Mary A (Brown) Miell (1822 - 1896)

Born 15 Aug 1822 in Ireland

Wife of James Miell — married about 1853 in New York, New York, United States [uncertain]

Descendants

Died 24 Mar 1896 at age 73 in Jones, Iowa, United States

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Biography

Mary A (---) Miell was born 15 Aug 1822.^[1] She was a native of Ireland,^[2][3][4] arriving in the United States before 1853.

She married James Miell (1829-1865) about 1853 in New York, New York and they later resided on Long Island.^[2] According to James' probate documents, they had the following children:^[5]

• Richard, born 1854
• Julia, born 1856
• Eliza, born 1858
• Amelia, born 1860
• Unnamed [Phoebe], born 1863

They also had the following son, who died in infancy.

• Urias.^{[citation needed]}

James was in Strawberry Hill, Jones County, Iowa in 1860 and was enumerated with another family on that year's US Census. By 1861, the family had removed from New York to Anamosa, Iowa, where James worked at his trade as a brickmaker.^[2]

James died on 3 Nov 1865. At that time, Mary was said to be "insane". She and her children were removed to the poor house according to her husband's probate documents (see James' profile).

In 1870, Mary was a servant in the Holt household in Anamosa, Iowa, the household including: Edward C Holt 38, Mary A T Holt 28, Catharine T Holt 8, Josephine A Holt 6, Harry James Holt 4, Thomas Holt 77 and servant: Mary Miell 48.^[3]

In 1880, she resided in Jackson, Jones, Iowa, in the household of her son, Richard, including: Richard 24, Ella 17 (his wife), William 6 months (their son), Mary 50, and daughters Phebe 20 and Eliza 22.^[4]

In 1895, she resided with Richard and his three sons in Jones County: Richard H 40 (widowed), Mary 74 (widowed), William P 15, James W 3, and George H 10.^[6]

Mary died 24 May 1896 and is buried in Amber Cemetery, Jones County, Iowa.^[1][7]

Research Notes

MANY immigration records have been found, including the following, but more research is needed:

• A Mary Ann Brown, age 5, daughter of Richard and Ann Brown, with sisters Elizabeth and Sarah, is on a list of passengers that arrived in New York in 1832 aboard the "Freak". More research needed.

• In 1833, the Brown family, including Michael 28, [Mary] Ann 28, Thomas 0, Julia 10, Martha 7, and Mary Ann 5, arrived in New York, New York, from Liverpool, England aboard the "Nimrod".^[8]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} "Iowa, Cemetery Records, 1662-1999." Ancestry.com, (Jones Co. Gravestone Records, Page 129), Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2000, Provo, UT, USA: Mary A Miell, DOB 15 Aug 1822, DOD 24 May 1896, burial: Jones, Amber.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2} Brewer, Luther Albertus & Barthinius L. Wick. History of Linn County Iowa, from it's Earliest History to the Present Time. Vol 2. (Chicago IL: The Pioneer Publishing Co., 1911), online at GoogleBooks, page 232.
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} "United States Census, 1870", database with images, (FamilySearch: 11 June 2019), Mary Miell in entry for Edward C Holt, 1870.
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1} "United States Census, 1880," database with images, (FamilySearch: 11 Aug 2017), Richard Miles, 1880; citing ED 335, sheet 417B, NARA microfilm pub T9 (Washington D.C.: NARA, n.d), roll 0348; FHL microfilm 1,254,348.
5. ↑ Jones County, Iowa Petition for Probate of Estate dated Nov 1865 (see image attached to her husband's profile)
6. ↑ "Iowa State Census, 1895," database with images, (FamilySearch: 12 Mar 2018), Richard H Miell, Jones, Iowa, US; citing p. 333, 1895, State Historical Society, Des Moines; FHL microfilm 1,022,067.
7. ↑ Find A Grave, database and images (accessed 29 November 2019), memorial page for Mary A Miell (15 Aug 1822–24 Mar 1896), Find A Grave: Memorial #135502701, citing Amber Cemetery, Jones County, Iowa, USA; Maintained by Find A Grave (contributor 8): unsourced/no photo.
8. ↑ "New York Passenger Lists, 1820-1891," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVPX-PMLP : 11 March 2018), Mary Ann Brown, 1833; citing Immigration, New York City, New York, United States, NARA microfilm publication M237 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 2,265.