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The family of Peter and Margaret Ann (nee Henderson) Millar taken Circa 1892. Back Row: JOSHUA Spurgeon (1877-1951) Charles SHRIEVE (1875—1970) JAMES Alexander (1871—1953) WILLIAM Henry (1874-1956) Margaret Janette (NETTIE) (1879-1962). MIDDLE Row: PETER (1843-1928) John (JACK) Parmenas (1881—1959) MARGARET Ann (1852—1927). Front Row: ARTHUR Edgar (1884-1961) ALICE Rubezella (1888-1920) GORDON Stanley (1886—1973) Isabelle (BELLE) Maude (1891—1988) —FROM PAULINE MILLAR COLLECTION

Charles Shrieve (C.S.) Millar was a successful farmer, with livestock con— sisting of cattle, horses, sheep, pigs and foxes. He grew hay, oats, barley, wheat, buckwheat, corn, turnips, sugarbeets, mangels and potatoes. He also had an oyster lease and fished oysters each fall for severalyears. Like his father and grandfather before him, Shrieve was knowledgeable about machinery. He was often called on in harvest time to get a grain binder working properly. A binder was a large piece of machinery, requiring three horses to pull it. It would cut the grain, bind it into sheaves with twine, and then deposit the sheaves in the field. Sometimes there would be a problem—perhaps the sheaves not being tied properly—but what-

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