Daily AncestorMillie
Millie is an old nickname for Mildred, Millicent, Amelia or Emily, found in American records of the 1700s and 1800s.
Millie is a pet form of several names, Mildred, Millicent, Amelia and Emily among them, and was also used as a full name.
The same woman can be Mildred in one record and Millie in the next, for example a birth under one name and a marriage under the other. Match age, place and relatives before you join the two. Because Millie served for more than one name, see which full name the same woman carries in other records.
As seen in a record1900 census; her marriage license a few years later gives Mildred
Millie Hesketh, Daughter, March 1879, 21, S, Vt.
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