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Baptism of Emily MILLS c.1852 in Ovenden, Halifax
« on: Monday 26 March 07 10:56 BST (UK) »
Does anybody have access to baptisms in Ovenden, now apparently part of Halifax?  I'm pretty sure that my grandmother's adoptive mother Emily MILLS was born/baptised there (not sure which denomination of church they were attending) in about 1852.  Her parents were John and Amelia MILLS.  On her death certificate in 1924 her age is given as 72, and her age given in the 1861 and 1871 Censuses just about tallies with this - though not the later ones, when perhaps she was subtracting a couple of years or so!
The IGI batch numbers for the Halifax area don't seem to go beyond 1837 for baptisms...
Very many thanks.
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Re: Baptism of Emily MILLS c.1852 in Ovenden, Halifax
« Reply #1 on: Monday 26 March 07 16:44 BST (UK) »
HI

 What do you have as the occupation for John Mills?

Was he a Grocer and Corn-dealer


I found them on the 1851 census and there was a daughter aged 11months called Emily one called Elizabeth who was 4 and an Ellen aged 2.


Would this be them?


I can't help any further but could offer this that's all.


Wendy
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Re: Baptism of Emily MILLS c.1852 in Ovenden, Halifax
« Reply #2 on: Monday 26 March 07 16:57 BST (UK) »
HI again


Just to say if it is the same info then I did find a marrige of a John Mills and Amelia Crosby in Manchester in 1845 which would tally as that was where Amelia was born.


Wendy
Any census information included in this post is Crown Copyright, from www.nationalarchives.gov.uk

Blakeley in Batley West Yorks
Turner in Hanging Heaton West Yorkshire
Dann last known area Soothill West Yorks
Hirst in Hanging heaton W Yorks
Moss in Morley and Leeds
Parker in Morley W Yorks
Parker in Hull E Yorks
Tilburns in Morley W Yorks

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Re: Baptism of Emily MILLS c.1852 in Ovenden, Halifax
« Reply #3 on: Monday 26 March 07 19:30 BST (UK) »
Wendy,
Thanks very much for looking all this up for me...
I think you've almost certainly unearthed Emily's parents' wedding there, but John MILLS was, according to both the 1851 and 1861 a "Cotton Warp Sizer" - have to admit that I have no idea what sort of job that was, but I'm sure some knowledgeable person on here will tell me before long.  He employed 8 men in 1851 and 9 men in 1871, so he probably liked to keep his business concerns manageable.
But those children you mention in the 1851 Census certainly tally with the later ones, so perhaps he changed his occupation some time in the next 10 years - quite possible, I suppose.
Hadn't realised that Emily might have already been born by 1851, surely if it's stated that she was 11 months old, that would pinpoint her birth year as 1850...
All very interesting, if a bit confusing!
Very many thanks,
keith
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