Millar, Annie Cleland (1855–1939)
Millar, Annie Cleland (1855–1939)
New Zealand innkeeper and business executive. Name variations: Ann Cleland. Born Ann Cleland, Mar 15, 1855, at Coatbridge, near Glasgow, Scotland; died Mar 25, 1939, in Invercargill, New Zealand; dau. of Andrew Cleland and Mary (Masterton) Cleland; m. John Millar (baker), 1885 (died 1913); children: 9.
Immigrated to New Zealand in her early 20s; when husband's bakery business failed, managed a private hotel (c. 1893–1900); leased and then purchased ACM Company Tea Rooms, which she managed (1900–16); also entered bread-baking industry, renamed A.C. Millars Ltd, which became a dynasty managed by generations of her descendants.
See also Dictionary of New Zealand Biography (Vol. 3).
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