Researching Thomas Mills
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 38838 people with the Mills surname? In that year Mills was ranked number 78 for popularity in the UK. |
The name Thomas means "a twin" and is of Hebrew origin.
Records of Thomas Mills on Ancestry
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DNA
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Thomas Mills and the Mills Genealogy
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Mills Genealogy that will form part of your family tree. Although records vary from country to country, they are normally the most formal record of a person's relations. From the sources listed below it will be possible to locate a birth record and, from that record, a birth certificate may be obtainable which is likely to list the names of the parents, therefore taking you back another generation. A marriage certificate may also list the names of the respective fathers of the bride and groom which may then help you to find them earlier in life on a census record enabling you to fill out more detail in the Mills family tree.
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| Did you know that there are currently 48316 people with the Mills surname in the UK? Mills is now ranked number 85 for popularity in the UK. |
Mills Family Tree Databases
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Mills Forums
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| Did you know that there are currently 185333 people with the Mills surname in the USA? Mills is ranked number 96 for popularity in the USA. |
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Thomas Mills (MP)
Thomas Mills (1794 – 11 November 1862) was a British Liberal and Whig politician.
Born in Middlesex, Mills was the eldest son of Samuel Mills and Mary née Wilson. He was admitted to Queens' College, Cambridge in Michaelmas in 1815, graduating with a BA in 1819 and an MA in 1822. He was admitted at the Inner Temple in 1816, and called to the Bar in 1832. After this, he was a Justice of the Peace for Middlesex and Bedfordshire and a Deputy Lieutenant of Hampshire.
Mills was first elected Whig MP for Totnes at the 1852 general election and, becoming a Liberal in 1859, held the seat until his death in 1862.
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