Individual Details
Alan Victor Morash Mills
(11 September 1915 - 20 January 1995)
Events
| Birth | 11 September 1915 | Gays River, Colchester, Nova Scotia, Canada |  | ||
| Census-shared | 1921 | (Arabella Jane Mitchell) Oyster Pond, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada | | ||
| Census-shared | 1931 | (Arabella Jane Mitchell) Oyster Pond, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada | | ||
| Marriage | 7 May 1938 | the Residence of United Church Minister, Musquodoboit Harbour, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada - Rose Margaret Power | | ||
| Divorce | 1986 | Rose Margaret Power | |||
| Death | 20 January 1995 | Musquodoboit Harbour, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada | | ||
| Burial | Oyster Pond United Church Cemetery, Oyster Pond, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada |  | | ||
| Occupation | lineman at Ship Harbour Mutual Telephone Company, a jail guard, and later, a carpenter's helper. | | |||
| Miscellaneous | was a past district grand master of Grand Lodge IOOF | |
Families
| Spouse | Rose Margaret Power (1919 - 2008) |
| Child | Rose Alice Mills (1938 - 2011) |
| Child | Alan E Mills ( - ) |
| Child | Living |
| Child | Arabella Bertha "Bert" Mills (1944 - 2021) |
| Child | Gladys Pearl "Babe" Mills (1945 - 2021) |
| Child | Doris Elaine Mills (1949 - 2023) |
| Father | Thomas Edward Mills (1872 - 1916) |
| Mother | Arabella Jane Mitchell (1871 - 1942) |
| Sibling | Harland Addison Mills (1903 - 1941) |
| Sibling | Alice Alexandra Mills (1906 - 1972) |
| Sibling | Florence Elizabeth Mills (1908 - 2002) |
| Sibling | Arabella Jane Mills (1910 - 1969) |
| Sibling | Albert Edward Mills (1913 - 1976) |
Notes
Burial
Most of Alan's ashes are buried with his mother Arabella at Oyster Pond United Church Cemetery. Some are also buried in the plot with his former wife Rose and their stillborn son Alan at East Jeddore Baptist Community Cemetery. There are markers at both cemeteries.Endnotes
1. Nova Scotia, Births, Marriages, and Deaths, birth registration 46900973, Allen [Alan] Victor Moreash Mills, born at Gays River, Colchester County, 11 September 1915; database with images, Province of Nova Scotia, Nova Scotia Archives (https://archives.novascotia.ca/vital-statistics/ : accessed 29 March 2022).
2. 1921 Canada Census, Jeddore, Nova Scotia, population schedule, district 57, subdistrict 27, page 2, family 18, house 18, household of Arabella Jane Mills ; digital images, Library and Archives Canada, Census of Canada, 1921 (https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/census/1921/ : accessed 11 October 2020).
3. 1931 Canada Census, Oyster Pond Jeddore, Nova Scotia, population schedule, district 10 (Halifax), subdistrict 25, pages 4-5, dwelling 44, family 44, household of Arabella Jane Mills ; digital images, Library and Archives Canada, Census of Canada, 1931 (https://recherche-collection-search.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/Census/Index1931 : accessed 17 September 2023).
4. Nova Scotia, Canada, Nova Scotia Births, Marriages, and Deaths, marriage registration 88903, Allan Victor Mills and Rose Margaret Power, married at Halifax County, 7 May 1938; database with images, Province of Nova Scotia, Nova Scotia Archives (https://archives.novascotia.ca/vital-statistics/ : accessed 6 June 2025).
5. Personal knowledge of Doris Finch as told to Robert Finch, 3 June 2021.
6. Alan V Mills obituary, The Halifax Chronicle Herald, Halifax, Nova Scotia, 21 January 1995, page B8.
7. Oyster Pond United Church Cemetery (Oyster Pond, Halifax, Nova Scotia), Arabella J Mills and Alan V Mills grave marker; photographed by Robert Finch, 3 August 2012.
8. Personal knowledge of Doris Finch as told to Robert Finch, 3 June 2021.
9. Alan V Mills obituary, The Halifax Chronicle Herald, Halifax, Nova Scotia, 21 January 1995, page B8.
10. Alan V Mills obituary, The Halifax Chronicle Herald, Halifax, Nova Scotia, 21 January 1995, page B8.