Dorothy Miller [Adams] (1890-1995)

Dates

Birth: 5 November 1890 Williamstown, Victoria, Australia
Father: Edward Tate Miller 1866-1953
Mother: Mildred Martha Sellick 1864-1947

Christening: Unknown

Marriage: 21 August 1913 St Peter, Fulham, London, UK
Husband: William Reginald Adams 1889-1974

Death: April 1995 Bridport, Dorset, UK

Children

Eileen Dorothy Adams [Kirk] 1915-1992
Brenda Jeanne Adams [Scotts] 1920-1996

Notes

Entry in Ancestry Australia, Birth Index, 1788-1922 for Ddrothy (sic) Miller in 1890 in Williamstown, Victoria, Australia, parents Edwd Tate Miller and Mildred Martha Sellick.

Her sister was born in in Williamstown, Victoria in 1892, and her brother in Fulham in 1895.

In the 1901 census as Dorothy Milles (sic) aged 10, born in Victoria, Australia, and living with her parents (Edward T and Mildred), brother (Robert E), and three sisters (Elsie, Mabel and Mildred) at 48 Horder Road, Fulham, London.

In the 1911 census as Dorothy Miller aged 20, born in Australia, single, and living with her parents (Edward Tate and Mildred Martha), two brothers (Edgar Tate and Robert Edward), and two sisters (Elsie Gladys and Mabel Emilie) at 674 Fulham Road, Fulham S W.

Marriage of Dorothy Miller to William R Adam and William R Adams (both on typed original) in FreeBMD in July-September 1913 in Fulham (1a 677).

Entry in Ancestry London, England, Church of England Marriages and Banns, 1754-1931 for the Banns of Dorothy Miller and William Reginalch (sic) Adams on 17 August 1913 at St John, Walham Green, Hammersmith and Fulham. Page [blank] The Year 1913 [...] No. [blank] Banns of Marriage between William Reginald Adams B Dorothy Miller S, S Johns and S Peters, 14 Elmstone Road and 674 Fulham Road, Were published as follows 1st, on Sunday Aug 3rd, [...] 2d, on Sunday Aug 10th, 3d., on Sunday Aug 17th Married away".

Entry in Ancestry London, England, Marriages and Banns, 1754-1921 for Dorothy Miller aged 22, and William Reginald Adams on 21 August 1913 at St Peter, Fulham, Hammersmith and Fulham. " Page 217 1913 Marriage solemnized at St Peters Church in the Parish of Fulham in the County of London. N. 433 August 27th 1913 William Reginald Adams aged 23, a Bachelor and Taxicab Proprietor of 14 Elmstore Road, Fulham, father Alfred Henry Adams, a Compositor, and Dorothy Miller aged 22, a Spinster of 674 Fulham Road, father Edward Tate Miller, a Provision Merchant. Married in the St Peters Church according to the Rites an Ceremonies of the Established Church after Banns [...] in the Presence of us Edward Tate Miller and Alfred Ludwig? Adams.

Her first daughter was born in Fulham in 1915 and second in Richmond upon Thames in 1920.

There are four entries in Ancestry All London, England, Electoral Registers, 1832-1965 for Dorothy Adams address 84 Jermyn Street SW1, Pall Mall, Westminster from 1925 to 1928, other occupant William Reginald Adams (husband?), but their abode is given as 13 Grosvemor Avenue SW14.

Her husband died on 6 March 1974 at 13 Grosvenor Avenue, East Sheen.

Entry in the Register of Deaths for Dorothy Adams, born on 5 November 1890, in April 1995 in Bridport (25B 4281 283).

Three entries in Ancestry Public Member Trees for Dorothy Miller born in Victoria, Australia in 5 November 1890, her marriage to William Reginald Adams on 27 August 1913 at Fulham St Peter, two daughters and her death in Bridport, Dorset in April 1995.

Relationship

Dorothy Miller was the mother of Eileen Dorothy Adams, wife of Arthur James Kirk, my half third cousin.

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