Family of William Beasley MILLS and Eliza Ann COOK

Husband:	William Beasley MILLS (1870-1898)
Wife:	Eliza Ann COOK (1869- )
Children:	Leotine Leopold MILLS (1892- )
	William Augustus MILLS (1894- )
	Walter Leslie MILLS (1897- )

Husband: William Beasley MILLS

Name:	William Beasley MILLS
Sex:	Male
Father:	William MILLS (1821- )
Mother:	Fanny BEASLEY (1849- )
Birth	1870	Stroud, Gloucestershire
Death	1898 (age 27-28)	Bromley. Kent
Occupation		Tailor Presser

Wife: Eliza Ann COOK

Name:	Eliza Ann COOK
Sex:	Female
Father:	Mark COOK (1844-1919)
Mother:	Hannah (Esther) (Ann) SIMMS (1842-1882)
Birth	1869	Dec Qtr, Witney, (Filkins), Oxfordshire

Child 1: Leotine Leopold MILLS

Name:	Leotine Leopold MILLS
Sex:	Male
Birth	1892	Mar Qtr, (Fisher's Court), Stroud

Child 2: William Augustus MILLS

Name:	William Augustus MILLS
Sex:	Male
Birth	1894	Whitechapel, London

Child 3: Walter Leslie MILLS

Name:	Walter Leslie MILLS
Sex:	Male
Birth	31 Dec 1897	Filkins Mill, Witney, Oxfordshire

Note on Marriage

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

Note on Husband: William Beasley MILLS

Marriage possibly could be to father's grand daughter!

Note on Wife: Eliza Ann COOK

Mother's maiden name at birth given as Simmons. Married possibly to father's son! (Grandmother Hannah Simms later married William Mills.) Eliza was a religious person who left her husband in 1897 to give birth to son Walter in Filkins where her parents lived. Believed visited the Far East for a while.¹

Note on Child 1: Leotine Leopold MILLS

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

Note on Child 2: William Augustus MILLS

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

Note on Child 3: Walter Leslie MILLS

As a young child passed from one relative to another.

Sources

1	Richard Mills, "Notes on William Mills and Eliza Ann Mills (nee Cook)".