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Ada was born in Chelsea in 1854 her parents are James Mills also born in London and her mother Elizabeth Mills born Hamilton nee Hopkins .Ada became an orphan at 6 when she went to live with her uncle and then sent to the Muller orphanage in Bristol .I am trying to find out if Ada was related to Captain John Mills born London 1727 can any one help please
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WOW that is one hell of a jump from 1854 back to 1727 :o
You would have to follow her father's line back as far as you could,which of course may only be to 1837 for certain(the start of civil registration)
Good luck ;)
Carol
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Hi
1861 census RG9 51 folio 82
23 Ponsonby Place St John Westminster
Thomas Mills 39 Head Married Upholsterer London Middlesex
Elizabeth Mills 36 Wife Married Shirtmaker Marylebone Middlesex
William Mills 16 Son Bootmaker St George Hanover Square Middlesex
George Mills 12 Son St George Hanover Square Middlesex
Edward Mills 7 Son Westminster Middlesex
Daniel Mills 4 Son Westminster Middlesex
Thomas Mills 3 Son Westminster Middlesex
Ada Mills 6 Niece Westminster Middlesex
Elizabeth Chiverall 76 Mother-in-law Married Needlewoman Hampshire
Susanna Lawless 68 Aunt Widow Needlewoman Norfolk
1851 census HO107 1477 folio 389
7 Commercial Road South St George Hanover Square
Thomas W Mills 31 Head Married Journeyman upholsterer St Lukes Middlesex (birthplace confirmed by the 1871 census)
Elizabeth Mills 25 Wife Married Marylebone Middlesex
William H Mills 6 Son Pimlico Middlesex
George H Mills 2 Son Pimlico Middlesex
4th December 1842 St Mary Lambeth
Thomas Whitworth Mills Jr Full Age Porter Carlisle Street Thomas Whitworth Mills Porter
Elizabeth Cheverall Minor Spinster Lambeth Walk John Cheverall Stone mason
Both signed
Witnesses Mary Ann Harris and J L Gawler
16th October 1853 St Mary Lambeth
James Mills Full Age Bachelor Upholsterer Pratt Street Thomas Mills Porter
Elizabeth Hoskins Full Age Widow Pratt Street John Hamilton Deceased Soldier
Both signed
Witnesses D Williams and M Maitland
see also
http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,525728.0.html
for information on Captain John Mills
Regards
Valda
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Thanks for that but I am struggling with Ada's father james he was born approx 1827 and on the 1841 census it only seems to have his mother Mary b 1796 can't find his dad to see if cpt John Mills is related to him and not sure how to do it on ancestry
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Thanks for that but I am struggling with Ada's father james he was born approx 1827 and on the 1841 census it only seems to have his mother Mary b 1796 can't find his dad to see if cpt John Mills is related to him and not sure how to do it on ancestry
Where was James living in 1841 and 1851?
Rosie
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london
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Sorry Rosie I should Have said Chelsea S London in 1841
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Hi
So do you mean this family? How do you know it is the correct family?
1841 census HO107 688/15 folio 50
George Street Chelsea
Mary Mills 45 born Ireland
Thomas Mills 20 M S
Daniel Mills 15 M S
James Mills 12 Servant?
all born in county except Mary. Adult ages those over 15, usually rounded down to the nearest 5 on the 1841 census.
There is a burial for a Thomas Mills that might be a possibility
19th March 1841 St Luke Chelsea
Thomas Mills aged 43 Upper Manor Street
Upper Manor Street on the 1841 census piece number was HO107 688/4.
Regards
Valda
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Think that these must be the ones as Albert married twice , he had 6 children altogether the eldest being Thomas who also married twice and his wife was Irish by the name of Mrs Haughton don't have a first name they being the grandparents of Ada
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Hi
Who is Albert?
The grandfather of Ada was Thomas Mills who was a porter according to her parents' and her uncle Thomas' marriage certificate.
Regards
Valda
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sorry Valda I meant to say Alfred he was Thomas's father I think who in turn was the son of Captain John Mills and Isabella Vincent I hope and if that is the case then I have my link ,just as A matter of interest how are you able to look up these records ie marriage cert as I have just joined Ancestry and am really struggling with it all .Regards Fiona
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Hi
Experience really.
Have you obtained a copy of Captain John Mills will yet to see if he mentions his grandchildren?
6th February 1808 St Mary, Newington Southwark
Alfred Mills
Priscilla Broad
Bachelor and spinster of the parish
By banns
Both signed
Witnesses W Williams and Sarah Hemp
All Baptised St Saviour Southwark 23rd June 1822
Isaac Mills (born 7th June 1817) parents Alfred and Priscilla, King Street, father's occupation artist
Harriot Mills (born 18th November 1819) parents Alfred and Priscilla, King Street, father's occuaption artist
William Mills (born 16th April 1822) parents Alfred and Priscilla, King Street, father's occupation artist
same church 13th June 1824 born 5th October 1812
Rebeckah Mills parents Alfred and Priscilla, King Street, father's occupation artist
10th February 1811 St Bride Fleet Street City of London born 15th December 1810
Priscilla Agnes Mills parents Alfred and Priscilla, No 9 Wine Office Court Fleet Street
Burial St Peter Walworth 17th December 1833
Alfred Mills aged 56, James Street
1851 census HO107 1567 folio 793
5 Brewhouse Place Newington
Pricilla Mills 68 Head Widow Needlewoman Parish relief Deptford Kent
Harriett Mills 31 Daughter Bed ridden parish relief St George Southwark
Regards
Valda
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Hi
Baptised 15th March 1769 Mission Church Calcutta Bengal Presidency
John Wedderburn MILLS (twin) parents Captain John Mills and Isabella
buried 26th July 1769
Samuel Thomas was the twin - they were baptised aged 3 months
Regards
Valda
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Thanks Valda
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Hi Valda, Really struggling with finding info are you able to give me any advise regarding Ada's father James to find out his birth and death ,his father Thomas and his grandfather Albert as I am not sure where to start its just that I am going to London at half term and would like to go and see their graves etc but don't know how to find things I am on ancestry but can't seem to get all the information that everyone else does Thanks Fiona
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Hi
Have you obtained a copy of Captain John Mills will yet to see if he mentions his grandchildren?
However, Ada's grandfather according to her uncle Thomas' marriage and her father James' marriage (where they both give their father's name) was called Thomas and a porter by occupation. Uncle Thomas (from his age and information on censuses) was born circa 1821 in St Lukes in the county of Middlesex. Alfred the son of Captain Mills (from Alfred's first and only marriage in 1808, since his widow outlived him and he married as a bachelor) was having children in Southwark in the county of Surrey at this time Isaac 1817, Harriot 1819, William 1822 and Rebekah 1824.
Alfred therefore cannot be Ada's grandfather and the father of Thomas and James, since their father was called Thomas, born probably around circa 1798. Alfred married for the first and only time in 1808 according to his marriage certificate so he cannot be the father of Thomas senior born circa 1798.
Other than the fact that Thomas and his brother James' father was called Thomas and a porter nothing further as yet is known about him apart from the possibility from the 1841 census his wife was called Mary and she was born in Ireland (if this is the correct census entry).
1841 census HO107 688/15 folio 50
George Street Chelsea
Mary Mills 45 born Ireland
Thomas Mills 20 M S
Daniel Mills 15 M S
James Mills 12 Servant?
This means the burial already given at St Luke's Chelsea may be Thomas senior's burial place, though that remains unproven
19th March 1841 St Luke Chelsea
Thomas Mills aged 43 Upper Manor Street
The London burial grounds website gives information and modern day photographs of St Luke's Chelsea. Like many London churchyards land will have been lost to newer buildings and roads and the churchyard turned into a green park area.
http://www.burial.magic-nation.co.uk/bgchelsea.htm
Thomas the porter's son James who married in 1853 may or may not have been dead by 1861 since his daughter Ada was, at least on census night, staying with her uncle and his family.
This is a possibility for her birth registration
Births Dec 1854
Mills Ada Chelsea 1a 122
Do you know whether this is the correct birth registration and if so whether it confirms James was still alive at the time of his daughter's birth registration? If he was still alive then by 1854 central London churchyards had begun to close and the majority of burials were in the new large London cemeteries. Ancesty holds very few cemetery registers which are mostly held by local authorities who now manage them and a few private companies. Between 1854 and 1861, 27 James Mills had their deaths registered in Middlesex. Some of the 1854-1856 burials can be discounted because Ancestry has those burials in churchyards (the last few being buried in them) so you can check against that source to discount those. You could eliminate others at least initially because they are not in the area of Chelsea/Westminster where the family seems to be placed. It still leaves an expensive process trying to eliminate those remaining death registrations which are left purchasing possible death certificates to establish which is the James you are interested in.
The way around this would be to access Ada's documentation from the Muller Home in Bristol since this is likely to give information on her parents and when they died, if both were dead by the time she was sent to the home. This would pinpoint which James Mills death registration was the correct one and which death certificate to obtain to find the exact place of death to help try and establish which cemetery would the most likely one for him to be buried in, or if he died earlier and his daughter was born posthumously which would be the likeliest churchyard (records not held by Ancestry if it is in Westminster).
In trying to obtain all the documentation you would need to begin such a search for James' burial place, you have left it a trifle late for it to arrive in time for any on the ground search at half term.
Regards
Valda
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Phew ,where do I start ,yes I did get Captain John Mills will but it was so hard to read I have asked a friend if they can have a go at telling me what it says as I can only work out a little of it .
I have got all the documentation from the Muller homes in Bristol it shows that James died on 25/3/1860 in Belgrave but it doesn't say where.
The reason that I thought they were related to Captain Mills was because Ada had a sister Alice who went to live with Daniel Mills who also had Thos baron Mills and Rose Mills therefore Ada's cousins -I have a book that was written by Rose'e husband Percy Broemel which was published by T B Mills and is about Capt Mills + family. Roses's gt gt granddaughter of John and gt granddaughter of Alfred .
Alfred 1776-1833 died in Walworth 7/12/1833 leaving a widow + 6 children the eldest being Thomas ,Roses grandfather, after going to India he married a Miss Haughton an Irish lady their youngest son Daniel became an art expert ,he married twice and Rose was from his second marriage so I therefore put this as James 'brother Daniel.
Hope that I have explained it OK
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This would be James' death registration.
Deaths Mar 1860 MILLS James St Geo Han Sq 1a 210
That would be Westminster. You could try contacting Westminster Cemetery office and see whether they have a burial for him.
http://www.westminster.gov.uk/services/communityandliving/burials/
Alfred Mills married Priscilla Broad in 1808. He was a bachelor on his marriage.
Children found so far for Alfred and Priscilla.
Priscilla Agnes 1810
Rebekah 1812
Isaac 1817
Harriot 1819
William 1822
1871 census RG102550 folio 44
New Orphan Houses Bristol
Alice Mills 14 Orphan London Middlesex
possibly in foster care in 1861 in London, though see below about missing sections to the 1861 census?
1851 census HO107 1477 folio 303
27 Union Street Pimlico St George Hanover Square
Daniel Mills 29 Head Married Warehouseman Chelsea Middlesex
Maria Mills 27 Wife Married Chelsea Middlesex
Thomas Mills 5 Son Pimlico Middlesex
Mary Ann Mills 3 Daughter Pimlico Middlesex
James Mills 26 Lodger Unmarried Warehouseman Chelsea Middlesex
2 other lodgers
Areas of the 1861 census for London are lost. Major parts of the census in the Belgrave/Pimlico areas are missing.
1871 census RG10 135 folio 64
8 King Street St James Westminster
Daniel Mills 49 Head Married Porter Chelsea
May Ann Mills 36 Wife Married Tidenham Gloucestershire
Thos Baron Mills 11 Son Pimlico
Rose Mills 9 Daughter Pimlico
Porter would be the same occupation as his father Thomas.
1881 census RG11 644 folio 137
1 Stanley Terrace Battersea
Mary A. Mills 46 Head Widow Tedenham Gloucestershire
Thomas B. Mills 21 Son Bookseller St George Hanover Square
Rose was working as a servant in London on this census.
Death registration for Daniel
Deaths Sep 1878
Mills Daniel 58 Westminster 1a 321
Died 4th July 1878. He left a will proved in the Principal Registry 10th October 1878. He left £450 a reasonable sum.
12th October 1887 St Mary, Battersea
Percy Rudolph Broemel 21 Bachelor Professor of Languages 144 Lavender Hill Francis Broemel Editor
Rose Mills 20 Spinster 2 St John's Road Daniel Mills Deceased Accountant
Both signed
Witnesses Thomas Baron Mills, Henry Richter, Mary Ann Mills, Harriet E and Francis Broemel
Somewhat elevating of Rose's father's occupation perhaps to match the family she was marrying into. Thomas and his mother were booksellers in Battersea on the 1901 census.
Whatt evidence does the book give for Thomas senior being the son of Alfred Mills? Date place of birth? Mother's name?
Regards
Valda
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it just says that Albert died leaving a widow and 6 children the eldest being Thomas ,Roses grandfather ,Thomas had enlisted at 16 into the army as a gentleman ranker during this he went to India where he married, one of their younger sons Daniel inherited artistic tendancies like his grandfather Albert and he became an art expert
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Hi
If Daniel had artistic tendencies then as yet it isn't obvious from the records that his employment had any connection with art.
If Thomas senior was serving in the army that may explain why two of his sons give Chelsea as their place of birth and why his wife was born in Ireland, though if he went to India you might have expected him to have served in the East India Company army and not the regular army.
Evidence of only one East India Army cadet called Thomas Mills
Surname Mills
Forename(s) Thomas Milliken
Season(s) 1819-20
It doesn't look likely that this is him. Googling that name brings up records on a solicitor. The middle name is quite distinctive.
If the sons were baptised in Chelsea before an army chaplain the records will be in the GRO army registers (overseas section whether they happened overseas or not). Findmypast holds the GRO army registers. The missing baptisms however might be because Thomas' wife Mary was a Catholic?
Thomas certainly isn't in the cadet registers for Sandhurst
http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/records/looking-for-person/britisharmyofficerbefore1913.htm?WT.lp=rg-3140
It is much less likely he was a 'gentleman' if after his army service he was a porter. The definition of gentleman is someone who doesn't have to work for a living. If he came from such a family background there is no evidence to show he and his family lived anything but a working class life.
Gentleman rankers
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gentleman_ranker
In the early C19th it would have been harsh and grim to serve as an ordinary soldier, enlisting as a private.
Regards
Valda