Joseph Mills

Brief Life History of Joseph

When Joseph Mills was born on 5 April 1807, in Culcheth, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom, his father, William Mills, was 32 and his mother, Catherine Hilton, was 28. He married Sarah Ellen Oddy on 25 September 1831, in Tyldesley, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 1 son. He lived in Winwick, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom in 1841. In 1881, at the age of 74, his occupation is listed as retired railway porter in Winwick, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom. He died from January 1889 to March 1889, in Leigh, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom.

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Joseph Mills
1807–1889
Sarah Ellen Oddy
1811–1881
Marriage: 25 September 1831
Thomas Oddy
1839–

Sources (15)

  • Joseph Milley, "England and Wales Census, 1861"
  • Joseph Mills, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
  • Joseph Mills, "England Marriages, 1538–1973 "

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World Events (8)

1815

The defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte at Waterloo marks the end of the Napoleonic Wars. Napoleon defeated and exiled to St. Helena.

1825 · Museum of Lancashire

The Museum of Lancashire is located in the former courthouse of Preston in Lancashire, England. The building was designed by Thomas Rickman. Some the exhibits include Lancashire through the years, at work, at play, goes to war, and law and order. All depict different times and events in Lancashire county. The museum closed in 2015 and is now only opened for scheduled appointments.

1830

Eclectic Period (Art and Antiques).

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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