Mahala Florence Ottinger

Brief Life History of Mahala Florence

When Mahala Florence Ottinger was born on 20 May 1865, in Cocke, Tennessee, United States, her father, Ireneous Ottinger, was 32 and her mother, Mary Hester Borden, was 32. She married William I Mills on 11 December 1886, in Cocke, Tennessee, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in Civil District 2, Cocke, Tennessee, United States for about 10 years and Row River Election Precinct, Lane, Oregon, United States in 1940. She died on 25 August 1953, in Eugene, Lane, Oregon, United States, at the age of 88, and was buried in Salem Church, Cocke, Tennessee, United States.

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Family Time Line

William I Mills
1860–1930
Mahala Florence Ottinger
1865–1953
Marriage: 11 December 1886
Mabel Mills
1887–
Hume Mills
Hester O Mills
1890–
Hume Macon Mills
1892–1930

Sources (13)

  • Florence Mills in household of Robert C Mcnew, "United States Census, 1940"
  • Florence Ottinger, "Tennessee, County Marriages, 1790-1959"
  • Florence Mahala Mills, "Oregon, Oregon State Archives, Death Records, 1864-1968"

World Events (8)

1866 · The First Civil Rights Act

The first federal law that defined what was citizenship and affirm that all citizens are equally protected by the law. Its main objective was to protect the civil rights of persons of African descent.

1866 · Married Women's Property Act

Married Women’s Property Act protected women’s rights protected property for women in Oregon upon the death of her husband. 

1890 · The Sherman Antitrust Act

This Act tried to prevent the raising of prices by restricting trade. The purpose of the Act was to preserve a competitive marketplace to protect consumers from abuse.

Name Meaning

German: variant of Otting .

German (also Öttinger): habitational name for someone from any of the places called Otting or Öttingen, in Swabia, Bavaria, and Lorraine (France). Compare Oettinger .

Jewish (Ashkenazic): variant of Ettinger , a cognate of 2 above.

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

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