Rex operates a Business Consulting venture.
Denise is a registered nurse and for a while worked in the Intensive Care Unit of the Etobicoke General Hospital. She is now out of the nursing profession and at the time of this entry, was the Canadian Sales Manager for an international medical supply business.
Roger followed his father and grandfather and has become the third generation railway engineer in the family.
Carol was reportedly the first accredited woman "Brakeman" for CP Rail and in the process created a new job title of "Brake woman". (Undoubtedly legislation has probably now got this amended to something like "Brake Person"). Later, family commitments caused her to shift careers and at the time of this writing, Carol owned and operated an Arts & Crafts store in Thunder Bay, Ontario
It was intended that Jennifer be born in Thunder Bay, Ontario, but medical complications caused her mother Carol to be moved to Winnipeg where Jennifer eventually arrived. Weighing in at only about 1 1/2 lbs. meant Jennifer had to remain in hospital for the first few weeks of her life.
Dan is considered to be the entrepreneur in his branch of the family having established his own successful timber processing business.
Dave was the oldest in his family and the first to immigrate to Canada. This was in 1926. Looking for homestead land, he made his way on horseback through the muskeg swamps northeast of Edmonton, Alberta and on 26 June 1931 purchased a quarter section (160 acres). The land already had a log cabin on it so Dave now cut logs to build a barn for the horses. In 1936, he purchased a second quarter nearby after he convinced his father and most of the family then still in Scotland, to also immigrate and take up homesteading near him.
Isabella, (or Isa as she was known), emigrated to Canada in April of 1932 to marry Dave. She stayed in Edmonton with friends until Dave fixed up the log cabin on the farm a bit better and then they were married soon afterwards in Edmonton. They then started married life as homestead farmers. As told by their daughter, it was a hard life until they got established --
"The early years were spent clearing and breaking land, a few acres each
year as they lived off the land. Besides the garden for vegetables and potatoes,
there were many kinds of wild berries for picking and preserving along with an
abundance of game, (deer, moose, prairie chickens, partridge and ducks).
Money was of course scarce and income realized from the sale of cattle, cream
or grain went for necessities such as flour, sugar, tea, coffee, etc. To make a
little extra, once the crops were in, Dad would work at odd jobs or the local
saw mill during the winter months."After the death of her husband, Isa lived with her daughter Janet in Edmonton until her death in 1995.
Janet was born in the log cabin on the family farm. After graduating from the local high school, she continued her education at a college in Edmonton. Janet commenced work with the Alberta Government, (Dept of Mines and Minerals), and at the time of her retirement, was the Manager of the Gas Royalty Section of the Energy Department. She loves to travel and has made numerous trips to Scotland as well as taking her parents to Australia.
Most of his working life was reportedly with a firm which made railway locomotives and other large boilers. His home at Renfrew was not far from the famous shipyards where the ocean liners "Queen Mary" and "Queen Elizabeth" were built. Early reported information was his surname was spelled "MILLER". However, in June of 2003, contact was made with his grandson James Stirling and it was learned the surname used by James was actually spelled "MILLAR". It is known he started life in 1878 as the illegitimate child of a Helen Meiklem (and this was later found to be the only name on his birth certificate which was marked "illegitimate"). The timing is unknown but apparently his mother was not able to provide for him and he was soon put up for adoption. He shows as James M. "MILLER", age 3, on the 1881 census at Balfron, Stirlingshire as the "adopted" son of James and Sarah "MILLER". However, by the time of the 1891 census, (and given the age of the adoptive parents in 1881), it appears they had passed on, as James, (age 13), is now shown with a new family and listed as "stepson". The next census in 1901 at Cairnhall, Balfron records him as James "MILLAR", age 23, and this seems to have been where the surname spelling was established for the rest of his life. Certainly his Death Extract registered in Renfrew on June 18, 1944 five days after he died, recorded his name as "James Millar, (formerly Meiklem)". This was the clue which lead to his mother's Birth Extract showing her name to be Helen Meiklem. Beyond this, all that is presently known is that he lived, married and died with a surname spelled as "MILLAR" and his records in this file reflect his preferences. Death record GROS: 575/00 0057.
Margaret was the oldest girl in a family of 12 children. The 1881 census taken at the family home on Bothkennar, Stirlingshire lists her as "age 3". Margaret was described by a niece who new her, as a kind, warm-hearted person but reportedly quite outspoken and (for reasons unknown), was said to have been highly critical of her father's later re-marriage. She is fondly remembered for bringing hot soup to her grandchildren at their school playground on a regular basis. Margaret enjoyed taking part in the local pastime of betting on the horses although she never attended the betting shops herself. (Respectable women were then not welcome in betting shops, so Margaret, like many other women of her time, would place her bet through a male member of the family. She of course took great delight when her choice fared better than the men's). The 1901 census shows her still at her parents' home with a year-old daughter Margaret Millar. Birth record GROS: 473/00 0060. Death record GROS: 575/00 0134.
Birth record GROS: 472/00 0024. Birth318.jpg.
The photo shown is of the cemetery at Bannockburn and is likely the final resting place of some family members. There were reportedly 3 children in Mary's marriage although only details about two are known. Birth312. Marriage record GROS: 472/00 0003. Marriage312.
The photo shown is the Bothkenner Church and adjoining cemetery which likely had many associations with this section of the family. Birth314. Death record GROS: 488/02 0229. (Death314).
Some records, both for Daniel and his children, show the family surname spelled as "Eddie". Whether or not this was a clerical error at the time is obviously not now known. However, subsequent birth and census records clearly used "Eadie" which is today's accepted family spelling and the one used in later records for this branch of the family. Birth record LDS: C113504.
The photo shown is a grave-marker in Dunblane cemetery depicting an Eadie
family crest. While there are known Eadie family connections to the Dunblane area,
it is currently not known if there is a connection of this Eadie burial to this part of the line.
The source and historical accuracy of the crest are also unknown. The text of the crest has
a reference to the battle at Bannockburn in 1314. The Latin inscription reads: "Crux Mihi
Grata Quies" and is said to translate into English as: "The cross gives me welcome rest."
Her given name is listed as "Grizall" which reportedly is/was anglicized as "Grace". Birth record LDS: C113932.
Birth record LDS: C113932.
Birth record: LDS C113852.
The 1841 census taken at Bowden Magna, (AKA Great Bowden), Leicester lists him with his wife Elizabeth and 5 children then at home. By 1851 two more children are added, while the two youngest have moved on. The 1861 census shows John's wife as a widow and a "charr woman" so it is assumed John had died sometime prior to the 1861 census. Birth record LDS submitted entry. Marriage record: LDS M047601.
Nothing is known about this lady. She is not listed on the 1861 census with her husband John and their family, so it is presumed she had died sometime prior to the census date in 1861. Birth record LDS Batch # C079111.
Colin accompanied his mother and brother when they immigrated to Canada in 1944. Colin was born "Lesley Allen Wright" in England , but with the family name changes, "Lesley" became "Colin Richardsen". That is how and why he is listed by that name in this report. Colin died in the Swedish Medical Centre In Seattle Washington. A memorial service was held in 1 Dec 2007 in Delta, BC.
While her first name is Eleanor, she prefers and is known as "Liz", the short form of her second name Elizabeth. Liz has been a major contributor of data and information for this section of the family line.