1861/1871 census cardiff mills family

[cardiff]

HI
Does this help
I have thew Mills family of devon and cardiff
cardiff mills
1881 census
George 45
Elizabeth 44
William 21
Mary 19
Thomas 17
John 15
Arthur 13
Charles 11
Gwendoline 8
George 6
helena 3
Herbert 2 sadly he died 1884 aged 4yrs

The following christened
Catherine Sophia Mills 11 Aug 1861 Llandaff
Mary Elizabeth mills 11 aug 1861
Thomas Andrew Fowler Mills 1st oct 1863 Llandaff
John Henry Mills 19Nov 1865 llandaff
Stephen Arthur leonard Mills 7th June 1868 Llandaff
Charles edward Mills 22 aug 1869 llandaff
Gwendoline Jane Mills 24 Nov 1872
thats the only christenings found.
George Mills =m= Elizabeth Palmer 16th Aug 1857 Reg Office Neath 
george 21 yrs bachelor coal miner  residence at time Pontrhydyfen no father entered
Elizabeth 19yrs spinster  residence Melincrythan  father George Palmer Lab

In 1861 census family living Cardiff  George is a smith  they have a daughter  Catherine sophia born Neath
does this help
cheers cardiff

[CardiffGirl]

WOW!  You do know your stuff. I'm well impressed.

I don't understand the West Wales connection (work maybe?).  I did come up with some Neath connections ages ago but dismissed it.


Sorry I just realised I wrongly wrote about Gwendoline and Helina.  I have no knowledge of either.  I was mixing them up with Stephen's children, my grandad's sisters.  They were great aunts  Flo and Hettie.

[cardiff]

Does this help
1871 census RG10 p5366 f 32 p13
 55 North Rd gabalfa
George Mills 35  blacksmith b devon
Elizabeth  wife 35 b Pontypool
William 11 erran boy b Cathays cardif
Mary elizabeth 10  b Maindy
Thomas 7
john Henry 5 b maindy
Stephen 3yrs b Maindy
charles Edward Mills 1 b Maindy
 I have the Palmer family also if you want it.
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[CardiffGirl]

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[CardiffGirl]

That's brilliant thank you.  I'd love to know of the Palmer family.

There's absolutely loads of photos of the Mills family.  I don't know who has them now.  I'll have to ask my aunty.

By the way.  A woman wrote an article in the Cardiff Post some years ago.  She said she remembered Stephen as the fireman.  All the kids used to sing a song called  "Here comes Captain Mills"  This would have been in the 1920's

[cardiff]

H again
THe Neath connection Elizabeth Mills  nee; Palmer b Pontypool Monmouth
 her parents- George Palmer b Devon mother Catherine Davies m= 29th March 1827 Swansea (This is a possible match)
Catherine b Colwinston Glamorgan
their children  this 1851 census
Sophia  b1830 dressmaker b pontypool
George b 1834 Pontypool
william 1836 pontypool
elizabeth b 1841
 By 1861 George has passed away
Catherine now living with son george in Neath
Catherine in 1871 is a lodger aged 74.
Belive she then came to her daughter Elizabeth and died 1st qtr of 1874 in cardiff
 Her Daughter Sohia married William John and he was a curate odf Aberdare in 1871 and in 1881 lived at the vicarage in Cowbridge rd Ely
But sadly in the 2nd qtr of 1873 Sophia passed away , william died between 1891 and 1901 their son trevor became a mason.
 The son George did marry and became  a manager of a brickworks in brecon  I have him up to 1891 but don't see him after that
Thats all I know
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[cardiff]

Hi the interesting thing is my friend has not see all this info as yet have not got round to explaining it all. so this is a big extra bit a living relative!
Once you have taken things in contact me again and I will go through thing .Will send you my e-mail address through the personal messages so we can contact  each other.
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[CardiffGirl]

Your friend's father William Henry Hodder would be my Granddad's cousin.  He was Albert Clifford Mills, born 1894.  He died in Grangetown, Cardiff in 1963 when I was 7 but I remember him well.

I've tried to post 2 photos but it looks as though it's been disabled here.

[MattCardiff]

Hello - I believe I am the Great Great Great Grandson of the George Mills you are looking for. My string of the family stayed in Cardiff and are still there today, although the Mills name has sadly disappeared from our string because Leonard Arthur Mills (my Grandfather and George's Great Grandson) had four daughters, all of whom married.

According to our records, George and Elizabeth had a son called William R.G. Mills (circa 1860), who had a son - Arthur Leonard Mills (circa 1890) , who had a son - Leonard Arthur Mills, who had a daughter - Linda Joyce Mills (1952), my Mum.