Brief Life History of Mills
When Mills Merrill was born on 20 December 1831, in Orford, Grafton, New Hampshire, United States, his father, Josiah Merrill, was 39 and his mother, Sarah Mills, was 43. He lived in Porter Township, Scioto, Ohio, United States for about 10 years. He died on 17 January 1890, in New Hampshire, United States, at the age of 58.
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Family Time Line
Sources (3)
- Wills W Merrill in household of Josiah Merrill, "United States Census, 1860"
- Legacy NFS Source: Mills Merrill - Published information: birth: 20 December 1831;
- Mills W Merrill in household of Josiah Merrill, "United States Census, 1870"
Parents and Siblings
1792–1876 Male
1788–1876 Female
Siblings (4)
1815– Male
1817– Male
1824–1884 Male
1831–1890 Male
World Events (7)
1833 · First Public Library Founded in Petersborough
Age 2
1836 · Kirtland Temple Dedicated
Age 5
1860 · Ohio supports the Union side of the Civil War
Age 29
Name Meaning
Welsh and English: from a female personal name of Celtic origin, found in Welsh as Meriel and Meryl and in Irish as Muirgheal, earlier Muirgel (‘sea-bright’).
English: habitational name from one or more of the many places whose names derive from Middle English mirie, merie, murie ‘merry, pleasant’ (Old English myrge) + hill, hell, hull ‘hill’ (Old English hyll), including two places called Merry Hill in Staffordshire and a third in Hertfordshire.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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