David Miller

  General Notes:

At the time of his daughter Mary's marriage he was a Shipwright.

By the time of the 1901 census he was living with his daughter Florence at Gillingham, Kent. It would seem that he moved there in search of work.

  Noted events in his life were:

• Census, 30 Mar 1851, 23 Silver Street, Sunderland, Durham. Listed as: Age 19; Occupation - Shipwrights Apprentice.

• Census, 2 Apr 1871, Cross Street, East, Bishop Wearmouth, Sunderland, Durham. Listed as: Age 37.

• Census, 3 Apr 1881, 16 William Street, Bishop Wearmouth, Durham. Listed as: Age 48; Occupation - Shipwright.

• Census, 31 Mar 1901, Back of 31 Park Road, Gillingham, Kent.

David married Ann Crowther, daughter of John Crowther and Mary A. Dawson, on 25 Dec 1853 in The Parish Church, Bishopwearmouth, Durham. (Ann Crowther was born in 1830 in Sunderland, Durham, christened on 13 Dec 1830 in Sunderland, Durham and died Sep Qtr 1859 in Sunderland, Durham.)

  Marriage Notes:

Dec Qtr 1853, Sunderland, 10a, 500.

David next married Mary Ann Thompson, daughter of Johnson Thompson and Mary Ann Barker, on 16 Oct 1869 in Fawcett Street Wesleyan Chapel, Sunderland, Durham. (Mary Ann Thompson was born in 1840 in Sunderland, Durham and died in 1895 in Medway Reg District, Kent.)

  Marriage Notes:

Mary Ann (Reilly or Clark), Dec Qtr 1869, Sunderland, 10a, 725.