California Charles McMillan (abt. 1874 - abt. 1940)

Husband of Ella V (Mason) McMillan — married 23 Aug 1915 in Everett, Snohomish, Washington, USA

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Biography

C.C. McMillan was born in California around 1874.^[1]

He came from a military family^[2] and continued this tradition by joining the U.S. Navy on 8 Apr 1898.^[3] He fought in the Spanish-American War and was listed on the Order of the Native Sons Roll of Honor in the San Francisco Chronicle.^[4] He switched branches to join the U.S. Coast Guard in 1902, and by 1903 was an engineer aboard the steam ship McCulloch based out of San Francisco. ^[5]

By 1906, C. C. was a lieutenant in the United States Coast Guard and stationed in San Francisco. After the earthquake that destroyed large parts of the city, it was reported by the Santa Cruz Weekly Sentinel newspaper that he was responsible for single-handedly saving the entire art collection housed in the Hopkins Mansion, a building owned by the California School of Design and the San Francisco Art Association. After being warned that the fire was moving toward the mansion, he used his revolver to conscript passersby into a rescue mission to move every piece of art out of the mansion. In two hours, they had successfully saved all of the paintings, books, flags, and statues that had been inside. ^[6]

On 23 August 1915, C. C. married Ella Mason, the daughter of Danish immigrants, in Everett, Washington.^[7] They lived mainly in Burlingame, California, though they also relocated to Honolulu, Hawaii, and New York during C.C.'s military career. They had several daughters together.^[8]

C.C. retired from the Coast Guard in 1938, after 36 years of service.^[9]

Sources

1. ↑ California State Library, California History Section; Great Registers, 1866-1898; Collection Number: 4 - 2A; CSL Roll Number: 98; FHL Roll Number: 977620. Archived on Ancestry.com. California, Voter Registers, 1866-1898 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011. Accessed by 18 March 2018 by Turner-19440.
2. ↑ "Miss McMillan to Sponsor Ship". The Times, San Mateo, California, 12 Jun 1943, p 4. Clipped on Newspapers.com by Turner-19440 on 18 March 2018.
3. ↑ Office of the Adjutant General. Military Records, 1850–1942. Military Dept., Adjutant General’s Office Records (1850–1944), ID Number R186. California State Archives, Office of the Secretary of State, Sacramento, California. Archived on Ancestry.com. California, Military Registers, 1858-1923 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014.
4. ↑ "Natives Who Fought in Far Lands". The San Francisco Chronicle, San Francisco, California, 9 Sept 1900, p 25. Clipped on Newspapers.com by Turner-19440 on 18 March 2018.
5. ↑ Department of Commerce and Labor, Bureau of the Census. Official Register of the United States, Containing a List of the Officers and Employees in the Civil, Military, and Naval Service. Digitized books (77 volumes). Oregon State Library, Salem, Oregon. Archived on Ancestry.com. U.S., Register of Civil, Military, and Naval Service, 1863-1959 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014. Accessed by Turner-19440 on 18 March 2018.
6. ↑ "Incidents of the Great Conflagration". Santa Cruz Weekly Sentinel, Santa Cruz, CA, 28 Apr 1906, p 16. Clipped on Newspapers.com by Turner-19440 on 18 March 2018.
7. ↑ "C C Mcmillan - Ella V Mason". Document number: nwsnomc7768. Snohomish County Auditor, Marriage Records, 1867-1999; 2004-2005. Accessed by Turner-19440 on 18 March 2018.
8. ↑ "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X45G-N9M : accessed 19 March 2018), California Mc Millan, Richmond (Districts 1-250), Richmond, New York, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 101, sheet 6A, line 44, family 186, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 1612; FHL microfilm 2,341,346.
9. ↑ "Captain McMillan, Coast Guard, Retires"Oakland Tribune, Oakland, California, 31 July 1938, p 7. Clipped on Newspapers.com by Turner-19440 on 18 March 2018.