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Jim Miller and Christopher Miller

Jim Miller, John Miller’s great-grandson, is the present owner and operator of Thistle Ha’ farm. Christopher Miller, John Miller’s great-great-grandson, is a PhD candidate in the Department of History at Montreal’s Concordia University.

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Scottish immigrant John Miller (1817-1904) settled Thistle Ha’ farm in 1839. Photo taken circa 1883. (Reproduced with permission from the Thistle Ha’ private collection.)

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