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    1. MILLER in Argenteuil, 1820's - 1840's
    2. Betty
    3. Hello, This week I decided to find out more about Levy MILLER again. I did this a few years ago, and couldn't really find anything else about him. According to John Metcalf's web site, Levy was born in 1790 in NH. And, the church records show he married Elizabeth KERR in St. Andrews in 1832. The census records show that he was in the 1842 Census with the following information: Levi MILLER, 7 in family 1 IRL, 5 CB, 1 USA Here 20 years This would mean that Levi arrived in Argenteuil County about 1822. And, the church record mentions that he was a widower when he married in 1832. I had originally made a few "guesses" about the 3 or more MILLER men who were showing up in "Gore" in the 1842 Census. But, another look shows that: Peter MILLER, 3 in family 2 SCT, 1 CB, here 9 years John MILLER, 4 in family 4 IRL (I thought I had spotted a James MILLER someplace, but am not seeing it this a.m.) If these records are accurate, then the 3 MILLER families in town in the 1840's, each came from a different country. Also, I had made a guess that Levi MILLER had been born and raised in NH, married there, but, upon being widowed, left for Canada ... This Census information shows that he came up to Canada in 1822, even before the HENDERSON's and KERR's arrived. So, if he was ~32 years old when he "migrated to Canada," he could have been widowed before he left or perhaps he came up with a wife and she died soon after arriving. (He did not marry Elizabeth KERR until ten years after arriving.) John Metcalf's web site shows that Levi was born in Laconia, NH. But, I did a little on-line investigating yesterday, and Laconia wasn't incorporated as a town until 1840. Before that it was "Meredith Bridge Village." During the 1700's there were only a few, official villages along the shore of Lake Winnepesauki. I placed a few queries on the NH Lists, and so far no MILLER is known of there in the 1700's. If I have time today, I'll check the 1790 NH census to see how many MILLER's were in NH, and I'll check the LDS web site to see what it has to offer. (I did check the archives of the MILLER List, and found a James MILLER living in NH being born there in 1795 (Levi born 1790), and one of his family moved to Bethel, ME. Coincidentally, one of Levi MILLER's sons died in Bethel, ME, at Age 20.) ??? http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~jmetcalf/5806.htm OOPS .. I just checked the MILLER information on John Metcalf's web site again, and he has Levi and Mary MILLER living in St. Andrews "before 1820." He has them having 2 sons born in 1818 and 1819, Levi dying at Age 1. If Levi remarried as a widower in early 1832, then his first wife, Mary, must have died in 1830 or 1831. (There is no further information on his son, Joseph. But, he does have another Joseph MILLER born a few years earlier who married Deborah WARDELL.) Most of the Levi MILLER extended family remained in Argenteuil County or moved to Compton County, as many of the KERR's did. One grandchild seems to have moved to Alberta. FYI: As I mentioned to the people on the NH Lists, if Levi MILLER was a farmer, and was living in the villages along the shore of Lake Winnepesauki in NH, which had very good farmland, why would he and his wife have moved to Canada.. between 1815 and 1820 - and why .. Argenteuil County ? Betty (near Lowell, MA, USA) Eileen's web site http://www3.telus.net/public/mcelroye/webpages/gore.html/intro.html

    11/05/2004 10:08:38