Millicent "Milli" Milroy

1890 - 1985  (95 years)

• Name	Millicent "Milli" Milroy
  Born	11 Feb 1890	North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1, 2, 3, 4]
  Gender	Female
  Occupation	1911	West Montrose, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  	School Teacher
  Occupation	1911	Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  	Teacher, West Montrose
  Residence	1911	West Montrose, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  	Presbyterian
  Residence	1911	Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  	Presbyterian
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-74397P
  Died	12 Oct 1985	Guelph City, Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada   [4]
  Buried	Mount View Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  Person ID	I74397	Generations
  Last Modified	25 Apr 2024

  
  

  Father	James Milroy,   b. 1838, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 18 Sep 1891, Little's Corners, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 53 years)
  Mother	Helen Jane Revell,   b. 10 Oct 1860, Beverly Twp., Wentworth Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. 27 May 1943, Guelph City, Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada  (Age 82 years)
  Family ID	F19350	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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  Millicent Agnes Milroy

  
  

• Notes

  On Monday, Millicent Milroy of Rockwood was buried beneath a Monument in a Cambridge cemetery, taking with her to that grave the details of a mystery that received international attention in 1972. The inscription she had engraved on that monument explains the controversy the ex-teacher stirred. It reads: Millicent A.M.M.M. P.St.Daughter of James and Helen Jane Milroy 1890- wife of Edward (VIII) Duke of Windsor 1894-1972 The initials stand for Agnes Mary Maureen Marguerite, Princess of the Royal House of Stuart. The later designation is based on her claim that her father, James, was Prince James of Scotland, pretender to that throne until he came to Canada. The monument - engraved in 1968 - gained wide attention in 1972 when the duke died. Milroy said she secretly married the duke during one of his frequent visits to Canada. REFUSED DETAILS Although she refused to give any details of that event in later years,she told a Galt Reporter writer in 1972 that the marriage took place in western Canada and the couple had two sons, Edward and Andrew. Edward VIII abdicated the throne to marry Wallace Simpson, and American devorcee, in 1936. When asked for prove of her marriage, Milroy said that the duke had taken all pictures, records and momentoes of the event with him to back England. A Guelph woman who befriended Milroy in 1983 said Milroy promised to remain silent on the matter 'They'll have to wait until I die: then they'll know,' the woman quoted Milroy as saying. She added that Milroy also mentioned a family Bible that would clear up some of the mystery. Milroy, 95, was born in Galt (Cambridge) and went to school there. She taught school in Lambton Mills, Malton, Northern Ontario and Rockwood for 35 years. She also wrote a book for senior students and centred the action in Rockwood. In later years, she was a regular contributor to the Letters to the Editor section of the Mercury as she commented on events of local and national interest. She died at Guelph General Hospital on Saturday and a private family service was held Monday. She is survived by a niece and nephew in Guelph. Then internment took place in Cambridge's Mount View Cemetery, beneath the monument that put the quite, private woman in the public eye just over a decade ago. Guelph Daily Mercury Guelph, Wednesday, October 16, 1985 ___________________________ MILROY - Millicent A. Passed away at the Guelph General Hospital, on Saturday, October 12th, 1985, Millicent A. Milroy, In her 96th year. Beloved daughter of the late, James and Helen Milroy. Predeceasd by two sisters and one brother. Survived by one niece, Marjorie (Mrs. E. J. "Ted" Heffernan) and one nephew J. Kenneth Letson, both of Guelph, great nieces and nephews and one great great niece. A Private Family Service was held at the Wall-Custance Funeral Home and Chapel, 206 Norfolk Street, Guelph, on Monday, October 14th, 1985. Interment, Mountview Cemetery, Galt. Cambridge Reporter 1985

  
  

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  [S180] Census - ON, Waterloo, North Dumfries - 1901, Dumfries (North) B-2 Page 7. [S348] Census - ON, Waterloo, Woolwich - 1911, Woolwich Div. 19 Page 9. [S572] Census - ON, Waterloo, Galt - 1911, Div. 15 Page 17. [S122] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Cambridge - Mount View CC#4495 Internet Link . Millicent A.M.M.M./ P.St. daughter of/ James/ and/ Helen Jane Milroy/ 1890-1985/ wife of Edward (VIII)/ Duke of/ Windsor/ 1894-1972

  
  

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  Born - 11 Feb 1890 - North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - School Teacher - 1911 - West Montrose, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Teacher, West Montrose - 1911 - Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Presbyterian - 1911 - West Montrose, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Presbyterian - 1911 - Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 12 Oct 1985 - Guelph City, Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada Buried - - Mount View Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth