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Name: Jane Wallace Mills
Death Place: Essendon, Victoria
Age: 72
Registration Year: 1915
Registration Place: Victoria
Registration number: 8913
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1843


Mills birth: 5 October 1862 INNERLEITHEN,PEEBLES,SCOTLAND
father:George Mills
mother:Jane Melrose


Ellen Anne Mills Scotland, Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950

birth: 7 January 1867 INNERLEITHEN,PEEBLES,SCOTLAND
father:George Mills
mother:Jane Wallace Melrose


Jane Mills Scotland, Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950
birth: 21 February 1864 INNERLEITHEN,PEEBLES,SCOTLAND
father:George Mills
mother:Jane Melrose


Mills Scotland, Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950
birth: 8 July 1865 INNERLEITHEN,PEEBLES,SCOTLAND
father:George Mills
mother:Jane Melrose


Robert Melrose Mills Scotland, Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950
birth: 21 July 1868 INNERLEITHEN,PEEBLES,SCOTLAND
father:George Mills
mother:Jane Wallace Melrose


EDIT

Jane Wallace Mills died 11 July 1915 aged 77 years.
Husband George died 8 May 1900 aged 70 years.

(Picture of MI inscription via Ancestry)

Looks like they may be buried with George's Uncle.


Cemetery Amherst Cemetery
Amherst, Victoria, Australia
Others here Thomas Mills aged 93 years (-1888), George Mills aged 1 year (-1888), Jessie Inch Niece of George Mills, aged 22 years (-1895)

1851

Name: William Paterson
Age: 85
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1766
Relationship: Head
Spouse's Name: Janet Paterson
Gender: Male
Where born: Eddlestone, Peebles
Parish Number: 760
Civil Parish: Eddleston
County: Peeblesshire
Address: Milkieston
Occupation: Farmer Of 200 Acres Aratle & 200 Acres Heck Employing 1 In 8 Out Door Labourer
ED: 4
Page: 11 (click to see others on page)
Household Schedule Number: 31
Line: 2
Roll: CSSCT1851_198
Household Members:
Name Age
William Paterson 85
Janet Paterson 70
Andrew Paterson 40
Jane Paterson 36
Eliza Paterson 36
Rachel Paterson 28
Janet Turner 42
Magaret Richardson 30
Marion Brodie 16
Andrew Elder 18
John Armstrong 16
Andrew Armstong 10


This may be the marriage of William and Janet's daughter

Name: Robert Melrose
Spouse's Name: Janet Paterson
Event Date: 22 Jan 1833
Event Place: Eddlestone,Peebles,Scotland
Father's Name:
Mother's Name:
Spouse's Father's Name: William Paterson
Spouse's Mother's Name:

Indexing Project (Batch) Number: M11760-5
System Origin: Scotland-ODM
GS Film number: 1067916

As I can't find an actual image for the Jessie going to Victoria in 1874 trying another way to find if any other Mills are on that ship. There are these but the father's name is wrong if your Jessie was the daughter of a James / John.

Name: George Mills
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1832
Age: 42
Arrival Date: 29 Sep 1874
Arrival Port: Melbourne, Australia
Departure Port: Glasgow
Ship: Ben Nevis
Nationality: Scottish

Name: Jane Mills
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1841
Age: 33
Arrival Date: 29 Sep 1874
Arrival Port: Melbourne, Australia
Departure Port: Glasgow
Ship: Ben Nevis

Name: Jessie Mills
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1863
Age: 11
Arrival Date: 29 Sep 1874
Arrival Port: Melbourne, Australia
Departure Port: Glasgow
Ship: Ben Nevis
Nationality: Scottish


Name: Jane Mills
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1864
Age: 10
Arrival Date: 29 Sep 1874
Arrival Port: Melbourne, Australia
Departure Port: Glasgow
Ship: Ben Nevis
Nationality: Scottish



Name: George Mills
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1865
Age: 9
Arrival Date: 29 Sep 1874
Arrival Port: Melbourne, Australia
Departure Port: Glasgow
Ship: Ben Nevis
Nationality: Scottish


Name: Helen Mills
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1867
Age: 7
Arrival Date: 29 Sep 1874
Arrival Port: Melbourne, Australia
Departure Port: Glasgow
Ship: Ben Nevis
Nationality: Scottish


Name: Robert Mills
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1869
Age: 5
Arrival Date: 29 Sep 1874
Arrival Port: Melbourne, Australia
Departure Port: Glasgow
Ship: Ben Nevis
Nationality: Scottish


This would be the family in 1871

Name: Jessie Mills
Age: 8
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1863
Relationship: Daughter
Father's Name: George Mills
Mother's Name: Jane Mills
Gender: Female
Where born: Innerleithen, Peeblesshire
Registration number: 762
Registration District: Innerleithen
Civil Parish: Innerleithen
County: Peeblesshire
Address: Horsburgh Castle
Occupation: Scholar
ED: 6
Household Schedule Number: 7
Line: 15
Roll: CSSCT1871_176
Household Members:
Name Age
George Mills 41, b. Orskirk, Roxburghshire Farmer emp. 4 men, 6 Women
Jane Mills 31, b. Peebles
Jessie Mills 8
Jane Mills 7
George Mills 5
Ellen D Mills 4
Robert Mills 2
Jessie Mills 23
Fredrick Dyson 13
William Murray 12
Janet Baxton 16
Hannah Barr 39
Marion Glen 19
Janet Hutchison 16
James Odonald 29
Joseph Tweedie 63

Children born Inverleithen.


Name: George Mills
Spouse's Name: Jane Melrose
Event Date: 06 Nov 1861
Event Place: Eddlestone,Peebles,Scotland

Indexing Project (Batch) Number: M11760-1
System Origin: Scotland-ODM
GS Film number: 6035516
Reference ID:



In 1861 Jane is living with her Uncle and possibly Grandparents in East Lothian.


Name: Jane Melrose
Age: 19
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1842
Relationship: Niece
Gender: Female
Where born: Peebles, Peeblesshire
Registration number: 702
Registration District: Aberlady
Civil Parish: Aberlady
County: East Lothian
Address: Ballencrieff Mains
ED: 1
Household Schedule Number: 76
Line: 14
Roll: CSSCT1861_134
Household Members:
Name Age
Andrew Paterson 43
William Paterson 95
Jess Paterson 83
Jane Paterson 41
Eliza Paterson 39
Rachel Paterson 37
Jane Melrose 19
Jane Anderson 24
Jess Montgomery 20

Jessie Mills married James Wilson Duncan in 1883 in New Zealand, Registration number 1883/3224

This is the death of Jessie DUNCAN in 1909 in Victoria:

Digger - Edwardian Index. Victoria 1902-1913

Surname: DUNCAN
Given Names: Jessie
Event: D
Fther: Mills Jas
Mother: Jane UNKNOWN
Age: 47
Death Place: Carl
Year: 1909
Reg. Number: 777

Oops just realised you already have this!

I have MOWATs in my tree in Victoria. They were from South Ronaldsay, Orkney.

Could be Craig but usually Jas is James but the informant may not have been sure of her father's name.

Name: James Wilson Duncan
Gender: Male
Electoral Year: 1870-1871
District: Dunedin
Region or Province: Otago

No other Duncan's there.


Same here

Name: James Wilson Duncan
Gender: Male
Electoral Year: 1875-1876
District: Dunedin
Region or Province: Otago



Name: James Wilson Duncan Occ. Agent
Gender: Male
Electoral Year: 1880-1881
District: Dunedin
Region or Province: Otago

Hi rootgather
Jessie Mills (m) James Wilson Duncan in NZ.
Sent email to a chap just now who has data on a John Mills & Jane Calder.
Seen data on NZ arrivals, family 1st settlers in Green Island Dunedin, NZ.
Your data on Jessie's death, father, Mills Jas & Jane helped.
Could be John Mills & Jane Calder.
Awaiting a reply to see if there was a child called Jessie.
I'll get to the bottom of this if it kills me.

Craig

Jessie could be a Cousin or even a niece of William Robinson.

Well the fathers last name may throw a spanner in the works but I will await my brothers reply and see what happens.
Question is still why is she in the same grave as Isabella and Catherine, must be related for that to happen.

Craig

Good to hear from you again Craig. So glad we track the right family.

Some info. about Jessie.

Name: Jessie Duncan
Death Place: Carlton, Victoria
Age: 47
Father's Name: Mills Jas
Mother's Name: Jane
Registration Year: 1909
Registration Place: Victoria
Registration number: 777
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1862

This is a reply to (rootgather)
All the data you sent me about Isabella Mouait Thomson has been very accurate.
I am awaiting a reply from a woman here in NZ who has a family tree on Ancestry and it is the family I have been hunting.
It turns out that Isabella's grandmother was a Mowat.
Catherine is a sister to Isabella and as I said is buried in the same grave.
The Jessie Duncan I'm still hunting for, my brother in Auzi is checking the Melbourne Papers for me where she died in 1909.
I believe she is a daughter to Isabella and Joesph and not recorded.
I await to see what my brother comes up with in Auzi.
Once again thanks a heap.

Craig

Hi All
Just found the last name to Joseph's 3rd wife it was Julia Ann Anson b.1844 Hobart, Tasmania, Australia. You wouldn't believe it but a chap I work with found her family for me.

Craig

No problem Craig. Don't work too hard.

I will get back to you, shift worker so out of action for a few days.

Craig

If you can get Jessie Duncan's death certificate for some more information about her, we may be able to track her down too.

Thanks a lot for all that it all look's good. The burial record said Catherine was a female.Yes, the spelling of Mouait would of been written differently in each location.
This has given me a lot to check on in future.
Thanks a heap

Craig

And these?

1851

Name: Robert Wallace
Age: 41
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1810
Relationship: Head
Spouse's Name: Margaret Wallace
Gender: Male
Where born: Carstairs, Lanark
Parish Number: 282
Civil parish: Dundee
County: Angus
Address: Pitcairns Court
Occupation: Fereman
ED: 21
Page: 28 (click to see others on page)
Household schedule number: 112
Line: 8
Roll: CSSCT1851_60
Household Members: Name Age
Robert Wallace 41
Margaret Wallace 31
Marjory Wallace 7
John Wallace 3
Thomas Mclaren 28

1861

Name: Robert Wallace
Age: 51
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1810
Relationship: Head
Spouse's name : Margret Wallace
Gender: Male
Where born: Carstairs, Lanarkshire
Registration number: 282/2
Registration district: Dundee Second District
Civil parish: Dundee
County: Angus
Address: Lochee Road No 28
Occupation: Fireman
ED: 22
Household schedule number: 88
Line: 15
Roll: CSSCT1861_41
Household Members: Name Age
Robert Wallace 51
Margret Wallace 41
Margory Wallace 17
John Wallace 13
Isabella Wallace 9
Margret Wallace 6
Amelia Wallace 4
James Wallace 2

This might prove relevant?

Name: Isobel Wallace
Age: 76
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1765
Gender: Female
Where born: Lanarkshire, Scotland

Civil parish: Carstairs
County: Lanarkshire
Address: Village Of Carstairs
Occupation: Spinner
Parish Number: 633
Household Members: Name Age
Isobel Wallace 76
Janet Wallace 62

1861

Name: Grace Thomson
Age: 52
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1809
Relationship: Head
Gender: Female
Where born: Carstairs, Lanark
Registration number: 673
Registration district: Whitburn
Civil parish: Whitburn
County: West Lothian
Address: Village Of Longridge
Occupation: Proprietor Of Houses
ED: 7
Household schedule number: 83
Line: 16
Roll: CSSCT1861_121
Household Members: Name Age
Grace Thomson 52
Cathrine Thomson 11
Mary Thomson 10



As Grace died after statutory registration began in Scotland, her death registration (available from Scotlandspeople) will confirm the names of her parents if the informant knew the details.

Again following the Scottish naming pattern ( and allowing for ages being rounded down in 1841 census, one of these may be James?

name: James Thompson
gender: Male
baptism/christening place: , WHITBURN, WEST LOTHIAN, SCOTLAND
birth date: 18 Apr 1795
birthplace: , Whitburn, West Lothian, Scotland
father's name: James Thompson
mother's name: Margaret Walker
indexing project (batch) number: C11673-2
system origin: Scotland-VR
source film number: 1066639


name: James Thompson
gender: Male
baptism/christening place: , WHITBURN, WEST LOTHIAN, SCOTLAND
birth date: 01 Mar 1797
birthplace: , Whitburn, West Lothian, Scotland
father's name: Thomas Thompson
mother's name: Margaret Calder
indexing project (batch) number: C11673-2
system origin: Scotland-VR
source film number: 1066639


My money is on the second one.



name: John Thompson
gender: Male
baptism/christening place: , WHITBURN, WEST LOTHIAN, SCOTLAND
birth date: 22 Aug 1799
birthplace: , Whitburn, West Lothian, Scotland
father's name: Thomas Thompson
mother's name: Margaret Calder
indexing project (batch) number: C11673-2
system origin: Scotland-VR
source film number: 1066639


name: Thomas Thompson
gender: Male
baptism/christening place: , WHITBURN, WEST LOTHIAN, SCOTLAND
birth date: 17 Mar 1790
birthplace: , Whitburn, West Lothian, Scotland
father's name: Thomas Thompson
mother's name: Margaret Calder
indexing project (batch) number: C11673-2
system origin: Scotland-VR
source film number: 1066639

name: Katharine Thompson
gender: Female
baptism/christening place: , WHITBURN, WEST LOTHIAN, SCOTLAND
birth date: 26 Sep 1794
birthplace: , Whitburn, West Lothian, Scotland
father's name: Thomas Thompson
mother's name: Margaret Calder
indexing project (batch) number: C11673-2
system origin: Scotland-VR
source film number: 1066639


name: Elizabeth Thompson
gender: Female
baptism/christening place: , WHITBURN, WEST LOTHIAN, SCOTLAND
birth date: 29 May 1792
birthplace: , Whitburn, West Lothian, Scotland
father's name: Thomas Thompson
mother's name: Margaret Calder
indexing project (batch) number: C11673-2
system origin: Scotland-VR
source film number: 1066639