Brief Life History of Patience Amelia
When Patience Amelia Stringfellow was born on 11 August 1839, in Chester, South Carolina, United States, her father, Robert Henry Stringfellow, was 27 and her mother, Maria Catherine Gray, was 27. She married Major Julius Mills on 28 June 1866. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 5 daughters. She lived in Chester Township, Chester, South Carolina, United States in 1900 and Chester, Chester, South Carolina, United States for about 20 years. She died on 15 May 1938, at the age of 98.
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Sources (16)
- Patience Mills in household of Julius Mills, "United States Census, 1870"
- Patience Stringfellow in entry for Lena Mills Matthews, "South Carolina Deaths, 1915-1965"
- Patience A Mills, "United States Census, 1930"
Spouse and Children
1839–1889 Male
1839–1938 Female
Children (7)
1867– Female
1869–1893 Female
1872–1965 Female
1875–1931 Male
1877–1891 Male
+2 More Children
Parents and Siblings
1812–1899 Male
1811–1902 Female
Siblings (9)
1835– Male
1837–1931 Male
1839–1938 Female
1841–1933 Male
1844–1907 Male
+4 More Children
World Events (8)
1846
Age 7
1860
Age 21
1865
Age 26
Name Meaning
English: occupational name from Middle English string-felagh ‘string-fellow, man who works at a string-hearth’. This was the hearth or furnace at which iron was heated for its second working. A 1547 document from south Yorkshire defines the string-fellow's duties: ‘the stringefelloe wages, for layeinge the stone and breakeinge and feyinge of synders and breakeinge of the blowme and hewinge’. Thornhill and Ecclesfield were two of several iron-working districts in Yorkshire. See also Stringer .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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