Individual Details
Thomas Edward Mills
(1 August 1872 - 5 September 1916)
Events
| Birth | 1 August 1872 | 17 Summer Seat, Liverpool, Lancashire, England |  |  | |
| Census-shared | 1881 | (Frederick Deaton Luscombe Mills) 85 Arkwright Street, Liverpool, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom | | ||
| Immigration | 1890 | Canada | | ||
| Census | 1901 | Meaghers Grant, Halifax County, Nova Scotia, Canada | | | |
| Marriage | 21 July 1902 | Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada - Arabella Jane Mitchell | | ||
| Census | 1911 | Gays River, Colchester, Nova Scotia, Canada | | ||
| Military | 1915 - 1916 | 40th Batallion (Nova Scotia) Canadian Expeditionary Force | | ||
| Death | 5 September 1916 | in battle with the 13th Batallion Canadian Infanty - France | | ||
| Burial | Courcelette British Cemetery, Courcelette, France | |
Families
| Spouse | Arabella Jane Mitchell (1871 - 1942) |
| Child | Harland Addison Mills (1903 - 1941) |
| Child | Alice Alexandra Mills (1906 - 1972) |
| Child | Florence Elizabeth Mills (1908 - 2002) |
| Child | Arabella Jane Mills (1910 - 1969) |
| Child | Albert Edward Mills (1913 - 1976) |
| Child | Alan Victor Morash Mills (1915 - 1995) |
| Father | Frederick Deaton Luscombe Mills (1844 - 1888) |
| Mother | Alice Lyon (1842 - 1881) |
| Sibling | Elizabeth Mills (1865 - 1922) |
| Sibling | Frederick Arthur Mills (1866 - ) |
| Sibling | Margaret Mills ( - ) |
| Sibling | John Mills (1870 - ) |
| Sibling | Richard Mills (1874 - ) |
Notes
Birth
His birth name was Albert. It is unknown whether he used the name "Thomas" while still in England, but he most definitely went by Thomas by the time he lived in Canada.Census
His future wife Arabella Jane Mitchell also lived in the Meaghers Grant area at the time.Military
He was living at the base when his youngest child, Alan, was born in 1915.Endnotes
1. "Liverpool, England, Church of England Baptisms, 1813-1919," database, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.ca/search/collections/2196/: accessed 20 June 2022), imaged baptism registration LRO 283 ALB/2/3 page 32 no 251, Albert [Thomas] Edward Mills, baptized Bevington, Liverpool, 1 September 1872 (born 1 August 1872); citing Liverpool Registers. Liverpool, England: Liverpool Record Office. Liverpool Church of England Parish Registers, Liverpool Record Office, Liverpool, England.
2. 1881 England Census, Everton, Liverpool, Lancashire, enumeration district 29, page 15, household 78, Fredk. [Frederick] Mills household; digital images, The National Archives of the UK, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.ca/search/collections/7572/ : accessed 20 June 2022).
3. 1911 Canada Census, Gays River, Nova Scotia, Population Schedule, district 41, subdistrict 8, page 1, family 1, household of Thomas E Mills ; digital images, Library and Archives Canada, Census of Canada, 1911 (https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/census/1911/ : accessed 29 October 2020).
4. 1901 Canada Census, Meaghers Grant, Nova Scotia, population schedule, district 33, subdistrict A1, page 10, family 94, household of James G Kerr ; digital images, Library and Archives Canada, Census of Canada, 1901 (https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/census/1901/ : accessed 8 November 2020); Reference: RG31 - Statistics Canada, Microfilm: T-6452.
5. Nova Scotia, Births, Marriages, and Deaths, marriage registration book: 1820 page: 19 number: 279, Thomas Mills and Arabella Mitchell married at Halifax County, 21 July 1902; database with images, Province of Nova Scotia, Nova Scotia Archives (https://archives.novascotia.ca/vital-statistics/ : accessed 9 August 2022).
6. 1911 Canada Census, Gays River, Nova Scotia, Population Schedule, district 41, subdistrict 8, page 1, family 1, household of Thomas E Mills ; digital images, Library and Archives Canada, Census of Canada, 1911 (https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/census/1911/ : accessed 29 October 2020).
7. Veterans Affairs Canada, The Canadian Virtual War Memorial (CVWM) (https://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/remembrance/memorials/canadian-virtual-war-memorial/ : accessed 9 August 2022), Private Thomas Edward Mills.
8. Veterans Affairs Canada, The Canadian Virtual War Memorial (CVWM) (https://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/remembrance/memorials/canadian-virtual-war-memorial/ : accessed 9 August 2022), Private Thomas Edward Mills.