Birth: October-December 1845 Abbots Langley, Hertfordshire, UK
Father: Unknown
Mother: Eliza (Elizabeth) Rainbow [Mileman] 1826-1910
Christening: 25 January 1846 Abbots Langley, Hertfordshire, UK
Marriage: 21 March 1868 Pinner, Middlesex, UK
Wife: Emily Dell 1845-1918
Death: April-June 1902 Hampstead, London, UK
Rose Maria Mileman 1868
Henry William Mileman 1870-1903
Emily Marian Mileman 1871
Amelia Caroline Mileman [Foulkes] 1878-1974
Ellen Mabel Mileman 1882
Birth of William Rainbow in FreeBMD in October-December 1845 in Watford (6 567).
Entry in Ancestry England, Select Births and Christenings, 1538-1975 for William Rainbow baptised on 25 January 1846 in Abbots-Langley, Hertford, mother Eliza Rainbow.
His mother married Thomas Mileman in Watford in 1849.
In the 1851 census as William Rainbow aged 5, born in Watford, Hertfordshire, and living with his mother (Elizabeth Milimas), (step)father (Thomas Milimas), (half)sister (Mary Ann Melema), and grandfather (James Rainbow) in Kittens Green, Abbots Langley, Hertfordshire.
In the 1861 census as William Millman (sic - in the index, Mileman on the original) aged 16, born in Watford, Hertfordshire, a paper nicker in a paper mill, and living with his mother (Eliza Millman), (step)father (Thomas Millman), (half)brother (John) and (half)sister (Mary A) in Meeting Alley, Watford, Hertfordshire. There is also an entry for William Rainbow aged 15, born in Abbots Langley, Hertfordshire, working in a paper mill, and lodging with John Harris (aged 61, born in Chalfont St Giles, Buckinghamshire and a mill labourer) and his wife (Sarah aged 61 and born in Aldenham, Hertfordshire) in Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire.
Marriage of William Rainbow Mileman and Emily Dell in FreeBMD in January-March 1868 in Hendon (3a 111).
Entry in Ancestry London, England, Church of England Marriages and Banns, 1754-1921 for William Rainbow Mileman aged 23, father Thomas Mileman, and Emily Dell aged 23, father Joseph Dell, on 21 March 1868 in Pinner, Harrow. "Page 87 [...] 1868 Marriage solemnized in the Parish Church in the Parish of Pinner in the County of Middlesex. No. 174 March 21st William Rainbow Mileman aged 23, a Bachelor and Labourer of Pinner, father Thomas Mileman, a Labourer, and Emily Dell aged 23, a Spinster of Pinner, father Joseph Dell, a Labourer. Married in the Parish Church according to the Rites and Ceremonies of the Established Church after banns [...] in the Presence of us Thomas Dean and Maria Dell [who made her mark]".
His daughter was born in Hendon in 1868 and son in Islington in 1870.
In the 1871 census as William Mileman aged 25, born in Watford, Hertfordshire, a railway carman, and living with his wife (Emily), son (Henry W, daughter (Rose M) and brother-in-law (George Dell) at 11a Upper Hartland Road, Kentish Town, St Pancras, London. Two other families lived at the same address.
In the 1881 census as William Mileman aged 35, born in Watford, Hertfordshire, a carman, and living with his wife (Emily), son (Harry W), and three daughters (Emilia C, Emily M and Rose M) at 6 Winchester Mews, Acton , Middlesex.
His daughter was born in Ealing in 1882. In the entry for his two daughters' christening on 28 December 1888 at St Augustine, Kilburn, Westminster he is stated to be a coffee stall keeper.
In the 1891 census as William Wileman (sic - in the index, Mileman on the original) aged 45, born in Watford, Hertfordshire, a coffee stall keeper, and living with his wife (Emily) and two daughters (Amelia and Mabel) in three rooms at 27 Netherwood Street, Hampstead, London. Another three families lived at the same address.
In the 1901 census as William R Mileman aged 56, born in Watford,herfordshire, a coffee stall keeper, and living with his wife (Emily), daughter (Helen Mabel) and nephew (Arthur G Atkins aged 26, born in St Pancras, London, single and a coffee stalll assistant) at 17 Netherwood Street, Hampstead, London. Another two families including Fanny Atkins (aged 53, born in Eastcot, Middlesex, widowed and a charwoman).
Death of William R Mileman in FreeBMD in April-June 1902 aged 57 in Hampstead (1a 393).
Entry in Ancestry Public Member Trees for William Rainbow or Mileman born in Watford, Hertfordshire in December 1845, parents Thomas Mileman and Eliza Rainbow. A similar entry gives his birth in 1846, and another gives his mother as Elizabeth Rainbow. Another adds his marriage to Emily Dell on 21 March 1868 in Pinner, two daughters and a son, but not Amelia.
Entry in The Tree of Us for William Rainbow Mileman born in Abbots Langley, Hertfordshire in 1845, baptised on 25 January in Abbots Langley, Hertfordshire, his marriage to Emily Dell in Hendon District, Greater London in 1868, a coffee stall keeper and his death in Hampstead District, Hampshire in 1902.
William Rainbow Mileman was the father of Amelia Caroline Mileman, wife of Wilfred Foulkes, son of Charles James Foulkes, husband of Emily Fullick, my second cousin three times removed.
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