Family Card - Person Sheet
Family Card - Person Sheet
NameLaura May Gertrude VARTY
Birth23 Nov 1886, Fiesherton, Ontario, Canada
Death10 Jun 1937
Spouses
Birth22 Apr 1876, Harriston, Wellington, Ontario, Canada
Death21 Jan 1955, Innisfail, Alberta
BurialInnisfail, Alberta
OccupationCarpenter, Farmer
Marriage1903
ChildrenMary Etta (1908-1993)
Notes for Laura May Gertrude VARTY
Grandmother of Aunt Edith.
Notes for John Frederick (Spouse 1)
Grandfather of Aunt Edith
Alberta marriage index 1903
John F. Miller and Laura Varty, Inniisfail, Alberta, certificate 542.
In the 1921 Census of Canada
Sub District 54 (Red Deer City), Alberta
Polar Street, Innisfail Municipality
Head John Millar, age 45, born Ontario, father born Ontario, mother born Germany, nationality Canada, racial origin Irish, farmer
Wife Laura Millar, age 34, born Ontario, parents born Ontario, nationality Canada, racial origin Irish
Daughter Edith Millar, single, age 18, born Alberta
Daughter Mary Millar, age 12 born Alberta
1931 Census of Canada
Poplar Street, Innisfail (Town), Red Deer district, Alberta
Head John F. Miller, age 55, born Ontario, father born Ontario, mother born Germany, Irish race, labourer - odd jobs
Wife Laura M. G. Miller, age 44, born Ontario, parents born Ontario, English race, homemaker
Daughter Edith M. Miller, single, age 28, born Alberta, saleswoman perfumers
Newspaper article from smarshall2071 at ancestry
Well-Known Pioneer of Innisfail Dies
John Frederick (Jack) Miller, pioneer Iniisfail resident, died recently in Innisfail Hospital.
Funeral service was held in Innisfail and burial was in the cemetery there.
Mr. Miller was born in Harrison, Ontario and came from Crystal, North Dakota in 1892. He attended school there with his brother William, in what is believed to be one of the first classrooms in Alberta.
As a young man he worked for the CPR and later followed the blacksmith trade. Active in the community throughout his life, he was instrumental in organizing the fire brigade and was a charter member of the brigade. On many occasions he and his fellow volunteers manned the old horse-drawn fire pump recently donated to the Reynolds museum in Wetaskiwin.
In 1907 Mr. Miller was a member of a team which won the provincial hose laying title in competition with the fire departments throughout the province.
Mr. Miller was a charter member of the Macabee lodge in Innisfail: It was organized in 1900.
He had a perfect attendance record at the Calgary Exhibition and Stampede attending every edition of the show since 1912.
Active in promoting wrestling and boxing in the area Mr. Miller also sparked the development of the first swimming pool at Mud Lake.. He was enthusiastic about hockey, too and made many trips to neighbouring towns, often by horse-drawn cutter to play a game with the Innisfail team.
For many years Mr. Miller operated his own drawing business in Innisfail and for 22 years he was projectionist at an Innisfail movie house.
Paying tribute to his early work with the Innisfail fire brigade, a guard of honour from the department stood at the graveside in Innisfail cemetery and firemen acted as pallbearers at his funeral.
Mr. Miller is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Frank (Edith) Wolfe of Rosscarrock; Mrs. Irvin (Mary) Kassa of Innisfail; a brother, William, Wenatchee, Washington; and two grand-daughters and two great-grandsons.
Alberta marriage index 1903
John F. Miller and Laura Varty, Inniisfail, Alberta, certificate 542.
In the 1921 Census of Canada
Sub District 54 (Red Deer City), Alberta
Polar Street, Innisfail Municipality
Head John Millar, age 45, born Ontario, father born Ontario, mother born Germany, nationality Canada, racial origin Irish, farmer
Wife Laura Millar, age 34, born Ontario, parents born Ontario, nationality Canada, racial origin Irish
Daughter Edith Millar, single, age 18, born Alberta
Daughter Mary Millar, age 12 born Alberta
1931 Census of Canada
Poplar Street, Innisfail (Town), Red Deer district, Alberta
Head John F. Miller, age 55, born Ontario, father born Ontario, mother born Germany, Irish race, labourer - odd jobs
Wife Laura M. G. Miller, age 44, born Ontario, parents born Ontario, English race, homemaker
Daughter Edith M. Miller, single, age 28, born Alberta, saleswoman perfumers
Newspaper article from smarshall2071 at ancestry
Well-Known Pioneer of Innisfail Dies
John Frederick (Jack) Miller, pioneer Iniisfail resident, died recently in Innisfail Hospital.
Funeral service was held in Innisfail and burial was in the cemetery there.
Mr. Miller was born in Harrison, Ontario and came from Crystal, North Dakota in 1892. He attended school there with his brother William, in what is believed to be one of the first classrooms in Alberta.
As a young man he worked for the CPR and later followed the blacksmith trade. Active in the community throughout his life, he was instrumental in organizing the fire brigade and was a charter member of the brigade. On many occasions he and his fellow volunteers manned the old horse-drawn fire pump recently donated to the Reynolds museum in Wetaskiwin.
In 1907 Mr. Miller was a member of a team which won the provincial hose laying title in competition with the fire departments throughout the province.
Mr. Miller was a charter member of the Macabee lodge in Innisfail: It was organized in 1900.
He had a perfect attendance record at the Calgary Exhibition and Stampede attending every edition of the show since 1912.
Active in promoting wrestling and boxing in the area Mr. Miller also sparked the development of the first swimming pool at Mud Lake.. He was enthusiastic about hockey, too and made many trips to neighbouring towns, often by horse-drawn cutter to play a game with the Innisfail team.
For many years Mr. Miller operated his own drawing business in Innisfail and for 22 years he was projectionist at an Innisfail movie house.
Paying tribute to his early work with the Innisfail fire brigade, a guard of honour from the department stood at the graveside in Innisfail cemetery and firemen acted as pallbearers at his funeral.
Mr. Miller is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Frank (Edith) Wolfe of Rosscarrock; Mrs. Irvin (Mary) Kassa of Innisfail; a brother, William, Wenatchee, Washington; and two grand-daughters and two great-grandsons.