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John Miller

M, #692, b. 24 August 1812, d. 6 July 1882

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Father

John Millar b. c 1788

Mother

Janet Stirrat

Life Span

EVENT	DATE	DETAILS
Birth	24 August 1812	John Miller was born on Monday, 24 August 1812 at Airdrie, Lanarkshire, Scotland.
		He was the son of John Millar and Janet Stirrat.
Marriage	23 November 1833	John was married to Mary Wilson, daughter of William Wilson and Janet Wotherspoon, on Saturday, 23 November 1833 at New Monkland, Scotland.
Death	3 July 1882	John Miller died on Monday, 3 July 1882 at in the harbour at, Newcastle, NSW, Australia, at age 69; this alternate date was advised by Peter Macrea.
Death	6 July 1882	He died on Thursday, 6 July 1882 at Newcastle, NSW, at age 69.

EVENT

DATE

DETAILS

Birth

24 August 1812

John Miller was born on Monday, 24 August 1812 at Airdrie, Lanarkshire, Scotland.

He was the son of John Millar and Janet Stirrat.

Marriage

23 November 1833

John was married to Mary Wilson, daughter of William Wilson and Janet Wotherspoon, on Saturday, 23 November 1833 at New Monkland, Scotland.

Death

3 July 1882

John Miller died on Monday, 3 July 1882 at in the harbour at, Newcastle, NSW, Australia, at age 69; this alternate date was advised by Peter Macrea.

Death

6 July 1882

He died on Thursday, 6 July 1882 at Newcastle, NSW, at age 69.

Voyages

Date	Details
1849	John Miller paid for their own passage to Sydney.
7 February 1849	He was a passenger aboard The Barque Agenoria which sailed from Plymouth, Devon, England, on Wednesday, 7 February 1849 and arrived in Sydney on 25 May 1849 under Captain R Newby.

Date

Details

1849

John Miller paid for their own passage to Sydney.

7 February 1849

He was a passenger aboard The Barque Agenoria which sailed from Plymouth, Devon, England, on Wednesday, 7 February 1849 and arrived in Sydney on 25 May 1849 under Captain R Newby.

Residences

DATE	ADDRESS	Comments
1856	278 Darby Street, Newcastle, NSW, Australia	together with a blacksmith business

DATE

ADDRESS

Comments

1856

278 Darby Street, Newcastle, NSW, Australia

together with a blacksmith business

Newspaper Articles

Newspaper	Date	Content
the local paper, Newcastle, NSW, Australia	after 7 July 1882	John Miller had a report on an inquest into his death appear in the local paper, Newcastle, NSW, Australia, after 7 July 1882 as follows: THE LATE CASE OF DROWNING Coroner's Inquest Mr Ranclaud, District Coroner, held an inquest yesterday afternoon at Scott's Albion Hotel, Watt Street, Newcastle, on the body of an elderly man named John Miller, a blacksmith, who had been found drowned in the harbour on the previous evening. Henry Secker, second steward of the S.S. Koonawarra, lying at the A.A. Company's wharf, deposed that about 8 p.m. he had just left the vessel, and was passing through a wicket gate in a wall dividing the A.A. Co's property from the government staiths; saw an object, which he believed to be a man or a woman, move and run towards the water, in the dark, called out, "what are you doing there?" then sang out to the schooner " Alert", laying near at hand that there was a man in the water, but got no reply; ran down to another vessel and shouted an alarm, but the men on the deckhouse shut the door; met the second officer of the Koonawarra and accompanied by him searched the place, but saw nothing in the water, and reported the matter to the police; heard a splash when the man ran towards the water, but seeing his body disappear, did not think it necessary to venture in as the night was extremely dark. W. P. Constable Robert Barr deposed to having accompanied W.P. Constable Harrison to the spot, and to having discovered the body between the ketch Maggie and the wharf, on the other side of the gate from the place pointed out by previous witness; hailed the ketch; got a light and found the body in a stooping position face down, with the feet dragging on the botton as they dragged, when he pulled the corpse ashore; tried all means of resusitation before Dr. R. Harris arrived; searched the body at the dead-house and found two half-soverigns,1s 6d in silver, two coppers a pair of spectacles, and some papers by which deceased was subsequently recognised; it was low water at the time,and deceased had gone into the harbour about one or two paces. John Peterson, landlord of the Market Wharf Hotel, identified the body as that of John Miller, whom he had known for many years; on the day of his death about noon he visited his hotel in great pain, and was shewn into a room to fix a truss which he wore, being perfectly sober at the time; conversed with him for a considerable time, and the pain returning again, shewed him into a room, where he remained a considerable time; deceased returned to the bar and had some schnappe, and about 4 p.m. seemed in much greater pain, and again went into the room, where witness attended him, and let him lay down until 7 p.m; then called to know how long he was going to remain, as the room was engaged, and deceased rose, saying he would go home; witness having to attend a lodge meeting, told his groom to look after him; while in conversation deceased said he wanted a case of gin, paid for one; in his agony said he wished God Almighty would relieve him, but never alluded to anything about self destruction. Dr. Richard Harris, Government medical officer, deposed to death having occurred from drowning; recognised the body as that of John Miller, of Darby Street, whom he was intimate with for many years; did not think it possible he would have committed suicide; he had been suffering from a painful disease for many years. The jury returned a verdict of accidental drowning.

Newspaper

Date

Content

the local paper, Newcastle, NSW, Australia

after 7 July 1882

John Miller had a report on an inquest into his death appear in the local paper, Newcastle, NSW, Australia, after 7 July 1882 as follows: THE LATE CASE OF DROWNING
Coroner's Inquest
     Mr Ranclaud, District Coroner, held an inquest yesterday afternoon at Scott's Albion Hotel, Watt Street, Newcastle, on the body of an elderly man named John Miller, a blacksmith, who had been found drowned in the harbour on the previous evening.
     Henry Secker, second steward of the S.S. Koonawarra, lying at the A.A. Company's wharf, deposed that about 8 p.m. he had just left the vessel, and was passing through a wicket gate in a wall dividing the A.A. Co's property from the government staiths; saw an object, which he believed to be a man or a woman, move and run towards the water, in the dark, called out, "what are you doing there?"
then sang out to the schooner " Alert", laying near at hand that there was a man in the water, but got no reply; ran down to another vessel and shouted an alarm, but the men on the deckhouse shut the door; met the second officer of the Koonawarra and accompanied by him searched the place, but saw nothing in the water, and reported the matter to the police; heard a splash when the man ran towards the water, but seeing his body disappear, did not think it necessary to venture in as the night was extremely dark.
     W. P. Constable Robert Barr deposed to having accompanied W.P. Constable Harrison to the spot, and to having discovered the body between the ketch Maggie and the wharf, on the other side of the gate from the place pointed out by previous witness; hailed the ketch; got a light and found the body in a stooping position face down, with the feet dragging on the botton as they dragged, when he pulled the corpse ashore; tried all means of resusitation before Dr. R. Harris arrived; searched the body at the dead-house and found two half-soverigns,1s 6d in silver, two coppers a pair of spectacles, and some papers by which deceased was subsequently recognised; it was low water at the time,and deceased had gone into the harbour about one or two paces.
     John Peterson, landlord of the Market Wharf Hotel, identified the body as that of John Miller, whom he had known for many years; on the day of his death about noon he visited his hotel in great pain, and was shewn into a room to fix a truss which he wore, being perfectly sober at the time; conversed with him for a considerable time, and the pain returning again, shewed him into a room, where he remained a considerable time; deceased returned to the bar and had some schnappe, and about 4 p.m. seemed in much greater pain, and again went into the room, where witness attended him, and let him lay down until 7 p.m; then called to know how long he was going to remain, as the room was engaged, and deceased rose, saying he would go home; witness having to attend a lodge meeting, told his groom to look after him; while in conversation deceased said he wanted a case of gin, paid for one; in his agony said he wished God Almighty would relieve him, but never alluded to anything about self destruction.
     Dr. Richard Harris, Government medical officer, deposed to death having occurred from drowning; recognised the body as that of John Miller, of Darby Street, whom he was intimate with for many
years; did not think it possible he would have committed suicide; he had been suffering from a painful disease for many years.
     The jury returned a verdict of accidental drowning.

Family

Mary Wilson b. 20 Dec 1813, d. 8 Sep 1881

Children

John Allen Miller+ b. 13 Oct 1836, d. 19 Aug 1908
Margaret Wilson Miller b. c 1843
Christina Allen Miller+ b. 8 Jul 1847, d. 18 Oct 1930

Last Edited

21 May 2007