Joseph Miller and Margaret Morrison

Married 5-Sep-1857
Husband:   Joseph Miller

Born: 1829
Died: 1928
Father: John Miller
Mother: Mary Downie

Occupation: Caster
Joseph Miller was one of the first to be fitted with false teeth. He lived to the ripe old age of 99, a rarity in those days.  He was able to do a clog dance on the table in his 90s and died only after breaking a leg while out quarrying for rubbing stone, as befitted an old miner.  The stone, often used to decorate household steps in curious designs reputed to ward off evil spirits, was sold in his daughter's shop.

Wife:   Margaret Morrison

Born: 1837
Died: 4-Jun-1903
Father: William Morrison
Mother: Hannah Stereman


 

Female  Child 1:   Mary Miller

Born: 30-Jun-1857
Died:  
Spouse: Samuel Downie
Children: Margaret Morrison Downie, Jessie Downie, Hannah Downie, William Downie, Joseph Miller Downie, Elizabeth (Lizzie) Downie, Samuel Downie, John Miller Downie, Henry Downie, Charles Miller Downie



Mary Miller was the wife of Samuel Downie. She owned and ran her own little confectionery shop from her house in Dunrobin Road, Clarkston, Airdrie. Her father, Joseph Miller died at the age of ninety-nine as a result of a fall when extracting pipeclay from a quarry. The pipeclay was to make rubbingstone for doorstep decoration. This would have been sold in Mary's shop.

Female  Child 2:   Hannah Miller

Born: 30-Jun-1857
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Male  Child 3:   William Miller

Born: 1861
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Male  Child 4:   John Miller

Born: 1863
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Male  Child 5:   Joseph Miller

Born: 1866
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Male  Child 6:   Charles Miller

Born: 1869
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Spouse: Ruth
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Female  Child 7:   Elizabeth Miller

Born: 30-Apr-1875
Died: 1-May-1936
Spouse: Alexander Carson
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