Milley and Job

• Format: Still Image
• Language: English
• Published: 1927
• Subjects: Job; Robert Brown; 1873-1961; Milley; Samuel F.; 1867-1939; Rivers > Newfoundland and Labrador > Grand River (Codroy Valley); Atlantic salmon fishing > Newfoundland and Labrador; Atlantic salmon; Newfoundland
• Online Access: http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/m_fomowa/id/504

1 photograph : sepia toned 7.5 x 13 cm Samuel F. Milley and Robert Brown Job standing over an unidentified man and a young boy. Title from album caption. Samuel F. Milley (1867-1939) was born in St. John's in 1867. Milley was a prominent dry goods merchant in St. John's from 1890's and was a member of the Legisaltive Council for more than 30 years. Milley died in Montreal on February 12, 1939. Robert Brown Job (1873-1961), son of Agnes (Brown) and Thomas Raffles Job, was born in Waterloo, England. Married (1) Alice Warren; (2) Emilie (Mare) Warren. In 1899 he became partners in Job Brothers & Co. In 1928 Job was appointed to the Legisaltive Council and served in that body until the introduction of Government by Commission in 1934. He was a local historian and contributed several articles to the Newfoundland Quarterly. Job died on September 6, 1961. Good An album containing 323 black and white photographs and 25 pages of text, covering the years 1914 to 1937 of the FOMOWA Fishing Club on the Grand Codroy River on the west coast of Newfoundland. The album's images have been digitized as separate items.