Alexandra Mills

Alexandra Isabella Mills

Born: 18 June 1898, Salford 

Father: Alexander Harold Mills (b. 1872)

Mother: Florence Gertrude Mills (b. 1874)

Brothers: James Edgar Mills (b. 1902), Donald Mills (b. 1905), Charles Leech Mills (b. 1912), Harry Stuart Mills (b. 1916)

Sisters: Dorothy Mills (b. 1905)

Marriage:        1946, Salford 

Husband:         Herbert Thompson 

                        Salesman

In 1901 – 

She is at 587 Eccles New Road, Pendleton. Her grandmother, Sarah A Edgar (b. 1843), is listed as widow and ‘Butcher’s Shop Assistant’. Her uncle, Thomas C Edgar (b. 1873), is listed as ‘Butcher Shopkeeper’. Her uncle-in-law, Thomas Fearns (b. 1866), is listed as ‘Printer Compositor’. Alexandra is unlisted. 

In 1911 –  

She is at 12 Walter Street, Salford. Her grandmother, Sarah A Edgar (b. 1843), is listed as widow and ‘Shop Keeper Off License’. Her uncle, Thomas C Edgar (b. 1873), is listed as ‘Foreman Butcher’. Her father is listed as ‘Cotton Porter Docks’. Alexandra, her mother and her siblings, Dorothy, James and Donald, are unlisted. 

In 10/17 – 

At St. Bartholomew's C. of E. Girls' Salford.

Qualification: Prelim. Cert. 1917.

In 05/20 –

Appointed to Christ Church Hope Street Mixed, Salford.

In 1921 – 

She is at 13 Zachariach Street, Salford. Her father is listed as ‘Cotton Porter’. Alexandra is listed as ‘School Teacher’. Her mother and brothers, Charles and Harry, are unlisted. 

In 1939 – 

She is at 19 Seedley Road, Manchester. Her father is listed as ‘Cotton Warehouseman’. Her mother is unlisted. Alexandra is listed as ‘Certificated Assistant School Teacher’. Her brother, Harry, is listed as ‘Engineers Iron Driller’. 

d.         7 May 1963, Lincoln

THOMPSON, Alexandra Isabella of The Chessocs, High Street, Scampton, Lincolnshire (wife of Herbert Thompson) died 7 May 1963 at St. Georges Hospital, Lincoln. Probate Lincoln 25 June to the said Herbert Thompson, salesman. Effects £797, 2s.