Tour Scotland Video John Millar Ship Owner Gravestone Old Kirk Graveyard Kirkcaldy Fife

Tour Scotland video of the John Millar, Ship Owner, gravestone in the Old Kirk cemetery on ancestry visit to Kirkcaldy, Fife, Scotland. In memory of John Millar who departed this life on the 11th Day of August, 1809 aged aged 65 years.

The Millar surname is an Anglo Saxon occupational name derived from the Olde English pre 7th Century " mylnere " meaning the " operator of the mill ". The mill was an important centre in every medieval settlement, where peasants gathered to have their corn ground into flour. The miller often kept a proportion of the ground corn by way of payment. The surname from this source is first recorded towards the end of the 13th Century, and is found in the records of every county in England. In the modern idiom the spelling of the name is Miller or Millar, the latter being a Scottish form.

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