Brief Life History of Elizabeth Caroline
When Elizabeth Caroline Mills was born in 1837, in Union, North Carolina, United States, her father, Morgan J Mills, was 37 and her mother, Jane Elizabeth Cotton, was 36. She married Charles Washington Maples Sr about 1870, in United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in Mount Croghan, Chesterfield, South Carolina, United States for about 10 years. She died on 2 February 1907, in Pageland, Chesterfield, South Carolina, United States, at the age of 70, and was buried in Pickens, South Carolina, United States.
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Family Time Line
Sources (10)
- E Maples in household of C W Maples, "United States Census, 1870"
- Legacy NFS Source: Emma Elizabeth Caroline Maples - Government record: Census record: birth: about 1837; North Carolina, United States
- Elizabeth Mills Maples in entry for Mr John T Maples, "United States, GenealogyBank Historical Newspaper Obituaries, 1815-2011"
Spouse and Children
1838–1881 Male
1837–1907 Female
Children (5)
1855–1941 Male
1870–1952 Male
1872–1946 Female
1874–1960 Female
1878–1948 Male
Parents and Siblings
1800–1880 Male
1801–1875 Female
Siblings (10)
1825–1891 Male
1828– Female
1829– Male
1832– Female
1837–1907 Female
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World Events (8)
1846
Age 9
1853 · First State Fair
Age 16
1860
Age 23
Name Meaning
English: variant of Mill 1, with excrescent -s added in post-medieval times. Compare Mullins , from a French equivalent of this name, and see also Milnes .
English: either a variant of Miles , a variant of Mill 2, with genitival or post-medieval excrescent -s, or Myhill , with post-medieval excrescent -s.
Irish: this is usually the English name, especially in Ulster, but elsewhere in Ireland it was also adopted for the Gaelic topographic byname, an Mhuilinn ‘of the mill’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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