John McMillan

   Cause of his death was General Debility and Old Age.

  Noted events in his life were:

• He worked as a Dyer in 1851.

• He appeared on the census in 1851 in Waisley Road, Dealston, Grahamston, Neilston, Renfrewshire, Scotland. Recorded (aged 18) living with his parents John (45) and Easter (46) and siblings Elizabeth (15), Bridget (13), James (6) and William (2).

• He worked as a Labourer in Clayworks in 1861.

• He appeared on the census in 1861 in 15 Millerston, Abbey, Paisley, Scotland. Recorded (aged 26) living with his parents John (62) and Esther (60), brothers James (17) and William (14), sister Bridget (21) and her husband Daniel McLauchlin (24, journeyman dyer) in a house with 2 windowed rooms.

• He worked as a Fire Clay Miner from May 1862 to Feb 1868.

• He had a residence in May 1862 in 71 George Street, Paisley, Scotland.

• He appeared on the census in 1871 in 13 Brick Houses, Oakbank, Kirknewton, Edinburgh, Scotland. Recorded (aged 42) as a shale miner living with wife Marion, children John (8) and Marion (3) and lodger Robert Smith (24). The house had two windowed rooms. His younger brother William lived at 6 Brick Houses with his family.

• He worked as a Shale Miner from 1871 to 1891.

• He had a residence in Mar 1874 in Oakbank, Kirknewton, Edinburgh, Scotland.

• He had a residence in Dec 1876 in Midcalder, Midlothian, Scotland.

• He worked as a Wood Cutter in 1881.

• He appeared on the census in 1881 in Kirknewton & East Calder, Edinburgh, Scotland. Recorded (aged 47) living with wife Marion (39), children John (17, shale miner), Marion (13, field worker), Elizabeth (9, scholar), Catherine (6, scholar) and Robert (4) as well as boarders Patrick McCanna (59, limestone worker), Elizabeth McCanna (16) and Helen McCanna (11).

• He appeared on the census in 1891 in Holmes Rows, Uphall, West Lothian, Scotland. Recorded (aged 60) as a shale miner living with wife Marion, son John (28, shale miner), daughters Elizabeth (20, general domestic servant), Catherine (17, general domestic servant), son Robert (14, scholar) and grandchildren John (3) and Henry (1) McMillan. The house had two windowed rooms.

• He worked as a Labourer in Mar 1893.

• He had a residence in Mar 1893 in Lennie Muir, Cramond, Edinburgh, Scotland.

• He appeared on the census in 1901 in Westerton Rows, Westerton, Kirkliston, Linlithgowshire, Scotland. Recorded (aged 70) as the head of the household, a widower working as a Mineral Work Labourer in a house with 1 windowed room. Also in the house was his son-in-law William Anderson (37, also a Mineral work labourer), daughter Marion Anderson (31, wife to William) and grandchildren John McMillan (13, a scholar), William Anderson (7, a scholar), Marion Anderson (3) and Elizabeth Anderson (11m).

• He worked as a Shale Miner in 1910.

• He had a residence in Nov 1910 in Station Road, Kirkliston, Linlithgowshire, Scotland.

John married Marion Ritchie, daughter of Archibald Ritchie and Mary Brodie, on 15 May 1862 in 16 Maxwellton, Abbey, Paisley, Scotland. (Marion Ritchie was born on 5 Aug 1839 in Blackness, Carriden, Linlithgowshire, Scotland, christened on 5 Aug 1839 in Abercorn, West Lothian, Scotland and died on 6 Mar 1893 in Lennie Muir, Cramond, Edinburgh, Scotland.)