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Thanks for replying Mick. I'm so disappointed. Thought maybe I'd finally found a connection to that Hugh Millar & Selina Colwell. My family were also miners from Dalkeith, but Hugh's father James (& his wife Elizabeth King) appear to have gone to Northumberland where they worked in the building trade. Been searching for verification that I have the right Millars for years. Oh well back to the drawing board!

Thanks again,
Elaine

If your Hugh Millar is the one who built houses in Northumberland, then I can help you.
He appears to have lived in Newcastle, but built terraced houses in North Tyneside (Northumberland at the time) to sell. He wasn’t only a builder, but an investor.
I have his address from when he lived in Newcastle, it’s written on the deeds to my house from when he had it built in 1899 and sold it to its first owner in 1904.