When Effie Mathilda Gillund was born on 23 July 1896, in Foldahl Township, Marshall, Minnesota, United States, her father, Adolph Martin Gillund, was 26 and her mother, Julia Mathilde Nilson, was 18. She married Peter Edwin Miller on 24 March 1914. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 3 daughters. She died on 8 February 1976, in Lacombe, Alberta, Canada, at the age of 79, and was buried in Gull Lake Cemetery, Gull Lake, Lacombe County, Alberta, Canada.
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Oldest Grave seen in the Memorials list.
After the explosion of the USS Maine in the Havana Harbor in Cuba, the United States engaged the Spanish in war. The war was fought on two fronts, one in Cuba, which helped gain their independence, and in the Philippines, which helped the US gain another territory for a time.
U.S. intervenes in World War I, rejects membership of League of Nations.
Norwegian: habitational name from a farm name, Old Norse Gildalundr, where ceremonial feasts (gildi) were arranged.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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