Wednesday, February 18, 2009

McMillan was the 67th most frequent surname at the General Register Office in 1995.

The clan motto is "Miseris sucurrere disco" ("I learn to succour the unfortunate").

Septs (sub-branches) of MacMillan
BLUE
BELL
BAXTER
BROWN
WALKER
(MAC)MURACHIE
MELANSON
MILLAN/MULLEN

McMillan Web site http://www.clanmacmillan.org/

One Noteabel McMillan

MCMILLAN, Kirkpatrick (1813-1878)
He is acknowledged as the first inventor of the bicycle. He was a Dumfries-shire blacksmith who applied pedals to a tricycle in 1834 and designed the first self--propelled bicycle in 1839. His designs were superseded by improvements by his French counterparts.

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