MILLS, James & Mary

17 July 1873 – 27 August 1919
3 September 1872 – 22 August 1971

Origin Warrington, Lancashire, England
Accompanying Family Alfred Mills (aged 2)
First settled in Fremantle
Original Occupation Tram Conductor
Occupation in Australia Factory Foreman

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Departure Port Southampton
Arrival Year 1904

Fremantle

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James came to WA to be factory foreman for his brother William who with Henry Ware had a thriving business: Mills and Wares Biscuits P/L. William died suddenly in 1916, James of Spanish Flu in 1919, leaving one family financially secure and the other impoverished.

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