131:. He emigrated to South Australia in September 1849, and joined his uncle Robert Miller's company Miller & Gale. By 1855 he had been made a partner, and the company became J. Miller Anderson & Co. in 1859. The company was floated as Miller Anderson & Co. Ltd. in 1914 or 1915. He achieved what must be some kind of record – 75 years as an executive of the company and 60 years as company head. He never lost his Scots accent and took no part in public life. He married Christina Blackwood Sanders ( – 26 August 1920), daughter of Isabella Sanders (c. 1803 – 30 March 1870), later the second wife of
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