Brief Life History of Josephine
When Josephine Millier was born on 24 October 1882, in Owen Sound, Grey, Ontario, Canada, her father, John James Millier, was 38 and her mother, Maria Johnson, was 33. She married Charles Caldwell on 15 April 1908, in Owen Sound, Grey, Ontario, Canada. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in Calumet, Houghton, Michigan, United States in 1910 and Grey, Ontario, Canada in 1911. She died on 24 December 1934, in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, at the age of 52, and was buried in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
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- Josephine Millier in household of John Millier, "Canada Census, 1881"
- Legacy NFS Source: Josephine Millier - Government record: birth-name: Josephine Millier
- Josephine Millier, "Ontario Marriages, 1869-1927"
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1883 · Mining Boom
In 1883, there was a mining boom in Northern Ontario when mineral deposits were found near Sudbury. Thomas Flanagan was the blacksmith for the Canadian Pacific Railway that noticed the deposits in the river.
1886
Statue of Liberty is dedicated.
1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson
A landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities if the segregated facilities were equal in quality. It's widely regarded as one of the worst decisions in U.S. Supreme Court history.
Name Meaning
English: variant of Millyard with loss of -d.
Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland © University of the West of England 2016
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