Sarah WHIPP (1796-1879)

1. Sarah WHIPP, daughter of Not Known ( - ) and Susanna DAVIS (1760-1848), was born on 24 April 1796 in Faringdon Berkshire. She was baptised on 24 April 1796 in Faringdon Berkshire. She married Josiah (Joseph) MILLS on 7 August 1820 in Clanfield Oxfordshire. She married Thomas WILSON on 8 October 1848 in Clanfield Oxfordshire. She died in 1879 in Jun Qtr Witney, Oxfordshire. She married Not Known.

 

Belived to be mother of Frederick WHIPP born Clanfield 1818 -Father of child given as James Noades on his subsequent marriage cert. (Possibly a James Nobes who married Phebe Brooks in Clanfield 17/10/1820?

 

Not Known and Sarah WHIPP had the following children:

 

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Frederick WHIPP (1818-1913)

 

Josiah (Joseph) MILLS was the son of William MILLS (1749-1802) and Mary FARMER (1769-1833).

 

1841 census living with husband Josiah Mills and family at Little Clanfield, Oxfordshire.

 

Josiah (Joseph) MILLS and Sarah WHIPP had the following children:

 

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William MILLS (1821- )

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Charles MILLS (1824- )

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John MILLS (1826- )

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Anna MILLS (1828- )

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Alfred MILLS (1832-1859)

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Eliza MILLS (1834- )

 

Thomas WILSON was the son of William WILSON ( - ).

 

On marriage to Thomas WILSON gave father's name as William WHIPP. 1851 census living Clanfield with birth place given as Clanfield? Total of 147 dwellings in Clanfield census at this time.

Second Generation

2. Frederick WHIPP, son of Not Known and Sarah WHIPP, was born in 1818 in Clanfield Oxfordshire. He married Rachel YOUNG on 10 December 1839 in All Saints Church, Lydiard Millicent, Wiltshire. He died in 1913 in Clanfield Oxfordshire. He was buried in St Stephen Church Yard.

 

Rachel YOUNG was the daughter of Jacob YOUNG (1801-1866) and Patience RICKS (1797-1875).

 

1841 census Frederick's age given as 20 with family living in Clanfield. 1851 until 1901 census at Clanfield.

 

Rachel YOUNG and Frederick WHIPP had the following children:

 

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Thomas WHIPP (1851- )

 

3. William MILLS, son of Josiah (Joseph) MILLS and Sarah WHIPP, was born in 1821 in Clanfield Oxfordshire. He was baptised on 20 August 1821 in Clanfield Oxfordshire. He married Hannah SIMMS on 6 August 1843 in Faringdon, Berkshire, England. He married Fanny BEASLEY in 1870 in Dec Qtr Stroud, Gloucestershire.

 

1951 living with first wife Hannah and three children in Clanfield, Oxfordshire. 1861 census living at Filkins village, Witney, Oxfordshire,

 

Hannah SIMMS and William MILLS had the following children:

 

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David MILLS (1845- )

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George MILLS (1847- )

 

1871 census living with second wife Fanny and son at 41 Fishers Court, High Street, Stroud. George Beasley age 16 living at same address. 1881 & 1891 liviving 136 Slad Road, Painswick, Stroud, Gloucestershire,

 

Fanny BEASLEY and William MILLS had the following children:

 

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William Beasley MILLS (1870-1898)

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Annie MILLS (1872- )

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Lilly Louisa MILLS (1874- )

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Louisa Lilly MILLS (1874- )

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David MILLS (1875- )

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Kate MILLS (1878- )

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Emily Jane MILLS (1880- )

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Ethel MILLS (1884- )

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Gladys MILLS (1890- )

 

4. Charles MILLS, son of Josiah (Joseph) MILLS and Sarah WHIPP, was born in 1824 in Little Clanfield Oxfordshire. He was baptised on 14 March 1824 in Clanfield Oxfordshire. He married Elizabeth YOUNG on 9 October 1848 in Clanfield Oxfordshire.

 

1851, 1861 & 1871 census living Little Clanfield close neigbours to half brother Frederick Whipp and his sister in law Rachel.

 

Elizabeth YOUNG was the daughter of Jacob YOUNG (1801-1866) and Patience RICKS (1797-1875). She and Charles MILLS had the following children:

 

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Ann MILLS (1849- )

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James MILLS (1851- )

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Charles MILLS (1853-1881)

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Josiah MILLS (1857- )

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Caleb MILLS (1865- )

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Eliza MILLS (1865- )

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John MILLS (1867- )

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Rosa MILLS (1869- )

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Eliza MILLS (1855-1858)

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Albert MILLS (1859- )

 

5. John MILLS, son of Josiah (Joseph) MILLS and Sarah WHIPP, was born in 1826 in Little Clanfield Oxfordshire. He was baptised on 9 July 1826 in Clanfield Oxfordshire. He married Maria ILES in 1852 in Dec Qtr, Cricklade, Wiltshire.

 

1881 census living at 2 Thomas Yard Highworth.

 

1891 living 'Back Way, Highworth, Wiltshire.

 

Maria ILES and John MILLS had the following children:

 

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Sarah MILLS (1859- )

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Emily MILLS (1863- )

 

6. Anna MILLS, daughter of Josiah (Joseph) MILLS and Sarah WHIPP, was born in 1828 in Little Clanfield Oxfordshire. She was baptised on 1 December 1828 in Clanfield Oxfordshire.

 

7. Alfred MILLS, son of Josiah (Joseph) MILLS and Sarah WHIPP, was born in 1832 in Little Clanfield Oxfordshire. He was baptised on 9 December 1832 in Clanfield Oxfordshire. He married Catherine Sophia CARTER on 9 November 1855 in Langford Oxfordshire. He died of phthisis (TB) in 1859 in Little Clanfield Oxfordshire. He was buried on 2 March 1859 in Clanfield Oxfordshire.

 

Catherine Sophia CARTER was the daughter of Thomas CARTER (1789-1861).

 

1851 census living in Grafton, Oxfordshire.

 

Catherine Sophia CARTER and Alfred MILLS had the following children:

 

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Sarah Jane MILLS (1857-1904)

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Anne MILLS (1859-1859)

 

8. Eliza MILLS, daughter of Josiah (Joseph) MILLS and Sarah WHIPP, was born in 1834 in Little Clanfield Oxfordshire. She was baptised on 2 November 1834 in Clanfield Oxfordshire. She married James WHEELER on 19 April 1862 in Clanfield Oxfordshire.

Third Generation

9. Thomas WHIPP, son of Frederick WHIPP and Rachel YOUNG, was born on 25 November 1851 in Clanfield Oxfordshire. He married Amy Eliza AMOS on 16 August 1893 in Brighton, Sussex.

 

Amy Eliza AMOS and Thomas WHIPP had the following children:

 

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Frank 'Sonny' WHIPP (1908-1971)

 

10. David MILLS, son of William MILLS and Hannah SIMMS, was born in 1845 in Little Clanfield Oxfordshire. He was baptised on 17 August 1845 in Clanfield Oxfordshire.

 

11. George MILLS, son of William MILLS and Hannah SIMMS, was born in 1847 in Dec Qtr, Witney, (Little Clanfield), Oxfordshire. He was baptised on 2 January 1848 in Clanfield Oxfordshire. He married Sarah Ann YOUNG in 1873 in Jun Qtr, Stroud , Gloucestershire.

 

1851 & 1861 census living with parents.1871 living as lodger at Main Road, Broughton, Witney, Oxfordshire. 1911 census living with son William and family and daughter Beatrice at Eastcombe Near Stroud, Bisley with Lypiatt, Gloucestershire.

 

Sarah Ann YOUNG was the daughter of William YOUNG (1812- ) and Elizabeth MASON (1819- ).

 

1881 census at Red Lion Inn, Bisley, Stroud, Gloucestershire,with 3 children, wife shown with maiden name.1891 Census family & 7 children living at Yew Tree Villa, Bisley, Stroud, 1901 family and 4 children at The Splanage, Eastcombes, Bisley, Gloucestershire,

 

Sarah Ann YOUNG and George MILLS had the following children:

 

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Caroline Elizabeth MILLS (1874- )

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William George MILLS (1874- )

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Mildred Elen MILLS (1878- )

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Earnest Thomas MILLS (1880- )

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Agnes (Annie) Mary MILLS (1882- )

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Laura (Louisa) (Sarah) Jane MILLS (1884- )

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John Edward MILLS (1885-1885)

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John Henry MILLS (1886- )

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Edward James MILLS (1893-1894)

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Gladys Lucy MILLS (1894- )

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Beatrice May MILLS (1896- )

 

12. William Beasley MILLS, son of William MILLS and Fanny BEASLEY, was born in 1870 in Stroud, Gloucestershire. He died in 1898 in Bromley. Kent. He married Eliza Ann COOK.

 

Marriage possibly could be to father's grand daughter!

 

Eliza Ann COOK was the daughter of Mark COOK (1844-1919) and Hannah (Esther) (Ann) SIMMS (1842-1882).

 

1891 census living at 14 Weare's Street, Bedminster, Somerset.

 

Eliza Ann COOK and William Beasley MILLS had the following children:

 

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Leotine Leopold MILLS (1892- )

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William Augustus MILLS (1894- )

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Walter Leslie MILLS (1897- )

 

13. Annie MILLS, daughter of William MILLS and Fanny BEASLEY, was born in 1872.

 

14. Lilly Louisa MILLS, daughter of William MILLS and Fanny BEASLEY, was born in 1874.

 

15. Louisa Lilly MILLS, daughter of William MILLS and Fanny BEASLEY, was born in 1874.

 

16. David MILLS, son of William MILLS and Fanny BEASLEY, was born in 1875.

 

17. Kate MILLS, daughter of William MILLS and Fanny BEASLEY, was born in 1878.

 

18. Emily Jane MILLS, daughter of William MILLS and Fanny BEASLEY, was born in 1880.

 

19. Ethel MILLS, daughter of William MILLS and Fanny BEASLEY, was born in 1884.

 

20. Gladys MILLS, daughter of William MILLS and Fanny BEASLEY, was born in 1890.

 

21. Ann MILLS, daughter of Charles MILLS and Elizabeth YOUNG, was born in 1849 in Clanfield Oxfordshire.

 

22. James MILLS, son of Charles MILLS and Elizabeth YOUNG, was born in 1851 in Little Clanfield Oxfordshire. He was baptised on 1 May 1851 in Clanfield Oxfordshire.

 

23. Charles MILLS, son of Charles MILLS and Elizabeth YOUNG, was born on 24 February 1853 in Little Clanfield Oxfordshire. He was baptised on 13 March 1853 in Faringdon M.C. He died in 1881 in Dec Qtr, Faringdon. He married Eliza ?.

 

1881 census living at Block Green Faringdon. 1891 & 1901 Coxwell Street, Faringdon.

 

Eliza ? and Charles MILLS had the following children:

 

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Charles MILLS (1876- )

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Annie MILLS (1879-1881)

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Louisa MILLS (1881- )

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Charles MILLS (1883- )

 

24. Josiah MILLS, son of Charles MILLS and Elizabeth YOUNG, was born in 1857 in Little Clanfield Oxfordshire. He was baptised on 31 May 1857 in Faringdon M.C.

 

1881 census living 8 Kennet Side Reading Occ. Visitor Baker.

 

25. Caleb MILLS, son of Charles MILLS and Elizabeth YOUNG, was baptised on 5 June 1861 in Faringdon M.C. He was born in 1865.

 

26. Eliza MILLS, daughter of Charles MILLS and Elizabeth YOUNG, was born in 1865 in Little Clanfield Oxfordshire. She was baptised on 27 December 1865 in Faringdon M.C.

 

27. John MILLS, son of Charles MILLS and Elizabeth YOUNG, was born in 1867 in Little Clanfield Oxfordshire.

 

28. Rosa MILLS, daughter of Charles MILLS and Elizabeth YOUNG, was born on 8 November 1869 in Little Clanfield Oxfordshire.

 

29. Eliza MILLS, daughter of Charles MILLS and Elizabeth YOUNG, was born on 24 July 1855 in Little Clanfield Oxfordshire. She was christened on 13 August 1855 in Faringdon Methodist Circuit. She died in 1858 in Little Clanfield Oxfordshire. She was buried on 8 February 1858 in Little Clanfield Oxfordshire.

 

30. Albert MILLS, son of Charles MILLS and Elizabeth YOUNG, was born in 1859 in Clanfield Oxfordshire. He married Eliza YEATMAN on 17 May 1880 in Clanfield Oxfordshire.

 

Eliza YEATMAN was the daughter of George YEATMAN ( - ).

 

31. Sarah MILLS, daughter of John MILLS and Maria ILES, was born in 1859 in Highworth Bucks.

 

32. Emily MILLS, daughter of John MILLS and Maria ILES, was born in 1863 in Highworth Bucks.

 

33. Sarah Jane MILLS,1 daughter of Alfred MILLS and Catherine Sophia CARTER, was born in 1857 in Little Clanfield Oxfordshire. She died in 1904 in Mar Qtr, Oxford, Oxfordshire.

 

1871 living as an orphan at New Orphan Houses, Ashley Down, St James & St Paul, Bristol. 1878 birth of son Godfrey living in Faringdon workhouse. 1881 census living with son Godfrey in Witney Union Workhouse, Curbridge, Oxfordshire. 1891 domestic servant at 25, Juxon Street, Oxford.

 

Sarah Jane MILLS had the following children:

 

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Godfrey MILLS (1878-1955)

 

34. Anne MILLS, daughter of Alfred MILLS and Catherine Sophia CARTER, was born in 1859 in Little Clanfield Oxfordshire. She died of phthisis (TB) in 1859 in Little Clanfield Oxfordshire. She was buried on 10 February 1859 in Clanfield Oxfordshire.

 

Buried same day as Mother.

Fourth Generation

35. Frank 'Sonny' WHIPP, son of Thomas WHIPP and Amy Eliza AMOS, was born on 14 December 1908 in Hove East Sussex. He married Jenny 'Jean' PIKE on 9 September 1933 in Brighton, Sussex. He died on 19 May 1971 in Brighton.

 

36. Caroline Elizabeth MILLS, daughter of George MILLS and Sarah Ann YOUNG, was born in 1874 in Mar Qtr, Stroud (Bisley, ) Gloucestershire.

 

37. William George MILLS, son of George MILLS and Sarah Ann YOUNG, was born in 1874 in Bisley, Gloucestershire. He married Emily Louisa TROTMAN in 1896 in Mar Qtr, Stroud, Glocestershire.

 

1891 Census living with parents & siblings at Yew Tree Villa, Bisley, Stroud, Gloucestershire.

 

Emily Louisa TROTMAN was the daughter of Thomas TROTMAN (1842- ) and Anna (Hannah) Maria CARPENTER (1847- ).

 

1901 census family living at Bismore, Eastcombes, Stroud, Gloucestershire with a Beatrice Mill shown as daughter but in fact is the youngest sister of William. 1911 census family and youngest sister Beatrice again shown as daughter? living at Eastcombe near Bisley, Gloucestershire.

 

Emily Louisa TROTMAN and William George MILLS had the following children:

 

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Doris Mildred Helen MILLS (1898- )

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Ernest Leslie MILLS (1902- )

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William George MILLS (1906- )

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Marion Eileen MILLS (1913- )

 

38. Mildred Elen MILLS, daughter of George MILLS and Sarah Ann YOUNG, was born in 1878 in Dec Qtr, Stroud (Bisley), Gloucestershire.

 

39. Earnest Thomas MILLS, son of George MILLS and Sarah Ann YOUNG, was born in 1880 in Mar Qtr, Stroud, (Bisley), Gloucestershire.

 

40. Agnes (Annie) Mary MILLS, daughter of George MILLS and Sarah Ann YOUNG, was born in 1882 in Sep Qtr, Stroud, (Bisley), Gloucestershire.

 

41. Laura (Louisa) (Sarah) Jane MILLS, daughter of George MILLS and Sarah Ann YOUNG, was born in 1884 in Mar Qtr, Stroud (Bisley), Gloucestershire.

 

42. John Edward MILLS, son of George MILLS and Sarah Ann YOUNG, was born in 1885 in Jun Qtr, Stroud, (Bisley), Gloucestershire. He died in 1885 in Sep Qtr, Stroud, Gloucestershire.

 

43. John Henry MILLS, son of George MILLS and Sarah Ann YOUNG, was born in 1886 in Dec Qtr.

 

44. Edward James MILLS, son of George MILLS and Sarah Ann YOUNG, was born in 1893 in Sep Qtr. He died in 1894 in Jun Qtr, Stroud , Gloucestershire.

 

45. Gladys Lucy MILLS, daughter of George MILLS and Sarah Ann YOUNG, was born in 1894 in Dec Qtr.

 

46. Beatrice May MILLS, daughter of George MILLS and Sarah Ann YOUNG, was born in 1896 in Sep Qtr, (Bisley), Gloucestershire.

 

1911 census living with eldest brother William and family but shown as his daughter at Eastcombe Near Stroud, Bisley with Lypiatt, Gloucestershire.

 

47. Leotine Leopold MILLS, son of William Beasley MILLS and Eliza Ann COOK, was born in 1892 in Mar Qtr, (Fisher's Court), Stroud.

 

In 1901 placed with Dr Barnardo's and later sent to Canada (Toronto) with brother on the ship 'Numidian' as 'home children'.

 

48. William Augustus MILLS, son of William Beasley MILLS and Eliza Ann COOK, was born in 1894 in Whitechapel, London.

 

In 1901 placed with Dr Barnardoes and later sent to Canada (Toronto) with brother on the ship 'Numidian' as 'home children'.

 

49. Walter Leslie MILLS, son of William Beasley MILLS and Eliza Ann COOK, was born on 31 December 1897 in Filkins Mill, Witney, Oxfordshire.

 

As a young child passed from one relative to another.

 

Walter Leslie MILLS had the following children:

 

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Richard MILLS ( - )

 

50. Charles MILLS, son of Charles MILLS and Eliza ?, was born in November 1876 in Faringdon Berkshire. He was baptised on 24 December 1876 in Faringdon Methodist Circuit.

 

Birth Address Lodge Farm Faringdon.

 

51. Annie MILLS, daughter of Charles MILLS and Eliza ?, was born on 12 July 1879 in Faringdon Berkshire. She was baptised on 7 September 1879 in Faringdon Methodist Circuit. She died in 1881 in Mar Qtr, Faringdon.

 

52. Louisa MILLS, daughter of Charles MILLS and Eliza ?, was born in 1881 in Faringdon Berkshire.

 

53. Charles MILLS, son of Charles MILLS and Eliza ?, was born in 1883 in Faringdon Berkshire.

 

1901 census living with parents.

 

54. Godfrey MILLS,1 son of Sarah Jane MILLS, was born on 16 January 1878 in Faringdon, Berkshire, England. He was baptised on 23 January 1878 in Faringdon workhouse. He married Elizabeth Ching BEDFORD on 5 November 1900 in Lower Brixham, Devon. He died in January 1955 in Swansea, Glamorgan, Wales.

 

Born Illegitimate. 1891 census as Scholar 'under detention' aboard Navy ship Formidable, Off Portishead , Hampshire. WW1 service in Royal Navy awarded Star, Victory Medal and British War Medal.

 

1901 census family living at West Cliff Terrace, Brixham.

 

Elizabeth Ching BEDFORD and Godfrey MILLS had the following children:

 

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John H MILLS (1901- )

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Catherine Bedford MILLS (1903-1958)

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Sidney MILLS (1904- )

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George MILLS (1909- )

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Kathleen MILLS (1910-1993)

Fifth Generation

55. Doris Mildred Helen MILLS, daughter of William George MILLS and Emily Louisa TROTMAN, was born on 17 November 1898 in Bisley, Gloucestershire. She married Christopher DAVIS in 1924 in Jun Qtr, Stroud , Gloucestershire.

 

56. Ernest Leslie MILLS, son of William George MILLS and Emily Louisa TROTMAN, was born in 1902 in Jun Qtr.

 

57. William George MILLS, son of William George MILLS and Emily Louisa TROTMAN, was born in 1906 in Dec Qtr, Stroud, Gloucestershire.

 

58. Marion Eileen MILLS, daughter of William George MILLS and Emily Louisa TROTMAN, was born in 1913 in Dec Qtr.

 

59. Richard MILLS was the son of Walter Leslie MILLS.

 

60. John H MILLS, son of Godfrey MILLS and Elizabeth Ching BEDFORD, was born in 1901 in Brixham, Devon.

 

61. Catherine Bedford MILLS, daughter of Godfrey MILLS and Elizabeth Ching BEDFORD, was born in 1903 in Hakin, Pembrokeshire. She died in 1958.

 

62. Sidney MILLS, son of Godfrey MILLS and Elizabeth Ching BEDFORD, was born in 1904 in Milford, Pembrokeshire.

 

63. George MILLS, son of Godfrey MILLS and Elizabeth Ching BEDFORD, was born in 1909 in Milford.

 

64. Kathleen MILLS, daughter of Godfrey MILLS and Elizabeth Ching BEDFORD, was born in 1910 in Milford. She died in 1993.

Sources

1Steven Carter, "Sarah Mills Descendants".