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Alice Purchase Mills

Age:   10
Died:   16th Jun 1883
Accident:   16th Jun 1883
Year Born:   abt. 1873
Location:   Victoria Hall, Sunderland
Notes:  
one of 4 children of Richard and Margaret Mills killed in the disaster, 10, Ann Street
Buried:   Bishopwearmouth Cemetery

Census Data

1881 Census

Address: 10 Ann Street, Bishopwearmouth, Co. Durham
(Ref: RG11 / 4997 / 58 / 6)

Name Age  Rel  Mar Occupation Where Born Born
MILLS, Richard 34HeadMarEngine Model Maker STS: Brewood  1847
MILLS, Margaret 28WifeMar DUR: Sunderland  1853
MILLS, Elizabeth Ann 9DauScholar DUR: Sunderland  1872
MILLS, Alice Purchase 7DauScholar DUR: Sunderland  1874
MILLS, Frederick 5SonScholar DUR: Sunderland  1876
MILLS, Richard 3Son DUR: Sunderland  1878

Please note: the census extracts shown here are our 'best guess match' to the person shown on this page and is not intended to be definitive — only knowledge of the family would allow this.


Tombstone

Sunderland — Bishopwearmouth Cemetery

Location: OS Map 88, Grid Ref NZ375563


This is a low resolution image for web display, if you would like to have a higher resolution image, then please us quoting reference T-03975-08-0002 and we will make the image available on a temporary page for you to access.

Names on this tombstone
NameDiedAgeBorn
Alice Purchase MILLS  16th Jun 1883  10  1873 
Elizabeth Ann MILLS  16th Jun 1883  12  1871 
Frederick MILLS  16th Jun 1883  7  1876 
Richard MILLS  16th Jun 1883  5  1878 

Sources
  • 1881 Census — taken 3rd April, 1881
  • Headstone(s) in Bishopwearmouth Cemetery, Sunderland
  • Tombstone photograph (T-03975-08-0002) © Kev Duncan

Researchers

Email  Researcher  Date  Interest 
john m Taylor   05 Jul 2019 

I am researching for a book about The Victoria hall disaster. Thank you john


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