no picture available #66 LLOYD MILLIGAN

Deed A7/ 13 April 22, 1885

transferred to Lloyd Milligan

transferred to Edgar Milligan

transferred to Brian Dyment

1901 Census, section 1, page 7, family # 23

John R. Milligan (1856) was born in Travelers Rest, P.E.I. After doing his apprentice-ship in black-smithing, John married Adelia Milligan (1852) in 1878, moving to Northam, and what became known as Milligan’s corner, shortly after. It is said that he acted as peacemaker (self- appointed (‘2) or by common request (2)) at dances, tea-parties and other local gatherings where, fairly fiequently, a bottle or two produced a battle. The shop was located in the field across the road (Archibald MacAusland’s field) (later Hartford Ellis) . John R. and Adelie “DeeDee” had two sons:

-Major (1878) married Belle Newcombe (see below)

-Wesley (1884) married Fanny Brown of Tyne Valley and had two sons: Clinton and Harold.

JOhn R. came down with spinal meningitis which led to deafness, this indirectly was the cause of his death. He went to visit Major at Inverness, by train. In those days the brake-man on the train would announce: ‘The next station stop is ....... ” John R., of course did not hear this. Apparently he was not paying close attention and the train was beginning to move out of the station of Portage before he realized he was there. He jumped ofi" the moving train, fell, and cracked several ribs. This led to pneumonia and, in 1933, this was frequently a fatal disease, even for the young.

Major (1879) married Belle Newcombe (1880), daughter of William and Eleanor (MacDougall) Newcombe of Northam and had eight children:

-Reby married Stenning Williams of Tyne Valley and had ten children: Lloyd, Francis, Vernon, Elaine, Orville, Kenneth, Hauldine “Holly”, Douglas, Harry and C31” 0L

-Lloyd married Mary MacDonald (see next page)

—Ella had one daughter, June and married John Yessa, no children.

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