Margaret X “Maggie” McMillanAge: 83 years1865–1948
- Name
- Margaret X “Maggie” McMillan
- Given names
- Margaret X
- Surname
- McMillan
- Nickname
- Maggie
 Birth | 1865 40 31 |
 Birth of a sister | Julia A McMillan October 5, 1867 (Age 2 years) |
 Historical Event | The Alaska Purchase 1867 (Age 2 years)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 2 years)Note: 3,093 perished from yellow fever in New Orleans - http://historyengine.richmond.edu/episodes/view/306 |
| Birth of a sister | Elenora McMillan 1869 (Age 4 years) |
| Historical Event | Transcontinental Railroad completed 1869 (Age 4 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 paternal grandmother | Margaret McLeod 1878 (Age 13 years) |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 (Age 13 years)Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever |
| Death of a sister | Elenora McMillan before 1880 (Age 15 years) |
| Census | June 1, 1880 (Age 15 years) |
| Death of a father | Daniel McMillan after 1891 (Age 26 years) |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 33 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 |
| Census | June 20, 1900 (Age 35 years) |
| Death of a mother | Sarah Elizabeth “Sallie” Tomlinson April 22, 1916 (Age 51 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 51 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 52 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 53 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/ |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 64 years)Note: The Wall Street Crash sets off the Great Depression, the most severe worldwide economic depression in the 20th century - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Depression |
| Death of a sister | Mary McMillan April 14, 1932 (Age 67 years) Cause: Double Pneumonia |
| Death of a brother | Dr. William Hugh McMillan December 16, 1934 (Age 69 years) Cause: Bronchial Pneumonia |
| Death of a sister | Julia A McMillan October 3, 1935 (Age 70 years) Cause: coronary thrombosis |
| Burial of a sister | Julia A McMillan October 4, 1935 (Age 70 years) Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Mt. Olivet Cemetery |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 76 years)Note: The United States enters World War II after the attack at Pearl Harbor, a global war that involved the vast majority of the world's nations and including all of the great powers - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II |
| Historical Event | Vietnam War between 1946 and 1975 (Age 81 years)Note: The Vietnam War was a long, costly armed conflict that pitted the communist regime of North Vietnam and its southern allies, known as the Viet Cong, against South Vietnam and its principal ally, the United States. The divisive war, increasingly unpopular at home, ended with the withdrawal of U.S. forces in 1973 and the unification of Vietnam under Communist control two years later. More than 3 million people, including 58,000 Americans, were killed in the conflict. - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnam_War |
 Death | April 15, 1948 (Age 83 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: McMillan Cemetery |
| Family with parents |
| father |
Daniel McMillan Birth: October 26, 1824 40 31 — Stewart, Tennessee, United States Death: after 1891 — Houston, Tennessee, United States |
| mother |
Sarah Elizabeth “Sallie” Tomlinson Birth: April 7, 1833 — Tennessee, United States Death: April 22, 1916 — Erin, Houston, Tennessee, United States |
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Marriage: December 12, 1852 — Stewart, Tennessee, United States |
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1 year elder sister |
Mary McMillan Birth: December 7, 1853 29 20 — Erin, Houston, Tennessee, United States Death: April 14, 1932 — Erin, Houston, Tennessee, United States |
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3 years elder sister |
Nancy C McMillan Birth: 1856 31 22 — Erin, Stewart, Tennessee, United States Death: |
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4 years elder brother |
Dr. William Hugh McMillan Birth: July 29, 1859 34 26 — Erin, Houston, Tennessee, United States Death: December 16, 1934 — Erin, Houston, Tennessee, United States |
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22 months elder brother |
Daniel Baker McMillan Birth: May 15, 1861 36 28 — Erin, Stewart, Tennessee, United States Death: April 22, 1953 — Sherman, Grayson, Texas, United States |
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3 years elder sister |
Sarah E McMillan Birth: 1863 38 29 — Erin, Stewart, Tennessee, United States Death: |
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3 years herself |
Margaret X “Maggie” McMillan Birth: 1865 40 31 — Erin, Houston, Tennessee, United States Death: April 15, 1948 — Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, United States |
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3 years younger sister |
Julia A McMillan Birth: October 5, 1867 42 34 — Tennessee, United States Death: October 3, 1935 — Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, United States |
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2 years younger sister |
Elenora McMillan Birth: 1869 44 35 — Erin, Stewart, Tennessee, United States Death: before 1880 — Erin, Stewart, Tennessee, United States |
| Census | 1870 United States - Census transcript - Daniel McMillan - Household
Erin, Stewart, Tennessee, United States
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| Census | 1880 United States - Census transcript - Daniel McMillan - Household
Houston Tn.
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| Census | 1900 United States - Census transcript - Sarah Elizabeth “Sallie” McMillan - Household
Houston, Tennessee
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