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James Owen Miller, managing
director of James 0. Miller & Company, Limited, is one of Calgary's most
energetic and progressive business men He was born in Edinburgh,
Scotland, in February, 1885, a son of John and Christina (Younger)
Miller, likewise natives of that country. The father is a minister in
the Presbyterian church in Airdrie, Scotland, and he and his wife are
highly esteemed citizens of that community.
James Owen Miller
received his education in the public schools of Edinburgh and later
enrolled in George Watson's College there. lie also attended the Glasgow
Technical Institution and the Glasgow Athenaeum. After putting his
textbooks aside he was employed in the paper manufacturing business with
Robert Craig & Sons, a connection he main- tamed until 1910, when he
came to Canada, and entered the insurance business with the Nova Scotia
Fire Insurance Company, remaining with them in different capacities
until 1913, when he went to Winnipeg as superintendent of agencies from
there to the coast. He faithfully and satisfactorily discharged the
duties of that important position until 1914, when he located in Calgary
as general agent for the company. He later branched out with other large
companies, and in 1920 he opened a bond department, and has offices in
the Herald building, employing fifteen people in the conduct of his
business, in which he is gratifyingly successful. He maintains offices
in Regina, as well as in Calgary. The success that he has won may be
attributed in large measure to his keen perception, determined execution
of his plans, sound judgment and every-day common sense.
In September, 1914, Mr.
Miller was married to Miss Barbara A. Kaulbach, a daughter of John C.
and Ella (McLain) Kaulbach of Nova Scotia. The Kaulbachs are one of the
oldest and most honored families in Nova Scotia, having located there
some one hundred and fifty years ago and since that time have taken a
prominent part in the development and improvement of the province. The
grandfather was one of the prominent men of his day. Mr. Kaulbach is now
engaged in the mercantile business in Nova Scotia, where he and his wife
reside. To Mr. and Mrs. Miller two children have been born: Constance
Kaulbach, whose birth occurred in March, 1916; and Graham Owen, who was
born in May, 1917.
In his political views
Mr. Miller is a Conservative and although he has never sought nor
desired political preferment he is public-spirited and is never too busy
to give his aid in the furtherance of any movement for the benefit of
the community at large. He is an active member of the Board of Trade and
the Kiwanis Club and socially is identified with the Calgary Golf &
Country Club and the Canadian Club. Fraternally he is identified with
the Masons. His religious faith is manifest in his membership in the
Knox Presbyterian church, and along strictly business lines he is
affiliated with the Hall Underwriters Association, of which he is
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