Family Trees

The two main branches of Alexander 'Alec' Miller's ancestry are represented in the family trees further below on this page.  The Miller branch begins with Alec's father, Alexander Miller, born 1870 in Aberdeen; and the Main branch begins with Alec's mother, Elspet Webster Main, born 1869 in Aberdeen.  

It is clear from the genealogical records that both branches of Elspet Main's family - the Mains and the Morrices - have deep roots in the Aberdeen area of Scotland, including the adjacent fishing village of Nigg, Kincardine. And while one branch of Alexander Miller's (b.1870) family - the Cooks - also comes from the Aberdeen and the neighboring Kincardine region, the Millers have long ancestral lines in the county of Fife, primarily St Andrews but also from the small coastal villages of St. Monance (also spelled as St. Monans), Crail, and Kingsbarns.

 

Although St. Andrews and Aberdeen are both located on the northeast coast of Scotland and just 80 miles apart, the question still remains - how did the two branches of the Miller family, the Millers and Cooks, first come together?  What was it that connected Alexander Miller, a tinsmith from St. Andrews born in 1844, with Barbara Cook, a dairy maid from Nigg, Kincardine born in 1842?  Furthermore, why did the couple who brought together these two sides of the family get married in London in 1868?  The most likely answer to both of these questions is that Alexander Miller, a tinsmith by trade, sometimes had to move where the jobs were.  This was a common practice during the 1800s, and perhaps sometime during the 1860s Alexander Miller relocated to the Aberdeen-Kincardine area for employment where he met his future wife Barbara Cook.  And when the job in Aberdeen-Kincardine ended, work may have brought him to London, but this time Alexander Miller went with Barbara Cook where they got married in 1868.

The Miller Family Tree

 

 

The Main Family Tree