Brief Life History of Edna
When Edna Mills was born on 3 October 1905, in Posey, Indiana, United States, her father, Jennison Platt Mills, was 40 and her mother, Nettie Allyn, was 32. She had at least 1 daughter with Edgar Emerine. She lived in Black Township, Posey, Indiana, United States for about 10 years. She died on 21 June 1984, in Mount Vernon, Posey, Indiana, United States, at the age of 78, and was buried in Belle Fontaine Cemetery, Posey, Indiana, United States.
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Family Time Line
Sources (10)
- Edna Emmerine in household of Edgar Emmerine, "United States Census, 1930"
- Edna Mills Emerine, "Find A Grave Index"
- Edna Mills Emerine in entry for Edgar Emerine, "United States, GenealogyBank Historical Newspaper Obituaries, 1815-2011"
Spouse and Children
Parents and Siblings
1864–1955 Male
1873–1963 Female
Siblings (3)
1897–1994 Male
1904–1974 Male
1905–1984 Female
World Events (8)
1906 · Saving Food Labels
Age 1
1906 · Gary, Indiana, Is Founded
Age 1
1927
Age 22
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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