Sources

Sources

1. Nelson Merrell Mills Birth Certificate, 3 Feb 1910, East Cleveland, Cuyahoga county, Ohio, Registration District No. 2127, File No. 10415, original in genealogy lock box.
Source 336
File: 336

2. David Williams Mills Family Passport, 10 May 1922, Cleveland, Ohio, Ancestry.com, Nov 2007, 2nd download: 18 Dec 2020.
Source 5837
Files (3): 5837, 5837.1, 5837.2

3. Mrs. David Mills Died Yesterday at Pasadena Home, Santa Cruz Sentinel, 29 Jan 1937, page 6, Santa Cruz, California, email from, newspapers.com, 22 Dec 2020.
Source 7497
Files (2): 7497.1, 7497.2

4. 1940 Census, San Marino, Los Angeles, California, ED 19-703; Sheet No. 21B, 725 Winthrop Road, 23 Apr 1940, Ancestry.com, 13 Apr 2012.
Source 6720
File: 6720

5. San Marino Homes Wins Distinction, Los Angeles Times, 13 Feb 1938, Eckart References.
Source 7156
File: 7156

6. Nelson Merrell Mills Obituary, San Marino Tribune, San Marino, CA, 29 Dec 1983, page 8.
Source 3236
File: 3236

7. Nelson M. Mills Death Certificate, 22 Dec 1983, Palm Springs, Riverside county, California, File #33-006184, Informant: Virgie Mills, original in genealogy lock box.
Source 1166
File: 1166

8. City Directories, San Marino, California, 1949, page 18, 1950, page 103, Ancestry.com, 1 Feb 2010.
Source 6303
Files (2): 6303.1, 6303.2

9. Nelson Mills Heads Pacific Outdoor, unknown newspaper, probably Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Mirror, 1 Jul 1949, newspapers.com, Safekeeping File.
Source 7157
Files (2): 7157.1, 7157.2

10. Directory Search Results, Stanford Alumni Association, www.stanfordalumni.org, 11 Mar 2005.
Source 4695
Files (3): 4695.1, 4695.2, 4695.3

11. San Marino Wedding Unites Nelson Mills and Harriet Eckart, Santa Cruz Evening News, abt 28 Aug 1934, Newspapers.com, 2 Jul 2020.
Source 7440
File: 7440

12. St. Clair County, Michigan; Its History And Its People, Vol. II, by William Lee Jenks, The Lewis Publishing Company, Chicago and New York, 1912.
Source 50
Files (9): 50.681, 50.682, 50.683, 50.684, 50.685, 50.749, 50.750, 50.780, 50.781

13. Three Stanford Students, Including Nelson Mills of Santa Cruz, Hurt In Crash, Santa Cruz Evening News, 26 Jan 1929, page 4, Santa Cruz, California, newspapers.com, 24 Dec 2020.
Source 7503
File: 7503

14. Notes from telephone conversation with Harold Hadfield, compiled by David W. Mills, and edited by Mr. Hadfield, 10 Mar 1990.
• page 3: Death of Harold Hadfield, 30 Dec 1991; CA Death Records, RootsWeb.com, 13 Aug 2004
Source 1160
Files (2): 1160.1, 1160.2

15. Ex-Chief Justice Wright Dies, Pasadena Star-News, Pasadena, CA, 22 Mar 1985, First Page.
• Obituary of California Chief Justice Donald R. Wright
Source 2228
Files (2): 2228.1, 2228.2

16. Sale of 1525 Oak Grove Avenue residence, San Marino, California, Email from Barney Mills, 14 Jan 2017, San Marino Historical Society.
Source 7377
File: 7377

17. Note from Nelson Mills, b 1910, to his grandson, Nelson Mills, 16 Jan 1978.
Source 3369
File: 3369

18. 1910 Census, East Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, Euclid Avenue, 2 & 3 May 1910, ED 87?, Sheet 9B.
Source 1772
Files (2): 1772.1, 1772.map

19. 1920 Census, Cleveland Heights, Cuyahoga county, Ohio, 2218 Chatfield Drive, 14 Feb 1920, ED 527, sheet 39, West LA FHL, 30 Aug 1993.
Source 1781
File: 1781

20. 1930 Census, San Francisco, San Francisco, California, 2267 Sacramento, 4 Apr 1930, ED 38-338; Sheet 4A, Ancestry.com at Mesa FHL, 14 Jul 2003.
• Code 97 91 equals “Retail dealers: Other specified dealers.”
Source 3619
Files (2): 3619, 3619.1

21. 1950 Census, 1525 Oak Grove Avenue, San Marino, Los Angeles, California, ancestry.com, 4 May 2022.
Source 7781
File: 7781

22. 1936 San Marino City Directory, San Marino, California, page 53, Ancestry.com, 11 Apr 2012.
Source 6717
File: 6717

23. Eckart Family Genealogy and Notes, by William R. Eckart, Pasadena, California, prepared abt 1955, https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fo/q5uxnqbaow6mg1mvh4h...jv6mprisg6e&dl=0.
• Includes Hempstead genealogy monograph; unknown author; Item 8.1
• Includes Statement of Line of Descent of William Rankine Eckart, Palo Alto; prepared by Herbert Folger for application to the California Mayflower Society, Aug 1913; Items 8.2 and 8.3
• Pages designated with a “G” page number are genealogy charts prepared by William Rankine Eckart.
• Page G16 is blank.
• Pages G17 thru G24 are missing.
Source 8
Files (32): 8.1.Hempstead, 8.6, 8.7, 8.8, 8.G1, 8.G2, 8.G3, 8.G4, 8.G5, 8.G6, 8.G7, 8.G8, 8.G9, 8.G10, 8.G11, 8.G12, 8.G13, 8.G14, 8.G15, 8.G25, 8.G26, 8.G27, 8.G28, 8.G29, 8.G30, 8.G31, 8.G32, 8.INDEX, 8.Stanford.1, 8.Stanford.2, 8.Mayflower Descent, 8.Mayflower letter

24. Harriet Louise Eckart Birth Certificate, 24 Mar 1911, Palo Alto, Santa Clara, California, 11-032068.
Source 253
File: 253

25. Eckart Family Bible, S. Andrus and Son, Hartford, Connecticut, 1843, Original in possession of Donna Wilbur, Essex Junction, Vermont, received 23 Sep 2008, photocopies in genealogy safekeeping file folder.
Source 6129
Files (6): 6129.1, 6129.2, 6129.3, 6129.4, 6129.5, 6129.6

26. Baptism Certificate, Harriet Louise Eckart, 16 Mar 1912, All Saints’ Church, Palo Alto, California.
Source 366
File: 366

27. Harriet L Mills Death Record, California Death Records, 15 Oct 2004, Eckart.
Source 4358
File: 4358

28. Harriet Louise Mills Death Certificate, 17 Dec 1966, Pasadena, California, State of California, Department of Health Services, 9 Nov 2004, genealogy file folder.
Source 4375
File: 4375

29. Eckart Plot Record, Lot No. 273, Section E, Cypress Lawn Cemetery, Colma, San Mateo County, California, 300 El Camino Real, Colma, CA 94014; 415 755-0580.
• includes letter and plot map from Nelson Eckart to his brother, William R. Eckart
Source 31
Files (5): 31, 31.Letter.1, 31.Letter.2, 31.Plot, 31.envelope

30. Castilleja School; Twentieth Annual Commencement, Palo Alto, CA, 7 Jun 1927, original in Eckart genealogy binder.
Source 5254
Files (2): 5254.1, 5254.4

31. Baby Book of Harriet Louise Eckart, in possession of DWM, Scottsdale, AZ.
Source 365
Files (4): 365.1, 365.2, 365.3, 365.4

32. Wedding of Lester Warren Lewis & Alice Miriam Harrier.
• Flower girl is Harriet Louise Eckart
Source 969
Files (2): 969.1, 969.2

33. Thanksgiving Dinner, 1921 Memory Card, signed at 3014 Clay Street, San Francisco, original in Eckart genealogy binder.
Source 172
File: 172

34. Harriet Eckart To Marry Soon, unknown newspaper; perhaps S. F. Chronicle, 1934, original in Eckart genealogy binder.
Source 149
File: 149

35. Letter from Ray Lyman Wilbur to Harriet Eckart on the occasion of her engagement, 16 Oct 1933, Eckart Binder.
Source 6702
File: 6702

36. Letters from Amy Estelle Walter to her niece, Alice Miriam Harrier Lewis, written abt 1940, received from Walter Lewis, March 1991, https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/2vjkzbkad9s0mbn5xbw...d1tmnlqx58z&dl=0.
Source 6
Files (15): 6.01, 6.02, 6.03, 6.04, 6.05, 6.06, 6.07, 6.08, 6.09, 6.10, 6.11, 6.12, 6.13, 6.14, 6.O'Brien Letters

37. A Service of Memory for Harriet Eckart Mills, Church of the Recessional, Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, California, 19 Dec 1966.
Source 5721
File: 5721

38. 1920 Census, Palo Alto, Santa Clara County, California, 1445 Bryant Street, 9 Jan 1920, ED 136, sheet 8A, SL film #1820147, Salt Lake City FHL, 6 Oct 1992.
Source 1782
File: 1782

39. 1930 Census, San Marino, Los Angeles, California, 16 Apr 1930, ED 1914-33; Sheet 10A, Ancestry.com at Mesa FHL, 14 Jul 2003.
Source 3620
File: 3620

40. Nelson Mills & Harriet Louise Eckart Certificate of Marriage, 25 Aug 1934, All Saints Episcopal Church, Pasadena, Los Angeles county, California.
• Witnessed by Donald R. Wright and Winifred Rule
Source 345
File: 345

41. Harriet Eckart Weds N. M. Mills, probably Pasadena Star-News, August 1934, Pasadena, Los Angeles County, California, from Paula Gay Eckart Masters, received March 2004, original copy in genealogy safekeeping file folder.
Source 4009
Files (2): 4009.1, 4009.2

42. Letter from Virgie Cross Houseman Mills to David W. Mills, Palm Desert, CA, received 10 Sep 1987.
Source 2010
Files (2): 2010.1, 2010.2

43. Virgie Houseman Mills Death Record, 19 Nov 1997, Riverside County, CA, California Death Records, 28 Jul 2004.
Source 4241
File: 4241

44. 1920 Census, Grand Rapids, Kent, Michigan, Kellogg St., 7 Jan 1920, ED 61; Sheet No. 6B, Ancestry.com download, 28 Jul 2007.
Source 5723
File: 5723

45. 1930 Census, Highland Park, Lake, Illinois, Lincoln Avenue, 21 Apr 1930, Page 78; ED 3; Sheet No. 10A, Ancestry.com download, 6 May 2005.
Source 4787
File: 4787

46. William Rankine Eckart Obituary, Pasadena Star-News, Pasadena, California, 15 July 1958.
Source 171
File: 171

47. Notes on City Directories, by David W. Mills, Sutro Library, San Francisco, 26 Aug 1989.
Source 3350
Files (3): 3350.1, 3350.2, 3350.3

48. Nelson E. Mills, Report of Transfer or Discharge, Armed Forces of the United States, 17 Apr 1959, original in safekeeping file folder.
Source 6306
File: 6306

49. Nelson Eckart Mills Obituary, Los Angeles Times, Wendy Allen Mills on Facebook, via Legacy.com, 11 July 2020.
Source 7441
Files (2): 7441, 7441.Obit.LA Times

50. Email from Barney Mills, San Marino, CA, 17 Feb 2004.
Source 3916
File: 3916

51. Hoyt Fellows Martin Birth Certificate, 1 Jun 1904, Pasadena, Los Angeles County, California, originals in genealogy safekeeping file folder.
Source 1039
Files (2): 1039.1, 1039.2

52. Registration Card - Dr. Hoyt Fellows Martin, 11,636, 14 Feb 1942, South Pasadena, Los Angeles County, California, ancestry.com, 17 Mar 2021.
Source 7590
Files (2): 7590.1, 7590.2

53. Hoyt F. Martin Death Certificate, 13 May 1985, Altadena, Los Angeles County, California, No. 38519023365, original in genealogy lock box.
• Informant: Florence Martin (wife)
Source 1046
File: 1046

54. Hoyt Fellows Martin Doctor of Osteopathy Diploma, 15 Jun 1928, College of Osteopathic Physicians and Surgeons, Los Angeles.
Source 167
File: 167

55. The South Pasadena Kiwanis Pepster, postmarked 31 Oct 1948.
Source 7640
Files (2): 7640.1, 7640.2

56. Hoyt F. Martin services held, Pasadena Star-News, Pasadena, CA, 15 May 1985.
Source 1043
File: 1043

57. 1910 Census, Pasadena, Los Angeles County, California, 502 Locust Street, 26 Apr 1910.
Source 1770
File: 1770

58. 1920 Census, Pasadena, Los Angeles County, California, 1782 Rose Villa Street, 8/9 Jan 1920, ED 525, sheet 9A, Salt Lake City FHL, 6 Oct 1992.
Source 1789
Sarah Jane FULLER
File: 1789

59. 1930 Census, South Pasadena, Los Angeles, California, Mound Avenue, 9 Apr 1930, ED 19-1520; Sheet 7B, Ancestry.com at Mesa FHL, 14 Jul 2003.
• Residing at 1115 Mound Avenue
Source 3625
File: 3625

60. 1940 Census, South Pasadena, Los Angeles, California, ED 19-511; Sheet No. 10A, 17 Apr 1940, Ancestry.com, 2 Apr 2012.
Source 6716
File: 6716

61. 1950 Census, South Pasadena, Los Angeles, California, ED 19-1676, Sheet No. 27, ancestry.com, 4 Apr 2022.
Source 7750
File: 7750

62. Certificate of Baptism, Florence Elizabeth Hawkins, 7 Jun 1908, Methodist Episcopal Church.
Source 1044
File: 1044

63. Birth Verification, Florence Elizabeth Hawkins, 27 Apr 1969, Park Ridge, Cook County, Illinois, County Superintendent of Schools.
• I hereby certify that I am the mother of the above mentioned child. Signed, Wilhelmina Z. Hawkins
Source 1045
Files (3): 1045.1, 1045.2, 1045.3

64. Camp Fire Girls Employment Application, Florence Elizabeth Hawkins Martin, 18 Mar 1958.
Source 1500
File: 1500

65. Florence H. Martin Death Certificate, 16 Sep 1996, Peoria, Maricopa county, Arizona, 2649133, Informant: Gretchen M. Mills (daughter), original in genealogy file folder under “H”.
Source 1811
File: 1811

66. Florence Martin’s Starting On 4th Career - Grandmother, Pasadena Star-News, 1967.
Source 1499
File: 1499

67. The Holy Bible, Oxford Printed at the University Press, London, Mills genealogy safekeeping, 4 Jun 2023.
Source 8188
File: 8188

68. Career of Camp Fire Chief Spans 40 Years, Los Angeles Times, Sunday, 27 Jan 1957, Part VIII.
• Also includes 1948 clipping, “Norwegian Heroine Inspires Name.”
Source 4919
File: 4919

69. 1988 Christmas Letter, by Florence Martin, Pasadena, California, Dec 1988.
Source 7357
File: 7357

70. Obituary - Martin, Mountain News, Lake Arrowhead, California, 26 Sep 1996.
Source 1812
File: 1812

71. Florence Hawkins Martin Death, Memorial Announcement, by Gretchen Martin Mills, September 1996.
Source 3367
File: 3367

72. 1910 Census, Park Ridge, Maine Twp, Cook County, Illinois, Mecham Avenue, 19 Apr 1910, ED 50, Sheet 5.
Source 1771
Files (2): 1771, 1771.map

73. 1920 Census, Park Ridge, Cook County, California, 379 Meacham Avenue, 17 Jan 1920, ED 116, sheet 7A, Salt Lake City FHL, 6 Oct 1992.
Source 1787
File: 1787

74. Autobiographical Notes, Florence Hawkins Martin, written approx. 1968.
Source 1502
Files (4): 1502.1, 1502.2, 1502.3, 1502.4

75. Christmas Letter, 1991, by Florence Martin.
Source 3189
File: 3189

76. Hoyt F. Martin & Florence Elizabeth Hawkins Marriage Certificate, issued 19 Jun 1989, Pasadena, Los Angeles County, California, State Index No. 1468, Local Registered No. 2352, Dept. of Health Services, State of California, original in genealogy lock box.
Source 1040
File: 1040

77. Local Couple Celebrates 50 Years, Mountain News, 22 Feb 1979, page 10, Lake Arrowhead, San Bernardino county, California, Martin.
• also includes invitation to friends for memories
Source 1042
Files (2): 1042, 1042.1.memories

78. Application for Membership To The Society of Mayflower Descendants, by Gretchen Martin Mills, approved: 4 Aug 1989 (State); 30 Aug 1989 (Historian General), Society No. 5150; General No. 54,545.
Source 1047
Files (4): 1047, 1047.1, 1047.2, 1047.3

79. Marriage newspaper clippings, abt 23 Feb 1929.
• includes Announcement Card from Mr. and Mrs. Fred Hawkins
• also includes clipping from Pasadena Post, 28 Feb 1929
Source 6405
Files (2): 6405, 6405.1

80. Florence H. Martin, Commencement Exercises, Southern California School of Physical Therapy, at the Elks Club in Alhambra, 26 Jun 1933.
Source 6404
File: 6404

81. Exchange of letters, by Nelson Mills, 3 Apr 1991, Paris, France, response by Florence Martin, 14 Apr 1991, Pasadena, CA.
Source 3568
Files (7): 3568.1, 3568.2, 3568.3, 3568.4, 3568.5, 3568.6, 3568.7

82. FGR of Hoyt Fellows Martin & [Living], Family Search Ancestral File, by David W. Mills & Gretchen Martin Mills (daughter), 1993, www.familysearch.org, 20 Jun 2000.
Source 2403
File: 2403

83. David Williams Mills World War I Registration Card, Serial No. 5807; Order No. 2170, 12 Sep 1918, Cleveland, Ohio, FamilySearch.org, 5 Mar 2013.
Source 6868
File: 6868

84. Death Certificate of Edward George Merrell, 2 Aug 1924, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, File No. 43393, Informant: David W. Mills, 1886 Carter Road, Cleveland, Ohio Historical Society, received 8 Sep 2003, original in genealogy lock box.
• Husband of Madeline Ehle (Merrell); father: Unknown; written in the hand of David Williams Mills
Source 3702
File: 3702

85. Letter from Ann Cade Phelps of Vacaville, CA, Solano County Genealogical Society, received 23 Aug 1988, Walter.
Source 2020
Files (2): 2020.1, 2020.2

86. David Williams Mills Death Certificate, 27 Aug 1957, Pasadena, Los Angeles County, California, Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk, County of Los Angeles, 002144654, Informant: Donald R. Wright (Friend), original in genealogy lock box, received 16 Mar 2013.
• Residence at death: 615 E California Street, Pasadena
• Son Nelson Mills was on a family driving trip in Washington state, when pulled over and notified by the Washington Highway Patrol. We continued on to Seattle and flew home. The family car was later driven home by an employee of Pacific Outdoor Advertising Co. (personal recollection of DWM)
• Of necessity the Death Certificate informant was Donald R. Wright, personal friend of my father’s, and future Chief Justice of the California Supreme Court.
Source 6930
File: 6930

87. MILLS–-Mr. David W. Mills, Pasadena Independent, 28 Aug 1957, page 16, Pasadena, California, newspapers.com, 23 Dec 2020.
Source 7501
File: 7501

88. Notes from City Directories, compiled by David W. Mills, Santa Cruz and Pasadena, California.
• Includes Map of Santa Cruz, showing location of E. Cliff Drive
Source 1159
Files (2): 1159.1, 1159.2

89. 2218 Chatfield, Cleveland, Postcard from Maude Merrell Mills to Mrs. C. E. Hoyt, of Ilion, New York, postmarked 9 Oct 1923.
Source 6115
File: 6115

90. Abstracts of Land Records and Estates, 1812-1909, St. Clair County, Michigan, Marysville Historical Museum, 5 Jun 1989.
Source 1133
Files (7): 1133.1, 1133.2, 1133.3, 1133.4, 1133.5, 1133.6, 1133.7

91. Legal Abstracts, St. Clair County, Michigan, Marysville Historical Museum, 5 Jun 1989, Mills.
Source 1135
Files (2): 1135.50, 1135.51

92. Suit Involving Over $1,500,000, unknown newspaper - likely Port Huron, 5 Feb 1907, page 63, copied at Marysville Historical Museum, 7 Jun 1989.
Source 7070
File: 7070

93. January Weddings, Detroit Free Press, 15 Jan 1909, Detroit Public Library, 7 Jun 1989.
Source 338
File: 338

94. The Wreck of the David W. Mills, Oswego Maritime Foundation, Oswego, NY, www.seawaytrail.com, downloaded 14 Jul 2010.
Source 6413
Files (3): 6413.1, 6413.2, 6413.3

95. Mills Descendants Chart from David Hamilton, b 1620, Scotland, prepared by David Williams Mills, from previous work of Myron Williams Mills (chart dated 1 Dec 1947), Myron Mills version obtained from Helen Whiting of Marysville, Michigan, as of January 1, 1957, https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/n12aw618hmbh8hjpg2u...3zi1fru9um3&dl=0.
• Family history chart of ancestors and descendants of Nelson Mills (1823-1904) and Mary J. Williams (1842-1891).
• all family tradition; no sources provided
Source 1
Files (5): 1.1.full chart, 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4

96. Email from Stuart Sheridan with attachment, The Timberman, Jan 1925, Vol. XXVI, published in Portland, Oregon, 1 Jan 2021.
• D. W. Mills visiting California in late 1924
Source 7526
Files (2): 7526.1, 7526.2

97. Email response from Stuart Sheridan, Owner, Northern Ohio Lumber & Timber, Cleveland, Ohio, 16 Dec 2020.
Source 7493
File: 7493

98. Letter from David Williams Mills to Beth Mills Currie, 24 Aug 1950, letter written from St. Cloud Hotel, Minnesota.
Source 1137
File: 1137

99. Obituary of David Williams Mills, Pasadena Star-News, Wednesday, 28 Aug 1957, page 22, original in Eckart genealogy binder.
Source 347
File: 347

100. David Williams Mills Obituary, Los Angeles Times, Friday, 30 Aug 1957, original in Eckart genealogy binder.
Source 4360
File: 4360

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