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Personal data Walter MILLS 

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Household of Walter MILLS

He is married to Elizabeth Jardine EWING.

They got married on December 15, 1904 at Home Of Brides Parents, Wellington, New Zealand, he was 24 years old.Source 3


Child(ren):

  3. Thomas Ewing MILLS  1912-1979

Event (Marriage).

MARRIAGE.
Evening Post, Volume LXVIII, Issue 143, 14 December 1904, Page 1

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Notes about Walter MILLS

OCCU: NAME OWNER OF MILLIG FARM 1904,KENEPURU SOUND,NEW ZEALAND.

Millig Farm is situated on the Kenepuru Sound, and was first taken up about twenty years ago, by Mr. James McMahon. It was acquired by its present proprietor in November, 1904. "Millig" consists of 400 acres, 140 acres of which are freehold, and the remainder Crown lease. It is chiefly hillside country; about half the area is still covered with native bush, and the other half is sown down in mixed grasses. The farm at present (1905) carries over 200 sheep, and a dozen head of cattle. The homestead is picturesquely situated near the Sound.
«u»Mr. Walter Mills «/u» , Proprietor of Millig Farm, is a son of the late Mr. Thomas Mills, of Hopai Bay, in the Pelorus, Sound, and a nephew of the Hon. C. H. Mills, now (1905). Minister of Customs. He was born on the 25th of June, 1879, at Hopai Bay, and was educated at an aided school. Afterwards for about five years he managed the estate of Hopai, an excellent sheep run of about 1000 acres, and was subsequently succeeded by an older brother, but still retains an interest in the property. Mr. Mills married Miss Ewing, of Wellington, in December, 1904.

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Walter MILLS

Richard MILLS
1811-< 1905
Anne Sophia HEARN
1814-1848
David WILSON
1802-1873
Mary BLACKWOOD
1806-1881
Mary WILSON
1841-1895

Walter MILLS
1880-1965

1904

Elizabeth Jardine EWING
1872-1970

Una Jean Ewing MILLS
1906-????
Una Jean MILLS
1906-????
Thomas Ewing MILLS
1912-1979

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Sources

  1. "Hearn Mills GED," supplied by Mills., Sally Mills, compiled by Sally Mills
  2. The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Nelson, Marlborough & Westland Provincial Districts]., The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Nelson, Marlborough & Westland Provincial Districts]
  3. "New Zealand online BDMs," database, New Zealand online BDMs

Historical events

Birthday June 25, 1880

  • The temperature on June 25, 1880 was about 13.6 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 78%. Source: KNMI
  • Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from August 20, 1879 to April 23, 1883 the cabinet Van Lijnden van Sandenburg, with Mr. C.Th. baron Van Lijnden van Sandenburg (conservatief-AR) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1880: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
    • January 27 » Thomas Edison receives a patent for his incandescent lamp.
    • May 11 » Seven people are killed in the Mussel Slough Tragedy, a gun battle in California.
    • June 24 » First performance of O Canada at the Congrès national des Canadiens-Français. The song would later become the national anthem of Canada.
    • June 29 » France annexes Tahiti, renaming the independent Kingdom of Tahiti as "Etablissements de français de l'Océanie".
    • July 27 » Second Anglo-Afghan War: Battle of Maiwand: Afghan forces led by Mohammad Ayub Khan defeat the British Army in battle near Maiwand, Afghanistan.
    • December 16 » Outbreak of the First Boer War between the Boer South African Republic and the British Empire.

Day of marriage December 15, 1904

  • The temperature on December 15, 1904 was between 1.2 °C and 7.3 °C and averaged 4.2 °C. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
  • Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from August 1, 1901 to August 16, 1905 the cabinet Kuijper, with Dr. A. Kuijper (AR) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1904: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 5.4 million citizens.
    • February 9 » Russo-Japanese War: Battle of Port Arthur concludes.
    • February 28 » S.L. Benfica is founded in Portugal.
    • May 4 » The United States begins construction of the Panama Canal.
    • June 15 » A fire aboard the steamboat SSGeneral Slocum in New York City's East River kills 1,000.
    • November 16 » English engineer John Ambrose Fleming receives a patent for the thermionic valve (vacuum tube).
    • December 7 » Comparative fuel trials begin between warships HMSSpiteful and HMSPeterel: Spiteful was the first warship powered solely by fuel oil, and the trials led to the obsolescence of coal in ships of the Royal Navy.

Day of death April 11, 1965

  • The temperature on April 11, 1965 was between 0.8 °C and 11.5 °C and averaged 8.1 °C. There was 1.2 mm of rain during 1.1 hours. There was 10.5 hours of sunshine (77%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
  • Koningin Juliana (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from September 4, 1948 till April 30, 1980 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from July 24, 1963 to April 14, 1965 the cabinet Marijnen, with Mr. V.G.M. Marijnen (KVP) as prime minister.
  • In The Netherlands , there was from April 14, 1965 to November 22, 1966 the cabinet Cals, with Mr. J.M.L.Th. Cals (KVP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1965: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 12.2 million citizens.
    • February 12 » Malcolm X visits Smethwick in Birmingham following the racially-charged 1964 United Kingdom general election.
    • June 9 » Vietnam War: The Viet Cong commences combat with the Army of the Republic of Vietnam in the Battle of Đồng Xoài, one of the largest battles in the war.
    • August 4 » The Constitution of the Cook Islands comes into force, giving the Cook Islands self-governing status within New Zealand.
    • August 9 » Singapore is expelled from Malaysia and becomes the only country to date to gain independence unwillingly.
    • November 8 » The 173rd Airborne is ambushed by over 1,200 Viet Cong in Operation Hump during the Vietnam War, while the 1st Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment fight one of the first set-piece engagements of the war between Australian forces and the Viet Cong at the Battle of Gang Toi.
    • November 27 » Vietnam War: The Pentagon tells U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson that if planned operations are to succeed, the number of American troops in Vietnam has to be increased from 120,000 to 400,000.


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