Identity area
Reference code
Title
Date(s)
- 1915, 2004-2013 (Creation)
Level of description
Collection
Extent and medium
12 pages
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
Richard M. Hughes is a resident of Rossmore, Ontario and President of the Hastings County Historical Society.
Name of creator
Biographical history
Frederick Manlis Miller was born in Madoc, Ontario on 23 April 1891. He worked as the day ticket clerk for the Grand Trunk Railway in Belleville, Ontario until he enlisted in the Canadian Expeditionary Force. He died of pneumonia in France on 9 December 1916. Service record: http://central.bac-lac.gc.ca/.item/?op=pdf&app=CEF&id=B6181-S001
Archival history
Letter found by Richard Hughes on Grand Trunk Railway property in Belleville, Ontario.
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Donated by Richard Hughes in April 2013.
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Letter from Frederick Manlis Miller to Thomas Henry Coppin, agent, informing him that Miller had enlisted for active service. Several pages and printouts of 2013 research by Richard Hughes on Miller's family history. Also a copy of a newspaper article on a family history story relating to Hughes' grandmother in England and Belleville mayor George Zegouras, with a copy of a photograph of Zegouras and Hughes.