Herbert Alfred Millar (1874 - 1943)

Born 1874 in New Zealand

Husband of Dorothea Maria Amelia (Stade) Millar — married 1897 in New Zealand

Husband of Inez Mabel (Grooby) Buchanan — married 1910 (to 1913) in New Zealand

Descendants

Died 5 Jul 1943 at about age 69 in Wickham, New South Wales, Australia

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Biography

Herbert’s parents Elizabeth and Henry Millar who lived mostly on Alma Street in Nelson.

After first wife Dorothea died their youngest children were raised by his parents while the eldest was taken in by his wife's family.

Changed his name from Millar to Thompson sometime after 1920s.

NZ Truth Tuesday 1 March 1928 Page 9 The Simple Life SUCH was the devotion of Inez Mabel Millar to her husband that she went to visit him m Sydney, though the best shelter that he could provide for her was a tent. This was the story which Mrs. Millar, a middle-aged woman, told Judge MacGregor in the Divorce Court at Wellington. The tale was quite a simple one. She married Herbert Alfred Millar 18 years ago and their life together was happy. They lived in various places in New Zealand and then Herbert was bitten with a desire to visit Australia and his wife farewelled him on the wharf. In Sydney he lived the simple life and economized. Feeling a desire to see her, he wrote her to come over and she went and stayed with him in the tent which was the only home he could provide. Millar paid her passage back to New Zealand and she crossed to Australia a second time to see him and stayed in his tent. Then, like the Arab, Millar folded his tent one day and stole away. That was in 1913 and his wife has not heard of him since. Judge MacGregor decided that there was no reason why Mrs. Millar should remain linked to the missing Herbert after another three months.

Sources

• Find A Grave: Memorial #164528536