| Name |
Janet Armit Millar |
- Named after her paternal grandmother.
|
| Born |
17 Oct 1891 |
Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand  |
| Gender |
Female |
| Education: |
Wakari School, Dunedin |
| Emigrated: |
c 1918 |
to Vancouver, BC, Canada |
| Janet said that she left Dunedin NZ on the first ship after the First World War to rejoin her husband Hector McBeath in Vancouver, BC, Canada. |
| Event: |
Details on Janet\'s life by her grand-daughter to Peter Grant in 1980 |
| She [Janet] had been engaged to Hector James McBeath for I think two or three years before the war [WW1] broke out so it was another year before she saw him again. He enlisted in the Navy and was an engineer with submarines. Anyway, they were married when he was on leave, then again he went away to war. I believe it was another two years before, when the war ended, that she saw him again. Instead of coming back to NZ he terminated his work with the Navy in Vancouver and enrolled in Palmerston College to learn chiropracty. [Janet] at this stage would have been 27, but still her mother would not allow her to sail to USA unchaperoned, so she had to wait until friends of the family could go with her. She also took her degree never practised as [Hector] thought it not the done thing! ... From the USA they set up house in Adelaide and later moved to Newcastle where grandfather had a very successful practice. |
| Residence: |
Inverell, NSW, Australia |
| Died |
Aft 1980 |
Inverell?, NSW, Australia |
| Person ID |
I1656 |
Grant |
| Last Modified |
18 Apr 2020 |
| Father |
George Robert Millar, Tram driver in Dunedin, b. Sep 1864, Roslyn, Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand , d. 17 Oct 1929, Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand (Age ~ 65 years) |
| Relationship |
Birth |
| Mother |
Elizabeth Jane (Jean) Taylor, of Dunedin, b. 2 Feb 1864, Silverside, East Taieri, Otago, New Zealand , d. 28 Jul 1952, 12 Gilmore Street, Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand (Age 88 years) |
| Relationship |
Birth |
| Married |
9 Dec 1890 |
in the Taylor home, Silverside, East Taieri, Otago, New Zealand |
- Marriage certificate [modern cert in shorter form]: 9 Dec 1890 in the house of William Taylor, Mosgiel Bush
Elizabeth Jane Taylor age 26, born East Taieri, spinster, usual address Mosgiel Bush, father William Taylor, mother Sarah Taylor surname at birth Rumsey.
George Robert Millar, age 26, born Roslyn, Dunedin, tram driver, bachelor, usual address Roslyn, father George Millar, mother Janet Millar surname at birth Armit.
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| Family ID |
F641 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
1891 - Aft 1980 (89 years)
![Janet Armit Millar - reverse of hockey photo. Sent to her first cousin Mag Sharp. Message: That is the cup we won standing in front. Dear Maggie, The girl in the centre is Miss [Callon?] my mate and the one on the right is her sister. Tell your mother [Mary Dunbar Sharp nee Taylor] that the girl sitting on Polly's right marked with a X is Miss White. Mother [Jean Millar nee Taylor] said that Auntie Mary [Mary Dunbar Sharp nee Taylor] knew her [Miss White's] mother in service. Kate Carter was her maiden name. That is our coach standing next to me. Best love, Janet](photos/thumb_Jean%20Millar%20photos%20-%20Janet%20Armit%20Millar%20hockey%20-%20reverse.jpg "Janet Armit Millar - reverse of hockey photo. Sent to her first cousin Mag Sharp. Message: That is the cup we won standing in front. Dear Maggie, The girl in the centre is Miss [Callon?] my mate and the one on the right is her sister. Tell your mother [Mary Dunbar Sharp nee Taylor] that the girl sitting on Polly's right marked with a X is Miss White. Mother [Jean Millar nee Taylor] said that Auntie Mary [Mary Dunbar Sharp nee Taylor] knew her [Miss White's] mother in service. Kate Carter was her maiden name. That is our coach standing next to me. Best love, Janet")
