Jessie I. Milligan1,2,3

Family Chart
ID# 22545, (1872 - 1955)
FatherFrances X. Milligan4,5,3 (Dec 1824 - 18 Dec 1910)
MotherSarah Jane Williams6,7,3 (abt 1838 - 12 Mar 1895)

Key Events:

Birth: Dec 1872, Illinois8,9,10
Marriage: 8 Jun 1901, 1122 East Mercer St., Seattle, Washington, Lester B. Britton (Nov 1868 - 15 Jan 1933)11,12,13
Death: 9 Mar 1955, Wasco Co., Oregon14
ChartsDescendants of David Dutt/Toot

Copyright Notice

Narrative:

     Jessie I. Milligan was born in Dec 1872 in Illinois.8,9,10
     She moved to Kansas with her parents before 1880. She appeared on the 1880 Federal Census of Franklin Twp., Bourbon Co., Kansas, in the household of her parents, Frances X. Milligan and Sarah Jane Williams.4 She appeared on the 1885 State Census of Marion Twp., Bourbon Co., Kansas, in the household of her parents.15
     She appeared on the 1895 State Census of Bronson, Bourbon Co., Kansas, in the household of her father.16 She appeared on the 1900 Federal Census of Bronson, Bourbon Co., Kansas, in the household of her father, Frances X. Milligan.5
     Jessie married Lester B. Britton, son of Dr. John Bacon Britton and Elizabeth Blackmore, on 8 Jun 1901 at 1122 East Mercer St., Seattle, Washington, with Rev. J. F. Damon officiating.11,12,13
     They initially settled in Washington after their marriage.
     Jessie and Lester moved to Oregon between 1903 and 1910. They appeared on the 1910 Federal Census of Wasco Co., Oregon, enumerated 29 Apr 1910, reporting they owned their farm, which was mortgaged. Their children Joseph and Hazel were listed as living with them.17
     She was a public school teacher, retiring before 1920.18,19,20,21,22
     Jessie and Lester appeared on the 1920 Federal Census of Wasco Co., Oregon, enumerated 5 Jan 1920, reporting they owned their home, free of mortgage. Their children Joseph, Hazel and Gordon were listed as living with them.23
     Jessie and Lester appeared on the 1930 Federal Census of Wasco Co., Oregon, at Pleasant Ridge Market Road, enumerated 18 Apr 1930, reporting they owned a home valued at $10,000, and did not own a radio. Their son Gordon was listed as living with them.24
     Her husband died on 15 Jan 1933 in Wasco Co., Oregon.25
     Jessie has not been found in the 1940 census, though it appears she remained in Wasco Co.
     Jessie died on 9 Mar 1955 in Wasco Co., Oregon, at age 82.14

Children:
     Children with Lester B. Britton:

  • Joseph Britton26,27 (6 Apr 1902 - 14 Oct 1974)
  • Hazel Olive Britton28,29,30 (8 Jul 1903 - 15 Jul 1993)
  • Gordon Walter Britton27,31,32 (27 Oct 1917 - 21 Jan 1988)

Citations

  1. [S9712] Frank Milligan household, 1880 U.S. Census, Bourbon Co., Kansas, shows name as Jessie Milligan.
  2. [S9715] F. X. Milligan household, 1895 Kansas Census, Bourbon Co., Kansas, Bronson, shows name as Jessie Milligan.
  3. [S9708] Lester B. Britton and Jessie I. Milligan, marriage return.
  4. [S9712] Frank Milligan household, 1880 U.S. Census, Bourbon Co., Kansas.
  5. [S9713] Frances Milligan household, 1900 U.S. Census, Bourbon Co., Kansas.
  6. [S9712] Frank Milligan household, 1880 U.S. Census, Bourbon Co., Kansas, shows the girl as daughter of Sarah's husband.
  7. [S9716] F. X. Millikin household, 1885 Kansas Census, Bourbon Co., Kansas, Marion Twp., shows them apparently living as parent and child.
  8. [S9712] Frank Milligan household, 1880 U.S. Census, Bourbon Co., Kansas, shows age 7 and state, as Illinois.
  9. [S9713] Frances Milligan household, 1900 U.S. Census, Bourbon Co., Kansas, shows month, year, age 27, and state.
  10. [S9708] Lester B. Britton and Jessie I. Milligan, marriage return, shows age 28 at marriage 8 Jun 1901, town, and state, as Mapleton, Kansas.
  11. [S9708] Lester B. Britton and Jessie I. Milligan, marriage return, shows date, address, city, and officiant.
  12. [S9709] B. Lester Britton household, 1910 U.S. Census, Wasco Co., Oregon, shows married 9 years.
  13. [S9711] Lester B. Bretton household, 1930 U.S. Census, Wasco Co., Oregon, shows married, with his age at first marriage as 35, and hers as 29.
  14. [S4085] "Oregon Death Index, 1898-2008," Ancestry.com, record for Jessie M. Britton, citing cert. no. 3573, shows date and county.
  15. [S9716] F. X. Millikin household, 1885 Kansas Census, Bourbon Co., Kansas, Marion Twp.
  16. [S9715] F. X. Milligan household, 1895 Kansas Census, Bourbon Co., Kansas, Bronson.
  17. [S9709] B. Lester Britton household, 1910 U.S. Census, Wasco Co., Oregon.
  18. [S9715] F. X. Milligan household, 1895 Kansas Census, Bourbon Co., Kansas, Bronson, shows occupation as school teacher.
  19. [S9708] Lester B. Britton and Jessie I. Milligan, marriage return, shows occupatoin as teacher.
  20. [S9713] Frances Milligan household, 1900 U.S. Census, Bourbon Co., Kansas, shows occupation as teacher.
  21. [S9709] B. Lester Britton household, 1910 U.S. Census, Wasco Co., Oregon, shows occupation as teacher and industry as district school.
  22. [S9710] Lester B. Britt__ household, 1920 U.S. Census, Wasco Co., Oregon, shows no occupation.
  23. [S9710] Lester B. Britt__ household, 1920 U.S. Census, Wasco Co., Oregon.
  24. [S9711] Lester B. Bretton household, 1930 U.S. Census, Wasco Co., Oregon.
  25. [S4085] "Oregon Death Index, 1898-2008," Ancestry.com, record for Lester Britton, citing cert. no. 8, shows date and county.
  26. [S9709] B. Lester Britton household, 1910 U.S. Census, Wasco Co., Oregon, shows him as the son of her husband and that the parents had been married longer than the age of the child.
  27. [S9710] Lester B. Britt__ household, 1920 U.S. Census, Wasco Co., Oregon, shows him as the son of her husband.
  28. [S9709] B. Lester Britton household, 1910 U.S. Census, Wasco Co., Oregon, shows the girl as daughter of Jessie's husband and that the parents had been married longer than the age of the child.
  29. [S9710] Lester B. Britt__ household, 1920 U.S. Census, Wasco Co., Oregon, shows the girl as daughter of Jessie's husband.
  30. [S885] "California Death Index, 1940-1997," Ancestry.com, record for Hazel Olive Britton, citing Soc. Sec. No. 117-05-9770.
  31. [S9711] Lester B. Bretton household, 1930 U.S. Census, Wasco Co., Oregon, shows him as the son of her husband.
  32. [S885] "California Death Index, 1940-1997," Ancestry.com, record for Gordon Walter Britton, citing Soc. Sec. No. 544-07-5012.