Barrie Miller

Ancestors

Son of Herbert Miller and Muriel Joyce (Elliott) Miller

Descendants

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Biography

Birth

Barrie was born in Winchester, ON on 12 May 1952; son of Joyce and Bert (non-biological); while his father, was serving in the Royal Canadian Air force with 408 Squadron, Rockcliffe, ON. ^[1]

Marriage

Barrie married Adele on 29 July 1972, at St Andrew's Anglican Church in Langley, British Columbia. Throughout their marriage, they had three sons: Kenneth, Kevin, and Keith.^[1]

Military Career

Barrie joined the Canadian Armed Forces, in 1971 as a Private, in the Communicator Research trade - just a fancy name for someone who copied morse code and other communications from our "Cold War" enemies. When he finished training in this classification he returned home to B.C., just long enough to marry his sweetheart Adele and they both then headed north to Inuvik, NWT for the next four years. While in Inuvik, Barrie served one six-month tour of duty in Alert, NWT on the northern tip of Ellesmere Island, approximately 60 miles from the North Pole. Midway during this remote tour of duty, Barrie's first son, Kenneth was born back home. He was posted to Masset, B.C in 1975 and his second son, Kevin was born.

Barrie transferred to Aero-Engine Technician with the military in 1976. Subsequent postings for his family included Borden, Ontario 1976; 1 AFMS & 408 Squadron Edmonton, Alberta 1976-1980 (birth of his third son Keith); Baden-Soelingen, Germany 1980-1984; and Comox, B.C. 1984.

In January 1985, Barrie was "Commissioned from the Ranks" and attended Basic Officer Training" in Chilliwack, B.C., then moved his family to Borden, Ontario for training as an Aerospace Engineer. In 1986, Barrie was posted once again to 408 Squadron in Edmonton, Alberta first as the Deputy-SAMEO (Squadron Aircraft Maintenance Engineering Officer), soon after promoted to Captain and assuming the SAMEO position. While at 408 Squadron, Barrie was deployed for a 6-month tour on Op Calumet, serving as the SAMEO for "Rotation 5" for this peacekeeping mission in the Sinai dessert.

In 1989, Barrie was posted back to Borden, Ontario to instruct (1 year), and as Training Officer (2 years) for the Aerospace Engineering Course. In 1992, he was promoted to Major, and posted once again to 408 Squadron in Edmonton, Alberta.

Barrie retired from the military in 1994, Barrie, Adele, and Keith (their only child left at home) moved to Creston, British Columbia to be near his aging parents. ^[1]

DNA Confirmation

• Maternal relationship is confirmed by an AncestryDNA test match between Barrie Miller and Patricia Davidson. Their most-recent common ancestor is their mother, Joyce (Elliott) Miller. Predicted relationship from AncestryDNA: half-sibling, based on sharing 1700 cM across 51shared segments.

• Maternal relationship is confirmed by an autosomal MyHeritageDNA test match between Barrie Miller and Gordon Elliott, his 1st cousin 1x removed. Their most-recent common ancestors are Alfred Elliott and Matilda Winter, the great grandparents of Barrie Miller and grandparents of Gordon Elliott. Predicted relationship from MyHeritageDNA: 1 Cousin 2 x removed - 2nd Cousin 1 x removed, based on sharing 218.5 cM across 9 segments.

This also confirms relationship between Barrie Miller and Bert Miller as "Non-Biological".

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} First hand knowledge of Barrie.

See also: https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/152282544/person/222018492125/facts