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Norman Milliken (b.1771 Trenton, Maine d.1843 Markham Township, York County, Canada West, Province of Canada) was a farmer, lumber mill owner and hotel/tavern keeper in York County. The communities of Milliken, in Toronto and Milliken Mills in Markham (Milliken, Ontario) were named for either Norman Milliken, or for his family at large.〔Principals Message from Principal of Milliken Mills High School http://www.yrdsb.ca/schools/millikenmills.hs/info/Pages/Principals-Message.aspx〕〔Say It Canada , Markham , Ontario City Profile http://www.sayitcanada.ca/ontario/markham/city-profile.html〕〔Report entitled Northwest Scarborough Local Immigration Partnership Strategy dated March 15, 2011 page 9 commissioned by Northwest Scarborough Local Immigration Partnership http://www1.toronto.ca/city_of_toronto/social_development_finance__administration/files/pdf/northwestscarborough_strategy.pdf〕〔http://homehippo.com/canada/to-rent/Ontario/Toronto/Milliken/〕〔Milliken District Park , Scarborough http://www.todocanada.ca/city/toronto/listing/milliken-district-park-scarborough/〕〔Scottish Place Names - Toronto, Ontario, Canada http://www.rampantscotland.com/placenames/placename_toronto.htm〕〔() See Isabel Champion, ed., Markham: 1793-1900 (Markham, ON: Markham Historical Society, 1979), pp. 74, 75, 276f; 74f (Milliken family)http://www.ourroots.ca/page.aspx?id=4109137&qryID=c58850cd-db67-4b77-97b1-0cd50a6b3c84〕〔"The People of Scarborough - A History", Barbara Myrvold, City of Scarborough Public Library Board , 1997 p.38 http://static.torontopubliclibrary.ca/da/pdfs/238353.pdf〕〔"Old Scarboro' in the News; From the Markham Economist, (16 March 1882 (cont'd.) )," Scarborough Historical Notes and Comments 5, no. 4 (November 1981): 13.〕〔Norman Milliken Grave Stone Hagerman Cemetery http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=35250663〕〔"History of Milliken - Toronto Neighbourhood Guide" http://www.torontoneighbourhoods.net/neighbourhoods/scarborough/milliken/history〕〔Benjamin Milliken House Heritage Designation Bylaw 88-94 dated May 10, 1994 of the Town of Markham , Schedule B, Historical Reasons for Designation p. 4 http://www2.markham.ca/Markham/aspc/heritage/photo/getPDF.aspx?PDFType=70&FolderRsn=887199〕〔"Milliken diversity-rich community" York Region.Com , Aug 13, 2009 , Metroland Media http://www.yorkregion.com/news-story/1462004-milliken-diversity-rich-community/〕〔Town of Markham Visitor Guide, p. 10 Tourism Markham http://www.myvirtualpaper.com/doc/town-of-markham/markham-visitor-guide/2012061501/10.html#10〕〔Town of Markham Council Minutes, Meeting No. 20, November 25, 2014, MOTION 7(1) WARD 8 MILLIKEN LEITCHCROFT COMMUNITY (12.0)http://www2.markham.ca/markham/ccbs/indexfile/html/council/cl141125.htm〕 He moved to Bocabec , New Brunswick with his father American Loyalist Benjamin Milliken in 1782-4 after the American War of Independence. During the period 1803-1805 he lived in Pennsylvania and then returned to Bocabec. He moved to York, Upper Canada in 1805. He used a flour mill on the west side of Yonge Street opposite Steeles Avenue for milling lumber (before Steeles Avenue was opened west of Yonge).〔For the early history of Reesorville/Markham, see I. Champion, ed., Markham: 1793-1900 (Markham, ON: Markham Historical Society, 1979), pp. 74, 75 and 248ff. http://www.ourroots.ca/page.aspx?id=4109137&qryID=c58850cd-db67-4b77-97b1-0cd50a6b3c84〕〔"History of Toronto and County of York, Ontario:Biographical Notices", 1885, p. 299 http://www.ourroots.ca/e/page.aspx?id=716554〕 Milliken operated the first lumber mill in the Township of Markham at German Mills, Ontario. He subsequently purchased a share in a lumber mill located at Markham Village in 1807 and supplied the Royal Navy〔"History of the families Millingas and Millanges of Saxony and Normandy" By G.T. Ridlon, Maine , 1907 p.66. ()〕 with ship's planking.〔"Mount Pleasant Cemetery: An Illustrated Guide: Second Edition, Revised" By Mike Filey, 1999, p.158 ()〕 The community now called "Milliken" formerly the rural hamlet of "Milliken's Corner" was first settled in 1798 by William Dumont. Norman Milliken settled in the area around 1807.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 publisher = R.J. Burnside & Associates Ltd. )〕 In 1814 Norman Milliken received the deed for 200 acres of land at lot 1, concession 5, Markham Township which was the location of Milliken Corners. Norman Milliken built a hotel/tavern and livery stables there. The rural hamlet of Milliken's Corners eventually consisted of Milliken's Corners Methodist Church,〔A Chronicle of the people of the Methodist Church in Canada, Milliken’s Corners Methodist Church – Scarboro Township, York County https://krassoc.wordpress.com/2014/12/14/millikens-corners-methodist-church-scarboro-township-york-county/〕 a post office established 1858,〔〔Ontario Rural Routes http://www.ruralroutes.com/6279.html〕 a hotel〔〔PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM OF Sanilac County page 346 https://books.google.ca/books?id=Jl54IETKuRoC&pg=PA346&lpg=PA346&dq=hotel+%22milliken's+corners%22&source=bl&ots=2sjmzwJcp8&sig=fA2VJIkeEx4phNQmsT0ieGtFFiI&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0CCEQ6AEwAWoVChMI94OWysz0yAIVSR0eCh0MfQON#v=onepage&q=hotel%20%22milliken's%20corners%22&f=false〕 and a general store.〔()〕 The hamlet became a postal village in 1858 and was called Milliken after Norman Millken.〔"Place Names of Ontario ", Alan Rayburn, University of Toronto Press, 1997 page 221. ISBN 0802006027, 9780802006028 https://books.google.ca/books?id=TwF6AAAAMAAJ&q=place+names+of+ontario++alan+rayburn++221+%22norman+milliken%22&dq=place+names+of+ontario++alan+rayburn++221+%22norman+milliken%22&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0CCQQ6AEwAGoVChMIxJG7yMeOyQIVTutjCh0-wgTp〕 ==See also== *Milliken, Ontario *Milliken Mills High School *Benjamin Milliken II 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Norman Milliken」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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