Tirzah McMillan

Brief Life History of Tirzah

When Tirzah McMillan was born in 1846, in Ohio, United States, her father, Charles McMillan, was 45 and her mother, Rosannah Hunter, was 45.

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Charles McMillan
1801–
Rosannah Hunter
1801–1883
Rosannah McMullen
1820–1890
William K McMillan
1829–
John W McMillan
1832–
Thomas McMillan
1834–
Barbara McMillan
1836–
Tirzah McMillan
1846–

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    World Events (3)

    1846

    U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.

    1860 · Ohio supports the Union side of the Civil War

    Although divided as a state on the subject of slavery, Ohio participated in the Civil War on the Union's side, providing over 300,000 troops. Ohio provided the 3rd largest number of troops by any Union state.

    1863

    Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

    Name Meaning

    Scottish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Maoláin, a patronymic from the byname Maolán, a diminutive of maol ‘bald, tonsured’. In Scotland the usual form is Macmillan . Compare the Irish Anglicized form McMullan and Mullen 1.

    History: This is the name of a Scottish clan traditionally associated with lands in Knapdale, Argyll. Tradition has it that they are descended from a married priest or tonsured lay abbot called Gille Chriosd (‘servant of Christ’), who lived in the 12th century.

    Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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