At the age of 64, Joseph died due to an apoplexy caused by atherosclerosis.
Buried 30 DEC 1927. St. Andrew's Orillia.
Christening: Service @ Warminster Gospel Hall.
1871 Census of Canada. Medonte, Simcoe East, Ontario, Canada. Alexander, 55, Religion: Weslyan Methodist, farmer. Rebecca, wife, 46. Children: Alexander, 27, farmer; Samuel, 24, farmer; James, 21, farmer; Robert, 19; William, 13; John, 11; Thomas, 9; Walter, 9; Joseph, 7; Susan (Samuel's wife), 20, Alexander M., 1.
1881 Census of Canada. Medonte, Simcoe East, Ontario, Canada. Alexander, 61, Religion: Methodist Church of Canada, farmer. Wife, Rebecca, 54. Children: William, farmer, 22; John 21; Thomas, 19; Walter, 19; Joseph, 16.
08 Jan 1890 Marriage of Joseph J Miller and Mary E Ball. "Ontario Marriages, 1869-1927," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FMV2-7JJ : 10 April 2015), Joseph J Miller and Mary E Ball, 08 Jan 1890; citing registration , Orillia, Simcoe, Ontario, Canada, Archives of Ontario, Toronto; FHL microfilm 1,870,308.
1891 Census of Canada. Medonte, Simcoe East, Ontario, Canada. Alexander S., 71, Religion: Christian, farmer. Wife, Rebecca,England, 66. Children: Joseph J. , 26, & Mary E., 21, Ontario, daughter-in-law.
1901 Census of Canada. Medonte, Simcoe East, Ontario, Canada. Alexander, 82, retired. Wife, Rebecca, 78. Children: Joseph, 37, farmer; Wife, Mary, 29. Children: Annie, 7; Norman, 5. Boarder: Milton Ball, 17, married, farm labourer.
1911 Census of Canada. Medonte, Simcoe East, Ontario, Canada. Joseph, 47, farmer, married, Mary, 40. Children: Annie, 12; Norman, 15.
1921 Census of Canada. Medonte, Simcoe East, Ontario, Canada. Joseph, 57, farmer. Mary, 47.
"Ontario Deaths, 1869-1937 and Overseas Deaths, 1939-1947," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JKWV-YB7 : accessed 4 September 2015), Alexander Miller in entry for Joseph Johnson Miller, 28 Dec 1927; citing Simcoe, Ontario, Canada, 30454, Archives of Ontario, Toronto; FHL microfilm 2,131,244.
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