Born about in Buchlyvie, Kippen, Stirlingshire, Scotland
Ancestors 
Daughter of William Millar
and Isabella (Neilson) Millar
[spouse(s) unknown]
Mother of
Isabella N (Kay) Brown
Died
at about age 40
in Galt, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
Profile last modified
| Created 10 Jul 2018
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Eliza (Miller) Kay migrated from Scotland to Canada.
Biography
Eliza was born about 1848. She was the daughter of William Millar and Isabella Neilson. She passed away in 1888.
- Eliza appears as Isabel, a synonym for Elizabeth, in the 1851 census, and Elizabeth in the 1861
The informant for Eliza's death was James N Miller, foreman Victoria Wheel Co. (her brother).[1]
Family
Married 23 Sep 1872 Galt, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
- Husband: John Kay
- Wife: Eliza Wight Miller
- cert. shows John as 23 single, carriage maker born/resid. Galt, s/o James KAY & Elizabeth WATSON; Eliza Wight as 24 single, born Scotland, resid. Galt, d/o William MILLER & Isabella NELSON. Both Presb.; Wit.: William KAY, James MILLER, both Galt. [2]
- Children:
- Isabel marr. Alexander Brown
Census
1851 Buchlyvie, Kippen, Stirlingshire, Scotland
- MILLAR: William 31 baker b. Fintry, STI; wife Isabella 32 b. Buchlyvie, STI; Children: Robert 10, Margaret 8, James N 6, William 2, Isabel 4, all b. Buchlyvie, STI; Servants: Isabel McEWAN b. Buchlyvie, Andrew ORR 33 baker b. Stilring, STI [3]
1861 Galt, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
- MILLER: Wm 47 baker, marr. b. SCT; Isabella 47 marr. b. SCT; Assumed children: Margt 18, Robert 19 baker, Jas 15, Elizabeth 13, Wm 12, Ellen 10, all b. SCT; John 6 b. West Canada; [4]
1871 Galt, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
- MILLER: William 53 baker b. SCT marr.; Isabella 54 marr.; Assumed children: Margaret 25, Eliza W 22, William 19, John 15 b. ONT; Robert 29, wid. baker b. SCT; Assumed grdson: William M 6 b. ONT; All U. Presb. [5]
Sources
- ↑ Dth 9 Jun 1888 Eliza W KAY, 43, widow, b. SCT, reg. Galt, image from Ontario Deaths collection on Ancestry.com
- ↑ Marr. 23 Sep 1872 John s/o James KAY & Elizabeth WATSON; Eliza Wight d/o William MILLER & Isabella NEILSON, Galt, Waterloo, Ontario, image available in Ontario Marriages collection, Ancestry.com
- ↑ 1851 Census for Scotland, images via ScotlandsPeople: hsehold of William & Isabella MILLAR, Buchlyvie, Kippen, Stirlingshire, 486 / 6 / 4, Sched 17
- ↑ 1861 Census images for Canada via Ancestry.com: hsehold of Wm & Isabella MILLER, Galt, Waterloo
- ↑ 1871 Census for Ontario, Canada, images via Ancestry.com
- "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : modified 10 July 2018, 09:41), entry for Elizabeth Weight Millar(PID https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:L14J-767); contributed by various users.
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