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Title: Charles MILLS - d 27 Feb 1940
Post by: tedscout on Wednesday 04 July 12 03:51 BST (UK)
Can anyone help me find more about this man?

The Australian Cemetery Index says he was buried in Pyramid Hill Victoria, aged 85.

I cannot find a death for him, or a birth. I would love to know who his parents were and find out if he was born in Australia.

Thanks for reading this and thanks for helping if you can.

Cheers Ted
Title: Re: Charles MILLS - d 27 Feb 1940
Post by: cando on Wednesday 04 July 12 03:55 BST (UK)
The only death reg that matches

MILLS Charles
Father Charles MILLS  Mother Margaret McLEAN
At Elsternwick  85 years  1940  Reg#1729

Cando


Title: Re: Charles MILLS - d 27 Feb 1940
Post by: tedscout on Wednesday 04 July 12 03:59 BST (UK)
Wow Cando that was quick - thank you so much!
Title: Re: Charles MILLS - d 27 Feb 1940
Post by: cando on Wednesday 04 July 12 04:12 BST (UK)
This notice may be relevant...Mincha is on the right area

http://www.rootschat.com/links/0of3/

Cando
Title: Re: Charles MILLS - d 27 Feb 1940
Post by: tedscout on Wednesday 04 July 12 04:16 BST (UK)
Thanks Cando - I will go and have a look. I've been looking at Mincha - it is spelt some strange ways in the newspapers.

I have just purchased and downloaded the death cert and it is my man thank you so much.

Title: Re: Charles MILLS - d 27 Feb 1940
Post by: cando on Wednesday 04 July 12 04:23 BST (UK)
Marriage
MILLS Charles  Born Donoughmore  [Ireland]
WORLAND Eliza  Born Barrabool
1883  Reg#1098
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donoughmore

Australian Electoral Roll
1909
MILLS Charles  Mincha Railway  Farmer
MILLS Charles Frederick  Mincha  Farmer
MILLS Eliza  Mincha  HD
MILLS Richard H, Mincha  Farmer.

Deaths
MILLS Reuben Amos
Father Charles  Mother Eliza  WORLAND
At Richmond  65 years  1955  Reg#660

MILLS James Worland
Father Charles  Mother Eliza  WORLAND
At Parkville  67 years  Reg#7140

MILLS Richard Henry
Father Mills Charles  Mother Eliza  WORLAND
At Minc   80 years  1968  Reg#8075

MILLS Charles Frederic
Father Charles  Mother Eliza  WORLAND
At Pyramid Hill  85 years  1970  Reg#7570

Will check for other births...

Cando



Title: Re: Charles MILLS - d 27 Feb 1940
Post by: tedscout on Wednesday 04 July 12 04:32 BST (UK)
Thank you so much Cando.

My sons will be so pleased - James Worland MILLS was their great Grandfather, I promised them I would help them find when all their ancestors came to Australia and where they came from.

Title: Re: Charles MILLS - d 27 Feb 1940
Post by: cando on Wednesday 04 July 12 04:34 BST (UK)
Births
WORLAND Eliza
Father Frederick  Mother Elizabeth MANSFIELD
At Barrabool Hills  1861  Reg#8466

MILLS Charles Frederic 1884  Pyramid Hill  Reg#27006
MILLS Richard Henry  1887  Pyramid Hill Reg#14119
MILLS Reuben Amos  1890  Pyramid Hill Reg#6740
MILLS Margt Elsie  1891 Pyramid Hill Reg#36391   Died 1892 9 months  Reg#11654
MILLS Isabella May 1893 Pyramid Hill Reg#16165
MILLS Amy Grace 1895 Pyramid Hill Reg#32154
MILLS James Worland 1898  Pyramid Hill  Reg#21567
MILLS Ernest Gordon 1899  Pyramid Hill  REg#21477
MILLS Ivy 1902 Macana Reg#27588


Cando


Title: Re: Charles MILLS - d 27 Feb 1940
Post by: cando on Wednesday 04 July 12 04:35 BST (UK)
So you probably have all the other info on the family :)

Cheers
Cando
Title: Re: Charles MILLS - d 27 Feb 1940
Post by: tedscout on Wednesday 04 July 12 04:38 BST (UK)
No hardly anything at all. All we could remember was their grandmothers maiden name and her brother was an authopedic surgeon - I have traced them back that far mainly through a lot of hard work.

We thought the family came from Kyneton and that is not seeming very likely now.

Title: Re: Charles MILLS - d 27 Feb 1940
Post by: cando on Wednesday 04 July 12 04:40 BST (UK)
Where do you want to start Ted ;D

Cando ;D
Title: Re: Charles MILLS - d 27 Feb 1940
Post by: cando on Wednesday 04 July 12 04:42 BST (UK)
James Worland MILLS listed as receiving Bachelor of Arts 1927
http://www.rootschat.com/links/0of5/

Cando
Title: Re: Charles MILLS - d 27 Feb 1940
Post by: tedscout on Wednesday 04 July 12 04:50 BST (UK)
I have somewhere from a story their grandma told my sons that he became an Inspector of Schools, so that fits in.

We have a lot of stories and hearsay, but no true facts.

From Charles MILLS death cert I have the following:

Offspring. Charles 55, Richard 52, Reuben 50, Elsie dec, Isabella dec, Grace 44, James 41, Gordon dec, Ivy dec.

In Australia 71 years from Donoughmore, County Down.
Title: Re: Charles MILLS - d 27 Feb 1940
Post by: cando on Wednesday 04 July 12 04:54 BST (UK)
Marriage
MILLS James Worland
WALLIS Mary
1923  Reg#12517

1930 - 1963
MILLS James Worland  8 Oak Avenue Elsternwick  Teacher
MILLS Mary  8 Oak Avenue  Elsternwick  HD

This address is now the rear area of a car yard on Nepean Highway.

Cando


Title: Re: Charles MILLS - d 27 Feb 1940
Post by: tedscout on Wednesday 04 July 12 05:02 BST (UK)
With all those Aunties and Uncles - I wonder why we always thought Grandma had no family - there must have been cousins somewhere.

Thank you for that Marriage - Mary was an artist from what I remember. Grandma used to have paintings on her wall that were painted by her mother.

Thank you so much for helping with all of this.
Title: Re: Charles MILLS - d 27 Feb 1940
Post by: cando on Wednesday 04 July 12 05:13 BST (UK)
Death
MILLS Mary
Father Wallis William  Mother Mary Elizabeth
At Richmond  80 years  1981  Reg#28099

Ted have sent you an email from my gmail address.

Cando




Title: Re: Charles MILLS - d 27 Feb 1940
Post by: cando on Wednesday 04 July 12 05:19 BST (UK)
Marriages Mar 1897   
WALLIS William Henry  Oldham 8d/762
MATTHEWS Mary Elizabeth    Oldham 8d/762   

This could be her birth according to the 1911 census

Births Sep 1901
WALLIS    Mary    Lancaster    8e/735

 
Title: Re: Charles MILLS - d 27 Feb 1940
Post by: tedscout on Wednesday 04 July 12 05:36 BST (UK)
Thanks for that marriage and birth Cando.

I presume they are English ones.
Title: Re: Charles MILLS - d 27 Feb 1940
Post by: cando on Wednesday 04 July 12 05:36 BST (UK)
Yes...did you get the email?

Cando
Title: Re: Charles MILLS - d 27 Feb 1940
Post by: tedscout on Wednesday 04 July 12 05:39 BST (UK)
No I didn't sorry!
Title: Re: Charles MILLS - d 27 Feb 1940
Post by: cando on Wednesday 04 July 12 05:41 BST (UK)
Blast - sent it from that online subscription website.  Grrr.  Will find it again.

Cando
Title: Re: Charles MILLS - d 27 Feb 1940
Post by: cando on Wednesday 04 July 12 05:45 BST (UK)
Sent from another address.  Hope the mail address I have is still active ;D

Cando
Title: Re: Charles MILLS - d 27 Feb 1940
Post by: tedscout on Wednesday 04 July 12 05:47 BST (UK)
I have it thank you so much. I never dreamed they'd turn up there. I thought they'd have been in Australia way before that.  ;D
Title: Re: Charles MILLS - d 27 Feb 1940
Post by: cando on Wednesday 04 July 12 06:01 BST (UK)
I'm pretty sure it's the right family...pity the Mary's death didn't have the mother's surname.  But tried to establish the right marriage from the years married on the census.

Now who was the orthopaedic surgeon....Mary's brother?

Cando
Title: Re: Charles MILLS - d 27 Feb 1940
Post by: tedscout on Wednesday 04 July 12 06:13 BST (UK)
No Grandma's brother and I think he is still alive so we won't talk about him here. I'll email you.


Oh and I have found a Wallis family who came over in 1914 on The Dorset to Queesland - could I even have found the ship - it could be an excellent day
Title: Re: Charles MILLS - d 27 Feb 1940
Post by: cando on Wednesday 04 July 12 06:19 BST (UK)
OK

Could be Mary's parents' deaths

WALLIS Wm Hy
Father Wm Hy  Mother Ellen  GREENHALGH
At Sandringham  81 years  1953  Reg#5613

WALLIS Mary Eliz
Father MATTHEWS Alf Robt  Mother Sarah  TATTERSALL
At Elsternwick  73 years  1945  Reg#2424

Cando




Title: Re: Charles MILLS - d 27 Feb 1940
Post by: tedscout on Wednesday 04 July 12 06:28 BST (UK)
Cando thank you so much!

I wonder if Sarah Tattersall is part of the TATTERSALLS of Tattslotto fame LOL
Title: Re: Charles MILLS - d 27 Feb 1940
Post by: cando on Wednesday 04 July 12 07:22 BST (UK)
Sarah's father was a silk weaver on the 1861 census.  Check you email ;)

Marriages Mar 1863 
MATTHEWS    Alfred Robert     Oldham 8d   /793    
TATTERSALL    Sarah         Oldham 8d/793

Now I really need to do some proper work.  Will get back to this later Ted ;D

Cheers ;D
Cando

Title: Re: Charles MILLS - d 27 Feb 1940
Post by: tedscout on Wednesday 04 July 12 08:25 BST (UK)
Thank you again so much Cando - My sons have such an amazing family tree. Thank you for helping fill the last branch

I will say again you are amazing - Everyone you help is blessed.

Cando the brick wall killer  ;D
Title: Re: Charles MILLS - d 27 Feb 1940
Post by: sparrett on Wednesday 04 July 12 08:28 BST (UK)
Some of the sons of CHARLES and ELIZA MILLS joined the war time forces.

REUBEN AMOS has a ww2 digitised file.
JAMES WORLAND   has a ww1 digitised file
ERNEST GORDON  has a ww1 digitised file.

The latter has a sad letter from his wife in NSW.

Among other items, the files contain addresses which may be of interest to you.

http://www.naa.gov.au/collection/using/search/

Sue
Title: Re: Charles MILLS - d 27 Feb 1940
Post by: sparrett on Wednesday 04 July 12 08:36 BST (UK)
Here is the death of ERNST CHARLES in nSW which is sadly referred to in the letters enclosed in his ww1 file


REG 8616 In 1935 MILLS ERNEST G
Parents CHARLES & ELIZABETH
    NEWCASTLE   

And here is his marriage to the author of the letters.               
REG 12011 In 1933 MILLS ERNEST G
To CULLEN IRENE E
NEWCASTLE


JAMES WORLANd MILLS cremated at Springvale Cemetery
Date of Service18/04/1966
Location Details CASSIA, POSITION IN ROSE BED, GARDEN 7 BED 4 POSITION 93

Sue

 
Title: Re: Charles MILLS - d 27 Feb 1940
Post by: sparrett on Wednesday 04 July 12 08:49 BST (UK)
http://www.rootschat.com/links/0ofn/

Application for probate in the will of CHARLES MILLS
Argus 1940 to be granted to JAMES WORLAND MILLS

Sue
Title: Re: Charles MILLS - d 27 Feb 1940
Post by: sparrett on Wednesday 04 July 12 09:02 BST (UK)
http://www.rootschat.com/links/0ofo/


Funeral notice for WILLIAM HENRY WALLIS which says he will be interred at CHELTENHAM Cemetery. Perhaps others of his family are their too
There may be a Memorial Inscription!!

On the same page is his Death Notice with his last address as 8 Oak Avenue Elsternwick.  This lists his offspring.

Sue
Title: Re: Charles MILLS - d 27 Feb 1940
Post by: tedscout on Monday 16 July 12 02:36 BST (UK)
Thank you so much Sue!

I have only just checked my emails.

You have done a fantastic job - thank you so much.

Sons will be wrappt.

Cheers Ted
Title: Re: Charles MILLS - d 27 Feb 1940
Post by: anro on Monday 16 July 12 16:29 BST (UK)
hello Ted
I noticed your enquiry about Charles Mills b.1853 d.1940- he was my great grandfather.
I am also a family historian and have done considerable research on the Mills and associated families. I take it you or your children are descended from James Worland Mills I assume via his daughter who I will just refer to as Y as she is still alive.(last I heard anyway)(She is my mothers cousin) I will contact you again tomorrow when I have sorted all the information out as it is 1.30am .Anne
Title: Re: Charles MILLS - d 27 Feb 1940
Post by: tedscout on Tuesday 17 July 12 02:05 BST (UK)
Dear Anne,

Yes you are correct my sons are related to Charles Mills via James Worland, and yes Y is their grandmother. She is alive and very fit and well, and I am sure would love to hear from a cousin.

She is not on the internet but my younger son who lives with me sees her often.

Post 2 more messages and the private message system will kick in and then I can send you my details.

Thank you for getting in touch, this is fantastic Cheers Ted
Title: Re: Charles MILLS - d 27 Feb 1940
Post by: anro on Tuesday 17 July 12 03:07 BST (UK)
Hi Ted
I am descended from Charles Frederick Mills, b.1884 and the eldest of the children of Charles and Eliza Mills.
Charles Mills b.1853 Donaghmore County Tyrone was the son of Charles Mills b.1811 and Margaret McLean. (Margarets parents were Alexander McLean and  Sarah McIvor)
Charles Mills b.1811 was the son of John Mills and Margaret Robinson who married March 30th 1804 in St Michaels Church Castlecaulfield Tyrone. The family lived at Garvagh.John and Margaret had 5 children who were baptized at St Michaels Church Castlecaulfield.

Charles b.1811 and Margaret Mclean  were married in 1837-we believe also in Castlecaulfield and not Scotland as is noted on Charles' death certificate.
Charles and Margaret had 9 children.
Sarah Ann b.Ca 1838 m James splatt in1863 in Inverleigh Victoria and died 1909 Caulfield
Richard b.ca 1841 said to have remained in Ireland but a Richard MIlls was witness at the buriel of Charles Mills in 1878.
James b.1844 m.Eliza Archer and was a publican in Allandale Victoria d.1909
Eliza Jane b.ca 1846 m.1868 Peter Hunter and in 1914 Henry Starkey Bowerman. Eliza died 1919 in Sebastopol Victoria
Margaret b.ca 1848 m.William Lavery ,lived in Christchurch NZ and died 1888
Maria b.1850 nothing more know about her
Charles b. 1853. m.Eliza Worland in Shelford Victoria d.1940 Elsternwick
Isabella b.1856 n.1. George Daniels and 2 Alex Kilpatrick
Emily b.1859 m.Alex Mitchell
Will take a break here and be back soon
Title: Re: Charles MILLS - d 27 Feb 1940
Post by: anro on Tuesday 17 July 12 03:45 BST (UK)
Charles and Margaret arrived in Australia in 1868 aboard the ship "Conflict" along with their 3 youngest children Charles 12 Isabella 10 and Emily 7. Charles occupation was given as Agricultural Labourer. They arrived in Melbourne
Charles brother James had come out to Australia two years previously and was a publican in Allandale as mentioned earlier.
It appears that some of the elder daughters came to Austalia even before that as Sarah Ann b.1838 was married in 1863 to James Splatt in Inverliegh victoria. Three Mills girls with the appropriate names arrived on the Atalanta (I think in 1862) I have just misplaced that informaton.
There have been numerous publications "Profiles of our past" which contain a lot of the Mills family obituaries and weddings from the Pyramid Hill Advertiser. If you are able to join a genealogical library they should have those publications available.

Also James Worland Mills is listed in the Who's Who Directories- not sure of the date but should be after 1958 as he was Chief Inspector of Schools from that date. I have that information if you would like it. I also have the obituary notice for James Worland Mills.

Do you have any of the Worland Family information? Eliza
Worlands parents were Frederick Worland b.1830 Harstohn Cambridgeshire and Elizabeth Ivy Mansfeild.b.1829 Histon Cambridgeshire. They came to Australia in 1854 aboard the "Mariah Hay" to Geelong., with their two eldest daughters Ann Rebecca 2  and Ellizabeth 1. Frederick and Elizabeth had another 9 children after settling in Australia.
Fredericks parents were John Worland and Rebecca Bangle who married 15th october 1810
Elizabeth Mansfield parents were William Mansfield and Ann Smith

There is a headstone in Harton Churchyard to John Worland and wife Rebecca. I have a photo of it which I took when over in England about 11 years ago.. There is also a headstone for Frederick and Elizabeth Worland in Inverliegh cemetary.
Pyramid Hill cemetary has many of the Mills family buried there, incluidn Charles and Margaret
there is also a headstone for them.
I will have to stop here as I must go to work.
Anne
Title: Re: Charles MILLS - d 27 Feb 1940
Post by: anro on Tuesday 17 July 12 03:49 BST (UK)
Sorry I should proof read more carefully before posting - the birthplace fro Frederick Worland should read Harston not Harton or Harstohn as I have accidently printed!
Title: Re: Charles MILLS - d 27 Feb 1940
Post by: tedscout on Tuesday 17 July 12 04:00 BST (UK)
Thank you so much Anne.

I will send you a PM (see the little scroll under your name). With our details. Y's only son is my Ex husband but we are still good friends.

I would love to know more about the Worlands as I think Ex might be related to one of his mates a Worland from Winchelsea.

Anyway more in the PM - enjoy work - I start work in about 3 hours.

Cheers Ted
Title: Re: Charles MILLS - d 27 Feb 1940
Post by: possum b on Tuesday 07 December 21 21:42 GMT (UK)
hi guy's, lm wrking on same link right now

lm a direct family member

can you come find me on fb, so we can skype :)
https://www.facebook.com/possum.burville
cheers
Sue
Title: Re: Charles MILLS - d 27 Feb 1940
Post by: Raesy on Saturday 05 March 22 02:54 GMT (UK)
Thank you so much Anne.

I will send you a PM (see the little scroll under your name). With our details. Y's only son is my Ex husband but we are still good friends.

I would love to know more about the Worlands as I think Ex might be related to one of his mates a Worland from Winchelsea.

Anyway more in the PM - enjoy work - I start work in about 3 hours.

Cheers Ted

Hi Ted the Worlands from Winchelsea maybe related but not in the way that you think. The ones that I know of from Winchelsea come from the Worland line that came over from Melbourn, Cambridgeshire, England. If you would like to send me a PM we can exchange information and see if we are talking about the same Worland line :) cheers