Brief Life History of Robert
When Robert Mills was born on 19 May 1877, in Wayne, Wayne, West Virginia, United States, his father, James Martin Mills, was 24 and his mother, Cynthia J. Napier, was 26. He lived in Stonewall District, Wayne, West Virginia, United States for about 20 years. He died in 1910, at the age of 33.
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Family Time Line
Sources (5)
- Robert Mills in household of James M Mills, "United States Census, 1900"
- Robert Mills, "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918"
- Robert Mills in household of James M Mills, "United States Census, 1880"
Parents and Siblings
1852–1932 Male
1851–1922 Female
Siblings (9)
1872–1899 Female
1875– Male
1877–1910 Male
1880–1962 Male
1883–1948 Male
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World Events (8)
1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield
Age 4
1882 · The Chinese Exclusion Act
Age 5
1890 · The Sherman Antitrust Act
Age 13
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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