Life Events
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| Birth | Mary Kinross was born on 18 Feb 1854 in Gannochan, Muthill, Perthshire.1
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| Baptism | She was baptized on 26 Mar 1854 in Muthill, Perthshire.1 |
| (with Parents) 1861 Census | She appeared on the 1861 Census of Muthill, Perthshire with her parents. Mary was 7, a Scholar, and born in Ardoch.2 |
| (with Parents) 1871 Census | She appeared on the 1871 Census of Ardoch, Perthshire with her parents. Mary R was 17 and born in Ardoch.3 |
| (with Parents) 1881 Census | She appeared on the 1881 Census of Ardoch, Perthshire with her parents. Mary R was 25, unmarried, farmers daughter, and born in Ardoch.4 |
| Marriage | She married Thomas Millar, son of John Millar and Janet Taylor.5,6
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| Note. | Two siblings married two siblings: John Kinross married Isabella Millar and his sister Mary married Isabella's brother Thomas Millar. |
| 1891 Census | Thomas and Mary Miller appeared on the 1891 Census of Dunfermline, Fife. Thomas was 32, born in Ardoch, and a Farmer. Mary was 36 and also born in Ardoch. Their children were John (4) and James (8 months). They had one farm servant and one domestic servant.7 |
| 1901 Census | Thomas and Mary Miller appeared on the 1901 Census of Stanwell, Middlesex, at Stanhope Park Farm. Thomas was 42, a Farmer & employer, and was born in Scotland. Mary was 46 and born in Scotland. Their children were John (14), Jas S R (10), and Elsie J (8), all born in Scotland.8 |
| 1911 Census | Thomas and Mary Miller appeared on the 1911 Census of Curdworth, Birmingham, Staffordshire, at Bodymoor Heath. Thomas wrote the census return, so Miller was his preferred spelling of their surname, as least by 1911. Thomas was 52, a Farmer and employer, and was born in Braco, Perthshire. Mary was 56 and also born in Braco. They had been married for 27 years and Mary was the mother of 3 children, all still living. With them was their daughter Elsie, age 18.9 |
| Passenger List | Mary Millar and her daughter Elsie J Millar were listed on a manifest dated 24 Apr 1914 for the Empress of Ireland, arriving in Halifax from Liverpool. They were to travel inland on the CPR with a final destination of Regina to join their father and husband, a farmer. Mary was 60 and Elsie 21. They had never been to Canada and intended to reside there. Both were born in Scotland and their recorded religion was Church of England. On the same sailing was Mary's sister-in-law Emilie Kinross who was headed home to Lougheed, Alberta after a 4 month visit to England.10
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| WebLink | The Empress of Ireland sank in the St Lawrence River in May of 1914. Accounts of the disaster can be read at the Great Oceanliners website, on wikipedia, and at PBS. |
| (Next-of-kin) CEF | Mary was listed as next-of-kin on the Canadian Expeditionary Force attestation papers of James Stirling Kinross Miller on 23 Sep 1914. She was recorded as mother Mary Miller of Qu'appelle Saskatchewan.11  |
| 1916 Census | Thomas and Mary Miller appeared on the 1916 Census of Qu'Appelle, Saskatchewan, at 18-14-2, enumerated 1 Jun 1916.12 |
| (Heir) Will | She was named an heir in the will of Elizabeth Graham Stirling or Kinross dated 17 Aug 1916 in Causewayhead. Daughter Mary was bequeathed the Chest of Drawers which belonged to her grandmother, also the Piano. The three daughters were to divide the jewellery equally, with Mary having her choice of brooches. The furniture was to be divided equally among the daughters and their brother Donald Alexander, then the residue of the estate among the daughters.13 |
| 1921 Census | Thomas and Mary Miller appeared on the 1921 Census of Francis Municipality, Saskatchewan, at Section 5 Township 13 Range 14 W2. Their son John (34, single) was head of the household and owned his 9-room [this is large] wood house. They were 65 years old, born in Scotland, Presbyterian, and had no occupation recorded. Thomas' year of immigration was 1913; Mary's was not recorded.14 |
