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	Edward Harrison Leonard Eyes (son of Edward William Eyes and Mary Jane Smith) married Eveline Elizabeth Mills at Liverpool Register Office on July 11, 1903. The following is a history of the Mills family.


	Edward Mills, 17?? - 18??

	Little is known about Edward Mills other than he was a miller and that he was from Montgomeryshire, Wales. It is possible that he is the Edward Mills who married Ann Jones at Garthbeibo, Montgomeryshire. He had at least one child, John, born in 1799.


	John Mills, 1799 - 1870

	John Mills, the son of Edward Mills, was born in Montgomeryshire. It is probable that he is the same John Mills, son of Edward and Anne, who was baptized at Llanerfyl, Montgomeryshire on March 9, 1799.



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	By 1822, John Mills was married and was residing at Meifod, Montgomery. He and his wife, Sarah, had at least two children: Henry, baptized at Dyffryn, Meifod on January 13, 1822 and Sarah, born about 1840 in Liverpool.

	John's wife, Sarah must have died not long after the birth of her daughter as on January 19, 1851, he married Alice Elizabeth Neill (b. Liverpool, c.1826, daughter of William Neill.) at St. Nicholas C of E Church, Liverpool. John's occupation was given as 'joiner', an occupation which would stay with him throughout his life.

	John and Alice had at least three children:

		Catherine Mills, b. abt 1855, Liverpool.

		Elizabeth Mills, b. abt 1857, Liverpool. Elizabeth married George Henry Leigh at St. Mary C of E Church, Edge Hill and they had at least two children: George H, b. abt 1889, Liverpool and Edith G, b. 1890, Liverpool. In 1891, the family were living at 33 Ritson Street.

		Jane Mills b. 1860, Liverpool.

	John Mills died in New Ferry on January 8, 1870 and was buried in the family grave at Toxteth Park Cemetery.



	Two views of the Mills family grave in Toxteth Park Cemetery, Liverpool.



	Henry Mills, c.1822 - 1881

	Henry Mills, the son of John and Sarah, was born in Meifod in about 1822. He was a licensed victualler by trade and both of his public houses still stand today: the Great Eastern in Mill Street, Liverpool and the Great Eastern in New Ferry. On June 1, 1845, he married Charlotte Ingram (b. 1822, Liverpool, daughter of Henry Ingram & Sarah Roberts) at St. Nicholas C of E Church, Liverpool. Charlotte died on January 9, 1860 and was buried at Toxteth Park Cemetery.
	Henry remarried on June 17, 1860 at St. Mary C of E Church, Walton to Mary Ann Dyson. He died on August 23, 1881 in New Ferry and was buried with his family at Toxteth Park Cemetery.
	Henry had nine children with this first wife, Charlotte:

	� Sarah Anne Mills, b. abt 1847, Liverpool. She married Edwin Davies in 1867 in West Derby. They had three children:
	(1) Edwin Charles Davies, b. 1868, Liverpool.
	(2) Stephen Edward Davies, b. December 2, 1869, Liverpool.
	He was baptized at St. Peter C of E Church, Liverpool on
	December 26, 1869 and married Agnes Roper on September
	14, 1892 at St. James C of E Church, West Derby. They had
	two children: Elsie May Davies and Agnes Ada Davies.
	Stephen Edward died on December 24, 1931 at 16 Kinross
	Road, Waterloo and was buried at St. Luke's Churchyard,
	Great Crosby.
	(3) May Davies, b. abt 1873, Mold, Flintshire. She married Alfred
	Roper on September 12, 1899 at St. James C of E Church,
	West Derby. They had two children: Elizabeth May Roper, b.
	August 5, 1900 and William Edward Charles Roper, b. June
	26, 1902.
	Some time before 1879, Edwin Davies died as in that year, Sarah
	Anne married Joseph Roberts at St. Andrew's C of E Church,
	Bebington. Joseph was a licensed victualler and in 1881, they were
	living at 2 High Street (Grosvenor Arms) in Mold, Flintshire. Joseph
	died before 1891 and it is known that Sarah Anne carried on with his
	trade as on the 1891 Census, she was living at 74 Crown Street
	(Halfway House), Liverpool. Sarah Anne died on June 27, 1925 at
	1 Sandringham Avenue, Waterloo. She was buried at St. Luke's
	Churchyard, Great Crosby.



	Sarah Anne Mills (later Davies and Roberts), c.1847 - 1925. Daughter of Henry Mills & Charlotte Ingram.



	Stephen Edward Davies, 1869 - 1931. Son of Sarah Anne Mills and Edwin Davies.



		Alice Mills, b. abt 1848, Liverpool. She married Thomas Shimmin (b. abt. 1842, Isle of Man, son of Thomas Shimmin) at St. John the Baptist C of E Church, Liverpool on May 2, 1868. They had at least three children:
	(1) Jane Shimmin, b. December 10, 1869, baptized at St. Peter
	C of E Church, Liverpool on January 2, 1870.
	(2) Thomas Henry Shimmin, b. 1871, Liverpool.
	(3) Charlotte J Shimmin, b. abt. 1875, Mold, Flintshire. It is
	thought that she married a Thomas Bailey and went to live in
	Putney.
	On the 1881 Census, the Shimmin family were residing at the Derwen Hotel, Mold, Flintshire.

		William Mills, b. abt 1850, Liverpool. Little is known about William other than he must have died before reaching 5 years of age as another William was born in 1854.

		George Mills, b. March 21, 1851, Liverpool. In 1870, he boarded the barque, 'Santon' and headed to New Zealand. He had tried his luck gold mining at Thames before heading north to Toka Toka where he worked for George Sanders. In 1875, he met Mary Hardwick (nee Jenkyns) and they married at her parents' home the following year. They had nine children:
	(1) Sarah Charlotte Mills, b. January 23, 1876 in New Zealand.
	She married Arthur Henry Godfrey and died on September
	3, 1943 in Auckland, NZ.
	(2) Henry Mills, b. August 24, 1878 at Aratapu, New Zealand. He
	married Violet May Collins on May 14, 1908 at Sydney,
	Australia.
	(3) Elizabeth Mills, b. December 3, 1880 in New Zealand. She
	married William Dalbeth in 1898 and died on March 8, 1954
	at Dargaville, New Zealand.
	(4) Alice Mary Mills, b. December 9, 1883 in New Zealand. She
	married Walter Joseph Wordsworth and died on October 17,
	1937 in Auckland, New Zealand.
	(5) Louise Ellen Mills, b. December 1, 1884 in New Zealand. She
	married George Walter John Godfrey and died on November
	27, 1964 in Dargaville, New Zealand.
	(6) Maud Phoebe Mills, b. January 12, 1887 in New Zealand.
	She married Leslie Ballantyne Pulham and died on April 3,
	1960 in Dargaville, New Zealand.
	(7) Mary Mills, b. January 13, 1889 in New Zealand. She married
	Samuel Watson Clarke and died on April 20, 1944 in Te
	Kopuru, New Zealand.
	(8) Evelyn Mills, b. February 18, 1891 in New Zealand. She
	married James Boyce and died on August 16, 1982 in
	Auckland, New Zealand.
	(9) Winifred Hazel Mills, b. March 24, 1895 in New Zealand. She
	married William Albert Lochead and died on May 20, 1996 in
	Auckland, New Zealand.

		Henry Mills, b. 1852 in Liverpool and baptized on October 17, 1852 at St. Peter C of E Church, Liverpool. Little is known about Henry other than sometime between 1871 and 1874, he left England to live in America.

		William Mills, b. 1854, Liverpool and baptized on April 2, 1854 at St. Peter C of E Church, Liverpool. He followed in his father's footsteps by becoming a licensed victaller, managing public houses in both Liverpool and Oswestry. In 1876, he married Margaret Helen Thomas (b. 1848, Morton, Oswestry, daughter of William and Elizabeth Thomas) at St. Oswald C of E Church, Chester. They had six children:
	(1) William Henry Mills, b. 1877, Chester;
	(2) George Mills, b. 1879, Chester;
	(3) Eveline Elizabeth Mills, b. November 16, 1880, Albion Hill,
	Oswestry. She married Edward Harrison Leonard Eyes at
	Liverpool Register Office on July 11, 1903 and had 9
	children. (More details on this family can be found on the
	Eyes family history page.) Eveline died at Belmont Road
	Hospital, Liverpool on December 18, 1946 and was buried at
	Anfield Cemetery, Liverpool.
	(4) Mary Alice Mills, b. 1882, Liverpool. She married Sidney
	James Walton in West Derby in 1903.
	(5) Thomas C. Mills, b. about 1884, Liverpool.
	(6) Frank Herbert Mills, b. 1885, Liverpool. Frank died in the
	same year and was buried at Toxteth Park Cemetery,
	Liverpool.
	Margaret Helen Mills (nee Thomas) died on January 23, 1888 in
	Morton. Her body was brought back to Liverpool and she was buried
	in the same grave as her son, Frank.
	After the death of his wife, William married again, this time to Annie Florence Smith. They had two children:
	(1) John Stephen Mills, b. 1891, Liverpool.
(2) Edward Harold Mills, b. 1894, Liverpool. He married Gladys Mary Webster in 1917 and had at least two children - Leslie and Irene.
William Mills died on April 13, 1912 at 67 Kensington, Liverpool and was buried with his first wife at Toxteth Park Cemetery. His second wife was also buried there in 1931.

	Charlotte Mills, b. 1855 in Liverpool and baptized on July 26, 1855 at St. Peter C of E Church, Liverpool. She is probably the same Charlotte Mills who married Charles P. Wilson in 1878 at St. Andrew's, Bebington.

	Margaret Lloyd Mills, b. 1857 in Liverpool and baptized on May 6, 1857 at St. Peter C of E Church, Liverpool. She died on March 9, 1859 and was buried at the family grave in Toxteth Park Cemetery.

	Mary Mills, b. August 14, 1858 in Liverpool and baptized on September 5, 1858 at St. Peter C of E Church, Liverpool.



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