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<p>[QUOTE="Ladybranch, post: 76640, member: 44"]Do you think the J. W. Mills, frame maker at Arcade, Landport, in the following link is the same as the John Mills? It seems J.W. Mills was located in a district of Portsmouth for "sale to tourists, naval personnel or visiting sailors at Portsmouth. "</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.georgeglazer.com/prints/sporting/maritime/hmsvictory.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.georgeglazer.com/prints/sporting/maritime/hmsvictory.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.georgeglazer.com/prints/sporting/maritime/hmsvictory.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Here is a *.pdf file showing the local companies in Portsmouth. Page 111 under "Mills" has listings for</p><p>John Mills at 11 The Arcade as a Carver & Gilder and Picture Frame Maker from around 1886 to 1940.</p><p><a href="http://homepage.ntlworld.com/stephen.pomeroy/local/companies.pdf#111" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://homepage.ntlworld.com/stephen.pomeroy/local/companies.pdf#111" rel="nofollow">http://homepage.ntlworld.com/stephen.pomeroy/local/companies.pdf#111</a></p><p><br /></p><p>The above *.pdf file is on the "Pomeroys of Portsmouth" website.</p><p><a href="http://homepage.ntlworld.com/stephen.pomeroy/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://homepage.ntlworld.com/stephen.pomeroy/" rel="nofollow">http://homepage.ntlworld.com/stephen.pomeroy/</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Click "Text" in the "Local History" block - the 1st one. On the next page scroll down to the section "Everything else, an ever expanding selection of research into various topics" and click "Companies" in the chart.</p><p><br /></p><p>--- Susan[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Ladybranch, post: 76640, member: 44"]Do you think the J. W. Mills, frame maker at Arcade, Landport, in the following link is the same as the John Mills? It seems J.W. Mills was located in a district of Portsmouth for "sale to tourists, naval personnel or visiting sailors at Portsmouth. " [URL]http://www.georgeglazer.com/prints/sporting/maritime/hmsvictory.html[/URL] Here is a *.pdf file showing the local companies in Portsmouth. Page 111 under "Mills" has listings for John Mills at 11 The Arcade as a Carver & Gilder and Picture Frame Maker from around 1886 to 1940. [URL]http://homepage.ntlworld.com/stephen.pomeroy/local/companies.pdf#111[/URL] The above *.pdf file is on the "Pomeroys of Portsmouth" website. [URL]http://homepage.ntlworld.com/stephen.pomeroy/[/URL] Click "Text" in the "Local History" block - the 1st one. On the next page scroll down to the section "Everything else, an ever expanding selection of research into various topics" and click "Companies" in the chart. --- Susan[/QUOTE]
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