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James Millar¹

(circa December 1780 - 11 May 1863)

Father

David Millar² (say 1745 - )

Mother

Elizabeth Chrystal² (say 1750 - )

BMDB data

James Millar was born cir. Dec 1780 Kippen, STI, SCT

.^1,2,3 He was baptized on 17 Dec 1780 Kippen, Stirlingshire

; entry shows James as child of David MILLAR and Eliz CHRISTAL. Wit.: Cong.¹
James Millar died on 11 May 1863 Cauldhame, Par. of Kippen, STI, SCT

; cert. shows James as 80 pauper formerly mason, s/o David MILLER wright, & Elizabeth m.s. CHRYSTAL, both dec'd; d. 4am of acute bronchitis, chronic myocarditis of long standing; inf. John ?GRAHAM?, Inspector of Poor; Reg; 16th.²

With admittedly distant DNA matches between just one descendant each from James' brother Robert, and sister Margaret, to a small number of descendants (3) of James and Amelia (MILLAR) HENDERSON it is very tempting to identify this James as Amelia's father, BUT the matches seem to be too distant, and too few given how many tested descendants we have for James and Amelia Henderson.
Despite Amelia's dth cert. showing her father as James, it is possible that James' brother John might be a good candidate, given he actually baptized a daughter Emilia in the right birth month and place, if not quite the right year.
Would love to hear from more tested descendants from the David / Elizabeth family.⁴

Census/Where lived/Occupations

James Millar appeared on the census of 1841 Kippen, STI, SCT

, as MILLER: James 45 mason b. STI; Elizath 20 b. STI (NB enumerators were instructed to round ages down to the nearest multiple of 5.)⁵
James Millar appeared on the census of 1851 Kippen, Stirlingshire

, enumerated as MILLER: James 69 mason ; Niece Elizabeth 33 sewer unm. both b. Kippen.⁶
James Millar appeared on the census of 1861 High St (4), Kippen, STI, SCT

, enumerated as MILLAR: James 80 mason (pauper) b. Kippen, STI; Niece Elizabeth 35 b. Kippen.³

Names

In 1863 his surname was recorded as Miller.²

External links

Click here to see James's page on WikiTree, a (free) collaborative on-line tree.⁷

Last Edited

14 Aug 2020

Citations

Scottish BMDB entries (to 1854), http://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/index.php, Bap. 17 Dec 1780 James s/o David MILLAR & Eliz CHRISTAL, Kippen, STI, 484/ 10 211, copy d/loaded Dec 2018.
Scottish BMDB entries (from 1855), http://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/index.php, Dth 11 May 1863 James s/o David MILLER & Elizabeth CHRYSTAL, Kippen, STI 484/00 Pg 7 #19, copy d/loaded Dec 2013.
1861 Census transcripts, Scotland, via Ancestry.com, Kippen, STI; Reg. 484 ED: 1; Page: 10; hsehold of James MILLAR, extracted Jan 2015.
"Lorna's Family History Musings", Dec 2018.
1841 Census transcripts, Scotland, via Ancestry.com, Kippen, STI, hsehold of James MILLER, extracted Aug 2020.
1851 Census transcripts, Scotland, via Ancestry.com, Kippen, STI, Par. 484 ED: 1; Page: 9; hsehold of James MILLER, extracted Aug 2020.
WikiTree online at http://WikiTree.com/, https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Millar-1968, loaded Dec 2018.

E. & O. E. Some/most parish records are rather hard to read and names, places hard to interpret, particularly if you are unfamiliar with an area.

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