Sophia Mills 

Born in 1832/33 in Ireland.
Married around 1850 in Ireland to Daniel Brisbane.
Died in 1874 in Harthill, Shotts at age 42.


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Birth

Not found. Believed to have been born in 1832/33 in Ireland.

Marriage

Not found. Married around 1850 in Ireland to Daniel Brisbane.

Death

1874 - Deaths in the Parish of Shotts in the County of Lanark - Entry 116.

Name    Sophia Brisbin M.S. Mills
When    July 14th at 6h 57m AM
Age    42
Sex    F
Marital Status    Married
Spouse    Daniel Brisbin, Coal Miner
Where    Harthill
Father    James Mills, Farmer (deceased)
Mother    Jane Mills M.S. Hall (deceased)
Cause    Chronic Pneumonia. Years.
Doctor    Thos. Clark MD
Reported by    William Brisbin, Son, Inmate.

Source: New Register House, Edinburgh.

Sarah Brisbane told her granddaughter, Sarah Rodger, that her mother, Sophia Mills, died from pneumonia after trampling the washing outdoors.

Ancestors

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........................James Mills
Sophia Mills
........................Jane Hall
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Brothers and Sisters

  1. Sophia Mills was born in 1832/1833 in Ireland and married around 1850 in Ireland to Daniel Brisbane.
  2. Others unknown.

Source:  Birth of children.

Descendants

  1. William Brisbane was born in 1851/52 in Ireland, and married around 1874 in Shotts? to Margarate ____ of Ireland.   A Wm Brisbane married a Margaret Gibson in Govan in 1874.  William reported his mother's (Sophia Mills) death in 1874.
  2. James Mills Brisbane was born in 1853/54 in Ireland and was married on the 13th of September 1881 in Queensland, Australia to Janet Bowman.
  3. Margaret Jane Brisbane was born on the 6th of October 1855 in Bridgeton, Glasgow. (verify year). Margaret died in 1872 in Shotts at the age of only 15.
  4. Sarah Brisbane was born on the 17th of June 1858 in Stevenston and married on the 4th of March 1881 in Shotts to Thomas Fraser.

    5. <<<<Sarah's Descendants>>>>
     

  5. Daniel Brisbane was born on the 24th of July 1860 in Kilwinning.
  6. Elizabeth Brisbane was born on the 4th of December 1863 in Kilwinning.
  7. John Brisbane was born on the 21st of April 1866 in Overtown, Dreghorn.
Source: LDS IGI and 1861 Kilwinning and 1871 Shotts Census and Origins.

Census

1861 Census - Kilwinning, Ayrshire - LDS Film 0103804 ED 10 Page 16.

4 Crofs Row, Eglinton Iron Works, Kilwinning, Ayrshire.
Two families share the house, with 1 room with 1 or more windows each.
 

Daniel Brisbane Head Mar 30 Coal Miner Ireland
Susan Do. [really Sophia] Wife Mar 28 Coal Miner's wife Do.
William Do. Son . 9 Scholar Do.
James Do. Son . 7 Do. Do.
Margaret Do. Daur . 5 Do. Lanarkshire Glasgow
Sarah Do. Daur . 3 . Ayrshire Stevenston
/Daniel Do. Son . 9mo . Do. Kilwinning
William MacLauchlan Head Mar 36 Coal Miner Ireland
Helen Do. Wife Mar 36 . Do.
Mary Do. Daur . 8 Scholar Lanarkshire Coatbridge

1871 Census - Shotts, Lanarkshire - LDS Microfilm 0104044 ED 8 Page 11.

Watts Building, Harthill, Shotts, Lanarkshire - 2 rooms with windows.

The ages given for Daniel and Sophia are very strange.
 

Daniel Brisben Head Mar 48 Miner Ireland
Sophia Do. Wife Mar 45 . Do.
William Do. Son Unmar 18 Miner Do.
James Do. Son Do. 16 Do. Do.
Margaret Do. Daur Do. 14 . Lanark Glasgow
Sarah Do. Daur Do. 12 Scholar Ayrshire Stevenston
Daniel Do. Son Do. 10 Miner Do. Kilwinning
Elizabeth Do. Daur Do. 7 Scholar Do. Do.
John Do. Son Do. 4 . Do. Overtown
Joseph Do. Boarder Do. 16 Miner Ireland

1881 Census INDEX - Mearns, Renfrewshire - LDS Microfilm 0203578 ED 2 Page 13.

By the 1881 census, Sophia's husband has remarried a Janet McBride, also from Ireland. Daniel and Sophia's three youngest children, Daniel, Elizabeth and John, are staying in Shotts with their elder brother William who is now married.
 

Daniel Brisbane Head Mar 47 Printfield Worker Ireland
Janet Do. Wife Mar 43 Do. Do.

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