Francis Emiline McMillan

Brief Life History of Francis Emiline

When Francis Emiline McMillan was born on 7 September 1876, in Adams, Iowa, United States, her father, Alexander Sampson Smith McMillan, was 19 and her mother, Sarah Miranda Lacock, was 17. She married Joseph Nathan Burkenbine on 17 June 1893. They were the parents of at least 5 sons. She lived in Greene Township, Iowa, Iowa, United States in 1900 and Stites, Idaho, Idaho, United States in 1920. She died on 20 April 1929, in Olympia, Thurston, Washington, United States, at the age of 52, and was buried in Odd Fellows Memorial Park and Mausoleum, Tumwater, Thurston, Washington, United States.

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Family Time Line

Joseph Nathan Burkenbine
1869–1939
Francis Emiline McMillan
1876–1929
Marriage: 17 June 1893
Arthur Edwin Burkenbine
1894–1943
William Jennings Burkenbine
1897–1980
Charles A. Burkenbine
1899–1917
Roy Nathan Burkenbine
1904–1977
Sherman Chester Burkenbine
1906–1951

Sources (37)

  • Francis Mcmillin in household of Alexander Mcmillin, "United States Census, 1880"
  • Iowa, Births and Christenings Index, 1800-1999
  • Frances E Mcmullen, "Nebraska Marriages, 1855-1995"

World Events (8)

1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield

Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.

1884 · There is now a Capital Building

The capitol building in Des Moines originally had a budget of $1,500,000 but complications arose because of the need of a redesign. The building was dedicated on January 17, 1884, but it wasn’t completed until 1886. On January 4, 1904, a fire started and swept through the areas that housed the Supreme Court and Iowa House of Representatives. A major restoration was performed and documented, with the addition of electrical lighting, elevators, and a telephone system. By the early 1980s, the sandstone exterior of the Capitol had started deteriorating and prompted the installation of canopies to protect pedestrians from falling rubble. The entire reconstruction process took around 18 years to complete.

1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson

A landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities if the segregated facilities were equal in quality. It's widely regarded as one of the worst decisions in U.S. Supreme Court history.

Name Meaning

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.

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

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