Brief Life History of William John
When William John Mills was born on 30 May 1875, in Ilton, Somerset, England, United Kingdom, his father, John Mills, was 30 and his mother, Elizabeth Webb, was 32. He married Louisa Gregory on 21 August 1902, in Midsomer Norton, Somerset, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 3 sons. He lived in Midsomer Norton, Somerset, England, United Kingdom for about 20 years and Norton St Philip, Somerset, England, United Kingdom in 1939.
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- William Mills in household of John Mills, "England and Wales Census, 1891"
- William J Mills, "England and Wales National Register, 1939"
- Wiliam John Mills, "England and Wales Census, 1911"
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World Events (8)
1880 · School Attendance Becomes Mandatory for Children
School attendance became compulsory from ages five to ten on August 2, 1880.
1884
Art Nouveau Period (Art and Antiques).
1908
London, United Kingdom hosts Summer Olympic Games.
Name Meaning
English: variant of Mill 1, with excrescent -s added in post-medieval times. Compare Mullins , from a French equivalent of this name, and see also Milnes .
English: either a variant of Miles , a variant of Mill 2, with genitival or post-medieval excrescent -s, or Myhill , with post-medieval excrescent -s.
Irish: this is usually the English name, especially in Ulster, but elsewhere in Ireland it was also adopted for the Gaelic topographic byname, an Mhuilinn ‘of the mill’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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