Hilda (Dill) Mills

  General Notes:

She spent most of her life in 'service', both before and after her marriage to George Newman, a cowman. There were no children and in their latter years they were the quintessence of Derby and Joan.

David Farris said she also lived in railway carriages. Called Aunt Dill. ⁶

  Noted events in her life were:

• Census UK: Aged 4, 1891, Taylor Farm, Kingsnorth, Kent, England. ⁷

• Census UK: General Servant Domestic, aged 14, 1901, Cheriton St, Hythe, Kent, England. ⁸ Working for a baker called John Gilbert

• Census UK: Domestic Cook, aged 24, single, 1911, Hayesbank - Canterbury Rd, Ashford, Kent, England. ⁹ Working for a Joseph Batchelor (aged 65, b. Maidstone, Kent) and Family, Paper Manufacturer

Hilda married George William Newman on 11 May 1912 in Kingsnorth Parish Church, Kent, England.^{1 2} (George William Newman was born about Feb 1889 in East Ashford District, Kent, England ¹⁰ and died about Dec 1975 in Ashford, Kent, England ¹¹.)