very stuck !!

[Mabel Bagshawe]

rosie mellis died 1927 (i think )

FUNNELL, ROSE  27 
GRO Reference: 1927  S Quarter in BRIGHTON  Volume 02B  Page 244

A long shot:

Dec 1879 Holborn 1b 1065   
MELLIS Henry
STEWART Ann Elizabeth

MELLIS, EDITH  ROSINA mmn STUART 
GRO Reference: 1900  S Quarter in EDMONTON  Volume 03A  Page 429

1891: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QWB2-LZM

1901: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X96R-HP8

1911: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XW4L-JTV

Did you see that there is a Mary Mellis marrying in Brighton the following year. She may be a sister.

Jun 1922 Brighton 2b 486
HAYNES Edward
MELLIS Mary

You need to purchase the 1921 marriage cert, to get father’s name.

Jamjar

I think you can count out Edith Rosina, given this marriage

Edith R Mellis
Timothy Groves
Q4 1922  Edmonton Vol   3a p   1146

[jonw65]

There is a Rosie Mellish aged 13 - a patient in Sussex Hospital, Brighton - born Brighton. She should be on 1901 if age is correct. (In 1911)

Could 13 year old Rosie be a member of this Mellish family of hawkers/gypsies just a short distance away in Rottingdean in 1911?
Mallish on free index on familysearch for some reason. Richard in the newspapers on several occasions.
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X7BR-R1R

[jonw65]

This seems to be a son of Richard junior
Sep 1922 Brighton 2b 311
Mellis, Richard   
mother Willett   

[jonw65]

This seems to be a son of Richard junior

Earlier one? A daughter
Sep 1920 Portsmouth 2b 1013
Mellis, Rosina   
mother Willett   

17 year-old Rose Mellis of Landport up before the court
Portsmouth Evening News, 22 June 1938

Her father Richard in the papers too

[Mabel Bagshawe]

There's another family which may be of interest

Fred Millish & wife Clara (nee Stanley I think) - have connections with Brighton 

1901: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XSNT-FDY
1911: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XW68-J9R

I can't find any birth registrations for the children