New Dundee Tweedsmuir History Book H, p. 4

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and William Millar bought their first property in Berlin, built as a house in the very heart of the little settlement and in it set up a store on the southeast corner of King and Frederick Streets near a huge sandhill. Frederick street is said to have been named after another brother, Frederick: William Millar and his sister, Janet were postmaster and post mistress of the first post office in Berlin. Records show that Frederick Gourlay Millar went to New Dundee when still a young man. He bought the house and store of his brother John and built the first grist mill of the settlement. Later he moved Port Dover, and from there he went to Burford, where he died. His widow returned to Berlin with her family of whom the known members are Alexander Millar K. C. of Berlin; William a lawyer, of New Hamburg whose daughter Kate spent some time in the office of her uncle, Alexander, and is now Mrs. Stirling; Allan and David, one of both of whom became doctors, residence unknown, John who went west, and a duaghter Isabella, who married a Mr. Jones of Burford. One of the street of New Dundee was named after her. William Millar and his sister, Janet left the post office in Berlin and went to live in New Dundee. William bought a hundred acres of hardwood bush, the farm now owned by Gilbert Bergey. He built a small brick cottage and he and his housekeeping sister Janet lived there for the rest of their lives. William also bought a hundred acres of pine bush on the

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