Nellie Helena McMillan was the third child of Ezra and Ellen (Van Dyne) McMillan. Her father was a blacksmith in the village of Phelps, NY, and the family resided there until Nellie was about 14, at which time the McMillans moved to the city of Rochester. At 21, while employed as a clerk, Nellie joined the Central Presbyterian Church. She and parishioner George W. Williams were married by their minister on January 31, 1898. A daughter was born a few weeks before Christmas '98 and they named her Carol. Nellie was expecting again in the spring of 1901 when George died suddenly in April. Widowed at 26, she and Carol moved into her parents' home where she gave birth to a girl in late May. Nellie named her Georgia, but the baby lived less than three months.
A gifted seamstress, Nellie supported herself and daughter as a dressmaker, initially working out of the McMillan residence. Around 1906 she formed a partnership with Christine I. Warnock (1882-1973) and operated a dress-making business in downtown Rochester's thriving clothing district. Following the death of her sister Carrie in 1909, Nellie and Carol shared a rented house with her widowed brother-in-law Joseph Nolin, and she resumed working out of the home. Nellie and Joseph were married by her pastor on November 12, 1913, and their family was blessed with three more children—Kenny (1913), Joe (1915), and Betty (1917).
In the summer of 1923, following an extended illness with breast and spinal cancer, Nellie succumbed to transverse myelitis at age 48. Her legacy of warmth endures within a family which has remained close despite geographic separation.
A gifted seamstress, Nellie supported herself and daughter as a dressmaker, initially working out of the McMillan residence. Around 1906 she formed a partnership with Christine I. Warnock (1882-1973) and operated a dress-making business in downtown Rochester's thriving clothing district. Following the death of her sister Carrie in 1909, Nellie and Carol shared a rented house with her widowed brother-in-law Joseph Nolin, and she resumed working out of the home. Nellie and Joseph were married by her pastor on November 12, 1913, and their family was blessed with three more children—Kenny (1913), Joe (1915), and Betty (1917).
In the summer of 1923, following an extended illness with breast and spinal cancer, Nellie succumbed to transverse myelitis at age 48. Her legacy of warmth endures within a family which has remained close despite geographic separation.
Nellie Helena McMillan was the third child of Ezra and Ellen (Van Dyne) McMillan. Her father was a blacksmith in the village of Phelps, NY, and the family resided there until Nellie was about 14, at which time the McMillans moved to the city of Rochester. At 21, while employed as a clerk, Nellie joined the Central Presbyterian Church. She and parishioner George W. Williams were married by their minister on January 31, 1898. A daughter was born a few weeks before Christmas '98 and they named her Carol. Nellie was expecting again in the spring of 1901 when George died suddenly in April. Widowed at 26, she and Carol moved into her parents' home where she gave birth to a girl in late May. Nellie named her Georgia, but the baby lived less than three months.
A gifted seamstress, Nellie supported herself and daughter as a dressmaker, initially working out of the McMillan residence. Around 1906 she formed a partnership with Christine I. Warnock (1882-1973) and operated a dress-making business in downtown Rochester's thriving clothing district. Following the death of her sister Carrie in 1909, Nellie and Carol shared a rented house with her widowed brother-in-law Joseph Nolin, and she resumed working out of the home. Nellie and Joseph were married by her pastor on November 12, 1913, and their family was blessed with three more children—Kenny (1913), Joe (1915), and Betty (1917).
In the summer of 1923, following an extended illness with breast and spinal cancer, Nellie succumbed to transverse myelitis at age 48. Her legacy of warmth endures within a family which has remained close despite geographic separation.
A gifted seamstress, Nellie supported herself and daughter as a dressmaker, initially working out of the McMillan residence. Around 1906 she formed a partnership with Christine I. Warnock (1882-1973) and operated a dress-making business in downtown Rochester's thriving clothing district. Following the death of her sister Carrie in 1909, Nellie and Carol shared a rented house with her widowed brother-in-law Joseph Nolin, and she resumed working out of the home. Nellie and Joseph were married by her pastor on November 12, 1913, and their family was blessed with three more children—Kenny (1913), Joe (1915), and Betty (1917).
In the summer of 1923, following an extended illness with breast and spinal cancer, Nellie succumbed to transverse myelitis at age 48. Her legacy of warmth endures within a family which has remained close despite geographic separation.
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