Viola Maude Bell

Brief Life History of Viola Maude

When Viola Maude Bell was born on 27 July 1881, in Adams, Indiana, United States, her father, Vincent Davis Bell, was 44 and her mother, Sarah Ann Alexander, was 39. She married Oliver Plato Mills on 8 August 1903, in Adams, Indiana, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 1 daughter. She lived in Decatur, Adams, Indiana, United States for about 20 years and Washington Township, Adams, Indiana, United States in 1940.

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Family Time Line

Oliver Plato Mills
1877–1966
Viola Maude Bell
1881–
Marriage: 8 August 1903
Robert L Mills
1906–1987
Margeret Elizabeth Mills
1910–1961
Charles Albert Mills
1914–1994
Richard Warren Mills
1923–2011

Sources (13)

  • Viola M Mills in household of Oliver P Mills, "United States Census, 1910"
  • Viola Bell, "Indiana Marriages, 1811-2007"
  • Viola M Mills in entry for Richard Warren Mills, "Indiana, World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1940-1947"

World Events (8)

1882 · The Chinese Exclusion Act

A federal law prohibiting all immigration of Chinese laborers. The Act was the first law to prevent all members of a national group from immigrating to the United States.

1906 · Gary, Indiana, Is Founded

The town of Gary, Indiana, was founded by the United States Steel Corporation in 1906. The Gary Works steel mill was the largest integrated mill in North America. The city of Gary was named after Elbert Henry Gary who was the founding chairman of the United States Steel Corporation and American lawyer and county judge. Gary partnered with J.P. Morgan, Andrew Carnegie, and Charles M. Schwab to found the United States Steel Corporation.

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.

Name Meaning

English (northern) and Scottish (Lowlands): from the Middle English personal name Bell. As a man's name this is from Old French beu, bel ‘handsome’, which was also used as a nickname. As a female name it represents a short form of Isabel .

English (northern) and Scottish (Lowlands): from Middle English belle ‘bell’ (Old English belle), in various applications; most probably a metonymic occupational name for a bell ringer or bell maker, or a topographic name for someone living ‘at the bell’ (as attested by 14th-century forms such as John atte Belle). This indicates either residence by an actual bell (e.g. a town's bell in a bell tower, centrally placed to summon meetings, sound the alarm, etc.) or ‘at the sign of the bell’, i.e. a house or inn sign (although surnames derived from house and inn signs are rare in Scots and English).

English: from Middle English bel ‘fair, fine, good’ (Old French bel ‘beautiful, fair’). See also Beal 1.

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

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