Brief Life History of Caroline
When Caroline Mills was born in February 1830, in Johnstown, Fulton, New York, United States, her father, Samuel Mills, was 34 and her mother, Mary "Polly" Bentley, was 28. She married Alfred Earl on 15 December 1849. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 5 daughters. She lived in Michigan, United States in 1870. She died after 1900, in Greenville, Montcalm, Michigan, United States, at the age of 8169.
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Family Time Line
Sources (11)
- Caroline A Earl in household of Alfred Earl, "United States Census, 1860"
- Caroline Earl in entry for Alice Earl, "Michigan Deaths, 1867-1897"
- Caroline A Earl in household of Alfred Earl, "New York State Census, 1855"
Spouse and Children
1820–1903 Male
1830–after 1900 Female
Children (7)
1851–1853 Male
1854–1935 Female
1856–1864 Female
1858–1872 Female
1860–1951 Female
+2 More Children
Parents and Siblings
1796–1886 Male
1801–1884 Female
Siblings (9)
1819–1913 Female
1821–1886 Male
1822–1915 Male
1826–1899 Male
1829–1887 Female
+4 More Children
World Events (8)
1832 · The Black Hawk War
Age 2
1837
Age 7
1854 · Creation of the Republican Party
Age 24
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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