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                  <text>EDWARD MILLER::::

(

Edward Miller.

son of Edward Jr.

d.

b.
marr:

Mary Haun

bur:
no children.

&amp; Ellenore Palmer Miller.

�ANN MILLER:

daughter of Edward JR.

Ann Miller.

b.

Feb.

marr.

bur:

20,

&amp; Ellenore Palmer Miller.

1832. d. Apr. 18, 1909.

Robert Bowen
Mc. Afee

1827- 1904.

Cemetery.

Children of Ann &amp; Robert Bowen:::
Edward

George.

Eleanor

Annie

William

Mary

Martha

{

Â·Edwin

'

(

�HENRY EDWARD MIILER:

1830-1907.

lienry Edward marr.

Mary Haun :
They

(

son of Andrew Jr. &amp; Ellenore Palmer.
went by the Edward name.

had no children.They were known as the

creek Millers.They live(1

in a frame home

that stood on the north side of MillersCreek
just back from the river road. To-day a
Niagara Pars

bu ild ing stands on the site.

As they had no children the homestead farm

and buildings \Jere left to their three nepheHs:
Edgar

(son of John Palmer)

&amp; Benjamin &amp; Ha rding,

sons of William Miller.Harding was the last of
the family to occupy the old homestead wi._th his

wife. He c o ntinued to live there after her death,
c lo s ing off her room just as

she left it. Theplac e

remained vacant for sometime after his death,

the property

and

was taken over by the ParsComrnission.

.

The ho r1e was destroyec1 by

f ire , and many valuable

papers referring to the ï¿½Tiller family were lost.

Left to nephews::

S.E.

front

l\ngle of lot #14,

in the

5th. co nhor dered in

by the Niagara River, in the

s outh

by

a Creek

rwming south easterly until it intersects a br a nc h
&amp; ra vine running north westerly across the road

between lots 14 [, 15
(part

in the 5th. Con.

of the Andre;,1 Miller

homestead.)

Jr. &amp; ellenore Palmer

They \Jere also left 100

in the 6th. con

.

ac r e s :

lot 14,

�&amp; the Harding

MILLER"S cmï¿½EIï¿½:

Miller hor,Ko::

S ituated on the north side of the

creek between the roadway running west
'rhe old home was

bu ilt by Andrew Miller

they were narriec1 in 1822 or

son of Andrew

Henry Miller 1830

&amp;

and the bank of the creek.
&amp;, ellenore

Palmer when

24.

ellenore Palmer arrl&gt;'ia:cy lmg-usta

1826-1900.

1908.

7As the second \ Jife of Henry:
.

Mary

Haun had clied in 1900,

he

dev ised his homestead farm, composecJ of the north part of lot
con.

5. in the

T o1 ms hip

of Bertie and also lot 14 con.G

conta ining 114 acres more or less to

Hardin;;
He

Miller

d a ughte r

and uife.

sold the

lancls

all

and they

to

On 1'1ay

the

had one daughter. On Jan.4th. 1955 he
c ontinue d to live

8 th. 1957. Harding

e.

Niag a r a Parks Commission.

af ter was destroyed by fire.

hor;1e after it

Edgar Miller:

1392-- 1963 was the last of the Millers to live in the old homestead.

i:X:tying the; rnortga(Je. He

and shortly

&amp;

share &amp; share alike.

uarried lv;aybel Church

and still

N.R.

his nephev1s::

\tvilliam Franklin, benjanin Edwar: Harding Ed\lard:
to

14,

\Tas vacated and mentioned

&amp; a

was a

uidow

there after the death of his
b ernic e

H.

Dermer

r:1arried woman

The home stood empty for some

Bert anc1 Audrie Miller

time

visited the old

that it was full of Miller historical papers:

of which were consw1ed in the fire.

;vJaybel Maud Church1895-1946

w),fe
dght.

�MARY MILLER:::

daughter of Andrew Jr.

Mary Miller:

1926.

1839. d.

b.

Thomas Hard in g Allen.

marr.

bur:

&amp; Ellenore Palmer.

Â·Â·ST.

Child:

John's Ridgemonnt

Eben

Ha;ding

Allen.

b.

1871. d. 1877

St.

(

( ..,..!

John's Ridgemount.

�L&amp;ZWIS
WILLIAM MILLER:

SON OF ANDREW ï¿½R.

&amp; ELLENORE PALMER MILLER.

L.
William Miller.

marr:

Frances

Miller

Caroline Miller
Children

dâ€¢

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1.

b.

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1848. d. 1885.

2. b. 1851. d. 1937.

Benjamin Andrew

i8'7'f-

b.

1962.

Isabelle

marrï¿½

bur:

d.

.__.,-:

Arthur:
Harry:

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Halifax

Mary: Toronto.
Lillian Miller:

b.

1883. d. 1898.

bur:

May

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b.
marr:
bur.
b.

William

marr:

{

bur:

Harding

e:-.

b.

1892. d. 1963.

marr.

Mabel Church

bur: St. John's Ridgemount.
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