Memorable Manitobans: William White Miller (1846-?)

Postmaster.

Born Dower, County Cavan, Ireland on 8 August 1846, son of Matthew G. and Jane Miller, he came to Canada with his parents and settled in Hamilton, Ontario in 1854. He was educated at the public schools of Guelph, then engaged in mercantile business at Rothsay, Ontario in 1873. Four years later, he moved to Manitoba, becoming the manager of Patterson & MacCracken Company at Portage la Prairie in 1877. He was appointed Postmaster of Portage la Prairie in 1880.

He married Anna M. Brown of Listowel, Ontario in 1872, with whom he had one daughter, Edith Jane Miller.

He served as President of the Urban Insurance Company (Portage la Prairie), Superintendent of the Knox Church Sunday School (Portage la Prairie) for thirty years, President of the Local Bible Society for over twenty years, Secretary-Treasurer of the Rural Municipality of Portage la Prairie from 1881 to 1885, and Chairman of the Public School Board from 1890 to 1910.

Source:

Who’s Who in Western Canada: A Biographical Dictionary of Notable Living Men and Women of Western Canada, Volume 1, edited by C. W. Parker, Vancouver: Canadian Press Association, 1911.

A History of Manitoba: Its Resources and People by Prof. George Bryce, Toronto: The Canadian History Company, 1906.

Profile revised: 30 March 2008

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