Brief Life History of Isabella Elizabeth
When Isabella Elizabeth Mills was born on 10 July 1872, in Arnaudville, St. Martin, Louisiana, United States, her father, John Chapman Mills, was 46 and her mother, Azema Meline Guidry, was 38. She died on 19 October 1883, in Lafayette, Lafayette, Louisiana, United States, at the age of 11, and was buried in Lafayette, Lafayette, Louisiana, United States.
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- Isabella Elizabeth Mills, "Louisiana Births and Christenings, 1811-1830, 1854-1934"
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World Events (6)
1875 · A Treaty with Hawaii
In the Mid 1870s, The United States sought out the Kingdom of Hawaii to make a free trade agreement. The Treaty gave the Hawaiians access to the United States agricultural markets and it gave the United States a part of land which later became Pearl Harbor.
1875 · A New Civil Rights Act
During the response to civil rights violations to African Americans, the bill was passed giving African Americans equal treatment in public accommodations, public transportation, and to prohibit exclusion from jury duty. While many in the public opposed this law, the African Americans greatly favored it.
1876 · The First Worlds Fair in the U.S.
The First official World's Fair, was held to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence in Philadelphia. 37 Countries provided venues for all to see.
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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