William McMillan

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name
William McMillan
sex
male
access
public
summary
Brought from Nova Scotia at four, when his parents, Duncan and Mary McMillan, settled at Calamus, Dodge County, Wisconsin, in 1845. He married Harriet Ellen Adams at Fall River, Wisconsin, was probably farming and teaching in Mitchell County, Iowa, in 1880, and from the 1890s lived at Tacoma, Washington, where he died in 1927. Father of nine children, among them Alfred Ross McMillan.
born
date
Sep 1841
place
Nova Scotia
basis
documented
confidence
probable
sources
[census-1900-tacoma-mcmillan, record-washington-deaths-mcmillan-frost]
note
September 1841 (1900 census); about 6 March 1842 by his age at death. Came to the United States in 1845.
died
date
15 Mar 1927
place
Tacoma, Pierce County, Washington
basis
documented
confidence
proven
sources
[record-washington-deaths-mcmillan-frost]
note
Aged 85. Indexed as "merchant" in a Tacoma obituary the same day.
buried
place
Mountain View Memorial Park, Lakewood, Washington
basis
compiled
confidence
probable
sources
[online-tree-familysearch]
note
Find a Grave 43882380.
residences
date
1845
place
Calamus, Dodge County, Wisconsin
basis
compiled
confidence
probable
sources
[book-history-dodge-county-1880, census-1900-tacoma-mcmillan]
note
Came from Nova Scotia at four, when his parents settled at Calamus.
date
1860
place
Calamus, Dodge County, Wisconsin
basis
documented
confidence
probable
sources
[census-1850-1870-calamus-mcmillan]
note
In his parents' household.
date
1870
place
Calamus, Dodge County, Wisconsin
basis
documented
confidence
probable
sources
[census-1850-1870-calamus-mcmillan]
note
Head of his own household of four.
date
1880
place
Rock Township, Mitchell County, Iowa
basis
documented
confidence
probable
sources
[census-1880-mitchell-county-mcmillan]
note
Head of household, as "Wm. McMillen", farming and teaching.
date
1884
place
Park Rapids, Hubbard County, Minnesota
basis
inferred
confidence
probable
note
His son Alfred was born at Park Rapids on 21 Jan 1884; the family was in Washington Territory by June 1887.
date
1900
place
Tacoma, Washington
basis
documented
confidence
probable
sources
[census-1900-tacoma-mcmillan]
note
Head of household.
father
id
duncan-mcmillan-1814
basis
documented
confidence
proven
sources
[census-1850-1870-calamus-mcmillan, index-wisconsin-mcmillan-records, book-history-dodge-county-1880]
note
In Duncan's household in 1860; the marriage index names Duncan and Mary McMillen; the 1880 county history lists a son William.
mother
id
mary-mcmillan-1819
basis
documented
confidence
proven
sources
[census-1850-1870-calamus-mcmillan, index-wisconsin-mcmillan-records, book-history-dodge-county-1880]
note
In Duncan's household in 1860; the marriage index names Duncan and Mary McMillen; the 1880 county history lists a son William.
spouses
id
harriet-adams-1848
basis
documented
confidence
proven
sources
[index-wisconsin-mcmillan-records, census-1900-tacoma-mcmillan]
married
date
12 Sep 1862 or c. 1865
place
Fall River, Columbia County, Wisconsin
basis
documented
confidence
probable
sources
[index-wisconsin-mcmillan-records, census-1900-tacoma-mcmillan]
note
The index gives 12 Sept 1862, when Harriet was 14; the 1900 census (married 35 years) points to 1865. The certificate image (Columbia Co. no. 02652) would settle it.

Born in Nova Scotia in 1841 and taken to Wisconsin at four, when his parents settled at Calamus, Dodge County, in 1845. His younger brother Malcolm was wounded at Shiloh and died in May 1862. He married Harriet Ellen Adams at Fall River, Columbia County, and the family moved between Iowa and Wisconsin (Calamus again in 1870) before settling in Rock Township, Mitchell County, Iowa, where in 1880 he was "Farming & Teaching" (record). Alfred was born at Park Rapids, Minnesota, in 1884; Frank in Washington Territory in 1887. At Tacoma from the 1890s with nine children, all living in 1900 (record); died there in 1927.

Open questions

  • The year of the marriage (1862 or 1865); what he did in Tacoma; his obituary.
  • Whether he is the William McMillan who in 1911 asked to be guardian of his grandchildren Barbara, Irene and Frankie McMillan.
  1. ---
  2. name: William McMillan
  3. sex: male
  4. access: public
  5. summary: >-
  6. Brought from Nova Scotia at four, when his parents, Duncan and Mary McMillan, settled at
  7. Calamus, Dodge County, Wisconsin, in 1845. He married Harriet Ellen Adams at Fall River,
  8. Wisconsin, was probably farming and teaching in Mitchell County, Iowa, in 1880, and from the
  9. 1890s lived at Tacoma, Washington, where he died in 1927. Father of nine children, among them
  10. Alfred Ross McMillan.
  11. born:
  12. date: Sep 1841
  13. place: Nova Scotia
  14. basis: documented
  15. confidence: probable
  16. sources: [census-1900-tacoma-mcmillan, record-washington-deaths-mcmillan-frost]
  17. note: September 1841 (1900 census); about 6 March 1842 by his age at death. Came to the United States in 1845.
  18. died:
  19. date: 15 Mar 1927
  20. place: Tacoma, Pierce County, Washington
  21. basis: documented
  22. confidence: proven
  23. sources: [record-washington-deaths-mcmillan-frost]
  24. note: Aged 85. Indexed as "merchant" in a Tacoma obituary the same day.
  25. buried:
  26. place: Mountain View Memorial Park, Lakewood, Washington
  27. basis: compiled
  28. confidence: probable
  29. sources: [online-tree-familysearch]
  30. note: Find a Grave 43882380.
  31. residences:
  32. - date: "1845"
  33. place: Calamus, Dodge County, Wisconsin
  34. basis: compiled
  35. confidence: probable
  36. sources: [book-history-dodge-county-1880, census-1900-tacoma-mcmillan]
  37. note: "Came from Nova Scotia at four, when his parents settled at Calamus."
  38. - date: "1860"
  39. place: Calamus, Dodge County, Wisconsin
  40. basis: documented
  41. confidence: probable
  42. sources: [census-1850-1870-calamus-mcmillan]
  43. note: In his parents' household.
  44. - date: "1870"
  45. place: Calamus, Dodge County, Wisconsin
  46. basis: documented
  47. confidence: probable
  48. sources: [census-1850-1870-calamus-mcmillan]
  49. note: Head of his own household of four.
  50. - date: "1880"
  51. place: Rock Township, Mitchell County, Iowa
  52. basis: documented
  53. confidence: probable
  54. sources: [census-1880-mitchell-county-mcmillan]
  55. note: Head of household, as "Wm. McMillen", farming and teaching.
  56. - date: "1884"
  57. place: Park Rapids, Hubbard County, Minnesota
  58. basis: inferred
  59. confidence: probable
  60. note: "His son Alfred was born at Park Rapids on 21 Jan 1884; the family was in Washington Territory by June 1887."
  61. - date: "1900"
  62. place: Tacoma, Washington
  63. basis: documented
  64. confidence: probable
  65. sources: [census-1900-tacoma-mcmillan]
  66. note: Head of household.
  67. father:
  68. id: duncan-mcmillan-1814
  69. basis: documented
  70. confidence: proven
  71. sources: [census-1850-1870-calamus-mcmillan, index-wisconsin-mcmillan-records, book-history-dodge-county-1880]
  72. note: In Duncan's household in 1860; the marriage index names Duncan and Mary McMillen; the 1880 county history lists a son William.
  73. mother:
  74. id: mary-mcmillan-1819
  75. basis: documented
  76. confidence: proven
  77. sources: [census-1850-1870-calamus-mcmillan, index-wisconsin-mcmillan-records, book-history-dodge-county-1880]
  78. note: In Duncan's household in 1860; the marriage index names Duncan and Mary McMillen; the 1880 county history lists a son William.
  79. spouses:
  80. - id: harriet-adams-1848
  81. basis: documented
  82. confidence: proven
  83. sources: [index-wisconsin-mcmillan-records, census-1900-tacoma-mcmillan]
  84. married:
  85. date: 12 Sep 1862 or c. 1865
  86. place: Fall River, Columbia County, Wisconsin
  87. basis: documented
  88. confidence: probable
  89. sources: [index-wisconsin-mcmillan-records, census-1900-tacoma-mcmillan]
  90. note: The index gives 12 Sept 1862, when Harriet was 14; the 1900 census (married 35 years) points to 1865. The certificate image (Columbia Co. no. 02652) would settle it.
  91. ---
  93. Born in Nova Scotia in 1841 and taken to Wisconsin at four, when his parents settled at Calamus,
  94. Dodge County, in 1845. His younger brother Malcolm was wounded at Shiloh and died in May 1862. He
  95. married Harriet Ellen Adams at Fall River, Columbia County, and the family moved between Iowa and
  96. Wisconsin (Calamus again in 1870) before settling in Rock Township, Mitchell County, Iowa, where in 1880
  97. he was "Farming & Teaching" ([record](/files/sources/census-1880-mitchell-county-mcmillan/)). Alfred was born at Park
  98. Rapids, Minnesota, in 1884; Frank in Washington Territory in 1887. At Tacoma from the 1890s with nine
  99. children, all living in 1900 ([record](/files/sources/census-1900-tacoma-mcmillan/)); died there in 1927.
  101. ## Open questions
  103. - The year of the marriage (1862 or 1865); what he did in Tacoma; his obituary.
  104. - Whether he is the William McMillan who in 1911 asked to be guardian of his grandchildren Barbara,
  105. Irene and Frankie McMillan.
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