Ernest Miller (1869 - 1924)

Ancestors

Biography

Ernest was born in 1869. He was the son of Jonathan Miller and Margaret Springer. Ernest became a lawyer. He was persuaded by Premier McBride to enter politics. He became the MLA for Grand Forks, and he resided there for a few years. He became the best debater in the House, adviser to the Premier and member of the council. He was very well liked and respected and spent much time working on the things that were important to the Boundary Country. He was united in marriage on December 31, 1899 to Jean H. Ross, daughter of Walter and Elizabeth Ross. They had two children, Ernest Ross & Helen G. who wed Herbert Peterson. He left Grand Forks after his time of MLA and moved back to New Westminster, where he took up his position as lawyer once again. He passed away in 1924.

Sources

Thomas Dunn and Jonathan Miller - Making Vancouver

• "British Columbia Marriage Registrations, 1859-1932; 1937-1938," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JD8G-M2Q : 6 April 2020), Ernest Miller and Minnie Dell Morrison, Aug 1897; citing , British Columbia, Canada, British Columbia Archives film number B11386, Vital Statistics Agency, Victoria; FHL microfilm 1,983,979.

• "British Columbia Marriage Registrations, 1859-1932; 1937-1938," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JDDH-96Z : 6 April 2020), Ernest Miller and Jean Helene Ross, 31 Dec 1899; citing Grand Forks, British Columbia, Canada, British Columbia Archives film number B11387, Vital Statistics Agency, Victoria; FHL microfilm 1,984,108.

• "Canada Census, 1901," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KHVL-J2C : 16 December 2019), Ernest Miller, Yale & Cariboo, British Columbia, Canada; citing p. 14, Library and Archives of Canada, Ottawa.

• "Recensement du Canada de 1911," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV9P-Y738 : 16 March 2018), Ernest Miller, 1911; citing Census, Kootenay Sub-Districts 1-61, British Columbia, Canada, Library and Archives of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario; FHL microfilm 2,417,659.

• "British Columbia Death Registrations, 1872-1986; 1992-1993", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FLG3-8FF : 8 November 2017), Ernest Miller, 1924.

• Find a Grave, database and images, memorial page for Ernest Miller (22 Nov 1869–9 Oct 1924), Find A Grave: Memorial #26264271, citing Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver, Greater Vancouver Regional District, British Columbia, Canada ; Maintained by Find A Grave (contributor 8) .