Brief Life History of Edgar Leonard
When Edgar Leonard Mills was born on 1 March 1911, in Shackelford, Texas, United States, his father, Samuel Thomas Jefferson Mills Jr, was 37 and his mother, Frances Missouri Seaborn, was 33. He lived in Stephens, Texas, United States in 1920. He died on 7 November 1957, in Temple, Bell, Texas, United States, at the age of 46, and was buried in Eliasville, Young, Texas, United States.
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Sources (2)
- Lenard Mills in household of Pete M Mills, "United States Census, 1920"
- Edgar L Mills, "Texas Deaths, 1890-1976"
World Events (8)
1912 · The Girl Scouts
Like the Boy Scouts of America, The Girl Scouts is a youth organization for girls in the United States. Its purpose is to prepare girls to empower themselves and by acquiring practical skills.
1914 · Steamboat Service Established with New York
Satilla was the first Deepwater Steamship to arrive at the port of Houston. This accomplishment successfully established a steamboat service between Houston and New York City.
1927
Charles Lindbergh makes the first solo nonstop transatlantic flight in his plane The Spirit of St. Louis.
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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