[JMS] Quiz: When was James Millen Born and when did he pass away??

[Joe Rubin]

Don, so much for "OFFICIAL RECORDS".... My brother Ted's birth certificate 
states that my Father was born in RUSSIA. My brother Leonard's (ex-W!LSC) 
birth certificate says GERMANY. My birth certificate indicated "ENGLAND". 
Ellis Island records show POLAND. When I was a boy, he used to telL me about 
the 'old country'. Actually he was born in Koenigsburg, PRUSSIA. (Ost 
Prussen) a country almost no one (these days) ever heard of. This was 
confirmed by my Grandmother Sarah Bass (nee Wagenhein) from Munich, Germany. 
Good luck on your search...73   Joe  W4CBJ


>From: Don Buska <dbuska at wi.rr.com>
>Reply-To: The James Millen Society Members Email Reflector 
><james_millen_society at mailman.qth.net>
>To: The James Millen Society Members Email Reflector 
><james_millen_society at mailman.qth.net>
>Subject: [JMS] Quiz: When was James Millen Born and when did he pass away??
>Date: Sun, 12 Aug 2007 19:00:04 -0500
>
>Hi Guys,
>
>I received an email the other day from a gentleman who has a page on the 
>QCWA website for James Millen.  His question was if I knew the exact dates 
>of Millen's birth and death.  Well after some document searching I've come 
>up short.  I know he died in 1987 as his QST Silent Key listing appears in 
>the October 1987 issue.  As of yet I have not found anything else in QST, 
>but perhaps I missed it.  If all James got was a simple Silent Keys listing 
>that would have been a deep shame considering he personally had so much to 
>do with the magazines publication in the 1930's.
>
>As for Millen's birth now I'm really stumped.  Yes I know our website has 
>1901 and we had the big 100th year operating celebration in 2001 to 
>commemorate.  A few years back fellow JMS'er Bill Fizette provide the 
>society with copies of many of the later 1940's and early 1950's yearly 
>operating statements on the Millen company.  In these are Dun and 
>Bradstreet reports on the company.  Great - some official documents!  Well 
>when I go through those they provided birth years of 1894 (not likely), 
>1904 or 1906.  I guess they aren't that official, hi.
>
>Any further information from members would be appreciated.  If someone has 
>an email address or phone number
>for Merrill W. Bancroft please send it to me.  I know Merrill has a great 
>deal of the Millen estate personal documents for James.
>
>A side note:  James did have a brother Robert Millen who was reported to be 
>a surgeon in NYC (via Dun and Bradstreet Report).  In all my reading on 
>James Millen I had never seen him reference a brother.  His mother did live 
>at his QTH on Tarbox Lane though.  It would be very interesting to 
>investigate if there was any family tree to follow via his brother Robert.  
>Internet searches on his brother have never produced any results for me.
>
>So put on those JMS investigators hats and see what you can come up with.
>
>73
>
>Don N9OO
>
>
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