Adam Cornelius Millar

1850 - 1920  (70 years)

• Name	Adam Cornelius Millar
  Birth	1850	Pakenham Township, Lanark County, Canada West
  Gender	Male
  _FGLINK	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/216985624
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  _FSFTID	LKTR-SC3
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  Death	8 Jun 1920	Almonte, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada
  	Cause: Heart failure
  	1920, Friday June 11, The Almonte Gazette front page Adam Millar Dies Very Suddenly Prominent Citizen Passes Away In Bed. Heart Failure the Cause One of the best known men of North Lanark died suddenly at his home in Almonte on Tuesday morning. The evening before he was in excellent health and good spirits, and had spent a pleasant hour with his family. Next morning about 6.30 o'clock he was talking to Mrs Millar. He was still in his room. When she called him a little later he was dead. Heart failure was the cause. The late Mr Millar was a native of Pakenham township. He was a very successful farmer, and was recognized as a authority upon agricultural matters. He retired about two years ago and came to live in Almonte. He was 70 years of age. Forty-one years ago he was married to Miss Margaret Mick, of Micksburg, who with eleven children suvive him. They are Mrs H. Gilliard, Wapella Sask; Mr C.W. Millar, Verdun, Man.; Mrs Robert Struthers, Appleton; Mrs Stanley Boale, Ramsay; Mr Peter R. Millar, Arnprior; Mrs Ryerson Millar, Almonte; Mrs Robert Fulton, Ramsay; Mr Elbert Millar, on the homestead; Misses Meda and Irene Millar and Mr Harvey Millar at home. Two brothers of the late Mr Millar also survive him, Messrs Peter and Young Millar, of Pakenham, and a sister, Mrs Margaret Mills, Pembroke. The funeral was very largely attended on Thursday, old friends coming from far and near to pay their last respects to one who commanded the respect of the community to an unusual degree. He was a Methodist in religion. Rev William Howitt conducted the service and the remains were interred in the Eighth Line cemetery. the pallbearers were all nephews: Messrs Ernest, William, Albert, Richard, Willie and John Millar
  Burial	Auld Kirk Cemetery, Ramsay, Mississippi Mills, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada
  	Address: 1923 Ramsay 8 Road Ramsay, Mississippi Mills, Lanark County, Ontario K0A 1A0 Canada 613-256-3520 almonteunited.com
  Person ID	I31913	The Family History of Robert Duncan a Lanark Society Settler
  Last Modified	12 Mar 2023

  
  

  Father	Christopher Millar,   b. 1811, Limerick, County Wexford, Munster Province, Ireland d. 8 Mar 1877, Pakenham Township, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada (Age 66 years)
  Mother	Eliza Comba,   b. 1813, Limerick, County Wexford, Munster Province, Ireland d. 5 Oct 1886 (Age 73 years)
  Marriage	11 Mar 1833	Bathurst Township, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada
  Family ID	F5793	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Margaret Elizabeth Mick,   b. 9 Nov 1858, Stafford Township, Renfrew County, Ontario, Canada d. 5 Dec 1931, Appleton, Ramsay Township, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada (Age 73 years)
  Marriage	1879
  Children	1. Irene Millar   2. Eliza Melita Millar,   b. 27 Feb 1883, Pakenham Township, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada d. 18 Feb 1972, Almonte, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada (Age 88 years)   3. Janet Maybelle Millar,   b. 13 Jan 1885, Cedar Hill, Pakenham Township, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada d. 22 Feb 1926, Cedar Hill, Pakenham Township, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada (Age 41 years)   4. Ryerson Adam Millar,   b. 27 Jun 1889, Cedar Hill, Pakenham Township, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada d. 26 Jun 1961, Toronto, Toronto Metropolitan Municipality, Ontario, Canada (Age 71 years)   5. Christopher Millar   6. Alexina "Tena" Millar   7. Elbert Leonard Millar,   b. 9 Nov 1891, Pakenham Township, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada d. 20 Oct 1939, Pakenham Township, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada (Age 47 years)   8. Effie Laurena Millar,   b. 1896, Pakenham Township, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada d. 1980, Almonte, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada (Age 84 years)   9. Harvey Harrison Millar,   b. 3 Oct 1900, Pakenham Township, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada d. 4 Oct 1968, Almonte, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada (Age 68 years)   10. Pete Millar
  Family ID	F11188	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	11 Apr 2021

  
  

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  Birth - 1850 - Pakenham Township, Lanark County, Canada West Death - Cause: Heart failure - 8 Jun 1920 - Almonte, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada Burial - Address: 1923 Ramsay 8 Road Ramsay, Mississippi Mills, Lanark County, Ontario K0A 1A0 Canada 613-256-3520 almonteunited.com - - Auld Kirk Cemetery, Ramsay, Mississippi Mills, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth