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Robert & Ellen (Adam) Mills
Robert Mills was born at Paisley, Scotland on the 24th
November 1828, to parents William & Elizabeth (Oatley) Mills.
William Mills
Ellen (Adam) Mills |
On the 5th June 1849 Robert married Ellen Adam,
the daughter of James & Jessie Adam.
Ellen was born on the 17th April 1829, also in Paisley,
Scotland.
Miltiades ship |
Their first two children, William & Jessie were born in
Scotland. On the 7th July
1852, the four of them boarded a ship, ‘Miltiades’ at Liverpool with 310 other
people, for a 99 day voyage to Melbourne, Australia.
They moved to Geelong where Robert got a job as an
Agricultural labourer and in 1854 James was born. Sometime later they moved to Sandhurst
(Bendigo) and Robert was gold mining at Eaglehawk. Robert Adam was born in 1856. They then moved to Evansford area where
Robert was farming and in 1858 John was born.
Elizabeth, Thomas, Agnes, Jane and Andrew were all born in the
area.
Robert leased 18 acres of land in the Parrish of Caralulup
in 1870 which late he bought. In 1880
they moved to Waaia where they farmed 197 acres. Robert died, 31st October 1894
and Ellen 1st June 1896.
Emma Rawlings (Thompson) Mills |
William Mills |
Jessie Mills
Jessie (Mills) Bigger |
She married James Biggar on the 28th June 1871 at Lexton Bellevue Hotel. James was born 16th December 1845 to parent Margaret (Grieve) & James Biggar in Melbourne.
They had 3 children;
James born 1872
Robert born 1874
Jane Agnes born 1877
They had a farm in the Nathalia area. James died on the 30th August 1909 in Numurkah and Jessie died, 1st December 1934 at Reservoir.
James Mills
James Mills |
Elizabeth Wisbeden (Matthews) Mills |
James married Elizabeth Wisbeden Matthews in 1914. Elizabeth was born in 1870 in England to parents, Robert & Harriet (Shaw) Matthews. James and Elizabeth were both deaf.
They had a farm near Waaia and did not have any children.
After James death, 31 August, 1936, Elizabeth returned to England and she died 25 May 1953.
Robert Adam Mills
John Mills
John Mills |
John "Jack" Mills was born 20th September 1858 at Evansford, Victoria. Jack was the fifth child of to Ellen (Adam) & Robert Mills.
Jack was a farmer.Jack did not marry nor did he have any childred.
Jack died 25 April 1944 at Numurkah, Victoria.
Elizabeth Mills
Thomas Mills
Thirza (Williams) Mills |
Agnes Mills
Andrew Mills
Andrew Mills the tenth child of Ellen (Adam) & Robert Mills was born 29th May 1871 at Evansford, Victoria.
Jane Mills
Jane (Mills) & Richard Thompson |
Jane Mills was born 9th November 1868 in Evensford, Victoria. She was the nineth child to Ellen (Adam) & Robert Mills.
She married Richard Thompson in Mooroopna, Victoira on the 8th February 1895. Richard was born 2nd March 1971 to Mary Jane (Irvine) & William Thompson at Kangaroo Flat, Victoria.
Jane Thompson |
They had 8 children.
Mary Jane Irvine born 1895
Andrew John born 1897
Richard Arthur born 1898
William Robert born 1899
Henry Frederick born 1901
Wilton born 1903
Wilmot Charles born 1906
Helen Jean born 1910
Richard died 15th November 1936 in Albury, New South Wales, while Jane was killed with their daughter Helen in a car accident on the 5th October 1950 at Gregory, New South Wales.
Andrew Mills
Andrew Mills the tenth child of Ellen (Adam) & Robert Mills was born 29th May 1871 at Evansford, Victoria.
Andrew did not marry nor did he have any children.
He died 26th May 1897 at Waaia, Victoria
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