The Bruce Festival: Local honors family heritage
BONNERS FERRY — One man’s quest to learn more about his heritage inspired this past weekend’s The Bruce Festival, a celebration of the 750th birthday of King Robert I, also known as Robert the Bruce of Scotland.
John Miller, a Boundary County local, began researching his family lineage in 2023. On his mother's side he is the great-grandson of Hiram Edward and Rose Fleming, who moved to North Idaho in the 1890s. Miller began researching that side of his family.
“I recently found out the [the Bruce] is my 19th great-grandfather,” Miller told a crowd at the festival. “I have over 5 million cousins, some may even be here in Boundary County.”
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