John H. Miller

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-119599
• Residence: 1861, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Episcopalian
• Occupation: 1871, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Attorney At Law
• Residence: 1871, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Church of England

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-59695P
• Residence: 1836, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Occupation: 1852, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; barrister
• Historic Building: 1857, 45 Blair Rd., Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; The Cedars
• Occupation: 1858, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Advocate
• Occupation: 1861, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Barrister
• Residence: 1861, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Episcopalian
• Residence: 1868, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada

Notes:

* Mr. John Miller, Barrister, was born at Stamford, in the Niagara district, and was a brother of Judge Miller. He was born on the 14th March, 1813, and died in Galt suddenly on the 24th November, 1868, in his 56th year. He studied under Judge Campbell, of Niagara, and was called to the Bar on the 2nd of February, 1835. During the fall of the same year, he removed to Galt, and commenced the practice of his profession. He was known far and wide, and for thirty-five years his well-known figure was seldom missed from Galt streets, either from absence or sickness..


Reminiscences of the Early History of Galt and the Settlement of Dumfries in the Province of Ontario, by James Young

Historic Building:
Large 2 story dressed granite mansion, built by John Miller. In 2009 is being divided into apartments. Also known locally as "Dobbie House".

John married Nancy Lyon Andrews 24 Oct 1836, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Nancy (daughter of James Andrews and Catherine Kimball) was born 1810, Canandaigua, Ontario, New York, USA; died 7 Feb 1880, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Trinity Anglican Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Nancy Lyon Miller
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-59696P
• Residence: 1836, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 1861, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Episcopalian
• Residence: 1871, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Church of England

Notes:

*Mr. Shade was married twice. First to Mrs. Andrews, of Canandaigua, New York Slate, who hal two children (Mr. Jamas K. Andrews and Mrs. John Miller) by a former husband. After her decease he married Isabella Jemima, sister of Mr. John Davidson, of Galt. Mr. Shade had no family by either of his marriages.


Reminiscences of the Early History of Galt and the Settlement of Dumfries in the Province of Ontario, by James Young

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The village was known as Shade's Mills in its early days, and, like the Province generally, advanced very slowly at this period. By examining the illustration to be found on another page, the work of Mr. Homer Watson of Doon, some ideas of the modern Galtonian, not a little proud, perhaps, of the "Manchester of Canada," may be roughly dispelled, but some conception may be obtained of the village of Shade's Mills in the spring of 1820.

Ten buildings, all told, made up the village just sixty years ago. There was (1) Shade's house and store, already described; (2) the sawmill, whose site is now occupied by the Great Western Railway bridge, and which was run-ning in the spring of 1817; (3) the Dumfries' mills, built in 1818, which commenced running the following year; (4, 5 and 6) two or three log houses and a shanty, between the mills and the dam, the latter building occupied by an easy-going adventurous half-breed, whose name has faded from the memory of the oldest inhabitant; (7) the distil-lery, which began operations in 1820; (8) a log black-smith shop carried on by one Charles Kitchen , a little south of the site of Mr. William Robinson's residence; (9) a small building near Mr. James Scott's house, which bad been originally built on cedar posts, but had after-wards been filled in with dry stones; and (10) the re-mains, at this time chiefly foundation and debris, of the old temporary mill, which, it is needless to say, was de-spised and cast aside as soon as the new, and, for that early period, superior Dumfries mills had been put into operation.

There are, alas! only two solitary witnesses now left in Galt,-Mrs. John Miller,* and Mr. Alexander Buchanan,-who resided in it at this remote period, and the fingers on one hand would probably suffice to count all the survi-vors who then saw it. Despite the disadvantages, not to speak of the trials of "bush life," the time-scarred Veter-ans of those early times, look back with pleasure to the

* Since these lines were written, Mrs. Miller has passed away. She died in Galt on 7th February, 1880, aged 70 years.


Reminiscences of the Early History of Galt and the Settlement of Dumfries in the Province of Ontario, by James Young, 1880 Toronto: Hunter, Rose

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-32977

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-59694

James — Catherine Kimball. Catherine was born CALC Mar 1786; died 27 Nov 1833, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Pioneer Cemetery, Canandaigua, Ontario, New York, USA. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Catherine Andrews
• Name: Catherine Shade
• Residence: Canandaigua, Ontario, New York, USA
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-59693
• Residence: 1823, Dumfries Township, Gore District, Ontario

Notes:

*Mr. Shade was married twice. First to Mrs. Andrews, of Canandaigua, New York Slate, who hal two children (Me. Jamas K. Andrews and Mrs. John Miller) by a former husband. After her decease he married Isabella Jemima, sister of Mr. John Davidson, of Galt. Mr. Shade had no family by either of his marriages.


Reminiscences of the Early History of Galt and the Settlement of Dumfries in the Province of Ontario, by James Young