Norman Milliken

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.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15]}

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).^[16][17] 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^[18] with ship's planking.^[19]

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.^[20] 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,^[21] a post office established 1858,^[20][22] a hotel^[19][23] and a general store.^[24] The hamlet became a postal village in 1858 and was called Milliken after Norman Millken.^[25]

See also

• Milliken, Ontario
• Milliken Mills High School
• Benjamin Milliken II

References

1. Principals Message from Principal of Milliken Mills High School http://www.yrdsb.ca/schools/millikenmills.hs/info/Pages/Principals-Message.aspx
2. Say It Canada , Markham , Ontario City Profile http://www.sayitcanada.ca/ontario/markham/city-profile.html
3. 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
4. http://homehippo.com/canada/to-rent/Ontario/Toronto/Milliken/
5. Milliken District Park , Scarborough http://www.todocanada.ca/city/toronto/listing/milliken-district-park-scarborough/
6. Scottish Place Names - Toronto, Ontario, Canada http://www.rampantscotland.com/placenames/placename_toronto.htm
7. 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
8. "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
9. "Old Scarboro' in the News; From the Markham Economist, ['Agincourt,' 16 March 1882 (cont'd.)]," Scarborough Historical Notes and Comments 5, no. 4 (November 1981): 13.
10. Norman Milliken Grave Stone Hagerman Cemetery http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=35250663
11. "History of Milliken - Toronto Neighbourhood Guide" http://www.torontoneighbourhoods.net/neighbourhoods/scarborough/milliken/history
12. 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
13. "Milliken diversity-rich community" York Region.Com , Aug 13, 2009 , Metroland Media http://www.yorkregion.com/news-story/1462004-milliken-diversity-rich-community/
14. Town of Markham Visitor Guide, p. 10 Tourism Markham http://www.myvirtualpaper.com/doc/town-of-markham/markham-visitor-guide/2012061501/10.html#10
15. 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
16. 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
17. "History of Toronto and County of York, Ontario:Biographical Notices", 1885, p. 299 http://www.ourroots.ca/e/page.aspx?id=716554
18. "History of the families Millingas and Millanges of Saxony and Normandy" By G.T. Ridlon, Maine , 1907 p.66.
19. "Mount Pleasant Cemetery: An Illustrated Guide: Second Edition, Revised" By Mike Filey, 1999, p.158
20. "Archaeological Assessmen" (PDF). R.J. Burnside & Associates Ltd. January 8, 2014.
21. 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/
22. Ontario Rural Routes http://www.ruralroutes.com/6279.html
23. 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
25. "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