Eleanor Jane McMillanAge: 60 years1865–1925
- Name
- Eleanor Jane McMillan
- Given names
- Eleanor Jane
- Surname
- McMillan
- Married name
- Eleanor Jane Burns
 Birth | April 9, 1865 46 42 |
 Historical Event | American Civil War between April 1861 and May 1865Note: In the spring of 1861, tensions between the northern and southern United States over issues including state's right versus federal authority, westward expansion and slavery exploded into the American Civil War - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Civil_War |
| Historical Event | The Alaska Purchase 1867 (Age 20 months)Note: The Alaska Purchase was the purchase of 586,412 square miles of new territory by the United States from the Russian Empire (a bargain at two cents an acre) - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alaska_Purchase |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic 1867 (Age 20 months)Note: 3,093 perished from yellow fever in New Orleans - http://historyengine.richmond.edu/episodes/view/306 |
| Historical Event | Transcontinental Railroad completed 1869 (Age 3 years)Note: The First Transcontinental Railroad was a 1,907-mile contiguous railroad line constructed between 1863 and 1869 across the western United States to connect the Pacific coast with the existing Eastern U.S. rail network - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Transcontinental_Railroad |
 Census | June 1, 1870 (Age 5 years) |
 Death of a mother | Sarah Ann Nichols November 21, 1878 (Age 13 years) |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 (Age 12 years)Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever |
| Census | June 14, 1880 (Age 15 years) |
| Death of a father | Daniel Gilbert McMillan March 12, 1886 (Age 20 years) |
 Marriage | Jefferson Brown Burns — View this family 1893 (Age 27 years) |
| Death of a brother | Hugh Lawrence McMillan November 21, 1893 (Age 28 years) |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 32 years)Note: The Spanish-American War was a conflict in 1898 between Spain and the United States, the result of American intervention in the Cuban War of Independence - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish%E2%80%93American_War |
| Death of a brother | Isaac Francis McMillan January 12, 1900 (Age 34 years) |
| Death of a brother | John Pulaski McMillan April 1, 1902 (Age 36 years) |
| Death of a sister | Nancy Elizabeth McMillan August 26, 1902 (Age 37 years) |
| Death of a brother | William Gilbert McMillan June 15, 1913 (Age 48 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 50 years)Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1 |
| Historical Event | World War I between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 51 years)Note: The United States enters 'The Great War' where more than nine million combatants were killed- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_I |
| Historical Event | Spanish Influenza Epidemic 1918 (Age 52 years)Note: Spanish Influenza killed over 500,000 people in the United States, and somewhere between 20 and 40 million in what has been cited as the most devastating epidemic in history - http://virus.stanford.edu/uda/ |
 Death | October 3, 1925 (Age 60 years) Note: Father: Gilbert McMillan - Mother: Jane Nichol |
| Family with parents |
| father |
Daniel Gilbert McMillan Birth: about 1819 35 35 — Stewart, Tennessee, United States Death: March 12, 1886 — Houston, Tennessee, United States |
| mother |
Sarah Ann Nichols Birth: 1823 — Stewart, Tennessee, United States Death: November 21, 1878 — Erin, Stewart, Tennessee, United States |
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Marriage: September 14, 1843 — Stewart, Tennessee, United States |
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8 months elder brother |
John Pulaski McMillan Birth: April 1844 25 21 — Stewart, Tennessee, United States Death: April 1, 1902 — Houston, Tennessee, United States |
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2 years elder brother |
William Gilbert McMillan Birth: September 14, 1846 27 23 — Stewart, Tennessee, United States Death: June 15, 1913 — Dickson, Tennessee, United States |
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23 months elder brother |
Isaac Francis McMillan Birth: August 23, 1848 29 25 — Stewart, Tennessee, United States Death: January 12, 1900 — Arlington, Houston, Tennessee, United States |
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2 years elder brother |
Daniel Warren McMillan Birth: about 1850 31 27 — Stewart, Tennessee, United States Death: |
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5 years elder brother |
Jesse Edwards McMillan Birth: about 1854 35 31 Death: |
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2 years elder brother |
Patrick Henry McMillan Birth: about 1855 36 32 — Stewart, Tennessee, United States Death: |
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21 months elder sister |
Nancy Elizabeth McMillan Birth: September 27, 1856 37 33 — Stewart, Tennessee, United States Death: August 26, 1902 — Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, United States |
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2 years elder brother |
Cornelius Brown McMillan Birth: about 1858 39 35 — Stewart, Tennessee, United States Death: |
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2 years elder brother |
James Brigham McMillan Birth: about 1859 40 36 — Stewart, Tennessee, United States Death: |
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2 years elder brother |
Frank McMillan Birth: about 1860 41 37 — Stewart, Tennessee, United States Death: |
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3 years elder brother |
Hugh Lawrence McMillan Birth: November 14, 1862 43 39 — Stewart, Tennessee, United States Death: November 21, 1893 — Houston, Tennessee, United States |
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2 years herself |
Eleanor Jane McMillan Birth: April 9, 1865 46 42 — Stewart, Tennessee, United States Death: October 3, 1925 — Houston, Tennessee, United States |
| Family with Jefferson Brown Burns |
| husband |
Jefferson Brown Burns Birth: December 5, 1866 — Houston, Tennessee, United States Death: February 21, 1951 — Houston, Tennessee, United States |
| herself |
Eleanor Jane McMillan Birth: April 9, 1865 46 42 — Stewart, Tennessee, United States Death: October 3, 1925 — Houston, Tennessee, United States |
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Marriage: 1893 — Houston, Tennessee, United States |
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| daughter |
Eunice Burns Death: |
| daughter |
Mable Annie Burns Death: |
| daughter |
Sarah Francis Burns Death: |
| son |
Arthur Ewing Burns Death: |
| Census | 1870 United States - Census transcript - Daniel Gilbert McMillan - Household
Erin, Stewart, Tennessee, United States
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| Census | 1880 United States - Census transcript - Daniel Gilbert McMillan - Household
Houston, Tennessee
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| Death | Father: Gilbert McMillan - Mother: Jane Nichol |