Janet Miller
Submitted by Alison McCall on 28 April 2015 - 1:57pm
Revised: 28 April 2015 - 2:33pm — Alison McCall
Other names:
She was known as Jennie. Her surname is variously spelled Miller or Millar
Dates:
23 October 1857 - 3 Jan 1877
Janet Miller was the second daughter of lead miner James Miller and his wife Janet Hastie. She worked as a domestic servant. On her way to her sister's wedding she was caught in a blizzard and fell into an old lead mine. Her body was found six days later, on the 9th January 1877.