Corin Vincent MILLS

Other Events and Attributes:

• Address: Address:
  36, Almshill Road, Eccleshall, Sheffield
• Address: Address:
  74, Alwyn Road, Old Bilton, Rugby, Warwickshire
• School Attendance: 1957, St. Marks Junior School, Old Bilton, Rugby, Warks.
• School Attendance: 1961, Lawrence Sheriff Grammar School, Rugby
• Employment: Oct 1967, Associated Electrical Industries (AEI) Rugby; Technician apprentice - 8 months. Resigned when I discovered AEI weren't employing their apprentices after qualification.
• Employment: Aug 1968, Bishop Wulstan RC High School, Rugby; Student Teacher to gain A level to enter College of Education.
• College: 1969, Sheffield City College of Education
• Address: 1972, 516, Bloxwich Road, Leamore, Walsall
• Address: 1975, 56, Redlock Field, Lichfield, Staffs
• Occupation: 1972 - 1981, Chasetown Comprehensive School, Staffs.; Handicraft Teacher. Studied for and gained an Open University B.A Degree whilst teaching.
• Business Startup: From Oct 1981 to 2001, Unit 7a & 8, Eagle Industrial Estate, Church Green, Witney, Oxon
• Retired: 22 May 2015

Notes:

Christened:
Apparently Ron & Joyce had their childrens names carved into the beams of the church.

Birth:
Jun Q 1950 9c 1462 Rugby

College:
Handicraft (Distinction) & P.E

Business Startup:
Tradewind. Domestic & Commercial Glazing Systems.

Corin married Lynne RUSHTON on 5 Aug 1972 in Coventry Registry Office. Lynne (daughter of John RUSHTON and Elsie WARD) was born on 11 Mar 1950. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Elena Claire MILLS was born on 19 Mar 1979 in Good Hope Hospital, Sutton Coldfield.
2. James Corin MILLS was born on 11 Jul 1981 in The John Radcliffe Hospital. Oxford.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Cremated: 24 Jan 2007 ; Portchester Crematorium. The Service was conducted by Lance Blake, a Franciscan Friar from The Rowans Hospice. Celia read the following poem:- The words of this poem reflect how the family believes Daddy would be thinking now Death is nothing at all I have only slipped away into the next room I am I and you are you Whatever we were to each other That we are still Call me by my old familiar name Speak to me in the easy way you always used Put no difference into your tone Wear no forced air of solemnity or sorrow Laugh as we always laughed At the little jokes we always enjoyed together Play, smile, think of me, and talk to me Let my name be ever the household word that it always was Let it be spoken without effort Without the ghost of a shadow in it Life means all that it ever meant It is the same as it ever was There is absolute unbroken continuity What is death but a negligible accident? Why should I be out of mind Because I am out of sight? I am waiting for you for an interval Somewhere very near Just around the corner All is well. Nothing is past; nothing is lost One brief moment and all will be as it was before How we shall laugh at the trouble of parting when we meet again! by Canon Henry Scott Holland. Lance concluded with this:- Death is only an old door Set in a garden wall. On gentle hinges it gives at dusk, When the thrushes call. Along the lintel's green leaves beyond, The light lies still. Very willing and weary feet Go over that sill. There is nothing to trouble any heart, Nothing to hurt at all Death is only a quiet door In an old wall. Author Unknown

Notes:

Dec 1995 - Heart attack.
May 1996 - Incident 1
Jun 1996 - Ventricular aneurysm resected combined with bypass surgery.
May 1998 - Incident 2
Mar 2001 - Incident 3
Oct 2001 - Near Miss

17th Jun 2006 - Admitted with "community acquired pneumonia"
23rd Jun 2006 Discharged.
12th August 2006 - Readmitted with double pneumonia.
Whilst in hospital acquired C difficile infection.

* Incidents - Ambulance to A&E - Extreme shortness of breath and lungs filling with fluid inducing anxiety and panic.

Christened:
St. Matthews Church, Gosport

Cremated:
It was his wish that his ashes be scattered on the grave of his Grandmother Eva Annie in St.Mark's Church Cemetery, Alverstoke.

Died:
Cause of Death:-
Severe cardiac failure
Ischaemic heart disease

Ronald married Joyce Olive BILLSON on 24 Aug 1946 in the Parish Church, Rugby. Joyce (daughter of Leonard Sidney Henry BILLSON and Adelaide Victoria May WILSON) was born on 18 Nov 1924 in 227, Clifton Road, Rugby; died on 6 Aug 2018 in Gracewell Nursing Home, Fareham. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Cremated: 31 08 2018, Wessex Vale Crematorium; Bubb Lane, West End, Southampton SO30 2HL

Notes:

Cremated:
Joyce’s Wonderful Life, by Celia Walker nee Mills.


Joyce Olive Mills made her dramatic entry to the world on the 18th November 1924 in Rugby; by a difficult breach birth (she was very proud to tell this). She felt that this had set a marker for her, as, in those days, so many such births ended in tragedy for both mother and baby, and so lived her life with determination and endeavour . She was the eldest of three children born to Len and May Billson. By her own account, she was a serious child who seemed to have an adult head on her from the word GO! She loved her brothers, Fred and Ron but always thought their games were too babyish for her! They both emigrated to the States in their 20s so she saw very little of them or their families during her life.
Her greatest love as a child was being at school. She was a voracious learner, Maths was her favourite subject, and she was always top of the class - something which she remained fiercely proud of her whole life. She attended Rugby High School for Girls and whilst achieving academic excellence, also enjoyed sports and being in the school netball team as goal shooter and captain; and in the hockey team, playing at right back.
Her school days were cut short after gaining distinctions in all her School Certificate exams (the equivalent of A star GCSEs) when her father wouldn’t allow her to continue her education. So, at 17, she left school to work in the accountancy offices of the local council in order to contribute to the household. This was her biggest, but only, regret of her life as she would have dearly loved to have gone to university to continue her studies and achieve her potential.
However, this cloud had a silver lining! The mother of Joyce’s best friend had taken in a lodger. A young man of 19, Ron Mills, had moved from his home in Hampshire to work as an apprentice in the electrical engineering industry which was based in Rugby. By his account, as soon as he saw Joyce he knew he was going to marry her and so began their friendship soon blossoming into romance and their marriage in 1946.
They lived in rooms for nearly four years but in 1950 when they announced the imminent arrival of Corin, their landlady refused to have a baby in the house and they had to move out and live with the Joyce’s parents. They desperately wanted their own house but had no deposit. This is when their Indian Adventure idea began to take shape. Ron had been offered a job with BTH in Calcutta to help the heavy electrical engineering industry after India’s recent independence. It was the answer to their prayers as it would allow them to accrue enough money for that all important deposit. So together with Corin, an 18 month old toddler, in 1951 they embarked from Southampton on a three-week sea voyage to India, First Class, all paid for by the Company. Mum’s recollection of this voyage was not a happy one as she suffered badly with sea sickness but still had to attend to Corin’s needs! The next stage of the journey was a 3 day sleeper train ride across India from Bombay to Calcutta. Again, another very trying time!
Life in India was very different. She had servants for everything, even an Ayah (nanny) to look after Corin! Joyce’s days were mostly spent socialising with the other European ladies. It was a life of luxury, but she admitted to being very bored with it! Whilst there, I was born. It hadn’t been a good pregnancy as Joyce had contracted dysentery, which continued for months after the birth. Her health was poor, and Ron couldn’t afford to send her to the hills to escape the heat of Calcutta, so the company flew her home, whilst Ron had to stay and complete his contract.
The journey home on a Lockheed Super Constellation required three stops for refuelling. During the stop in Beirut, Joyce, being so accustomed to having servants do all the fetching and carrying, she left 3 month old Celia in her carrycot in the airport café, only realising when a request came over the tannoy for a certain Joyce Mills to return and collect her baby! They finally landed at Heathrow, which then was just a collection of corrugated sheds, and were met by Ron’s father.
Her memory of the flight included noting that as they flew from East to West, the sun in front of the plane never set.
After the best part of a year living with her in-laws in Gosport, Joyce’s beloved Ron returned, and they moved to Sheffield where he had secured a job. They were able to put a deposit on their first house using the ‘India’ money and this was where Brian was born. Her little family now complete, Joyce found herself, for the first time, with no support network of servants or family but her strength of character saw her through a hectic life with three small children.
After a couple of years spent in Sheffield, Joyce and Ron moved back to Rugby to another new house in Old Bilton where their young family grew up. During this time she was an active member of the local Townswomen’s Guild, and was Chairwoman several times. Once the children were all at school, and still relatively short of money, Joyce made the decision to pick up her education. At aged 40, she learnt to drive and then attended Coventry Teacher Training College, taking a two-year accelerated course to become a teacher. True to form, she gained a distinction for her Certificate in Education.
Joyce then worked as a junior school teacher and revisited her love of netball by coaching the school netball team. They were very successful and won lots of their matches – something which she was rightly proud of. Her teaching career spanned 20 + years and included specialising in special needs education in which she gained several promotions. She loved teaching and like everything she turned her hand to, made a great success of it. She said it had made up for just a little of her disappointment at not going to university!
As her children became adults, she welcomed their partners, Lynne, Paul, and a few years later, John and June with love and warmth, enfolding them into her family. They held a special place in her heart.
In 1977, Joyce became a grandmother first to Emma, and then quickly followed by Matthew, Elena, Zoe and finally, James. She and Ron absolutely loved this new role and were the most wonderful grandparents who doted on their grandchildren who loved them back in equal measure! Many happy times were spent at their house in Pratts Bottom..... a place name which still gives much amusement to everyone!
After retiring from teaching, Joyce and Ron enjoyed several happy years travelling abroad for holidays in Cyprus, going to the theatre, concerts, the opera and the ballet, visiting museums and galleries and generally enjoying the freedom to do what they liked when they liked!
Unfortunately, this lifestyle was cut short by Ron having a heart attack and his health deteriorated considerably. It hit Joyce hard and she suffered greatly with anxiety. The next 10 years were difficult for her but she showed her strength and managed to carry on, although it did take its toll. After her beloved Ron died, Joyce became very depressed and the next 5 years were her darkest, experiencing loneliness (she’d never been on her own) and never really recovering from her loss.
Over several years, Joyce once again warmly welcomed new members to the family, Emma’s partner, now husband, Chris, Matthews’s wife, Belle, Elena’s husband John, James’ wife Sarah and recently Zoe’s partner Darren.
2 years before Ron died, their first great grandchild, Daniel was born, closely followed by William! A source of great joy to them both. After Ron’s death, Joyce was blessed with more; Along came Poppy, Isabelle, Jenson, Benjamin, Keeka, Harriet, Josie, Edith, Joshua and Esmee. They have all brought new, untold joy and love into her life. She was so proud to boast that she had 12 beautiful great grandchildren!
Joyce was first and foremost a home maker, a family woman, a beloved wife, a caring and loving mother, a devoted grandmother and great grandmother. During the last years of her life, her greatest joy came from knowing that her children were happy and successful good hearted people who held the same ideals by which she lived her life and that they in turn have raised their children to be the same, who are also in the process of doing likewise with their children. We are her legacy, a family who love, care and support each other no matter what.
Rest in peace, our lovely Mummy, Nana, Great Nana. You may have gone from view but you’ll never leave our hearts. We all loved you very much and trust that you and your beloved Ronnie are together now for all eternity.
'Til we meet again …….



A Poem for my Nanna by Emma Bolton.

We had a wonderful Nanna
One who never really grew old
Her smile was made of sunshine
and her heart was solid gold.

We had a wonderful Nanna
In her cheeks pink roses you'd see
Her eyes were as bright as shining stars
And tha'ts the way she will always be.

We had a wonderful Nanna
We're all here to wave her goodbye
So Nanna, cuddle up with Grandpa
With that chocolate box in the sky!

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 16 Jun 1898, St. Mary's Church, Alverstoke
• Census: 1901, 59, Coburg St. North Shields, Northumberland
• Census: 1911, 88, Clayhall Road, Alverstoke
• Military: 9 Jul 1943, Whitehall Cinema, East Grinstead ; The East Grinstead Incident. 9th July 1943 At the time he was the Military Assistance Officer at Great House Court, Fairfield Road, East Grinstead. Captain W.G. Mills was at a cinema in East Grinstead watching a film. An air raid started and the cinema took a direct hit. He organised the orderly evacuation of the cinema and was mentioned in despatches. See:- http://news.bbc.co.uk/local/sussex/hi/people_and_places/newsid_8829000/8829228.stm and:- http://spartacus-educational.com/2WWwhitehall.htm
• Cremated: 4 Feb 1971, Portsdown Crematorium

Notes:

According to Ron Mills, a relative, whom he thought may have been Jesse Mills, was prepared to pay the costs of sending William George Mills to Winchester College. George's mother Eva Annie insisted that he go straight into the Army instead.
He did so as a bugler.

Was this the reason behind a possible rift between the Mills and Williams families?.
It is clear that William George was prevented from knowing anything about his relatives apart from some very sketchy details.



Birth:
The copy of his birth certificate is dated 18th October 1901 and stamped
"Royal Commission Patriotic Fund". This is just five months after the death of Thomas William.
The assumption is that Eva Annie may have had a grant to pay for the burial of her husband.
Ron & I visited the offices of the Patriotic Fund in London during May 2003. They don't have any records of grants to individuals.

Baptism:
Page 312 No. 2490

Cremated:
Cremation Reference 34261

His ashes were scattered :-
North Border 13/14 posts, South of Chestnut

Died:
Description: Cerebral Thrombosis Ateriosclerosis Disseminated Sclerosis (MS)

William + Eileen Grace FRANCIS. Eileen (daughter of William John FRANCIS and Alice Maud Mary SAIT) was born on 10 Jan 1900 in 70, North Street, Gosport, Hants.; died on 28 Oct 1988 in Royal Naval Hospital, Haslar, Gosport. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 1911, 67, North Street, Gosport, Hants
• Occupation: 1912, Priddy\'s Hard Ordnance Depot, Gosport; Work involved filling shell cases. Her Mother took out a Life Insurance policy at a penny per week as it was a dangerous occupation.
• Cremated: Nov 1988, Portsdown Crematorium

Notes:

Worked at Priddy's Hard (Ordnance) before she was married

Cremated:
Cremation Reference 99985

Her ashes were scattered :-

North Border 13/14 posts, South of Chestnut

Died:
Description: Cardio respiratory failure plus other causes

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Post War; Engineers draughtsman at BTH in Rugby (British Thompson Houston)
• Census: 1901, 68, Hydethorpe Road, Clapham
• Census: 1911, 68, Hydethorpe Road, Clapham
• Military: 1918, 68, Hydethorpe Road; Absent Voters Lists 1918 The voters details for the 1918 General Election were initially supplied by the next of kin of the household of the soldier to local voter registration officers. Once this process was completed, the names of those in the army were sent to the Adjutant General’s Department of the War Office, who then arranged to send voting cards to soldiers who were in the United Kingdom and ballot papers to men in France, Flanders and Italy. Men serving in more distant theatres of war were allowed to vote through use of a proxy voting form.

Notes:

Birth:
Description: 1901 Census - Born in Brixton Hill

Died:
Description: Cardiac arrest & Peripheral vascular disease

Just prior to his death he had to have a leg amputated.

Leonard married Adelaide Victoria May WILSON on 18 Aug 1923 in Streatham, Surrey, England. Adelaide (daughter of Joseph Frederick WILSON and Sarah Elizabeth WOOD) was born on 22 Oct 1897 in 1 Mary's Cottages, Eastcote Street, Stockwell, London.; died on 14 May 1965 in Rugby. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Address: 1901; Address:
  17, Paradise Road, Stockwell, London

Notes:

Died:
Jun Q 1965 9c 894 Rugby

Notes:

Married:
Sep Q 1923 1d 1167 Wandsworth

Other Events and Attributes:

• Stationed: ? and 11 Sep 1900, Port Royal, Jamaica
• School Attendance: Bef 1883, Wood Street School
• School Attendance: Between 3 Jul 1883 and 15 Jun 1888, Vicarage Road School, Plumstead
• Census: 1891, not recorded; Missing from 1891 Census - assumption was that he had been posted to Jamaica. There are no census records of people serving abroad. Research now proves that he didn't enlist until 1892 - so where was he in 1891? Was he with his sister Louisa and her future family, the Carters, who were also missing from the Census in 1891?
• Stationed: 1 Apr 1892, F Company Royal Engineers, Chatham
• Stationed: 1 Apr 1893, 30th Company Royal Engineers, Plymouth
• Stationed: 2 Oct 1893, 30th Company Royal Engineers, Plymouth
• Stationed: 2 Apr 1894, 35th Company Royal Engineers, Pembroke Dock
• Stationed: 1 Oct 1894, 35th Company Royal Engineers, Pembroke Dock; The company was stationed at Pennar Point and was involved with experimental torpedos and submarine mining. 2011 - the old buildings have been demolished, the only remains are of the jetty.
• Appointed: Aft Oct 1894
• Stationed: 1 Apr 1895, 35th Company Royal Engineers, Pembroke Dock
• Stationed: 1 Oct 1895, 35th Company Royal Engineers, Pembroke Dock
• Stationed: 1 Apr 1896, 35th Company Royal Engineers, Pembroke Dock
• Appointed: 1 Sep 1897; The Muster Rolls of the Royal Engineers (WO16 3031 3032) show a Lance Corporal T Mills No. 26372 stationed at Pembroke Dock on the 1st April 1897 with the 35th Company Royal Engineers. This ties up with the photo of Eva Annie taken in Haverfordwest.
• Appointed: Aft 1898
• Appointed: Abt 1901

Notes:

Lance Corporal - R.E when he was married.

Second Corporal - R.E - When his son was born

Mechanist Staff Sergeant - R.E - When he died

Possibly stationed in Jamaica, Pembroke, Chepstow & Gosport areas. Ron remembers seeing the places in his army pay book (now lost).


Birth:
1874 Mar Quarter in EAST ASHFORD Volume 02A Page 713

Stationed:
He sailed back to the UK on the Royal Mail Steam Packet Elbe(a compound engine ship of around 3100 tons) arriving at Southampton on 27th September 1900.




School Attendance:
Description: Admission number 589

London Metropolitan Archives - Microfilm No. XO95 334 - frame 00369/370

Stationed:
Sapper

WO16/2980, Muster Roll

Enlisted on 22nd February 1892 - Trade on enlistment - Fitter.
The likelihood is that since leaving school he had been an apprentice at the Royal Arsenal.

The Muster Rolls for the previous year - 1891 show clearly that his Army Number, 26372 hadn't yet been issued.

Stationed:
Sapper

Noted as being at Fort Picklecombe. WO16/2980-2991-2992

Fort Picklecombe was a Palmerston Fort on the Western (Cornish) side of the entrance to Plymouth Sound. Fort Bovisand protected the Eastern side.

Stationed:
Sapper

WO16/2980/2991 Muster Roll

Stationed:
Sapper

WO16/3002 Muster Roll

Stationed:
Sapper

Noted as being on Guard Duty

Appointed:
Lance Corporal

Stationed:
Lance Corporal

WO16/3012 Muster Roll

Stationed:
Lance Corporal

WO16/3047 Muster Roll

Stationed:
Lance Corporal

WO16/3014 Muster Roll

Appointed:
2nd Corporal R.E

Appointed:
Corporal

Appointed:
Military Mechanist Staff Sergeant RE

Died:
Description: Typhlitis (9 days) & Peritonitis

His father James was present at the death.

Buried:
The ceremony was performed by a Presbyterian Mininster.
He was buried in unconsecrated ground - No. 9821
The Entry No. in the register was 2952

Thomas married Eva Annie WILLIAMS on 2 Mar 1897 in the Parish Church, Alverstoke. Eva (daughter of William George WILLIAMS and Amy Augusta NEWNHAM) was born on 18 May 1873 in Clayhall, Alverstoke; died on 8 Sep 1915 in 88, Clayhall Road, Clayhall.; was buried on 11 Sep 1915 in St. Mark's Church Cemetery, St Mark's Road, Alverstoke. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 5 Jun 1873, St. Mary's Church, Alverstoke
• Address: 1891; Address:
  2, Hughenden Villas
• Occupation: 1891, 2, Hughenden Villas, Alverstoke, Hants; Housemaid (Domestic Servant)
• Census: 1911, 88, Clayhall Road, Alverstoke.

Notes:

William George Mills won a scholarship to Winchester College but Eva Annie turned it down, even though the Mills family offered to pay the fees. She insisted that he was going to join the R.E like his father.

Birth:
FreeFormatDate:Jun Q 1873 Alverstoke 2b 491

Baptism:
FreeFormatDate:Page 468 No. 3743

Address:
Description: as housemaid to Phoebe Cox

Occupation:
FreeFormatDate:for Phoebe M Cox

Died:
FreeFormatDate:aged 42 years

Description: Pulmonary Tuberculosis

Buried:
FreeFormatDate:246/1967

Her grave was supposedly marked by a headstone placed by WG Mills - not found when Celia & I visited in 2003.

The position is noted in the Sexton's records on Page 363 as "South of Stedmans (grave), North side of St. Mark's"

Notes:

Married:
Witnessed by William George Williams and Annie Mills

His sister Sarah Ann attended the marriage.
Stationed at Sutton On Plym.
Rank - Lance Corporal

When William George was born

Census

Military Mechanist Staff Sergeant RE

Stationed:
Rank - Lance Corporal

Residence when married - Sutton On Plym - Parish of Plymouth - St John the Evangelist

Stationed:
Lance Corporal 26372

With 35th Company Royal Engineers

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Foreman (Time Keeper) for a gas company
• Address: 1881; Address:
  38, Graig Terrace, Swansea.
• Address: 1891; Address:
  11, Graig Terrace, Swansea.
• Occupation: 1891; Painter
• Address: Jan 1900; Address:
  19, Mayfield Road, Gosport at the time of his marriage

Notes:

Time Keeper at time of marriage

Died:
FreeFormatDate:Sept Q Alverstoke 2b 601

Buried:
From Burial Register of Ann's Hill Cemetery
Page 17 entry 22636 August 6 1915 William John FRANCIS , Gas Fitter aged 45 - died at 67 North St, Gosport - buried plot 47 consecrated ground

William married Alice Maud Mary SAIT on 8 Jan 1900 in the Parish Church, Alverstoke. Alice (daughter of James Henry SAIT and Mary Ann CHURCHER) was born on 17 Feb 1874 in 50, North Street, Gosport; died in Jan 1948 in 45, Peel Road, Gosport; was buried on 21 Jan 1948 in Ann's Hill Cemetery, Gosport. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 1881, 1 South Cross Street, Gosport, Hampshire
• Address: Jan 1900; Address:
  10, North Street, Gosport at the time of her marriage

Notes:

Present at her marriage was Alfred Isaac Sait - her Uncle.

Ron Mills remembers that there was no love lost between Alice and her brother James Henry.
There was a disagreement over an inheritance - JH taking more than a fair share.

Died:
Mar Q Gosport 6b 277

Description: buried at Anns Hill Road Cemetery

Buried:
From the Burial Register of Ann's Hill Cemetery
Page 139 entry 35144 Jan 21 1948 Alice Maud Mary FRANCIS, widow aged 73, died 16 January 1948 at 45 Peel Rd, Gosport - buried Plot 47 consecrated ground

Notes:

Married:
Mar Q 1900 2b 808 Alverstoke

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: a Paper Hanger

Notes:

3 Leigham Terrace, Wells Lane, Streatham @ Birth.
Court Road, Streatham @ Marriage
Most of his married life lived at Hydethorpe Rd. Balham. Leonard Sidney Billson, possibly born there.
After his wife died LSH Billson brought him back to Rugby to Eastlands Road. It is believed that Ted didn't want to move away from London.

Birth:
Neither Leigham Terrace or Wells Lane exist in 2002.
The Leigham Arms pub used to be in Wells Lane and is still there today on Wellfield Road, between Valley Road and Streatham High Road.

Buried:
Unmarked - believed to be a pauper's grave.

Edmund married Sarah Anne HARRIS on 19 Apr 1897 in The Parish Church, Chipping Norton. Sarah (daughter of Elisha HARRIS and Phoebe HARVEY) was born on 18 Nov 1869 in Chipping Norton; died on 5 Apr 1950 in 68, Hydethorpe Road, Clapham. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 1891, 6, Ruddell Crescent, Hampstead

Notes:

Spring Street, C/Norton @ Marriage

Birth:
Description: 1881 Census states she was born 1867

Census:
Description: Cook (Domestic Servant)

Died:
Description: Cerebral thrombosis

Informant LSH Billson

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 1891, 67, Cottage Grove, Lambeth
• Occupation: 1900; Coachman

Notes:

Thought to have been born in Jersey ? (Not borne out by 1901 Census)
Irishman. Coachman on one of the stages of the London to Brighton Stagecoach.

Birth:
Name: Joseph Frederick Wilson
Registration Year: 1864
Registration Quarter: Jan-Feb-Mar
Registration district: Petworth
Sussex
Volume: 2b
Page: 297

Census:
Description: Coachman

Died:
Name: Joseph Frederick Wilson
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1864
Registration Year: 1902
Registration Quarter: Jul-Aug-Sep
Age at Death: 38
Registration district: Lambeth
London
Volume: 1d
Page: 221

Sarcoma of Tonsils & Exhaustion

Joseph married Sarah Elizabeth WOOD on 20 Jul 1890 in St, Paul's Church, Stratford, West Ham. Sarah (daughter of William WOOD and Jane HEARN) was born on 13 Jun 1859 in Stratford, Essex. (Stratford Bow, London); died on 30 Apr 1935 in Chipping Norton (at Jessies/Iris's house); was buried on 30 Apr 1935 in Worcester Road Cemetery, Chipping Norton. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Parlour Maid
• Census: 1891, 67, Cottage Grove, Lambeth

Notes:

Parents were Publicans

Birth:
FreeFormatDate:4th Quarter

Description: Iris reckoned born 1857

Died:
Description: dropsy

Notes:

Married:
Description: witnessed by Richard Wood & Sarah Jane Bottomley

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 1841, Winton, Barton Upon Irwell, Lancashire; : 3
• Census: 1851, Worsley Road, Winton, Barton On Irwell; James Mills and Joseph Mills & families
• Census: 1861, 6, Fitzroy Terrace, Plumstead, Kent; James recorded as an Engine Fitter. Living in lodgings. Also lodging in the same house is a Joseph Warburton, nephew of the head of the household and born in Worsley (close by Winton where James was born). It is likely then that personal connections were behind James' move away from home.
• Address: 1905, 202, Victoria Road, Old Charlton.

Notes:

Census:
Recorded as a Power Loom Silk Weaver

Died:
Diabetes Mellitus & Senile Decay

Informant was his wife Sarah, present at the death.
She gave his age as being 82 years old. This must have been a mistake as he was actually 80.

Buried:
Recorded in the Burial Registers of St. Margaret's Church, Plumstead

His age at burial makes his birth date 1836 yet all other documents point to 1838.

London Metropolitan Archives - Microfilm No. XO99 161 - frame 00433

James married Sarah (Kate?) IRELAND on 1 Mar 1863 in Upper Charlotte Street, Fitzroy Square, London. Sarah (daughter of James MICKLEBURGH and Frances Sarah IRELAND) was born on 12 Jan 1842 in Lowestoft, Suffolk; was christened on 3 Nov 1850 in Lowestoft, Suffolk; died on 26 Apr 1920 in 110, Ancona Road, Plumstead; was buried on 30 Apr 1920. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 1851, Mariner's Lane, Lowestoft; With her Grandmother Frances (Fanny)
• Census: 1861, 7, Cirencester Place, Fitzroy Square, Marylebone

Notes:

Christened:
Bishop's transcripts 1685 - 1875
Church of England
Archdeaconry of Suffolk.
This record is in the IGi v5.0

Birth:
The only time that the middle name Kate appears in the records is on her marriage certificate

Census:
Description: Dress & Mantle Maker

Died:
Administration granted - London - 1st September 1920 to Edward Mills - Fitter.
Effects - £63 7s 6d

Buried:
Recorded in the Burial Registers of St Margarets.

London Metropolitan Archives - Microfilm No. XO99 161 - frame 00441

Notes:

The 1911 Census records that James and Sarah had 9 children born alive.
Apart from Thomas William there must have been three other children who probably died in infancy.

Married:
Witnessed by William Reynolds & Christina Gosling

St. Pancras parish was split up into 33 eclesiastical parishes. It was in one of these, St. John the Evangelist, that James and Sarah were married. The parish church was situated in Upper Charlotte Street, Fitzroy Square.
The church has been demolished.
The London Metropolitan Archives holds the marriage registers.
Reference P90/JNA2/15. Film X78/102

FreeFormatDate:1904 until 1918

Description: (Kelly's Directory)

He was noted at this address until 1916 in Kelly's Directory.
The Greenwich History Centre doesn't have copies between 1917 & 1919.
He doesn't appear in the 1920 Directory.

In the London Post Office Directory the house is listed as being occupied by James Jesse Mills until 1920.

Description: at the time of their marriage

FreeFormatDate:At the time of Edward's birth

FreeFormatDate:at the birth of their daughter Ellen

ASHFORD
Probably the greatest influence on the growth of the town was the arrival of the railway in 1842 and the decision by the South Eastern Railway Company to build the Railway Works in the town in 1846. Between 1841 and 1861 the town more than doubled in population from 3,000 to 7,000.
The railway workers developed their own community in an area originally called Alfred Town by the Railway Company. The community, which soon became known locally as The New Town and finally Newtown, had its own schools, pub, bathhouse, shops and Mechanics' Institute, which doubled up as a library and social and educational club for the workers.
The Railway Works dominated the town and nearly 1,000 locomotives were built or re-built there before the Works was closed in 1981. The Wheel Shop closed in March 1993.

FreeFormatDate:at the births of their daughter Louisa and son Thomas William

FreeFormatDate:at the birth of their son James Jesse

FreeFormatDate:at the birth of their daughter Sarah Ann

Description: James was present at the death of his son Thomas in Newcastle on Tyne

He was noted at this address in the Kelly's Directory of 1893

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: 1873, Clayhall; a journeyman plumber at the birth of Eva Annie
• Census: 1891, 3, Palestine Place, Alverstoke, Hants
• Occupation: 1897; Plumber at the time of marriage of Eva & Thomas

Notes:

Birth:
Sep Q 1839 Warminster V111 3_5

Census:
Description: Plumber

Occupation:
This note is taken from Eva Annie's marriage certificate which presumably should have read "deceased"

Died:
Dec Q 1896 2b 354 Alverstoke

Description: Asthma, Bronchitis

Informant was M A Williams, Sister in Law.
This would have been his brother Charles Williams' wife - Mary Ann (Hutchins)

William married Amy Augusta NEWNHAM on 9 Mar 1868 in the Parish Church, Portsea. Amy (daughter of Obediah NEWNHAM and Augusta Priscilla Garret VINER) was born on 8 Mar 1846 in 2, St. Vincent Street, Southsea; died on 3 Jan 1925 in 88, Clayhall Road, Clayhall, Alverstoke. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 1861, 24, Gloucester Street, Portsea
• Census: 1891, 3, Palestine Place, Alverstoke, Hants
• Census: 1901, 88, Clayhall Road, Clayhall, Alverstoke, Hants
• Census: 1911, 88. Clayhall Road, Alverstoke
• Inquest: 6 Jan 1925

Notes:

Birth:
FreeFormatDate:Jun Q Portsea Island V11 144

The family bible says 1847.

Census:
Living with her mother and family

Inquest:
Description: Accidental Death

Died:
FreeFormatDate:Jan Q 2b 805

Description: Concussion of the brain following a fall

Informant was the Coroner

Notes:

Married:
Mar 1868 Portsea I. 2b 564

Description: Ellen Williams & William Newnham

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Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: 1870, Swansea, Glamorgan, Wales; Seaman in Merchant Service
• Census: 1871, At Sea ?
• Occupation: 1881; Rigger
• Occupation: 1891; Sailor

Notes:

He wasn't alive at the marriage of his son William John Francis (1900)

Occupation:
FreeFormatDate:Later on described as a Master Mariner

Died:
FreeFormatDate:March Q Swansea 11a 634

Description: Not proven

William married Mary WILLIAMS in 1868. Mary was born about 1832 in Mathree, Pembroke, Wales; died about 1900 in Swansea, Glamorgan, Wales. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 1871, 39, Swan Street, Swansea, Glamorgan, Wales
• Occupation: 1881; Rigger's Wife

Notes:

Birth:
Description: Fishguard?

Census:
Description: Sailor's Wife

Died:
FreeFormatDate:Mar Q Swansea 11a 635

Description: Not proven

Notes:

Married:
FreeFormatDate:Sept Q Haverfordwest Vol 11a Page 1049

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 7 Sep 1851, St. Mary's Church, Alverstoke
• Census: 1871, 8 & 9 Hobbs Yard, High Street, Gosport
• Census: 1881, 1 South Cross Street, Gosport, Hampshire
• Occupation: 1881; Hackney Carriage Driver

Notes:

He wasn't alive at the time of marriage of his daughter Alice Maud Mary

Birth:
FreeFormatDate:Jun Q Alverstoke V11 27

Baptism:
Description: page 34 No. 265

Census:
Description: Labourer

Died:
FreeFormatDate:Sept Q Alverstoke 2b 320

Buried:
FreeFormatDate:Page 51 / Entry 12095. Plot 25 Unconsecrated ground

James married Mary Ann CHURCHER on 29 Apr 1873 in The Parish Church of St. Matthew, Gosport. Mary (daughter of Isaac CHURCHER and Mary Ann STARES) was born in 1851 in Wickham, Hampshire; died in Mar 1913 in 147, High Street, Gosport; was buried in Ann's Hill Cemetery, Gosport.. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 1871, Bridge Street, Wickham
• Census: 1881, 1 South Cross Street, Gosport, Hampshire
• Census: 1891, 143, High Street, Gosport, Hampshire
• Census: 1901, 4, Holly Street, Gosport, Hampshire
• Census: 1911, 67, North Street, Gosport, Hants

Notes:

Birth:
Jun Q 1851 Fareham V11 _5

Census:
Description: Servant

She was living with the family of Henry Churcher (Grocer) as a servant. A few doors away lived two other Churcher families. My guess is they were all connected.

Census:
Description: Laundress

Census:
Description: widow on her own

Buried:
Page 219, Entry 21,665. Plot 25, Unconsecrated ground

Notes:

Married:
Living at 45, North Street, Gosport

Present at the marriage were Alice Jane Ford and George Rose

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Gardener
• Census: 1861, Park House, Parsons Green Lane, Fulham
• Census: 1871, 5, Beulah Terrace, Leather Bottle Lane, Croydon; Living with William Reeves & family. Recorded as a Gardener.

Notes:

Known as Sidney Henry on Marriage Cert of his son

Birth:
Mar Q 1854 1c 1[_8]0 Shoreditch

Census:
With William and Ann Reeves, recorded as Sidney Henry Reeves instead of Billson

Died:
June Q 1896 1d 451 Wandsworth

Informant - Beatrice Billson

Sidney married Emily BUTLER on 9 Mar 1874 in Lambeth. Emily (daughter of John BUTLER and Eliza BOWYER) was born about 15 Mar 1854 in Chipping Hill, Witham, Essex.; died on 7 Oct 1943 in Los Angeles, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: 1881; Domestic Servant
• Address: 1901; Address:
  29, Court Road, Tulse Hill, Lambeth
• Occupation: 1901; Mangle? Wash - working at home
• Address: Dec 1910; Address:
  156, Robson Road, West Norwood, S6
• Census: 1911, 56, Robson Road, West Norwood; With her were Cyril and Lily Maud, both single.
• Address: From 1920 to; Address:
  2211 Pico Boulevard, Santa Monica, CA.
• Address: Feb 1920; Address:
  52, Knight's Hill, West Norwood, London
• Emigration: Jun 1920, America
• Census: 1930, 1939 17th St ? Santa Monica, Los Angeles

Notes:

In the 1901 Census online the transcript spells the surname with only one L and her sons and daughters birth place as Strestham.

Birth:
Mar Q 1854 4a 269 Witham

Address:
FreeFormatDate:Census

Occupation:
FreeFormatDate:Census

Address:
Description: according to Herberts immigration papers

Address:
Description: with her son Herbert Henry Billson

Address:
Description: according to Cyril's immigration papers

Emigration:
She sailed from Southampton bound for Ellis Island on the SS "Royal George".
Her final destination was to be with her son Herbert Henry who emigrated in 1910.

The immigration papers describe her as being 65 years old, a housewife, 5' 3" in height with normal complexion, brown hair and grey eyes.

Census:
Description: US Federal Census

Notes:

Married:
Mar Q 1874 1d 538 Lambeth

On his marriage certificate Sidney records his father as George William Billson. As Sidney was only a year old when his real father Henry died it's likely that he was brought up by George

Description: with Edmund, Beatrice and Arthur

Description: 1891 Census

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Labourer and became a Leather Grounder or Glover

Notes:

Birth could be 1832?
Possibly one other child making six.

Died:
Dec Q 1899 3a 597 Chipping Norton

Elisha married Phoebe HARVEY in 1858 in Chipping Norton. Phoebe (daughter of ? HARVEY and Grace ?) was born in 1838 in Chipping Norton; died in 1895 in Chipping Norton. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Died:
FreeFormatDate:1st Quarter

Notes:

Married:
Sep Q 1858 3a 1011 Chipping Norton

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Horse Trainer

Robert + Augusta Emma WILSON. Augusta was born in 1842 in Marylebone; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
Mar Q 1842 1 212 Marylebone

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 1851, Martin's Yard, West Ham
• Occupation: 1881; Licensed Victualler (Hallsville Tavern, Hallsville Road, Canning Town)
• Census: 1891, 174, Balaam Street, Plaistow, West Ham

Notes:

Census:
Description: Publican

Died:
Mar Q 1897 4a 166 West Ham OR Sep Q 1897 4a 95 West Ham - Not proven

Probate 4th Oct 1897 to Jane Wood, Widow.
Effects - £2279 15s 2d

William married Jane HEARN in 1861. Jane was born about 1835 in Barnet, Hertford; died on 31 Mar 1914 in 54, Gurney Road, Stratford, Essex. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Address: 1861; Address:
  24, Western Street, West Ham
• Census: 1901, 16, Chobham Street, West Ham
• Census: 1911, 54, Gurney Road, Stratford, Essex; Living with her daughter Emily's family

Notes:

Census:
Description: Living on her own means

Died:
Mar Q 1914 4a 38 West Ham

Probate 29th April 1914 to John William Saunders and Henry Robert Smith, Licensed Victuallers.
Effects £2053 5s 1d
Resworn £1778 5s 1d

Notes:

Married:
Sep Q 1861 4a 51 West Ham

FreeFormatDate:Census

Census:
Description: Beer House Keeper

Notes:

Christened:
Baptism: 6 Dec 1807 St Mary the Virgin, Eccles, Lancashire, England
James Mills - Son of Matthew Mills & Sarah
Abode: Winton
Occupation: Husbandman
Source: LDS Film 1545488 (and MFPR 167 at MCL)

Died:
Sep Q 1869 8c 327 Barton

James married Ann HUGHES before 1835 in ?. Ann was born about 1802 in Wellington, Shropshire; died in 1856 in Barton upon Irwell, Lancashire. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Was she related to the Hughes family that Emma Mills married into?

Died:
FreeFormatDate:Mar Q Barton 8c 320

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 1841, Bell Lane, Lowestoft, Suffolk; Baker ? (Apprentice?)
• Occupation: 1841; Sea Captain (apocryphal ?)

Notes:

Christened:
This is the closest official record of his birth.
Name: James Mickleburgh
Gender: Male
Christening Date: 12 Jan 1818
Christening Place: LOWESTOFT,SUFFOLK,ENGLAND
Father's Name: Edward Mickleburgh
Mother's Name: Ann

LDS Indexing Project (Batch) Number: C13163-2
System Origin: England-ODM
GS Film number: 918501
Reference ID:

Occupation:
The occupation of "Sea Captain - deceased" appears on his illegitimate daughter Sarah Ireland's marriage certificate to James Mills in 1863.
She recorded her father's name as James Ireland and his occupation as Sea Captain which was apocryphal to hide the fact that her mother never married him. He would always have been away at sea ...
Sarah's birth certificate revealed the true name of her father - James Mickleburgh. It's doubtful that she ever saw her own birth certificate.

Died:
Possible death as he doesn't appear in the 1851 Census

Name: James Mickleburgh
Registration Year: 1848
Registration Quarter: Jan-Feb-Mar
Registration district: Hoxne
Suffolk
Volume: 13
Page: 361

James + Frances Sarah IRELAND. Frances (daughter of James IRELAND and Frances LAKE) was born in 1822 in Lowestoft; was christened on 4 Mar 1822 in St. Margaret's Church, Lowestoft; died in 1849 in Lowestoft; was buried on 23 Apr 1849 in St. Margaret's Church, Lowestoft. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 1841, High, St. Lowestoft

Notes:

Christened:
Parents recorded as James Ireland & Frances Lake

Birth:
The 1841 census is the only one she is recorded in, with an age that indicates she was born around 1826.

Died:
Jun Q 1849 13 356 Mutford

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 1871, 3, Charlie Street, Clayhall, Alverstoke; Recorded as a Widow, occupation Gardener and living with daughter Ann and son John

Notes:

Christened:
Recorded as son of William & Anne.

Possibility exists that Anne was the first wife of William Williams. Census records show a 17 year difference in age between William and Caroline which may also suggest that Caroline wasn't George's mother.

Died:
Described as:- Pensioner, Civil Service.
Informant was Mary Ann Williams nee Hutchins (wife of his son Charles George Williams)

George married Anna Maria GARRETT on 15 Sep 1838 in Fovant Parish Church, Wiltshire. Anna (daughter of Charles George MILLS and Elizabeth GARRETT) was born on 29 Dec 1816 in Fovant, Wiltshire; died on 04 Apr 1865 in Alverstoke. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 19 Jan 1817, Fovant, Wiltshire
• Census: 1861, Charley Street, Clayhall, Alverstoke

Notes:

Birth:
Census indicates born 1818

Baptism:
The Parish Register of Baptisms records that she was "Base Born Daughter of Elizabeth;Garrett;Fovant;Single woman"

Died:
Jun Q 1865 2b 284 Alverstoke

Cause: Rheumatic Meningitis.
Source: Pat Deering-Smith research

Notes:

Married:
Sept Q Vol 8 Page 571

Description: George Garratt & Caroline Garratt

Occupation - Gardener

Census:
Description: Gardener

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 29 Jun 1817, Niton, Isle of Wight
• Occupation: 1846; Stonemason
• Census: 1851, 3, Corporation Road, Portsea
• Occupation: 1861; Seaman
• Census: 1871, 24, Gloucester Street, Portsea

Notes:

Baptism:
IGI

Census:
Description: Stonemason

Occupation:
FreeFormatDate:Census

Not recorded in the 1861 Census

Census:
Description: Stonemason

Died:
FreeFormatDate:Jun Q 2b 316 Portsea Island

Obediah married Augusta Priscilla Garret VINER in 1842 in Isle of Wight. Augusta (daughter of George S VINER and Amy VAUGHAN) was born in 1817 in Alverstoke, Gosport; died in 1883 in Portsea Island. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 29 Jun 1817, Alverstoke Parish Church
• Census: 1851, 3, Corporation Road, Portsea
• Census: 1861, 24, Gloucester Street, Portsea
• Census: 1871, 24, Gloucester Street, Portsea
• Census: 1881, 15, Rutland Street "The Orange Tree" Portsea

Notes:

Census:
Description: Wife of a Seaman RN

Census:
Description: Beer House Keeper

Died:
FreeFormatDate:Dec Q 2b 313

Notes:

Married:
FreeFormatDate:Sept Q 1842 Vol 8 Page297

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: 1835, Morriston, Swansea; Copperman

Jonah married Hannah LEWIS in 1819 in Llangyfelach, Glamorgan, Wales. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 1841, Hobbs Square (Forton Rank?)
• Census: 1851, Hobbs Alley, Gosport
• Census: 1871, 8 & 9 Hobbs Yard, High Street, Gosport
• Occupation: 1873; a Cab Driver
• Census: 1881, 50, North Street, Gosport, Hampshire

Notes:

Alice, Emma and James were all baptised on Sept 7th 1851 at St. Mary's Church, Alverstoke

Census:
Description: Labourer

Census:
Description: Householder

Census:
Description: Greengrocer

Census:
Description: Greengrocer

Died:
Description: Noted as Greengrocer

Buried:
FreeFormatDate:Page 40, Entry 11,873. Plot 37 unconsecrated ground

James married Rebecca DEWEY on 8 Oct 1843 in St. Mary's Church, Alverstoke. Rebecca was born about 1822 in Gosport, Hants; died in Dec 1916 in 70, North Street, Gosport, Hants.; was buried on 28 Dec 1916 in Ann's Hill Cemetery, Gosport. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 1881, 50, North Street, Gosport, Hampshire
• Census: 1891, 38, North Street, Gosport
• Address: 1901; Address:
  70, North Street, Gosport
• Census: 1911, 70, North Street, Gosport

Notes:

Census:
FreeFormatDate:Census

Census:
FreeFormatDate:Census

Description: Greengrocer (Widow)

Address:
Description: with Olive Ford, her nephew James Sait & HE Warder (lodger)

Buried:
Page 42 Entry 23,124. Plot 37, Unconsecrated ground

Died:
Dec Q 1916 2b 792 Alverstoke

Notes:

Married:
FreeFormatDate:Dec Q Portsea Island 7 252

LDS Fiche No.0919752 - Transcript of Parish Register of St. Mary's Church, Portsea

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 1851, Bridge Street, Wickham, Hampshire
• Census: 1871, Mill lane, Titchfield Road, Wickham
• Occupation: 1873; carpenter

Notes:

Census:
Description: Journeyman Carpenter

Census:
Description: Carpenter (Mechanic)

Died:
Entry No. 1286 Wickham Parish Registers (87M70)

Sep Q 1849 7 81 Fareham

Isaac married Mary Ann STARES on 31 Jul 1832. Mary was born about 1810 in Wickham, Hampshire; died in 1884 in Wickham, Hampshire. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 1871, Mill lane, Titchfield Road, Wickham

Notes:

Died:
FreeFormatDate:Jun Q 1884 2b 339 Fareham

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 1851, 91, Houndsditch. St Botolph's without, Bishopsgate
• Occupation: 1851; Pawnbroker
• Occupation: 1854, 52, Middlesex Buildings, Hackney Road, Shoreditch; Furniture Dealer

Notes:

Could be a Sydney in the name somewhere.

Christened:
Father recorded as a Carpenter

Census:
Description: Servant

Also present was Ann Billson recorded as a House Servant and widowed.
Could this have been his mother (Ann Allderwright?)

Died:
Description: Exhaustion

Henry married Ann WHITAKER on 26 Nov 1851 in The Parish Church of St. Marylebone, London. Ann (daughter of Stephen Philip WHITAKER and Mary HUETSON) was born on 2 Nov 1823 in St. Giles, Cripplegate, London; died on 22 May 1902 in Ellerslie, Auckland; was buried on 23 May 1902 in Purewa Cemetery, Auckland, NZ. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 1851, 8, New Gloucester Place, Shoreditch
• Occupation: Abt 1862; Sewing Maid to the Duchess of Devonshire at Chatsworth (according to Doris Reeves) More likely at Chiswick House near Fulham, London.

Notes:

One T on the birth cert of Sidney Henry

Her gravestone in New Zealand says she died aged 79 years.

Census:
Description: Milliner

Living with sisters Jane & Caroline

Died:
FreeFormatDate:21 Jan 1901 previously thought.

Buried:
Description: Block E, Row 37, Plot 65

Notes:

Married:
Description: in the presence of Stephen Huetson Whitaker and Jane Whitaker

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: 1854; Agricultural labourer

John married Eliza BOWYER in 1846 in Witham, Essex. Eliza was born about 1826 in Witham, Essex; died in 1865. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Died:
Sep Q 1865 4a 192 Witham
(Recorded as Elizabeth Butler)

Notes:

Married:
Dec Q 1846 12 581 Witham

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 1881, East End, Combe, Oxfordshire

Notes:

Census:
Description: House Thatcher

Widowed by 1881. Living next door to Thomas Harris (born 1842) who was married to Eliza. Could be a son.

William + Jane (Anna?). Jane was born about 1809 in Chipping Norton; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Census:
Place transcribed as Coombe

? + Grace ?. Grace was born about 1812 in Wollsard, Ascott, Warwickshire; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Address: 1881; Address:
  Wind Mill Lane
  Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire
• Address: 1891; Address:
  73, Spring Street, Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire

Notes:

Widowed before 1881

Birth:
Description: 1891 Census

Address:
FreeFormatDate:Census

Description: with Thomas Harvey (Grandson) and two lodgers; William Thomas and Ann Dodd

Address:
FreeFormatDate:with Elisha and Phoebe Harris

Description: 1891 Census

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 1851, Martin's Yard, West Ham

Notes:

Coachmaker

Census:
Description: Coach Maker

John + Margaret ESCOTT. Margaret (daughter of ? SCOTT and Margaret E ?) was born about 1811 in Whitechapel, London, Middlesex; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Husbandman (a tenant farmer raising animals rather than arable farming.) Status below Yeoman

Notes:

Occupations.
From 1810 to 1816 he is recorded as a labourer.
From 1816 onward he is recorded as sawyer


Buried:
! in the margin indicates cholera victim

Matthew married Sarah LOMAX on 2 Apr 1804 in St. Mary, Prestwich. Sarah (daughter of Nathan LOMAX) was born in 1784 in Barton; was christened on 26 Dec 1784 in St. Mary the Virgin, Eccles; died in 1827 in Winton, Barton upon Irwell, Lancashire; was buried on 22 May 1827 in St. Mary the Virgin, Eccles. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Possible parents Nathan Lomax (Weaver)and Ann of Barton.

Notes:

Christened:
Norfolk Bishop's Transcripts record him as Edward Rix Mickleburgh, six weeks old, Bastard son of Elizabeth.
Rix probably the surname of the father.

Died:
Death quarter 1
Death year 1864
District MUTFORD
County Suffolk
Volume 4A
Page 548

Edward married Ann BELL on 28 Aug 1809 in St Peter & St Paul, Swaffham, Norfolk. Ann was born about 1785 in Yarmouth, Norfolk; died in 1854. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
1851 Census indicates birth circa 1789

Died:
Death quarter 2
Death year 1854
District MUTFORD
County Suffolk
Volume 4A
Page 427

Notes:

Married:
England Marriages, 1538–1973 ," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/NXN5-FP5 : accessed 8 December 2014), Edward Mickleburgh and Ann Bell, 28 Aug 1809; citing Swaffham, Norfolk, England, reference 16 63; FHL microfilm 1,471,577.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: 1822, Lowestoft; Revenue Boatman
• Occupation: 1824, Lowestoft; Preventive Boatman
• Occupation: 1828, Lowestoft; Preventive Service Man

Notes:

Died:
A James Ireland died Sep Q 1838 13 108 Henstead
Henstead itself is only four miles from Lowestoft.

James married Frances LAKE on 21 Jan 1818 in St Nicholas' Church, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. Frances (daughter of Nicholas LAKE and Frances HARVEY) was born in 1796 in Worstead, Norfolk; was christened on 15 Jul 1796 in North Walsham; died in 1852 in Lowestoft; was buried on 10 Feb 1852 in St. Margaret's Church, Lowestoft. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 1841, High St. Lowestoft; Recorded as a Green Grocer
• Census: 1851, Mariner's Lane, Lowestoft; Recorded as a Charwoman. She would have been Sarah's Grandmother, not mother.

Notes:

Christened:
Name: Frances Lake
Gender: Female
Birth Date: 15 Jul 1796
Baptism Date: 15 Jul 1796
Baptism Place: North Walsham,Norfolk,England
Father: Nicholas Lake
Mother: Frances
FHL Film Number: 894722, 894723

Died:
Mar Q 1852 4a 450 Mutford

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: 1838; Publican
• Census: 1841, Spring Gardens, Gosport
• Census: 1861, The Railway Hotel, Gosport. (Top of Spring Garden Lane)
• Occupation: 1876; Landlord

Notes:

Probably lived at some time in either Milford on Sea or Upton Lovell

Occupation:
At the time of George's first marriage

Census:
Description: Tapkeeper

Census:
Description: Porter

Occupation:
Not known whether he was actually alive at this time (George's second marriage)

Died:
Dec Q 1863 2b 304 Alverstoke

William + Caroline. Caroline was born about 1800 in Middlesex; died in 1870 in Alverstoke. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Died:
Dec Q 1870 2b 321 Alverstoke

Notes:

Census:
Description: Porter

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: 1813, Fovant, Wiltshire; Lime Burner
• Occupation: 1838, Fovant, Wiltshire; Farmer, Innkeeper, Lime Burner

Notes:

It is presumed that the marriage of Charles Mills and Ann Phillips was never annulled, so the children of his association with Elisabeth Garrett kept their mother's surname.
There is no record of a marriage in the Fovant Parish Registers.

Occupation:
Found in
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~dutillieul/ZOtherPapers/S&WJNov11813.html

Monday Nov 1st 1813 - Salisbury & Winchester Journal

Fresh Lime.

Two Hundred Quarters of the best Chalk Lime, burnt with coal and furze kept separate, is ready for sale, at C.G.Mills's Kilns, Fovant, the whole burnt within the last month. Will be sold in place, or delivered in the neighbourhood by paying for carriage. To Farmers wanting 40 or 50 quarters for manure an allowance will be made from the regular price. Any quantity burnt.

Died:
Mar Q 1852 5a 163 Wilton

Buried:
Headstone: Sacred to the memory of Charles George Mills who died December 29th, 1851 Aged 75 Years. Also to the Memory of George Son of Charles George Mills who died December 27th, 1857 Aged 41 Years.
From Wiltshire Memorial Transcription Index - RefNum 78000 & 78137

Charles + Elizabeth GARRETT. Elizabeth (daughter of Job GARRET and Anne MOGER) was born in 1781 in West Lavington; was christened on 29 Apr 1781 in Longbridge Deverill, Wiltshire; died on 23 Dec 1846 in Fovant, Wiltshire; was buried on 23 Dec 1846 in Fovant Parish Church, Wiltshire. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Christened:
IGI

Birth:
There's a tree on ancestry that states that our Elizabeth Garrett is actually a lady called Elizabeth Davis from West Lavington. She married a William Garrett in Maddington. They had a number of children including a Jane Garrett born 1808. This could be our Jane and could explain why she is not listed in the births for Fovant. I have provisionally put this new data on to my Ancestry tree in the hope that ancestors can see it and comment. Best regards Adney

Died:
Dec Q Vol 8 Page 341 Wilton

Not proven

Notes:

Census:
Recorded as a Publican

James + Elizabeth NOBBS. Elizabeth and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 1871, 3, Blakes Buildings, South Street, Gosport

Notes:

Census:
Description: Tin Plate Worker and Brazier

Died:
FreeFormatDate:Dec Q 2b 317

George married Amy VAUGHAN on 30 Jun 1813 in Alverstoke Parish Church. Amy was born about 1789 in Alverstoke; died before 1871. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Possible Christening 27/28th Dec 1788 @ Bishopstoke, Hants
Parents John and Amy

Notes:

Census:
Description: Tin Plate Worker

John married Mary Ann Sophia WINTER on 3 Oct 1790 in Wickham, Hampshire. Mary died in 1849 in Wickham, Hampshire. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Died:
Jun Q 1849 7 65 Fareham

Other Events and Attributes:

• Address: 1841; Address:
  26, King Street, Golden Square, London
• Occupation: 1841; Cabinet Maker

Notes:

Birth:
Name: George Bilson
Gender: Male
Birth Date: 31 Jan 1792
Christening Date: 26 Feb 1792
Christening Place: Westminster, London, England
Christening Age: 0
Father: John Bilson
Mother: Hannah

Ancestry.com. England & Wales, Christening Index, 1530-1980 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA:

Address:
from 1841 PO Directory

Died:
Possible death Jun Q 1841 St. Jas Westr.

George married Ann ALLDERWRIGHT on 3 Nov 1816 in St. James, Westminster, London. Ann was born about 1795 in St. James, Westminster, London; died in 1857. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 1851, 91, Houndsditch. St Botolph's without, Bishopsgate

Notes:

Census:
Description: House Servant

With her son Henry

Died:
Possible death - 15 Nov 1857 Burial - South Hackney- St John of Jerusalem

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: 1814, Widegate Street; Shopman to Mr Perkins, Pawnbroker
• Census: 1851, No.6 Pawnbrokers Alms Houses, Forest Gate, West Ham

Notes:

Occupation:
From transcript of Old Bailey sessions

Census:
Description: Retired Pawnbroker

Living with them was Alice M Borton (or Barton) a Grand Daughter born about 1845 in St. John's Clerkenwell.

Died:
FreeFormatDate:Jun Q 1866 4a 15 West Ham

Stephen married Mary HUETSON in 1817 in St. Giles, Cripplegate, London. Mary was born about 1791 in Lambeth. St Mary; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 1851, No.6 Pawnbrokers Alms Houses, Forest Gate, West Ham

Notes:

Married:
From Pallotts Marriage Index

Census:
Also living with them - Alice Borton, Grand Daughter

Notes:

Wood Broker

William married Jane GEARING on 30 Mar 1806 in St Nicholas Church, Chiselhurst, Kent. Jane was born about 1789. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Married:
IGI
Microfilm of original records in the Kent County Record Office, Maidstone, and the Central Library in Bromley.
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Central Library call no.: P92/1/4, 8-9, 11-14, 18-19.

? + Margaret E ?. Margaret and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Thomas married Sarah ANDREW on 31 Mar 1782 in St. Mary, Prestwich cum Oldham. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Christened:
Name: John Nicholas Gotts Lake
Gender: Male
Baptism Date: 26 Feb 1756
Baptism Place: Gresham, Norfolk, England
Mother: Sarah Lake
FHL Film Number: 1702622
Reference ID: item 13

Nicholas married Frances HARVEY on 6 Nov 1786 in Corpusty, Norfolk. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Married:
Name: Nicholas Lake
Marriage Date: 6 Nov 1786
Marriage Place: Norwich Archdeaconry Court, Norfolk
Spouse: Frances Harvey
FHL Film Number: 1596302
Reference ID: 101

Notes:

Christened:
IGI - 15 Jul 1759

James married Jenny HARRIS on 20 May 1782 (After Banns) in Nether Wallop. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

All the information about this family is sourced from the Bishops Transcripts of Nether Wallop Church (transcribed by RMBH Hackman)
At present (Mar 2008)there is no other documentary evidence to prove or disprove.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 22 Mar 1733, Swindon, Wiltshire; Christ Church, Swindon
• Occupation: Before 1765, The Star & Garter Inn, Andover, Hampshire; Publican
• Occupation: 1765, Fovant Hut, Fovant, Wiltshire; Publican - kept the White Hart (Fovant Hut) on Salisbury Plain for 60 years

Notes:

1. In ' An Actual Survey of the Great Post Roads between London and Falmouth' , by Cary in 1784, Fovant Hut or The White Hart is shown. (White Hart, a name familiar all over England for inns, is possibly a scribe's error for 'White's Hut'. White was probably a former occupier of the Hut; for the hedge running south from the turnpike almost opposite the Hut is called 'White's Hedge'. It is the boundary between Fifield Bavant and Ebbesbourne Wake.)
Fovant Hut did a brisk trade in the old days, and was the recognised meeting place where champions from rival villages engaged at fisticuffs. It was also to Fovant Hut that Parson Chaffin was wont to saunter, fiddle in hand. There he met other pretended fiddlers, whose object in coming there was not to scrape their instruments but to watch for deer which, pestered by flies, might stray from the woods of Cranborne Chase and seek sanctuary in the valley.

Occupation:
Fovant Hut has also been known as the White Hart Inn or the Hut on Salisbury Plain. It was one of a series of posting houses along the turnpike road, which ran along the ridge of the downs above the village. Although we do not know when the inn was established, the Salisbury and Winchester Journal referred to it as ‘new built’ in 1757. William Kennell, the first landlord, advertised that he had:

‘a stock of neat Wines, rich Cordials, and all sorts of Spirituous Liquors to be sold Wholesale and Retail.’

According to the National Burial Index William Kennell was buried in Horningsham in Nov 1762 age not given (just 15 miles away from Fovant as the crow flies).
We don't know who kept the Hut after his death until Richard & Elizabeth took it on in 1765.


The inn did a thriving trade until 1787 when the Lower Road (now the A30) was turnpiked. It is not known when the inn ceased to trade, but it has long since been a private house.

In 1785 Parliament sent it's surveyors to establish the Enclosure details. The first meeting took place at Fovant Hut on 19th Sept 1785.

Died:

Source Notes

Richard Mills' will is recorded in The Clay Papers 'Some Notes on the History of Fovant' amassed by the late Doctor Richard Clay. In 1967 he used some of this material to produce a small booklet that gave a short history of the village, but in general the papers remained just a collection of loose pieces of paper.
Although the original papers are held by Mr Robert Snow, Doctor Clay's grandson, copies of the documents were deposited with Salisbury Museum. Over the years interested parties made further copies, until there were several such 'collections'. In 2002, Mike Harden of Fovant History Interest Group collated, edited and indexed these different versions and had, what might be called, the definitive version of Doctor Clay's original papers bound into a single volume. Copies of this volume are now held in museums, libraries and record offices in Salisbury, Devizes and Trowbridge.

Richard married Elizabeth MORRELL on 30th Dec 1764 in St. Edmund, Salisbury. Elizabeth (daughter of Charles MORRELL and Elizabeth ?) was born in 1734; was christened on 19 Jan 1734 in South Wraxall, Wiltshire; died after 1786. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
Place of birth on IGI: Salisbury, but no date given.

Notes:

Married:
Date from the IGI.

Marriage Licence:
St.Edmund Salisbury 1741-1837, Stratford-sub-Castle Salisbury 1654-1837.

Sarum Marriage Licence Bonds

Adminstration WIL Source MLB Date 1764 Dec 29 Groom Richard MILLS aged 31 occupation lab residing at
Salisbury St Edmund, WIL status bac notes – Bride Elizabeth MORRELL aged 28 residing at Salisbury St
Edmund, WIL status sp notes – Bondsmen CURTIS Robert,innholder,Salisbury St Edmund – to be married
at –


The issuing of a licence does not necessarily mean that a marriage took place; some people may have
had second thoughts and, it is believed, some thought the licence was sufficient and it was not
necessary to get married. If a marriage did take place, it may not have been in a parish named in
the bond of allegation. Note also that the marriage register or bishops transcript may not have
survived, thus making the licence the only evidence of the intended marriage.

Notes:

Name:
or Gerrett

Birth:
Possible birth - Job Garrett - IGI
Where is Corcherton ?

Job married Anne MOGER on 26 May 1776 in Longbridge Deverill, Wiltshire. Anne was christened on 27 Sep 1752 in Mere, Wiltshire. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Christened:
Possible Birth - IGI

Notes:

Married:
IGI

John married Sarah SYLVESTER in 1762. Sarah was born in 1735. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

John + Hannah ?. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

William + Jane ?. Jane and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

John + Mary. Mary was born about 1752. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]