Elizabeth Mills

Brief Life History of Elizabeth

When Elizabeth Mills was born on 7 March 1839, in Douglas, Isle of Man, her father, John Mills, was 23 and her mother, Elizabeth Demonde Hall, was 22. She married Lyman Smith Hutchings on 22 January 1854, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. She immigrated to Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1853 and lived in Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States in 1900 and Glendale, Los Angeles, California, United States in 1928. She died on 7 June 1937, in Centerville, Davis, Utah, United States, at the age of 98, and was buried in Centerville City Cemetery, Centerville, Davis, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

Thomas William Whitaker
1816–1886
Elizabeth Mills
1839–1937
Marriage: 17 March 1858
Samuel Thomas Whitaker
1859–1920
Elizabeth Emily Mills Whitaker
1861–1951
John Mills Whitaker
1863–1960
Susan Johanna Whitaker
1866–1914
Mary Alice Whitaker
1868–1945
Joseph James Whitaker
1869–1954
Josephine Whitaker
1871–1962
Sarah Evelyn Whitaker
1874–1944
George Alma Whitaker
1876–1889
Grace Mabel Whitaker
1878–1889
Walter Eugene Whitaker
1880–1962

Sources (95)

  • Elizabeth Whitaker in household of George Halverson, "United States Census, 1900"
  • Elizabeth Mills, "California, County Birth and Death Records, 1800-1994"
  • U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900

World Events (8)

1841 · The Nauvoo Legion

In 1841, the Nauvoo Legion was organized. It was a group of men formed to protect the people of Nauvoo but also fought in different wars. Joseph Smith was the Lieutenant General of this group. Other leaders included Brigham Young, John C. Bennett, and others. They were part of the Illinois Mormon War (1844-1846), Mexican-American War (March of California, Capture of Tucson), Indian Wars (Battle Creek Massacre, Battle of Fort Utah, Walker War, Ute Black Hawk War, Mountain Meadows Massacre), American Civil War, and Morrisite War. The Legion was disbanded in 1887.

1846

U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.

1865

Abraham Lincoln is assassinated by John Wilkes Booth.

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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Elizabeth Mills Whitaker

ELIZABETH MILLS Elizabeth was born March 7, 1839 at Douglas, Isle of Mann which then belonged to Ireland. When she was two years old she had a severe case of measles which caused her to be totall …

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