Francis Barclay McMillan

Brief Life History of Francis Barclay

When Francis Barclay McMillan was born about 1846, in Pennsylvania, United States, his father, Jonathan McMillan, was 47 and his mother, Elizabeth Barclay, was 24. He married Mary Ann Brown in 1876. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Bakerstown, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States in 1880 and Shaler Township, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States for about 10 years. He died on 23 November 1903, in Glenshaw, Shaler Township, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 58, and was buried in Bakerstown, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States.

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Family Time Line

Francis Barclay McMillan
about 1846–1903
Mary Ann Brown
1855–1935
Marriage: 1876
Wade McMillan
1877–1895
Lois Virginia Mcmillan
1878–
Francis Barclay McMillan
1881–
John Gordon McMillan
1882–1964
Lora Brickle McMillan
1884–1974
Howard McMillan
1888–1950
Mary Brown McMillan
1897–1963

Sources (14)

  • Frank B Mcmillan, "United States, Census of Union Veterans and Widows of the Civil War, 1890"
  • Legacy NFS Source: Francis Barclay McMillan - Government record: birth:
  • Francis Barkley McMillan, "Find A Grave Index"

World Events (7)

about 1846

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

1863

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

1863 · Battle of Gettysburg

The three day Battle of Gettysburg was one of the bloodiest of the American Civil War. Between the Confederates and Unions, somewhere between 46,000 and 51,000 people died that day.

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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