with Peterborough Historical Society, Hutchison House, Peterborough, Ontario, and Lang Pioneer Village, Lang, Ontario.
For related records see: 71-1001, 70-1001, and 88-017.
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This fonds is an addition to 70-1001.
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Genealogy: Brownlie - Miller - Campbell Families
T.U.A. Accessions: 70-1001, 71-1001, 88-017 and 01-1019
I. Isabella Brownlie (1828-1869); brother was Claud Brownlie, d. 1902; m. 1845 James Miller (1818-1879)
William Wallace (1846-1886) (married 1. Letitia Blezard and 2. Sarah Hazlett)
Isabelle Fulton (1848-1937) (married William Campbell)
Dr. Thomas Menzies (1850-1908)(married Mary Anne McIntyre)
James (1852-1901) (married Janet Bryce)
Margaret Ann (1855-1940) (married Harry Cruikshank)
Peter (1859 - died young)
John Claud (1863-1901)
II. Isabelle Fulton Miller (1848-1937) m. 1872 William Campbell (1847-1929)
Isabelle (Bella) (1873- ) (m. 1894 Robert Nelson)
Margaret (Maggie/Peggie 1875- ?) (m. 1907 Thomas Wigmore)
William Claud (1880- ?) (m. 1916 Eva Rogers)
Lillian (1884- ?) (m. 1912 Wallace Wood)
Agnes Campbell "Aggie" (1886 - ?)
Jean (Jeannie 1889- ?) (m. 1912 Arthur G. Cameron)
Thomas (1892 - drowned 1909)
Dr. James Alexander