Robert McMillen

Birth Name Robert McMillen
Gender male
Age at Death between 72 years, 8 months, 4 days and 83 years, 8 months, 3 days

Narrative

According to page 6 of Jacob S. Royer's Reminiscences of My Grandmother [Mary Ann Kiel,]'s Life, Robert was an elder in the Presbyterian church in Derry, Westmoreland County.

Robert's will was dated 18 May 1842, a codicil was added 21 Nov 1842 (which was witnessed by Henry Kiel, husband of Catharine Ann's sister Sarah ), and proved 27 Sep 1843. The will says he was "weak in body" and mentions his wife Catharine Ann and others. ("Abstracts of Willbook 3, Westmoreland Co." as found in Volume III, Number 2 (Nov 1982) of The Old Westmoreland.)

Events

Event Date Place Description Sources
Birth between 1760 and 1770     1a
Death September 4, 1843 Greensburg, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, United States   2a
General

From Mary Jane Mains, compiler, Newspaper Accounts of Births, Marriages and Deaths, 1808-1929 (not all inclusive), Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania (Greensburg: Westmoreland County Historical Society, 1994

McMILLON, Robert d at his residence in Greensburgh on Mon 4th inst. aged 74 yrs (9-8-1843 RF)

Families

Family of Robert McMillen and Catharine Ann Kern
Married Wife Catharine Ann Kern ( b. April 22, 1815 d. May 26, 1856 )
   
Event Date Place Description Sources
Marriage January 14, 1836 Greensburg, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, United States   2b
General

From Mary Jane Mains, compiler, Newspaper Accounts of Births, Marriages and Deaths, 1808-1929 (not all inclusive), Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania (Greensburg: Westmoreland County Historical Society, 1994):

M'MILLEN, Robert of Derry Twp. & Catharine Ann KERN d/o Joseph of
Hempfield Twp m Thurs 14th inst by Thomas Davis (1-22-1836 RF)

[He was called Robert H. Miller in the Jan 23, 1836 Westmoreland Intelligencer, according to Della Reagan Fischer's book.]

Pedigree

    1. Robert McMillen
      1. Catharine Ann Kern

Source References

  1. 1840 United States Census
      • Page: Series M704, Roll 498, Page 332
      • Citation:

        Using Soundex. It didn't find McMillen, probably because of the space in the name.

  2. Mary Jane Mains, compiler: Newspaper accounts of births, marriages & deaths, 1808-1929 (not all inclusive)
      • Page: citing the Westmoreland Republican and Farmers' Chronicle, Sep 8, 1843
      • Page: citing the Westmoreland Republican and Farmers' Chronicle, Jan 22, 1836