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Hi,
This is my first post so please forgive me if I have given not enough or too much information.
I am trying to trace information on the Mills family who resided at Frederick Street Islington. London. George E Mills 1860 Married Hannah (possibly) Donkin
Children Edith E Mills 1880, Constance R Mills 1885, Ethel K Mills 1888, Harold E Mills 1883, Margaret H Mills 1894.
I Believe that Constance Mills married Bernard W Eastoe in 1908 and had a daughter Margaret Eastoe in 1909 who also resided at the above address. I have found this information from the census records up to 1911 but after that date i am struggling. I have found a couple of really old threads that mention possible links and have sent messages, but due to the age of the threads I am not confident that I will receive a response.
If anyone has any information or links to the family or can offer any help or advise I would love to hear from you.
Thank you
Karen x

1891

Name: George E Mills
Age: 31
Estimated birth year: abt 1860
Relation: Head
Spouse's Name: Hannah Mills
Gender: Male
Where born: Hartfield, Sussex, England
Civil Parish: Islington
Ecclesiastical parish: St Mathias
Town: London City
County/Island: London
Country: England
Street address: 46 Frederick Street

Occupation: Music Sellers Clerk

Registration district: Islington
Sub registration district: Islington South West
ED, institution, or vessel: 44
Neighbors: View others on page
Piece: 158
Folio: 135
Page Number: 26
Household Members:
Name Age
George E Mills 31
Hannah Mills 32
Edith C Mills 11
Harold E Mills 8
Constance R Mills 6
Ethel K Mills 3

1901
Name: George E Mills
Age: 41
Estimated birth year: abt 1860
Relation to Head: Head
Gender: Male
Spouse: Hannah Mills
Birth Place: Hartfield, Sussex, England
Civil Parish: Islington
Ecclesiastical parish: St Matthias
County/Island: London
Country: England
Street address: 46 Frederick Street

Occupation: Shop Assistant

Registration district: Islington
Sub-registration district: Lower Holloway
ED, institution, or vessel: 13
Neighbors: View others on page
Piece: 173
Folio: 14
Page Number: 19
Household schedule number: 144
Household Members:
Name Age
George E Mills 41
Hannah Mills 42
Edith E Mills 21
Harold E Mills 18
Constance R Mills 15
Dorothy E Mills 9
Margaret H Mills 7

If it is more Constance you are interested in then this would seem to be relevant:-

Name: Constance Rose Mills
Registration Year: 1885
Registration Quarter: Apr-May-Jun
Registration district: Islington
Inferred County: London
Volume: 1b
Page: 299


Marriages Dec 1908 (>99%)
EASTOE Bernard Walter Islington 1b 590
FROGGATT Rose Hannah Islington 1b 590
MILLS Constance Rose Islington 1b 590

Probable death

Deaths Sep 1913 (>99%)
Eastoe Constance R 28 Rochford 4a 617

Do you think the 1874 Chelsea marriage is for George ?

Hannah Donkin actually married Fred Levell Garner and not George Mills

On that marriage cert George Edward Richmond Mills married Sarah Ann Olds.
George is shown as a corn merchant and so is his father Joseph

Several possible remarriages for Bernard in Rochford ?

Marriages Jun 1915 (>99%)
Dunmore Ethel Eastoe Rochford 4a 1760
Eastoe Bernard Dunmore Rochford 4a 1760

Marriages Mar 1928 (>99%)
EASTOE Bernard W W Grigg Rochford 4a 875
Grigg Annie E H Eastoe Rochford 4a 875

Deaths Sep 1913 (>99%)
Eastoe Constance R 28 Rochford 4a 617

Catherine,
Thank you so much for all this information, I am speechless that you located all this is such a short time. You are correct in thinking that it is Constance who I am more interested in, as I believe she was my great grandmother,
If you do not mind me asking, do you know if there are any publications or ways of locating residents of a property after 1911. I am unable to work backwards as I have no living relatives on this side, so I just wondered how you can find out how long the residents of a property stayed there after 1911 ?
Many thanks
Karen x

Looks like the couple possibly had at least one child:-

Name: George Edward Mills
Age in 1911: 51
Estimated birth year: abt 1860
Relation to Head: Head
Gender: Male
Birth Place: Hartfield, Sussex, England
Civil Parish: Islington
County/Island: London
Country: England
Street address: 46 Frederick St, Holloway, Barnsbury N
Marital Status: Married
Occupation: MUSIC PUBLISHERS CLERK
Registration district: Islington
Registration District Number: 10
Sub-registration district: Lower Holloway
ED, institution, or vessel: 10
Piece: 851
Household Members:
Name Age
George Edward Mills 51
Hannah Mills 52
Margaret Mills 17

xxxx Margaret Edstoe 2


EDIT:-
Original shows Margaret Eastoe aged 2yrs as Niece and not Grandaughter, but it does seem a bit of a coincidence.

For ref the 1911

Name: George Edward Mills
Age in 1911: 51
Estimated birth year: abt 1860
Relation to Head: Head
Gender: Male
Birth Place: Hartfield, Sussex, England
Civil Parish: Islington
County/Island: London
Country: England
Street address: 46 Frederick St, Holloway, Barnsbury N
Marital Status: Married
Occupation: MUSIC PUBLISHERS CLERK
Registration district: Islington
Registration District Number: 10
Sub-registration district: Lower Holloway
ED, institution, or vessel: 10
Piece: 851
Household Members:
Name Age
George Edward Mills 51
Hannah Mills 52
Margaret Mills 17
Margaret Edstoe 2 NOTE NIECE

Wow, such kind people, thank you all so much for the information
Karen x

I really think that Margaret must have been the daughter of Constance as this looks to be her birth record:-

Name: Margaret Constance Eastoe
Registration Year: 1909
Registration Quarter: Jan-Feb-Mar
Registration district: Islington
Inferred County: London
Volume: 1b
Page: 335

Maybe she is noted as niece as the couple married late 1908 and Margaret was born early 1909, rather quickly after the marriage, so it was maybe to cover up the fact that Constance was pregnant when she married???

Do you have access to Ancestry either at home or at your library ?

There is this database
London, England, Electoral Registers, 1832-1965

Which can be searched by name and location but sadly not really by address

1881 has George as an unmarried servant in Kent

Hi Karen, just noticed your earlier posting.
If you are trying to link this family to someone in your tree, are you able to give us the name of the person as we may be able to work backwards for you?

Margaret was my grandmother and although she died several years ago, I remember her telling me that she spent her early years in Islington, and that her mother died when she was very young. The death of Constance in 1913 would tie in with what I was told. I have no idea who bought Margaret up and she never really talked about it when she was alive. She had a son in 1935 my father Anthony but was not married at the time, so I think everything was hushed up in the family and no one ever spoke about the family history, which is very sad. I am now going to see if I can at least put together part of a tree to hand down for future generations, but have seen already today from all your kind information, how easy it is for a novice to go down the wrong path. Think I have my work cut out lol xx

The only marriage I can see so far for a Margaret C.Eastoe is this one:-

Marriages Sep 1938 (>99%)
Eastoe Margaret C Saffery Brentford 3a 1013
Saffery Frederick N Eastoe Brentford 3a 1013

The district Brentford is in the county of Middlesex

Would this fit with your family?

The death in Rochford would make sense, this is Bernard before his marriage

1901
Name: Bernard W Eastoe
Age: 19
Estimated birth year: abt 1882
Relation to Head: Son
Gender: Male
Father: Walter W Eastoe
Mother: Helen Eastoe
Birth Place: Wandsworth, London, England
Civil Parish: Battersea
Ecclesiastical parish: Christchurch
County/Island: London
Country: England
Street address:

Occupation:

Condition as to marriage:

Education:

Employment status:

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Registration district: Wandsworth
Sub-registration district: Northwest Battersea
ED, institution, or vessel: 19
Neighbors: View others on page
Piece: 452
Folio: 6
Page Number: 4
Household schedule number: 23
Household Members:
Name Age
Walter W Eastoe 44
Helen Eastoe 41
Frederick H Eastoe 20
Bernard W Eastoe 19


and then his parents and brother's family are living in Rochford in 1911
Name: Walter William Eastoe
Age in 1911: 56
Estimated birth year: abt 1855
Relation to Head: Head
Gender: Male
Birth Place: Clapham, Surrey
Civil Parish: Prittlewell
County/Island: Essex
Country: England
Street address: 88 York Rd, Southend On Sea
Marital Status: Married
Years Married: 37
Estimated Marriage Year: 1874
Registration district: Rochford
Registration District Number: 195
Sub-registration district: Prittlewell
ED, institution, or vessel: 24
Household schedule number: 42
Piece: 10136
Household Members:
Name Age
Walter William Eastoe 56
Helen Eastoe 54
Frederick H Eastoe 31
Edith Emily Eastoe 30
Dorothy Edith Eastoe 8/12
Eunice Ellen Eastoe 1

One of the most important things when doing your family tree is to buy some certificates to be sure you are on the correct track.
Even then, people did tell some little white lies so they are not 100% reliable, but without them, anything you find is only speculation.

If Anthony was your father, do you have his birth certificate? If so, then what information does it give?