Person:Margaret Miller (131)

Margaret Kelly Miller was born on 10th May 1860 at North Milton in the parish of Old Luce in Wigtownshire, Scotland, daughter of Catherine Miller, formerly Copeland, and her husband Robert Miller, a ploughman from Ireland. Margaret appears in the 1861 census living with her parents and siblings at Castle Sinniness Cot in Old Luce, a little way south of North Milton. By 1871 the family had moved to Appleby Farm in Glasserton.

The 1881 census finds Margaret (as Maggie, which appears to be how she was known) working as a servant at Craig Farm in Whithorn. One of the other servants there was a Peter Rice. Just over two years later they married at Glenturk in Wigtown. They had a daughter named Jane in 1884, but she died as a baby when just four months old. In 1886 they had twins named Robert and James. The 1891 census finds Maggie living at Burgess Outon in Whithorn, with her husband, father-in-law, sons and a daughter named Bessie, who appears to have been born before Maggie and James married, suggesting she may have been an illegitimate child, presumably of Maggie's, but no birth record for her has been found.

In 1897 one of the twins, Robert, died when only ten years old. The 1901 census finds Maggie and Peter and their son James living at Longhill in Glasserton. The following year, Maggie had another son, Peter. There was a gap of over fifteen years between the twin's birth and Peter's. The 1911 census finds Maggie, Peter and young Peter living at 6 Glasserton Street in Whithorn. They reported that the marriage had produced four children, two of whom were still alive, suggesting that the surviving twin, James, was still alive in 1911.

By 1921 the family had moved to Ardwell in the parish of Stoneykirk. Margaret died there at Shore Cottages on 17th May 1921, a week after her 61st birthday. Her husband Peter survived her by just over a year.

1. ↑ Births register, in General Register Office for Scotland. Civil Registration.

   1860. BIRTHS in the Parish of Old Luce in the County of Wigtown
   No. 46
   Surname and Name (if given): Miller, Margaret
   When and Where Born, with Hour of Birth: 1860 May Tenth 2 A.M. North Milton
   Sex: F
   Name, Surname, and Rank or Profession of Father: Robert Miller, Labourer
   Name, and Maiden Surname of Mother: Catherine Miller maiden name Coppleton
   Signature, Qualification, and Residence of Informant, if out of the House in which the Birth occurred: Robert Miller, father, present
   When and Where Registered, and Signature of Registrar: 1860 May 28th at Glenluce, John McFarlane, Registrar

2. ↑ General Register Office for Scotland. 1861 Scotland Census. (Edinburgh).

   Address: C Sininess Cot, Old Luce, Wigtownshire
   Robert Miller, married, male, 27 [1833/4], Ploughman, b. Ireland
   Catharine Miller, married, female, 24 [1836/7], b. Old Luce, Wigtownshire
   Thomas Miller, unmarried, male, 3 [1857/8], b. Old Luce, Wigtownshire
   Margaret Miller, unmarried, female, 11m [1860], b. Old Luce, Wigtownshire
   Mary Copeland, unmarried, female, 13 [1847/8], Servant, b. Old Luce, Wigtownshire

3. ↑ General Register Office for Scotland. 1871 Scotland Census. (Edinburgh).

   Address: Farm of Appleby Ag Lab House, Glasserton, Wigtownshire
   Robert Millar, head, married, male, 35 [1835/6], Ag Labourer, b. Ireland
   Catherine Millar, wife, married, female, 34 [1836/7], Assists at Dairy Work, b. Glenluce, Wigtownshire
   Thomas Millar, son, male, 13 [1857/8], Occas Farm Worker, b. Glenluce, Wigtownshire
   Margaret Millar, daughter, female, 10 [1860/1], Scholar, b. Glenluce, Wigtownshire
   John Millar, son, male, 7 [1863/4], Scholar, b. Mochrum, Wigtownshire
   Robert Millar, son, male, 5 [1865/6], Scholar, b. Wigtown, Wigtownshire
   Mary Millar, daughter, female, 1 [1869/70], b. Glasserton, Wigtownshire

4. ↑ General Register Office for Scotland. 1881 Scotland Census. (Edinburgh)
   900/00 005/00 004, 3 Apr 1881.

   Address: Craig Farm House, Whithorn, Wigtownshire
   James Milroy, head, male, 39 [1841/2], Farmer of 400 acres of which 300 arable employing 6 men, 2 boys, 1 girl, b. Stoneykirk, Wigtownshire
   Barbara Milroy, wife, female, 35 [1845/6], b. Ireland
   Maggie Milroy, daughter, female, under 1 mo [1881], b. Whithorn, Wigtownshire
   John Milroy, brother, male, 33 [1847/8], Joint servant on farm, b. Minnigaff, Kirkcudbrightshire
   Georgina Shaw, visitor, female, 30 [1850/1], b. Minnigaff, Kirkcudbrightshire
   Mary Hannah, nurse, female, 48 [1832/3], Sicknurse, b. Glasserton, Wigtownshire
   Maggie Miller, servant, female, 20 [1860/1], General Servant (Domestic), b. Old Luce, Wigtownshire
   Peter Rice, servant, male, 25 [1855/6], Farm Servant, b. Whithorn, Wigtownshire
   James Webster, servant, male, 15 [1865/6], Farm Servant, b. Whithorn, Wigtownshire
   (original image not inspected)

5. ↑ General Register Office for Scotland. 1891 Scotland Census. (Edinburgh)
   900/00 004/00 010, 5 Apr 1891.

   Address: Burgess Outon Cothouse, Whithorn, Wigtownshire
   2 rooms with windows
   Peter Rice, head, married, male, 33 [1857/8], Agri Lab, employed, b. Whithorn, Wigtownshire
   Maggie Rice, wife, married, female, 30 [1860/1], b. Glenluce, Wigtownshire
   Bessie Rice, daughter, female, 12 [1878/9], Scholar, b. Kirkmabreck, Kirkcudbrightshire
   Robert Rice, son (twins), male, 4 [1886/7], b. Whithorn, Wigtownshire
   James Rice, son (twins), male, 4 [1886/7], b. Whithorn, Wigtownshire
   James Rice, father, widower, male, 63 [1827/8], Labourer General, employed, b. Ireland

6. ↑ General Register Office for Scotland. 1901 Scotland Census. (Edinburgh)
   885/00 004/00 012, 31 Mar 1901.

   Address: Longhill Cot House, Glasserton, Wigtownshire
   Peter Rice, head, male, 43 [1857/8], Ploughman, b. Whithorn, Wigtownshire
   Maggie Rice, wife, female, 39 [1861/2], Ploughman's wife, b. Glenluce, Wigtownshire
   James Rice, son, male, 14 [1886/7], Ploughman's son, b. Whithorn, Wigtownshire
   (original image not inspected)

7. ↑ General Register Office for Scotland. 1911 Scotland Census. (Edinburgh)
   900/00 008/00 016, 2 Apr 1911.

   Address: 6 Glasserton Street, Whithorn, Wigtownshire [next door to Maggie's parents at 8 Glasserton Street]
   3 rooms occupied, 3 rooms with windows
   Peter Rice, head, male, 53 [1857/8], married, Ploughman farm, worker, b. Whithorn, Wigtownshire
   Maggie Rice, wife, female, 49 [1861/2], married 25 years, 4 children born alive, 2 children still living, b. Old Luce, Wigtownshire
   Peter Rice, son, male, 9 [1901/2], School, b. Glasserton, Wigtownshire

8. ↑ Death certificate, in General Register Office for Scotland. Civil Registration.

   1921 DEATHS in the Parish of Stoneykirk in the County of Wigtown
   No.12
   Name: Margaret Rice, married to Peter Rice, Estate Labourer
   When and where died: 1921 May Seventeenth, 7h35m AM, Shore Cottages, Ardwell
   Sex: F
   Age: 59 years [1861/2]
   Father: Robert Miller, Crofter (Deceased)
   Mother: Katie Miller, M.S. Copeland (Deceased)
   Cause: Brights Disease, Cardiac Valvular Disease, As Cert by James Dunlop L.R.C.P. DPH (Camb), Sandhead
   Informant: Peter Rice, son (Present)
   Registered: 1921 May 17th at Stoneykirk, A.B. Telford, Registrar