Walter Millar

Born: 10 Aug 1869, Durban, Natal, South Africa
Christened: 5 Sep 1869, Durban, Natal, South Africa
Marriage (1): Margaret Agnes Hyslop on 2 Jun 1908 in St. John's Prebytarian Church, Pietermaritzburg, Natal, South Africa
Marriage (2): Isabel Mary Beattie on 20 Jul 1914 in Torquay, Devon, England
Died: 17 Sep 1948, Ruiru, , Kenya aged 79

Family Links

Spouses/Children:

bullet Birth Notes:

https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/KDC5-K2C

bullet Christening Notes:

https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1942-23609-17231-66?cc=1468076
Sponsors:-
Alice Ayres
Walter Ayres
Harry Millar

bullet Death Notes:

I suspect he died in Kenya. They certainly lived there. See his son's death description.
http://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2216863/MILLAR,%20WALTER

Now proven.
https://books.google.co.za/books?id=EtK4G-MmXvgC&pg=PT1&lpg=PT1&dq=walter+millar+kenya&source=bl&ots=WTTIPTVfiH&sig=HAac8jO8BDHddlL-U0r7IrHL2jI&hl=en&sa=X&ei=bwy5VPzXI8q3UYHJgtAC&ved=0CB4Q6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=walter%20millar%20kenya&f=false

bullet Sources of information or noted events in his life were:

• Web Based Info. http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/SOUTH-AFRICA-IMMIGRANTS-BRITISH/2008-08/1220148139

And

http://www.eggsa.org/newspapers/index.php/south-african-magazine/339-south-africa-1914-3-july-september.htmll

And

http://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2087311/MILLAR,%20JOHN

And

http://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=londontimesdeaths&h=33674&indiv=try&o_vc=Record:OtherRecord&rhSource=7579

• Occupation. Government Servant.
https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-266-11824-75038-2?cc=2063749

Some time game warden.
https://books.google.co.za/books?id=5OveM_pbp3IC&pg=PA517&lpg=PA517&dq=walter+millar+kenya&source=bl&ots=cKun4VxJa5&sig=xtY1yI15mAnGWpluIVc_V9VaPes&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwj-yNS4_KnMAhVlBcAKHYXbBDwQ6AEIJTAD#v=onepage&q=walter%20millar%20kenya&f=false

• Will. https://books.google.co.za/books?id=EtK4G-MmXvgC&pg=PT1&lpg=PT1&dq=walter+millar+kenya&source=bl&ots=WTTIPTVfiH&sig=HAac8jO8BDHddlL-U0r7IrHL2jI&hl=en&sa=X&ei=bwy5VPzXI8q3UYHJgtAC&ved=0CB4Q6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=walter%20millar%20kenya&f=false

• General Comment. Copy of his father - John Millar's Death Notice dated 22 May 1919 in RAB's possession.

Walter married Margaret Agnes Hyslop, daughter of Sir Thomas Hyslop J. P., M. L. A. , K. B. and Margaret Brown Torrance, on 2 Jun 1908 in St. John's Prebytarian Church, Pietermaritzburg, Natal, South Africa. The marriage ended in divorce in 1913. (Margaret Agnes Hyslop was born in 1883 in Pietermaritzburg, Natal, South Africa and died in Jun 1959 in St. Asaph, Denbighshire, England.)

bullet Sources of information or noted events in their marriage were:

• Web Based Info. National Archives of South Africa

DEPOT NAB
SOURCE RSC
TYPE LEER
VOLUME_NO 1/5/281
SYSTEM 01
REFERENCE 20/1913
PART 1
DESCRIPTION ILLIQUID CASE. DIVORCE. WALTER MILLAR VERSUS MARGARET AGNES MILLAR (BORN HYSLOP).
STARTING 19120000
ENDING 19130000
REMARKS 61/1913, 11/1913.

And

https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-266-11824-75038-2?cc=2063749
Witnesses:-
W.A.Patton????
W.H.Beaumont

Walter next married Isabel Mary Beattie, daughter of Alfred Beattie and Unknown, on 20 Jul 1914 in Torquay, Devon, England. (Isabel Mary Beattie was born on 24 Jul 1886 in Santiago de Cuba, Santiago de Cuba, Cuba and died on 24 Jul 1986 in Torbay, Devon, England.)

bullet Sources of information or noted events in their marriage were:

• Web Based Info. http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/SOUTH-AFRICA-IMMIGRANTS-BRITISH/2008-08/1220148139

And

http://www.eggsa.org/newspapers/index.php/south-african-magazine/339-south-africa-1914-3-july-september.htmll

And

http://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/information.pl?cite=LAsHzM%2FsIKUzOADJuTJIgA&scan=1

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Caveat:- Throughout the project UK GRO birth, marriage and death index data appears. The GRO data appears in Quarters. Q1 = January, February and March, Q2 = April, May, June , Q3 = July, August and September and Q4 = October, November and December. Similarly, Mar Q = January, February and March, Jun Q = April, May, June , Sep Q = July, August and September and Dec Q = October, November and December. Where these dates occur, they represent the date of Registration of the event rather than the date of the actual event. Logically, registration occurs AFTER the event. In some cases this may be days or months or even years after the event. The important thing is that the event was recorded and a copy of the document of registration could be obtained if necessary. This also applies to South African NAAIRS records.

Similarly, the UK system is confusing to the uninitiated because registration districts can span several counties. Accordingly GRO locations may not record the true location of the event. They do record where the record is actually kept or recorded.

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The early South African records on this site would not have been as good as they are without the work done by Delia Robertson. Where there are website addresses containing http://www.e-family.co.za... I record the citation should read Robertson, Delia. The First Fifty Years Project. This website can be found at First Fifty Years