Harriet Ellen Adams
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- name
- Harriet Ellen Adams
- aka
- [Ellen Adams, Helen Adams, Harriet McMillan]
- sex
- female
- access
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- summary
- Called Ellen or Helen; daughter of Robert Adams and Caroline Humphrey, early settlers of Columbia County, Wisconsin. She married William McMillan at Fall River, Wisconsin, had nine children, among them Alfred Ross McMillan, and died at Tacoma, Washington, in 1926.
- born
- date
- c. 5 Jan 1848
- place
- Wisconsin
- basis
- documented
- confidence
- probable
- sources
- [record-washington-deaths-mcmillan-frost, census-1850-richmond-walworth-adams]
- note
- By her age at death, "78 years 6 months 26 days"; 2 in the 1850 census. The trees' 5 Feb 1847 at Fall River has no source.
- died
- date
- 31 Jul 1926
- place
- Tacoma, Pierce County, Washington
- basis
- documented
- confidence
- proven
- sources
- [record-washington-deaths-mcmillan-frost]
- note
- Buried 2 Aug 1926, Mountain View Memorial Park (Find a Grave 43882366).
- residences
- date
- 1850
- place
- Richmond, Walworth County, Wisconsin
- basis
- documented
- confidence
- probable
- sources
- [census-1850-richmond-walworth-adams]
- note
- In her parents' household, as "Harriet E."
- date
- 1880
- place
- Rock Township, Mitchell County, Iowa
- basis
- documented
- confidence
- probable
- sources
- [census-1880-mitchell-county-mcmillan]
- note
- In her husband's household, as "Hellen H."
- date
- 1884
- place
- Park Rapids, Hubbard County, Minnesota
- basis
- inferred
- confidence
- probable
- note
- Her son Alfred was born at Park Rapids on 21 Jan 1884.
- date
- 1900
- place
- Tacoma, Washington
- basis
- documented
- confidence
- probable
- sources
- [census-1900-tacoma-mcmillan]
- note
- In her husband's household.
- father
- id
- robert-adams-1820
- basis
- documented
- confidence
- proven
- sources
- [census-1850-richmond-walworth-adams, index-wisconsin-mcmillan-records, book-humphreys-1883-humphreys-family]
- note
- In their household in 1850; the marriage index names Robert and Caroline Adams; Humphreys lists Caroline's children Jerome B., Ellen and Marion.
- mother
- id
- caroline-humphrey-1814
- basis
- documented
- confidence
- proven
- sources
- [census-1850-richmond-walworth-adams, index-wisconsin-mcmillan-records, book-humphreys-1883-humphreys-family]
- note
- In their household in 1850; the marriage index names Robert and Caroline Adams; Humphreys lists Caroline's children Jerome B., Ellen and Marion.
Called Ellen or Helen. Born in Wisconsin about January 1848; with her parents Robert Adams and Caroline Humphrey at Richmond, Walworth County, in 1850 (record); the family were early settlers of Columbia County. She married William McMillan at Fall River and had nine children, and died at Tacoma in 1926. Her death certificate gave her father only as "Adams" and her mother as "Unknown." Her son Fred bore the middle name Wheeler, after her sister Marian's first husband, Cyrus Wheeler.
---name: Harriet Ellen Adamsaka: [Ellen Adams, Helen Adams, Harriet McMillan]sex: femaleaccess: publicsummary: >-Called Ellen or Helen; daughter of Robert Adams and Caroline Humphrey, early settlers ofColumbia County, Wisconsin. She married William McMillan at Fall River, Wisconsin, had ninechildren, among them Alfred Ross McMillan, and died at Tacoma, Washington, in 1926.born:date: c. 5 Jan 1848place: Wisconsinbasis: documentedconfidence: probablesources: [record-washington-deaths-mcmillan-frost, census-1850-richmond-walworth-adams]note: By her age at death, "78 years 6 months 26 days"; 2 in the 1850 census. The trees' 5 Feb 1847 at Fall River has no source.died:date: 31 Jul 1926place: Tacoma, Pierce County, Washingtonbasis: documentedconfidence: provensources: [record-washington-deaths-mcmillan-frost]note: Buried 2 Aug 1926, Mountain View Memorial Park (Find a Grave 43882366).residences:- date: "1850"place: Richmond, Walworth County, Wisconsinbasis: documentedconfidence: probablesources: [census-1850-richmond-walworth-adams]note: In her parents' household, as "Harriet E."- date: "1880"place: Rock Township, Mitchell County, Iowabasis: documentedconfidence: probablesources: [census-1880-mitchell-county-mcmillan]note: In her husband's household, as "Hellen H."- date: "1884"place: Park Rapids, Hubbard County, Minnesotabasis: inferredconfidence: probablenote: "Her son Alfred was born at Park Rapids on 21 Jan 1884."- date: "1900"place: Tacoma, Washingtonbasis: documentedconfidence: probablesources: [census-1900-tacoma-mcmillan]note: In her husband's household.father:id: robert-adams-1820basis: documentedconfidence: provensources: [census-1850-richmond-walworth-adams, index-wisconsin-mcmillan-records, book-humphreys-1883-humphreys-family]note: In their household in 1850; the marriage index names Robert and Caroline Adams; Humphreys lists Caroline's children Jerome B., Ellen and Marion.mother:id: caroline-humphrey-1814basis: documentedconfidence: provensources: [census-1850-richmond-walworth-adams, index-wisconsin-mcmillan-records, book-humphreys-1883-humphreys-family]note: In their household in 1850; the marriage index names Robert and Caroline Adams; Humphreys lists Caroline's children Jerome B., Ellen and Marion.---Called Ellen or Helen. Born in Wisconsin about January 1848; with her parents Robert Adams andCaroline Humphrey at Richmond, Walworth County, in 1850 ([record](/files/sources/census-1850-richmond-walworth-adams/)); thefamily were early settlers of Columbia County. She married William McMillan at Fall River and hadnine children, and died at Tacoma in 1926. Her death certificate gave her father only as "Adams" andher mother as "Unknown." Her son Fred bore the middle name Wheeler, after her sister Marian's firsthusband, Cyrus Wheeler.