Smiths of Mitcham in Surrey

[selberry]

I was interested to read about Mitcham as I was born & lived there for many yrs.Would love to know if Doorwoman has any other photos of the area. Also if any Bowers are on this site.
My Gt g/parents lived in Queens Rd.
Selberry.

[An65]

Now I used to know a Jim and Billie Bowers, both now sadly passed on. They were wardens at the Hatchintan site at Worplesdon, Surrrey about 10 yrs ago or so. Not much help I know.

[vimira]

Lanes were travellers - a Job Mills tinman m Phoebe Lane.

1871 St Saviour Croyden
Joh [sic] Mills head tinman 42 (prob c40)
Phoebe Mills wife 42 (probc 33)
William Lane tinman 35 (prob c56) (Phoebe's father)
Rebecca Lane  53 (prob c58) (her mother)
Frederick Lane 5 grandson
John Penfold 7 nephew

Earlier Lanes -
1861 Wandsworth
William tinman & grinder
Rebecca hawker of tinware
son Frederick grinder
Also on prev p of census james Lane, peg & skewer maker, mary Ann wife hawker & children

1841 Newport, Bucks
William & rebecca Lane & family

I am chasing Mills families so haven't much else on Lanes

[chellin2]

Hi thanks for that information, it has been a great help.

Ive been searching for the Lanes everwhere in the 1861 census can you let me know the resource please

Thanks

Chellin

[chellin2]

Oh and also the census for 1841 and 1851 please
thanks

[vimira]

Census refs as follows -

1841 HO107/59 Fol 3 p1
1851 No record found
1861 RG9/373 Fol 22 pp16 & 17

I have refs for Phoebe Mills nee Lane (because of her marr to Job Mills) in later censuses.

I think she died in Mar 1892 age 53 in Croyden. Baptised Phebe Lane 22 Apr 1838 Bisham Berks par William Lane & Rebecca (IGI). A parent search under William Lane & Rebecca brings up quite a few likely bapts of children.

Vivienne

[chellin2]

Thank you very much for that Vivienne, have you any idea what other children William and Rebecca had and dates, I have a few.
I do have quite a bit of information on Phebe and Job and the other Mills

Again thanks again for the source information

[vimira]

The IGI has the following bapts for children of William & Rebecca, may not all be theirs, but are possibilities -
Abraham 1837 (b 1835) Weslyan, Newport Pagnall, Bucks
David 1837 (b1833)          ditto
William 1830                      ditto
Rebecca 1835 Donington Wood Shrops
Trinnet 1841 St georges, reading Berks
George 1830 New Windsor berks
Emma 1832        ditto
Frederick 1843 Walton on Thames Surrey

I'd be interested in any info you have on the Mills families. I don't have any children for Job & Phoebe. Do you know who his parents were? or when he & Phoebe married?

They seem to have a lot of connections with the Penfolds which I haven't figured out either.

[chellin2]

Thanks for all that information, I think Trinett is definitely their child which I didnt know about as that name runs in the family.  I dont know when Phoebe and Job got married or if they had any children, all the census seem to say they didnt.

This is what I have on the Mills family.

Aaron Mills 1808 parents Joseph Mills and Naomi Franklynn
Married Flora Cooper 1801 and child
Aaaron Mills 1829 - 1901
married Mary A Franklynn 1831-1891
Children Elizabeth Mills 1854
Jemima Mills 1858, George Mills 1859, William Mills 1863, Aaron Mills 1870, Susan Mills 1873, Mary Ann Mills 1875
Jemima Mills married Fred Smith1859 who was my great great Uncle.
Children Frederick Smith 1879, Jemima Smith 1878, Nelson Smith 1880, Noah Smith 1879, Alice Smith, 1884, Samuel Smith 1886, they all lived in Mitcham Surrey.

So that is two of my family marrying into the Mills Family.

Now also Mary Ann Mills 1875 married Alfred Lane 1868 his father was George Lane 1842 - 1896.

So it looks like the Smiths, Lanes and Mills were always together.

I have Penfolds in my tree but they seem to marry my Gardiner thread.

I am still not sure about that 1841 census for William and Rebecca as that says he is an Ag Labourer.

If you need to know anything about any of these people let me know
Chellin