MILLS, Joseph ¹

Joseph married Helen HIGGINS, daughter of Michael HIGGINS and Sarah Jane McNERNEY, on 18 July 1897 in St Joseph's RC Chapel, Blantyre, Lanarkshire, Scotland.¹ (Helen HIGGINS was born 20 September 1878 at 1.30 am in McAlpine's Buildings, Stonefield, Blantyre, Lanarkshire, Scotland ².)

  Marriage Notes:

The marriage was celebrated after banns according to the rites and forms of the Roman Catholic Church. James McDonnell, RC Clergyman, married the couple. The witnesses were John and Mary McGuire.

Joseph Mills was a single man, aged 22 years, of Byres Knowes Carfin. he was a coal miner. Both of his parents were deceased.

Ellen Higgins was a cotton factory weaver. She lived at 37 Bairds Rows Blantyre. She was 18 years old and single. her mother was deceased.

The marriage was registered at Blantyre on 20 July 1897. ¹