She was born in Kürnbach, Karlsruhe, Baden-Württemberg, Germany, where birth and christening records identify her as Johanna Christina Gern. The birth date in the records in Germany is the same date one calculates from the date of death and age at death on her grave marker. She appeared as Hannah Gern in the immigration record of her parents, who came to America in 1785 with five children.
Evidence for her maiden name, Garnes [sic], appears in a biography of her son-in-law, Eccles Nay, who married Johanna's daughter Elizabeth. The biography refers to her as Hannah, the name under which she immigrated from Germany with her parents in 1785 and names her husband as Michael Mills. The biography also reports the marriage of Johanna's daughter Elizabeth Mills and Eccles Nay occurred in Franklin, Jefferson Co., Ohio [sic, clearly Jefferson Twp., Franklin Co., Ohio].
She was the wife of Michael L Mills and mother of Rebecca Mills Smith, Elizabeth Mills Nay, Henry Mills, Mary Mills and David Mills.
Evidence for her maiden name, Garnes [sic], appears in a biography of her son-in-law, Eccles Nay, who married Johanna's daughter Elizabeth. The biography refers to her as Hannah, the name under which she immigrated from Germany with her parents in 1785 and names her husband as Michael Mills. The biography also reports the marriage of Johanna's daughter Elizabeth Mills and Eccles Nay occurred in Franklin, Jefferson Co., Ohio [sic, clearly Jefferson Twp., Franklin Co., Ohio].
She was the wife of Michael L Mills and mother of Rebecca Mills Smith, Elizabeth Mills Nay, Henry Mills, Mary Mills and David Mills.
She was born in Kürnbach, Karlsruhe, Baden-Württemberg, Germany, where birth and christening records identify her as Johanna Christina Gern. The birth date in the records in Germany is the same date one calculates from the date of death and age at death on her grave marker. She appeared as Hannah Gern in the immigration record of her parents, who came to America in 1785 with five children.
Evidence for her maiden name, Garnes [sic], appears in a biography of her son-in-law, Eccles Nay, who married Johanna's daughter Elizabeth. The biography refers to her as Hannah, the name under which she immigrated from Germany with her parents in 1785 and names her husband as Michael Mills. The biography also reports the marriage of Johanna's daughter Elizabeth Mills and Eccles Nay occurred in Franklin, Jefferson Co., Ohio [sic, clearly Jefferson Twp., Franklin Co., Ohio].
She was the wife of Michael L Mills and mother of Rebecca Mills Smith, Elizabeth Mills Nay, Henry Mills, Mary Mills and David Mills.
Evidence for her maiden name, Garnes [sic], appears in a biography of her son-in-law, Eccles Nay, who married Johanna's daughter Elizabeth. The biography refers to her as Hannah, the name under which she immigrated from Germany with her parents in 1785 and names her husband as Michael Mills. The biography also reports the marriage of Johanna's daughter Elizabeth Mills and Eccles Nay occurred in Franklin, Jefferson Co., Ohio [sic, clearly Jefferson Twp., Franklin Co., Ohio].
She was the wife of Michael L Mills and mother of Rebecca Mills Smith, Elizabeth Mills Nay, Henry Mills, Mary Mills and David Mills.
Inscription
Johanna
Christiana
Wife of
M. L. Mills
died
Sept. 14 1848
Aged 62 Yrs
3 Mo. 28 ds
Family Members
Siblings
