Mills, Catherine (Kate)

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Mills, Catherine (Kate)

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  • Catherine (Kate) Rae

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Kate Robertson married Allen Rae who had come to Canada from Scotland at age 21. They had a son (Oswald) and two daughters (Retta and Minnie). Minnie was born on January 17, 1888. The family left their farm in Manitoba as the wheat froze each winter. They came to Squamish in February 1889 where Kate's parents had alrady pre-empted. Allen hoped to find gold. They pre-empted near the present day railway shops.

Kate and Allen had seven more sons in Squamish: Thomas Edgar was the first white child to be born in the Squamish Valley (March 8, 1889), Wilfred (1891), Robert Stewart (1893), Herbert Lawson (June 15, 1894), Maurice (1896), Lawrence Johnson (1900), and Jimmie (around 1902).

Allen joined the hop industry around 1894. He grew hops in an area now known as North Yards. The farm would be 160 acres and was separated in 1921 when the Mamquam River changed its course. In 1904, Allen sold 20 acres of land to Jimmy Neil.

Allen died when he was blasting stumps on his farm. He did not wait long enough after he thought the fuse had gone out. The house near the railway shops was destroyed by a flood in 1908.

Around 1910, Kate bought a boarding house beside the Bracken Arms for the men working on the Howe Sound Northern Railway. The Lews, and then the Armstrongs were the successive owners.

Kate married Hugh Henry Mills in 1912. They lived in the house where Norm Halvorson later lived in 1984.

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Squamish Public Library, Squamish Filse: Prominent Names.

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Rae, Robert Stewart (Bert) (1893 - April 14, 1978)

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RR01

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family

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Kate Mills is Bert Rae's mother.

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McLeod, Margareta

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MM02

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family

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Kate Mills is Margareta's grandmother.

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Wilson, Gertrude

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GW01

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family

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Kate Mills is Gertrude Armstrong's grandmother.

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Bob Armstrong

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BA02

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family

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Kate Mills is Bob Armstrong's grandmother.

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Armstrong, Les

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LA01

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family

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Kate Mills is Les Armstrong's grandmother.

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Armstrong, Minnie (January 17, 1888 - January 5, 1966)

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MA01

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family

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Kate Mills is Minnie's mother.

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Keith, Mabel

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MK01

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family

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Kate Mills is Mabel's grandmother.

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Rae, Wilfred (Whiff) (1891 - October 29, 1968)

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WR01

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family

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Kate Mills is Wilfred Rae's mother.

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Rae, Thomas Edgar (March 8, 1889 - March 26, 1963)

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TR01

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family

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Kate Mills is Thomas Edgar Rae's mother.

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Rae, Allen

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AR01

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family

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Rae, Retta (188? - ~1910)

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RR01

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family

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Kate Mills is Retta Rae's mother.

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Rae, Oswald (Ozzie) (188? - ~1920)

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OR01

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family

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Kate Mills is Oswald Rae's mother.

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Rae, Maurice (1896 - October 18, 1951)

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MR01

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family

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Kate Mills is Maurice Rae's mother.

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Rae, Lawrence Johnson (1900 - February 8, 1961)

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LR01

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family

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Kate Mills is Lawrence Johnson Rae's mother.

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Rae, Jimmie (~1902 - 1981)

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JR01

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family

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Kate Mills is Jimmie Rae's mother.

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Rae, Herbert Lawson (June 15, 1894 - December 17, 1958)

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LR01

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family

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Kate Mills is Herbert Lawson Rae's mother.

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Mills, Hugh Henry (1886 - November 23, 1951)

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HM01

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family

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