Joseph Mills (1845-1919)
Joseph Mills (1845-1919)
1845 Born in Stourbridge.
1861 Samuel Mills 37, spade maker, lived in with Eliza Mills 37, Joseph Mills 16, Ellen Mills 12; next door was Henry Mills, 34, spade moulder, Emma Mills, John William Mills, Elizabeth Mills[1]
1881 Joseph Mills 37, spade manufacturer, lived in Lye with Caroline Mills 37, Flora Mills 4, Harving Mills 2, Minnie Mills , Sibearia Mills 16[2]
1911 A traveller, for a spade and shovel manufacturer, Lived in Lye, with his wife Caroline and son-in-law John Smith 32, Minnie Smith 29, Flora Smith 3[3]
1919 Obituary[4]
"Mills.—On October 13, at Longfields, Cemetery Road, Lye, Mr. J. Mills, aged seventy-four. He was formerly in business with his father as a "spade and shovel manufacturer at Pedmore Road, Lye, and was also interested in works at Kinver, and Drews, Holloway. Latterly he had travelled for Yardley & Co. (Stourbridge) (Lim.), spade and shovel manufacturers, of Stourbridge. He had served on the old School Board, the Parish Council, and the Urban Council."