Old photograph of the Robert Miller Newsagent Shop in Prestwick, Ayrshire, Scotland. The surname Miller was first found in Dumfriesshire, Gaelic: Siorrachd Dhùn Phris, a Southern area, bordering on England that today forms part of the Dumfries and Galloway Area, where the Miller family held a family seat from ancient times. One line had its ancestral seat at Dalswinton, Dumfriesshire. During the Middle Ages, occupational names were frequently recorded in Latin; thus, one who worked at a mill would have been documented under the name Milendinarius, Le Molendinator, or De Molendino. The modern spellings " Miller " and " Millar " came into general use about 1500. Blog post of interest to folks with ancestry, genealogy or Scottish Family Roots in Scotland who may wish to visit one day.
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