When Sarah Ann McMillan was born on 2 October 1826, in Waterford, County Waterford, Ireland, her father, William McMillan, was 23 and her mother, Elizabeth Smith, was 15. She married John Heyborne on 14 September 1842, in Newport, Monmouthshire, Wales, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 2 daughters. She immigrated to San Pedro, San Bernardino, California, United States in 1856. In 1880, at the age of 53, her occupation is listed as midwife in Cedar City, Iron, Utah, United States. She died on 14 September 1891, in Cedar City, Iron, Utah, United States, at the age of 64, and was buried in Cedar City Cemetery, Cedar City, Iron, Utah, United States.
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Scottish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Maoláin, a patronymic from the byname Maolán, a diminutive of maol ‘bald, tonsured’. In Scotland the usual form is Macmillan . Compare the Irish Anglicized form McMullan and Mullen 1.
History: This is the name of a Scottish clan traditionally associated with lands in Knapdale, Argyll. Tradition has it that they are descended from a married priest or tonsured lay abbot called Gille Chriosd (‘servant of Christ’), who lived in the 12th century.
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Possible Related NamesSarah Ann McMillan was born in Ireland in 1824, married British army officer John Heyborne, and together they had five children. John was assigned to serve in Australia where he died. Sarah Ann then m …
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