Janet Nimmo

Brief Life History of Janet

When Janet Nimmo was born on 22 March 1818, in Linlithgow, West Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom, her father, David Nimmo, was 26 and her mother, Helen Fram, was 26. She married Joseph William McMillan on 17 May 1835, in Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 8 sons and 6 daughters. She lived in Carrick, Ayrshire, Scotland in 1851. She died on 22 May 1889, in Terang, Victoria, Australia, at the age of 71, and was buried in Terang, Victoria, Australia.

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Family Time Line

Joseph William McMillan
1808–1881
Janet Nimmo
1818–1889
Marriage: 17 May 1835
William Joseph McMillan
1836–1921
Alexander Mcmillan
1847–1912
Isabella McMillan
1837–
Robert McMillan
1838–1912
John Ernest McMillan
1841–1904
Eleanor McMillan
1845–1925
James McMillan
1846–1925
David McMillan
1849–1867
Mary Mcmillan
1851–1946
Joseph William McMillan
1853–1905
Jessie McMillan
1856–1925
Thomas Richardson McMillan
1857–1923
Jane McMillan
1860–
Mary Macmillan
1861–

Sources (12)

  • Jennet Mcmillan in household of Joseph Mcmillan, "Scotland Census, 1851"
  • Janet Nimmo, "Scotland Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950"
  • Janet Nimmo, "Scotland, Marriages, 1561-1910"

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World Events (8)

1823

Rugby Football 'invented' at Rugby School.

1834

Victoria's first successful British settlement was at Portland, on the west coast of what is now Victoria. Portland was settled on 19 November 1834

1843

Dickens A Christmas Carol was first published.

Name Meaning

Scottish: possibly a nickname from Scottish Gaelic nèamhach ‘angel’

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

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