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A Brief History of the Miller Family
William Miller was born to John and Margaret Miller in 1751 in Kendal, Westmorland County, England. He married Mary Spurstow in 1779 and they lived in Liverpool. Ten children were born there to William who is listed in various records as a mercer and draper or silk merchant. William died in 1826 and his wife Mary died not long after, in 1832.
The Guiding Star was a ship in the "Golden" Line of Australian Packets owned by the firm of Millers and Thompson of Liverpool. This ship, built in 1853 in New Brunswick, Canada, was one of several that transported passengers to Australia in the mid-1800s during the Australian Gold Rush. |
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20 March 2005 Updated 19 Aug 2010 |
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