Names and That - Mill/Mills

Bertram Mills
Obituary of Bertram Mills, King of the Big Top, who started in the business
as a result of a bet, and once offered 20,000 pounds for the capture of the
Loch Ness Monster alive.
dated Inverness Courier Tuesday, 19 April 1938.
Submitter: jacksprat9

The Hull Daily Mail wrote on 15 December 1933:
. . . Some prominent public figures offered huge rewards for the retrieval of a (living, breathing) Loch Ness monster, including London-based circus owner Bertram Mills who put up a then-enormous £20,000 . . .

Bertram Mills was born in London, City of London, Greater London, England 0n 11 August 1873 and died at Pollards Wood, Chalfont St. Giles, Buckinghamshire, England on 16 April 1938. He was married to Ethel Kate Notley in Suffolk, England on 23 March 1901.

Wills and Administrations, 1938
Mills, Bertram Wagstaff, of Pollards Wood, Chalfont St. Giles, Buckinghamshire, and of 1, Dorset-square, London, died 16 April 1938 at Pollards Wood.
Probate London 04 July to Ethel Kate Mills, widow, Cyril Bertram Mills and Bernard Notley Mills, circus managers. Effects £146574 15s. 1d.

England Census 1891 about Bertram W. Mills and family Residence: 31, Cambridge Place, Paddington, London, England
Name	Relation	Marital status:	Age	Birth	Place of Birth
Halford L. Mills Mary F. Mills Alice L. Mills Helena C. Mills Bertram W. Mills Ernest H. Mills Halford P. Mills Harold C. Mills Ida C. Ware Minnie K. Purser Mary J. Brown	Head Wife Daughter Daughter Son Son Son Son Visitor Business Assist Servant	Married Married Single Single Single Single Single Single Single Single Single	47 44 20 19 17 16 13 9 17 23 23	abt. 1844 abt. 1847 abt. 1871 abt. 1872 abt. 1874 abt. 1875 abt. 1878 abt. 1882 abt. 1874 abt. 1868 abt. 1868	Smarden, Kent Barking, Essex Sandgate, Kent Smarden, Kent St. Luke, Middlesex St. Luke, Middlesex St. Luke, Middlesex Paddington, Middlesex Gloucester, Gloucestershire Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire Sittingbourne, Kent

England Census 1911 about Bertram Wagstaff Mills and family Residence: The Red Hill Farm, Edgware, Middlesex, England
Name	Relation	Marital status:	Age	Birth	Place of Birth
Bertram Wagstaff Mills Ethel Kate Mills Cyril Bertram Mills Bernard Notley Mills Mary Winifred Balls Edith Annie Cole	Head Wife Son Son Governess Servant	Married Married Single Single Single Single	36 36 9 5 24 29	abt. 1875 abt. 1875 abt. 1902 abt. 1906 abt. 1887 abt. 1882	London, England Thornton, Suffolk London, England London, England Yarmouth, Norfolk Chattisham, Suffolk

Alex(ander) Mills
Alex Mills married 23 September 1828 at Old St. Pancras, London to Charlotte Blair.
She was probably born in 1803.
Submitter: wiltshiresue

Alexander Mills
Alexander Mills (sometimes seems to be recorded as Mill) who was born in Scotland
in 1805. He appears to have moved to England before getting married to a Charlotte Blair
(also born in Scotland apparently) on 23rd September 1828 at Old Church, St Pancras, London.
Submitter: RMills7

Alexander Mills was born in Arbroath,Angus, Scotland on 12 March 1805. His parents were Alexander and Christan Mills, nee Haddon. He was married to Charlotte Blair in St. Pancras, Middlesex, England on 23 September 1828.
Following children are known:
Charles Mill (born 31 July 1835), John Mills (born 19 January 1838), David Blair Mill (born 08 February 1840), Malcolm Josephus Mill (born 10 January 1843), Josephus Blair Mills (born 22 March 1845), Agnes Blair Mills (born 22 June 1847). Alexander Mills' death was registered in St Giles, London, England during the first quarter of 1882.

England Census 1841 about Alexander Mill and family Residence: St. Pancras, Middlesex, England
Name	Relation	Marital status:	Age	Birth	Place of Birth
Alexander Mill Charlotte Mill George Mill Charles Mill John Mill David Mill	Head Wife Son Son Son Son	Married Married Single Single Single Single	35 35 8 5 3 1	abt. 1806 abt. 1806 abt. 1833 abt. 1836 abt. 1838 abt. 1840	Scotland Scotland Middlesex, England Middlesex, England Middlesex, England Middlesex, England

England Census 1871 about Alexander and Charlotte Mills Residence: St Giles Workhouse, St. Giles, London, England
Name	Relation	Marital status:	Age	Birth	Place of Birth
Alexander Mills Charlotte Mills	Inmate Inmate	Married Married	67 68	abt. 1804 abt. 1803	Arbroath Scotland Edinburgh Scotland

Emily Mills
Emily Mills won prizes in vintage publications in 1899.

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