Captain William Mills

1876 - 1960  (83 years)

• Name	William Mills
  Title	Captain
  Birth	14 Nov 1876	McAfee Valley, Sussex County, New Jersey   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Census	1880	Vernon Township, Sussex County, New Jersey   [2]
  	John G. Mills, Self, M, Male, W, 31, NJ, Laborer, NJ, NJ Mary Mills, Wife, M, Female, W, 29, NJ, Keeping House, NJ, NJ George H. Mills, Son, S, Male, W, 6, NJ, , NJ, NJ James A. Mills, Son, S, Male, W, 5, NJ, , NJ, NJ William C. Mills, Son, S, Male, W, 2, NJ, , NJ, NJ Ida Mills, Dau, S, Female, W, 9M, NJ, , NJ, NJ
  Military Service	Between 1898 and 1930  [3]
  	Enlisted in the U. S. Marine Corps on 8 Jan 1898 at the Brooklyn Navy Yard Re enlisted in the U. S. Marine Corps on 12 March 1903 in Brooklyn Headquarters Advanced Base Force Promoted to Quartermaster Sergeant 12 Mar 1907 Promoted to Second Lieutenant, U S Marine Corps from Quartermaster Sergeant. On 3 Oct 1917 Commissioned as Captain, USMC with date of Rank from16 Jan 1917. Listed as Captain USMC, Regimental Quartermaster, Headquarters Detachment, 1st Reg Fix Def Force. in Nov 1917 He is listed as no monthly exercise per Secretary of the Navy Oct 1917 to Oct 1919 Headquarters, Department of the Pacific, San Francisco 10 Feb 1930 Retired from the Marine Corps
  Census	1900	Marine Barracks, Brooklyn, New York City, New York   [4]
  	William Mills, Sergeant, resident of Vernon, NJ, W, M, Nov1876, 23, S, New Jersey, New Jersey, New Jersey
  Residence	1913	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania   [5]
  Census	21 Jan 1920	4030 Park Side Avenue, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania   [6]
  	William Mills, Tenant, M, W, 43, M, New Jersey, New Jersey, New York, Captain, U. S. Marine Corps Mrs Nellie Mills, Tenant, F, W, 31, M, New York, New Jersey, Mass, none Seely Mills, Tenant, M, W, 13, S, New York, New Jersey, New York, attending Belmont Grammar
  Anecdote	1929  [7]
  	William Mills, 53, Male, Married, born Nov 14, 1876 in McAffee Valley, NJ, on US Marine Corps business sailed from Shanghai China on the SS President Jackson on 13 Sep 1929 and arrived in San Francoisco on 2 Oct 1929. His address was 232 Barrington Road, Upper Darby, Pennsylvania.
  Census	2 May 1930	232 Barrington Road, Upper Darby, Delaware County, Pennsylvania   [8]
  	William Mills, Head, M, W, 43, M, 24, New Jersey, New York, New York, Soldier, Marine Corps Nellie Mills, Wife, F, W, 42, M, 23, New York, New Jersey, Ohio, none Ceely Mills, Son, M, W, 23 , S, New York, New Jersey, New York, none
  Note	William Mills was the grandson of Nellie's grandmother, Elizabeth Jane Kelly, Mills, Mabee (ID 10125).
  Reference Number	21065
  Death	6 Mar 1960  [9]
  Person ID	I20948	Maybee Society
  Last Modified	7 Apr 2024

  
  

  Father	John Henry George Mills,   b. 2 Oct 1848, Vernon Township, Sussex County, New Jersey d. 13 Nov 1933, Macopin, Passaic County, New Jersey (Age 85 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Mary Snyder,   b. May 1855, Sussex County, New Jersey d. Yes, date unknown
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	Between 1872 and 1873  [10]
  Family ID	F8728	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Nellie C Mabee,   b. 3 Apr 1888, Warwick Township, Orange County, New York d. 29 Oct 1962, Breeze Hill, Orange County, New York (Age 74 years)
  Marriage	19 Dec 1912	First Presbyterian Church, Goshen, Orange County, New York   [11]
  Children	1. Seely E. Mills,   b. 17 Aug 1906, Goshen, Orange County, New York d. 14 Nov 1940, Goshen, Orange County, New York (Age 34 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F5956	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	7 Apr 2024

  
  

• Sources

  [S1] Ancestry.com online; Url: http://www.ancestry.com/, California, Passenger and Crew Lists, 1882-1959, SS President Jackson, sailed from Shanghai China 13 Sep 1929 and arrived in San Francisco on 2 Oct 1929. [S52] 1880 United States Census; Url: ancestry.com, 1880 Census, Vernon, Sussex, New Jersey, Family History Library Film 1254799, NA Film T9-0799, Page 203A. [S1] Ancestry.com online; Url: http://www.ancestry.com/, U.S. Marine Corps Muster Rolls,. [S90] 1900 United States Census; Url: ancestry.com, Marine Barracks, Kings, New York; Roll: T623 1044; Page: 1A; Enumeration District: 44. [S19] Steve Mabie, Chronology of records for the Descendants of Caspar Pieterse Mebie; Url: http://maybeesociety.org/steve/caspar/caspar.htm, grandmother's Probate. [S303] 1920 United States Census; Url: ancestry.com, Philadelphia Ward 24, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Roll: T625_1627; Page: 17B; Enumeration District: 736; Image: 1148. [S1] Ancestry.com online; Url: http://www.ancestry.com/, California, Passenger and Crew Lists, 1882-1959. [S302] 1930 United States Census; Url: ancestry.com, Upper Darby, Delaware, Pennsylvania; Roll: 2033; Page: 10A; Enumeration District: 144; Image: 708. [S499] Research of Dan Burrows of Orange County, NY, from Independent Republican 3/10/1960. [S90] 1900 United States Census; Url: ancestry.com, Vernon, Sussex, New Jersey; Roll: T623 995; Page: 9B; Enumeration District: 176. [S1] Ancestry.com online; Url: http://www.ancestry.com/, New York, County Marriage Records, 1847-1849, 1907-1936 & U.S., Presbyterian Church Records, 1701-1970.