John Gilchrist MacMillan

Notes from Pastor Graham Robert Turner:

Changed the surname of his descendants to MacMillan as he believed this was the correct spelling.

As far as I know uncle John worked on farms in Scotland, possibly on the Duke of Argyll's estate, as a ploughman. He served 4 years in WWI and then a further year with the army of occupation in France. He married Mary and they emigrated to NZ in the early 1920's, assisted I believe by my father Charlie. For a time they lived with mum and dad then moved to do farm work nearby. His work included shepherding, dairying and cropping. He moved around a bit trying to better himself but farm bosses in those days were pretty hard - he continued working on farms until he retired to a small house in Feilding on a gov't. pension. He was a staunch member of the Masonic and Orange Lodges. He always had a good garden and also grew his own tobacco.

The McMillan family bible was sent out to John.

Information for all individuals in this line of descent provided by Pastor Graham Robert Turner of New Zealand, 2000 Apr 28, via GEDCOM. --Scott Edward Gomez