Martha Ellen Borland ^{1 2 3 4 5}

  Noted events in her life were:

1. Alt. Birth, 17 October 1875, Rinard, Wayne, Illinois, United States.

2. 1900 US Census, 1 June 1900, Orchard Township, Wayne, Illinois, United States. ² 1900 US Census
Sheet 1A, District 107, Dwelling 1, Family 1
Orchard Township, Wayne County, Illinois
House rented
Married 7 years
Martha E. Milner..Wife..Oct 1874..25..IL..5/4
(Living with husband and 4 children.)

3. 1910 US Census, 30 April 1910, East Saint Louis, Saint Clair, Illinois, United States. ³ 1910 US Census
Sheet 10A, District 114, Roll 322, 4th Ward
East Saint Louis, Saint Clair County, Illinois
Cahokia Avenue; home rented
Married 18 years
Martha E. Milner..Wife..36..IL..8/7
(Living with husband and 7 children.)

NOTE - If her birth date was in Oct 1874, then her age should have been 35 instead of 36.

4. 1920 US Census, 15 January 1920, East Saint Louis, Saint Clair, Illinois, United States. ⁴ 1920 US Census
Sheet 17B, District 186, Family 382, Roll 405
East Saint Louis, Saint Clair County, Illinois
1323 Gross Avenue; Home owned, with mortgage
Martha Milner..Wife..45..IL
(Living with husband, 6 children, and 1 granddaughter.)

5. 1930 US Census, 14 April 1930, East Saint Louis, Saint Clair, Illinois, United States. ⁵ 1930 US Census
Sheet 17B, District 66, Dwelling 372, Family 389, Roll 557
East Saint Louis, Saint Clair County, Illinois
1323 Gross Street; Home owned, $2000
Martha Milner..Wife..55..IL..m18
(Living with husband, 3 children, and 2 grandchildren.)

6. Obituary: Unknown newspaper, July 1939. Mrs. Milner Dies at Cisne

Funeral Here Friday Afternoon for Former Resident
Mrs. Martha E. Milner, 64, resident of East Saint Louis for 30 years, died Tuesday night in her home at Cisne, Illinois. The body is at the Linder funeral home, 1023 Pennsylvania Avenue. Services will be held in the Linder chapel at 2 PM Friday. Burial will be in Greenwood cemetery.

Mrs. Milner was born in Wayne county. Her husband, William D. Milner, for 28 years was chief of Swift & Co. Police at National Stock Yards. He retired two years ago and moved to Cisne.

Mrs. Milner leaves 10 children, all of East Saint Louis. They are Mrs. Marguerite Green, Mrs. Marie Mathews, Mrs. Mildred Tate, Mrs. Mary Lucas, Mrs. Mamie Shepard, Joseph, Logan, Harry, Robert and Oliver Milner. She also is survived by one sister, Mrs. Sadie Markham, East Saint Louis, and four brothers, Robert of Hilltop, Ark., James of Centralia, Taylor of Clinton, Ill., and Volney Borland of East Saint Louis.

(Source: Unknown newspaper, Jul 1939)
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7. Cemetery: Greenwood Cemetery, After 11 July 1939, Wayne, Illinois, United States.

8. Obituary: East Saint Louis Daily Journal, 12 July 1939, East Saint Louis, Saint Clair, Illinois, United States. MILNER, MARTHA E.

Of Cisne, Ill., formerly of East Saint Louis, entered into rest Tuesday, July 11, 1939; wife of William D. Milner; mother of Joseph, Logan, Harry, Robert, Oliver, Mrs. Marguerite Green, Mrs. Marie Mathews, Mrs. Mildred Tate, Mrs. Mary Lucas, Mrs. Mamie Shepard, all of East Saint Louis; sister of Volney Borland, Sadie Markahm of East Saint Louis, Taylor Borland of Clinton, Ill., James Borland of Centralia, Ill., Robert Borland of Hilltop, Ark.; and survived by 23 grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. Funeral from Linder Funeral Home, 11th and Pennsylvania Ave., Friday, July 14, at 2 PM Services will be by Rev. Charles Hartman. Interment Greenwood cemetery. Linder service.

(Source: East Saint Louis Daily Journal, East Saint Louis, Illinois, 12 Jul 1939, page 3, Col. 5)
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Martha married William David Milner, son of John Edward Milner, Sr. and Catherine Elizabeth Spicer, on 17 December 1892 in Wayne, Illinois, United States.^{1 2 3 4 5} (William David Milner was born on 16 February 1871 in Wayne, Illinois, United States,^{2 3 4 5 7} died on 4 November 1946 in East Saint Louis, Saint Clair, Illinois, United States and was buried after 4 November 1946 in Wayne, Illinois, United States ⁸.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

1. 1900 US Census, 1 June 1900, Orchard Township, Wayne, Illinois, United States. ² 1900 US Census
Sheet 1A, District 107, Dwelling 1, Family 1
Orchard Township, Wayne County, Illinois
House rented
Married 7 years
Wm. D. Milner..Head..Feb 1871..19..IL..Farm Laborer
Martha E. Milner..Wife..Oct 1874..25..IL..5/4
Mamie M. Milner..Dau..Oct 1893..6..IL..At School
Joseph W. Milner..Son..Mar 1895..5..IL
John A. L. Milner..Son..Jan 1897..3..IL
Marie Milner..Dau..Oct 1899..8m..IL

2. 1910 US Census, 30 April 1910, East Saint Louis, Saint Clair, Illinois, United States. ³ 1910 US Census
Sheet 10A, District 114, Roll 322, 4th Ward
East Saint Louis, Saint Clair County, Illinois
Cahokia Avenue; home rented
Married 18 years
William D. Milner..Head..39..IL..watchman, packing house
Martha E. Milner..Wife..36..IL..8/7
Mamie Milner..Dau..16..IL
Joseph W. Milner..Son..15..IL
John L. Milner..Son..13..IL
Sedia M. Milner..Dau..10..IL
Harry W. Milner..Son..7..IL
Robert H. Milner..Son..5..IL
Oliver H. Milner..Son..3..IL

3. 1920 US Census, 15 January 1920, East Saint Louis, Saint Clair, Illinois, United States. ⁴ 1920 US Census
Sheet 17B, District 186, Family 382, Roll 405
East Saint Louis, Saint Clair County, Illinois
1323 Gross Avenue; Home owned, with mortgage
William Milner..Head..48..IL..Police Chief, Swift & Co.
Martha Milner..Wife..45..IL
Harry W. Milner..Son..17..IL
Robert Milner..Son..15..IL
Oliver Milner..Son..12..IL
Marguerite Milner..Dau..9..IL
Mildred Milner..Dau..5..IL
Marie Tolar..Dau..20..IL
Maxine Tolar..Gdau..4m..IL

NOTE - The surname is sometimes incorrectly indexed as Mitner instead of Milner due to poor handwriting on the census form.

4. 1930 US Census, 14 April 1930, East Saint Louis, Saint Clair, Illinois, United States. ⁵ 1930 US Census
Sheet 17B, District 66, Dwelling 372, Family 389, Roll 557
East Saint Louis, Saint Clair County, Illinois
1323 Gross Street; Home owned, $2000
William Milner..Head..59..IL..m22..chief of police, meat packing co.
Martha Milner..Wife..55..IL..m18
Robert Milner..Son..25..IL..Stenographer
Mildred Milner..Dau..15..IL
Mary Milner..Dau..9..IL
Maxine Tolar..GDau..10..IL
William Tolar..GSon..8..IL

NOTE - Maxine and William Tolar were children of William and Martha's daughter, Marie, whose 2nd husband was Lloyd Roy Tolar whom she married about 1917. It is not known where the parents were at the time of the 1930 US Census enumeration.