Bernice Bertha Elizabeth Bramhill, third daughter (fourth child) of Clendon and Violet Bramhill, was born on October 29, 1923 in the family home on Concession 3 of Minto Township. I lived there with my family until moving to Palmerston in 1943 leaving my brother Ivan and wife Thelma on the home place.

        At this time I was working in the office of my Dad’s Bramhill Brothers Chopping Mill on the main street of Palmerston. The picture to the right shows me at the front of the Mill during the winter of 1942. Left to Right: Leslie Shewan, Ivan Bramhill, Bernice Bramhill, Cliff Wilson and Laverne Bramhill.
 
 
 

         On June 10, 1944 I married Norman Miller, of Gowanstown Ontario, at the United Church Manse in Palmerston, Ontario. Norman Harkness Miller, son of Fred Miller and Annie Ott, was born on March 20, 1918 on the 4^th Concession of Wallace Township.

        We moved back to the 2^nd Concession of Minto Township to the farm at Lot 23, concession 3, (Cecil Phillipson farm) where we farmed for 25 years until Norman’s truck accident death on March 13, 1969.
 
 Along with being a mother of three children
        Mildred Marie
        Mary Ann
        Kenneth Norman
and housewife, I worked at Campbell Soup, Listowel from 1960 to 1966.

       Then joining the staff at the Midwestern Regional Children's Centre on Highway 23 between Listowel and Palmerston, I worked as a Medical Assistant until retiring in 1980.

In 1971 I married William Marriner of Fordwich and built a new home there. We also built and managed a new Mobile Home Park in Fordwich until my second husband’s death with cancer in 1988. My brother Percy Bramhill of Cambridge then took over the Park. I moved back to Palmerston and lived there in a home on Main Street until August 1, 1999 when I sold that house and moved to the newly built Palmerston Place Apartments at 56 William Street where I now reside.

Norman and Bernice’s children:
        Mildred Marie
        Mary Ann
        Kenneth Norman
 
 

Four Generations
Bernice, Mildred, Teasha, Shelley

Mildred Marie (Miller) Robb
By Mildred Marie Miller Robb

        I was born December 16, 1944, Mildred Marie Miller, eldest of three children born to Bernice Bramhill Miller Marriner and Norman Miller. I resided at R. R. #2 Palmerston where I went to S. S. No. 2 Minto School for 8 years under the guidance of our teacher Annie Bramhill. Then on to Norwell District High School, for the next four years until my graduation.

        In 1963, I married Bill Robb from Clifford, Ontario. He worked for 35 years with the Bank of Montreal in many branches in Ontario. We had three children, George Robb, Barry (Debbie) Robb and Shelley (Bryon) Robb-Sergeant, all of which reside in Perth County Ontario. In total I have four grandchildren.

After the passing of my husband in 1997, I moved to Kingston, Ontario where I presently reside.

Our children:
        George
        Barry
        Shelley
 
 

Mary Ann (Miller) Alexander

        I am the second child of Bernice (Bramhill) Marriner and Norman Miller, born on July 12, 1948. I went to a one-room public school, S. S. #2 Minto, my teacher being Miss Annie Bramhill for 8 years. In 1966 I graduated from Norwell District Secondary School in Palmerston.

On September 12, 1969 I married Peter Alexander. 

We have three children:
        Randy b. 1970 – lives in Toronto
        Kimberley b.1972 – lives in Owen Sound
        Patricia b. 1975 – lives in Stratford

        I worked for 29 ½ half years at Midwestern Regional Children’s Centre, Palmerston, with the mentally handicapped, until December 1997. My husband Peter is a milk truck driver for Gea Lee of Teaswater.

        We have lived in a little hamlet called Newbridge Ontario, near Fordwich, since 1981 and still reside there.
 
 

Kenneth Norman Miller
By Kenneth Miller

        My name is Kenneth Norman Miller and I was born to Bernice (Bramhill) and Norman Miller on February 25, 1951. I am a grandson of Clendon Bramhill. I lived on the 2nd of Minto for most of my youth. I went to S.S.# 2 Minto Public School for most of my primary schooling and then went to Norwell District Secondary School in Palmerston where I graduated.

        After graduation, I started working as a carpenter and now have been self-employed as a carpenter for the past twenty years.

        On September 7, 1974, I married Shirley Bilton and we have three sons. Shirley is a Registered Nurse and has worked at the Listowel Hospital for twenty-five years. Our oldest son, Scott, was born on April 1, 1976. He is presently working for a business that makes solid wood furniture. Our second son, Shane, was born on February 13, 1979. He works in Scarborough for Triple A Wildlife animal control. Our youngest son, Stephen, was born on September 17, 1980 and he is presently going to college in Lindsay.

In 1988, we built a house on a farm on the 10th concession of Howick Township (R.R.#1 Gorrie), and that is where we presently live.

Our children:
        Scott
        Shane
        Stephen