Edward R. Seerie and wife Margaret McLean Duff
Edward R. Seerie, age 23, Scotland, married on 8th June 1861, in Dundee, Scotland, Margaret McLean Duff, age 18. Edward R. Seerie was the son of Peter Seery and Bridget Reiley. Edward R. Seerie died March 24, 1924, at the age 86, and wife Margaret died May 11, 1917.
Margaret McLean Duff, was the daughter of John Duff and Margaret Orrock of the Parish of Inverarity, near Dundee, Scotland. Edward Seerie managed the family farm in the Parish of Eassie and Nevay, Scotland. Edward and Margaret were the parents of eleven children:
Child | Year of Birth | Spouse | Year Married | Year of Immigration | |
1 |
1862 |
Margaret A. Price | 1887 | 1880 | |
2 |
1863 |
John Miller | ca. 1889 | Stayed in Scotland | |
3 |
Ann Seerie |
1865 |
never married? | ||
4 |
Elizabeth E. Seerie |
1867 |
Robert W. Findlay | 1890 | 1885 |
5 |
Mary J. Seerie |
1869 |
Joseph Gold Charles Hall |
1888 1915 |
1890 |
6 |
Jessie McGilvray Seerie |
1871 |
James Knox | 1896 | 1890 |
7 |
Helen Imrie Seerie |
1873 |
William E. Russell | 1897 | 1890 |
8 |
1876 |
Janet P. McNeil | 1916 | 1890 | |
9 |
John Duff Law Seerie |
1877 |
Fannie Rector Barton |
1901 Divorced 1908 |
1890 |
10 |
1880 |
Elsa Odella Himmelheber | 1910 | 1890 | |
11 |
William Smith Seerie |
1882 | Marie Himmelheber | 1903 | Born in Denver. |
Edward R. Seerie
The Seerie family immigrated to the United States in 1890 and settled in Denver, Colorado. Edward R. Seerie, immediately made new friends, and made himself prominent in Denver business circles. The Seerie family settled in the "Scottish Highlands" of Denver, a name that originated in the fact that many residents of the area of northwest Denver were immigrants from Scotland.
Edward R. Seerie was an ardent sportsman and spent much of his time in the open at his favorite sport fishing. The opening of the season each year found him trout fishing along the banks of the Gunnison river where he would spend several weeks. During his residence in Denver Seerie returned to Scotland to visit his old home and other sections of Europe numerous times.
The eldest son, David Duff Seerie, who had arrived prior to 1890, was already established in business as a contractor and builder. David Duff Seerie, for many years was widely known in Denver and throughout the state having supervised the construction of the State Capitol building. Margaret McLean Duff's sister, the widow, Jessie Duff McGilvray had made her home in Denver ten years earlier in 1880. Sons Edward and Peter Seerie are both engaged in the contracting and building business in Denver, and Peter Seerie was a water commissioner of the city.
Isabel Duff Seerie & John Miller
The eldest daughter Isabel Duff Seerie married John Miller in Dundee on the 28th of November 1884 and remained in Scotland. Isabell and husband John Miller lived in North Mains of Happis, Parish of Inverarity, Angus, Scotland. John Miller, was born 12 December 1854, in Carmyllie, and died in 1926 in Dundee. Isabell died in 1950. They had eight children: (1) Edward Seerie Miller, (2) Wilhelmina Miller, (3) Annie Fyffe Miller, (4) James Miller, (5) John Miller, (6) Maggie Duthie Pirie Miller, (7) David Miller, and (8) Robert Miller. The fourth born child, James Miller , came to the United States in 1912 to visited his uncle David Duff Seerie in Denver. The ship manifest listed James's height as 6 feet 5 inches tall. James Miller remained in Denver and died in 1944. He is buried in the Seerie family lot at Riverside Cemetery.
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Edward R. Seerie, b. September 3, 1837 Ireland; d. March 22, 1924, Denver
Sp: Margaret McLean Duff, b. July 16, 1842, Hosenett, Parish of
Inverarity, Angus, Scotland
Married: June 18, 1861, Manse of Tealing, Angus, Scotland
Immigration: 1890
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