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John Millar Edward (b. 17 April 1828, d. 17 March 1909)
Notes for John Millar Edward:
John Miller (Millar) Edwards (Edward) is entered in the Bendochy Parish Register with the letter 's' at the end of the surname. I have actually found the area known as Easter Tullyfergus, although nowadays it is called East Tullyfergus. It is approximately 2 miles north-west of Alyth, although it officially sits in the Parish of Bendochy. This is a thin strip of land sandwiched between the parishes of Alyth and Rattray. Having done research on the parish registers for this area I have found a strong indication that John Miller's parents were born relatively locally. Parish insertions I have found indicate that his father could, very well, be David Edwards - Christened 22/2/1794 in Coupar Angus (the parish bounds the southern tip of the Parish of Bendochy. David Edwards parents are listed as James Edwards and Elizabeth Millar. Perhaps John Millar Edwards was given his grandmother's maiden name as a middle name.
In the 1891 Census, John Miller Edwards was not living with his wife but in the Registration District of Little Dunkeld. On closer inspection it was found that he was a patient at Perth District Asylum at Murthly. The Census says:
John Miller EdwardPatientAged 67Previously a blacksmithBendochyLunatic
His wife was still alive and living in New Alyth aged 67.
In the 1851 Census, he was working in the parish of Clunie in Perthshire and was 22 years of age. The entry is as follows
14 Hillock of Clunie
David MillarHeadUn48Farmer of 90 acres employing 6 labs.PerthshireCaputh
Helen MillarSisterUn42Servant and HousekeeperPerthshireCaputh
James CarrServantM30Farm LabourerPerthshireLogierait
Robert StewartServantUn21Farm LabourerPerthshireMoulin
Robert StewartServantUn16Farm LabourerPerthshireClunie
Catherine FlemingServantUn18House ServantPerthshireBlair Atholl
John EdwardLodgerUn22BlacksmithPerthsireBendochy
More About John Millar Edward and Christina Ross:
Marriage: 30 September 1854, Banchory Ternan, Kincardineshire, Scotland.
Children of John Millar Edward and Christina Ross are:
- John Edwards, b. Abt. 1855, Banchory Ternan, Kincardineshire, Scotland.
- Robert Bruce Edwards, b. 21 June 1856, Durris, Kincardineshire, Scotland.
- Charles Edwards, b. 27 November 1857, Durris, Kincardineshire, Scotland.
- James Edwards, b. 29 June 1859, Banchory Devenick, Kincardineshire, Scotland.
- +William Ross Edwards, b. 6 June 1861, Dunottar, Kincardineshire, Scotland, d. 22 September 1936, Perth, Perthshire, Scotland.
- Mary Taylor Edwards, b. 8 May 1863, Dunnotar, Kincardineshire, Scotland.
- Jane Ann Edwards, b. 24 May 1865, Dunottar, Kincardineshire, Scotland.
- Margaret Edwards, b. 11 June 1865, Dunottar, Kincardineshire, Scotland.
- David Edwards, b. 8 March 1871, Fetteresso, Kincardineshire, Scotland.
- George Allen Edwards, b. 3 July 1873, Rattray, Perthshire, Scotland.