Biography:
Alfred Mills
1837 –01/03/1899
Alfred Mills
View full burial details
Unmarked grave Alfred Mills (1837-1899)
Alfred was born in 1837 in Frithsden to James and Charlotte Mills. His father was a labourer.
In 1851 Alfred was apprenticed to shoemaker Charles Bracey in Frithsden and was living with the large Bracey family.
Alfred became a boot maker and married Sarah Waterton in 1860 in King’s Langley. They lived in Potten End and Sarah supplemented their income by straw plaiting to supply the Luton and Dunstable hat industry.
The couple do not appear to have had any children.
The 1871 census records the couple living with his parents at 19, “White House”, Frithsden. They were still there in 1881 and in 1891 when Sarah’s unmarried sister was living with them.
Alfred died in Cross Oak Road 1 March 1899, aged 62.
View this burial in the cemetery
Unmarked grave Alfred Mills (1837-1899)
Alfred was born in 1837 in Frithsden to James and Charlotte Mills. His father was a labourer.
In 1851 Alfred was apprenticed to shoemaker Charles Bracey in Frithsden and was living with the large Bracey family.
Alfred became a boot maker and married Sarah Waterton in 1860 in King’s Langley. They lived in Potten End and Sarah supplemented their income by straw plaiting to supply the Luton and Dunstable hat industry.
The couple do not appear to have had any children.
The 1871 census records the couple living with his parents at 19, “White House”, Frithsden. They were still there in 1881 and in 1891 when Sarah’s unmarried sister was living with them.
Alfred died in Cross Oak Road 1 March 1899, aged 62.
Relatives
No relatives have been linked to Alfred Mills
Military graves