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Re: John Mills of Hulme
« Reply #9 on: Monday 15 August 11 13:26 BST (UK) »
I can't find Ann Mills and James mills before 1871  :-\

I was trying to see if I could connect them to John but I can't see a suitable entry for him in 1861 either.  :(
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Re: John Mills of Hulme
« Reply #10 on: Monday 15 August 11 14:00 BST (UK) »
Same problem. According to their marriage certificate John Mills father was William Mills a fustian cutter. No trace of him either.

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Re: John Mills of Hulme
« Reply #11 on: Monday 15 August 11 14:59 BST (UK) »
Well I have found out one thing. John Mills was NOT a lodger. He was the son. It was just a mistake.

When I looked up the marriages for James Mills and for John Mills they both had William Mills Fustian cutter as father. Because there were three lodgers listed directly underneath in the 1871 census it looks as if the word lodger was just written once too often.

So the two who were in trouble with the law were brothers.

Onward......

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Re: John Mills of Hulme
« Reply #12 on: Monday 04 March 13 17:09 GMT (UK) »
It took a long time but it turned out that Emily Fletcher's marriage to John Mills was just a non starter. They split up and lived with other people. Emily did not marry her partner William Holland although they had four children. John Mills said he was married to his but interestingly did not get married till much later on.

They must have known each other though because Emily's 18 yr old son turns up in John Mill's house on the night of the census. Must have been an arrangement!!

If you hadn't have found that newspaper article I would probably have given up a long time ago. Thank you once again. Oh and I have joined the library.
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