 1838 - 1918 (80 years)
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| Name |
James MILLS |
| Birth |
1838 |
Winton, Barton on Irwell, Lancashire  |
| Christening |
22 Apr 1838 |
St. Mary the Virgin, Eccles |
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1838 James Mills Baptism
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| Gender |
Male |
| Census |
1841 |
Winton, Barton Upon Irwell, Lancashire |
| Age: 3 |
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1841 Census, Winton, Barton upon Irwell
James (Snr) & Joseph Mills, both Sawyers, living just a few doors apart and with their respective families. |
| Census |
1851 |
Worsley Road, Winton, Barton On Irwell |
| James Mills and Joseph Mills & families |
- Recorded as a Power Loom Silk Weaver
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1851 Census James Mills Snr Joseph Mills & families
The Census records a visitor - Joseph Higginson, 3 years old, born in Manchester. |
| 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. |
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1861 Census James Mills
Lodging in Plumstead |
| Address |
1905 |
202, Victoria Road, Old Charlton. |
| Death |
11 Sep 1918 |
202, Victoria Road, Old Charlton, Woolwich |
- 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.
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1919 James Mills Probate
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James Mills Will of 1905
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| Burial |
14 Sep 1918 |
- 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
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| Person ID |
I000043 |
Mills/Rushton Family History |
| Last Modified |
21 Oct 2013 |
| Father |
James MILLS, Snr., b. 1807, Winton, Barton on Irwell, Lancashire d. 1869, Winton (Age 62 years) |
| Mother |
Ann HUGHES, b. Abt 1802, Wellington, Shropshire d. 1856, Barton upon Irwell, Lancashire (Age ~ 54 years) |
| Marriage |
Bef 1835 |
? |
| Family ID |
F000151 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family |
Sarah (Kate?) IRELAND, b. 12 Jan 1842, Lowestoft, Suffolk d. 26 Apr 1920, 110, Ancona Road, Plumstead (Age 78 years) |
| Marriage |
1 Mar 1863 |
Upper Charlotte Street, Fitzroy Square, London |
- 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
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1863 James Mills & Sarah Ireland Marriage Certificate
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March 1st 1863 James Mills and Sarah Ireland Marriage Certificate
This shows the actual signatures of the parties. |
| Census |
1871 |
3 Mead Terrace, Willesborough, Kent |
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1871 Census James Mills & family
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| Census |
1881 |
95, Newtown, Willesborough, Kent |
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1881 Census. James Mills & family
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| Census |
1891 |
98, Robert Street, Plumstead |
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1891 Census. James Mills & family
Turner |
| Census |
1901 |
98, Robert Street, Plumstead |
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1901 Census James Mills & family
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| Census |
1911 |
202, Victoria Road, Old Charlton |
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1911 Census - James and Sarah Mills
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| 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.
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| Children |
| + | 1. Edward MILLS, b. 12 Oct 1863, Winton, Barton Upon Irwell, Lancs. d. 8 Feb 1945, 210 Annandale Street, Annandale, Sydney NSW (Age 81 years) [Father: Birth] [Mother: Birth] |
| + | 2. Ellen MILLS, b. 31 Mar 1866, 38, Upper Denmark Road, Ashford, Kent d. 30 Aug 1951, St. Nicholas Hospital, Plumstead (Age 85 years) [Father: Birth] [Mother: Birth] |
| | 3. James William MILLS, b. 7 Jul 1868, Willesborough, Kent d. 9 Jan 1871 (Age 2 years) |
| + | 4. Louisa MILLS, b. 2 Sep 1870, Mead Terrace, Willesborough d. 19 Feb 1937, 110, Ancona Road, Plumstead (Age 66 years) [Father: Birth] [Mother: Birth] |
| + | 5. Thomas William MILLS, R.E, b. 5 Mar 1874, 3 Mead Terrace, Willesborough, Kent d. 25 May 1901, Barrack No. 2, Newcastle upon Tyne (Age 27 years) |
| + | 6. Colonel James Jesse MILLS, O.B.E. - C.B.E., b. 20 Jan 1878, 15, Newtown, Ashford, Kent d. 8 Feb 1963, 2 Ethel Road, Broadstairs, CT10 2BE (Age 85 years) [Father: Birth] [Mother: Birth] |
| + | 7. Sarah Ann MILLS, b. 19 Mar 1881, 95, Newtown, Willesborough, Kent d. 20 Dec 1955, Home of Peace, Petersham, NSW (Age 74 years) [Father: Birth] [Mother: Birth] |
| | 8. George Henry MILLS, b. 19 Sep 1883, 96, Robert Street, Plumstead d. 4 Feb 1889, 98, Robert Street, Plumstead (Age 5 years) |
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| Family ID |
F000017 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
7 Feb 2017 |
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| Event Map |
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 | Marriage - 1 Mar 1863 - Upper Charlotte Street, Fitzroy Square, London |
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| Photos
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 | James Mills
Photographer -Cobb & Keir, Plumstead Rd, Woolwich |
 | James Mills at Jabez Hughes house, probably visiting his sister.
168, Worsley Road, Winton, Eccles
(In 1892 the house was numbered 166, Worsley Road)
The sign above the building next to the house reads:-
Jabez Hughes - Joiner & Co.
Jobbing work promptly attended to.
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 | James Mills 1
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 | James Mills, possibly taken on the steps of 202, Victoria Road, Charlton. Now demolished.
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 | James & Sarah Mills nee Ireland
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 | James Mills at dinner
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