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Originally Posted by Cathyw
Hi folks
I wonder if anyone remembers the Mills from 5 Otway Street? My aunt Peggy (Margaret) was the youngest of 8 and born 1929. The 2 older siblings were Lily and Francis. Asking for my cousin who isn’t too confident on the internet.
Many thanks.
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Welcome to the forum, Cathy.
I don't know whether Allan will remember any of your cousin's family, but in the mean time, here's some information from Ancestry/Findmypast records:
Ancestry Liverpool Electoral Rolls, Otway St:
1918-1919 Robert Mills 5 Otway St
1922-1924 Robert Mills 50 Otway St
1921-1930 Lilian Mills 5 Otway St
Lilian seems to be the mother of the children you mention. I don't know what happened to her husband, but in 1931 Lilian married John Devine:
Marriages Jun 1931
Devine John Mills Liverpool 8b 246
Mills Lilian Devine Liverpool 8b 246
They are together on the 1939 Register but at a different address:
7 Queen St, Liverpool
John Devine b 1 Nov 1866 Dock labourer invalid pensioner
Lilian Devine b 2 Apr 1890 Unpaid domestic duties
Elizabeth May Mills (future surnames Finn and Lunt) b 31 May 1919 Trolley girl airframe factory
Frank Mills b 22 Mar 1922 Joiners apprentice
Lilian Mills (future surname Faulkner) b 19 Mar 1926 at school
One further entry covered over as possibly still living or not proved dec'd. (this may well be Peggy/Margaret)
I also looked at the 1921 census index. You have to pay at the moment to see the actual record, but this is what I've gleaned from playing with the index, to extract as much as possible! These are anyone called Mills in Otway St:
50 Otway St
Robert Mills widower b 1865 at Northumberland
5 Otway St
Lilian Mills married b 1890 at Shrewsbury, Shropshire
William Mills b 1909 at Garston
John Mills b 1911 ditto
Doris Mills b 1917 ditto
Elizabeth Mills b 1919 ditto
Looking at the birth registrations for these children, the mother's maiden surname is Davies.
I should be able to find William (1909) and mother Lilian on the 1911 census but at the moment they are proving elusive. I will look a bit more.....