THOMAS WILLIAM MILLER & MARY BENEDICTA HENVILLE

Thomas William MILLER and Mary Benedicta HENVILLE are my maternal 4^th Great Grandparents.

Their daughter, Frances Maria MILLER, is my 3^rd Great Grandmother who married Benjamin CASEY.

MILLER: surname is regarded as Anglo-Scottish. It is or rather was, occupational, and described a corn miller, or at least someone in charge of a mill. The origination is from the pre 7th century Olde English word "mylene", and the later "milne", but ultimately from the Roman (Latin) "molere", meaning to grind. Job-descriptive surnames denoted the occupation of the namebearer, but only became hereditary when a son followed a father into the same line of business. The miller enjoyed a privileged position in medieval society, the mill being an important centre in every medieval settlement, and farmers gathered there to have their corn ground into flour. A proportion of the ground corn was kept by the miller by way of payment, and this was sometimes a bone of contention.

THOMAS WILLIAM MILLER

MARY BENEDICTA HENVILLE

Thomas William MILLER was born about 1822 in the county of Cumberland, England to William MILLER & <mother> Sanderson.

Not much is currently known about Thomas, but on his death certificate it states that he was in the Colony of NSW for 48years, which means he came out to Australia about 1852. (source: NSW Death Reg. 11891/1900).

Possibly on the same ship as the HENVILLE's.

His occupations are listed as - Miller, Publican, Inn Keeper

Thomas married Mary Benedicta HENVILLE on the 27^th August 1853 at St Lawrence, Sydney NSW Australia (source: NSW Marriage Reg.V1853696 39C/1853)

Witnesses to Marriage were: Lydia Coleman of Campbell St, Surry Hills; James Coleman, of Campbell Street, Surry Hills.

Minister: W H Walsh

Thomas MILLER remarried after the death of his first wife Mary. He married Jane MILLER on the 19^th January 1870 at Braidwood NSW Australia. (NSW Marriage Reg.1893/1870)

Witnesses to Marriage to Thomas Miller: W Sandford, Frances Sutherland

Minister: W M Sutherland

Jane MILLER was born about 1840 also in Cumberland, England. She died on the 17^th September 1886 in Braidwood NSW.

(NSW Death Reg.7654/1886) She had come out to Australia about 1863.

Mary Benedicta HENVILLE was born before 7^th Feb 1831 Chideock, Dorsetshire, England (when she was baptised) to Constantine Phipps HENVILLE & Ann Brown.

(source: Baptism record from Bishops transcripts)

1831;Mary Benedictus; daughter of;Constance Philip & Ann;HONVILLE;7th February;Miller

Mary had come out to Sydney, Australia aboard the ship "Bolton" on 23^rd June 1853 with her father, Constantine, and step-mother, Marianne (nee KNIGHT).

Mary Benedicta passed two key names down into the Miller family - Brune and Phipps. Both these names were absorbed by the HENVILLE family in honour of the respective families concerned.

Brune - shared Church duties in Lydlinch and Swanage (both Dorset, England) during 1500-to-1800.

Phipps - sailed under protection of (along with midshipman Nelson), and married into the family of, the Barons Mulgrave.

Thomas and Mary MILLER first lived in Sydney and resided at 22 Grose St, Glebe. Sometime before 1862 they moved down the NSW South Coast to the area of Jembaicumbene.

Cumberland

Dorsetshire

Thomas died on the 23^rd October 1900 at Braidwood NSW Australia. (source: NSW Death Reg. 11891/1900)

Cause of Death: Senile Decay

He is buried at the Church of England, Braidwood Cemetery NSW

Mary Benedicta MILLER (nee HENVILLE) died on the 23^rd August 1869 at Jembaicumbene NSW Australia.

The cause of Death: Epileptic Fits. There was a Coroner's Inquest (Source: NSW Death Reg. 3229/1869)

Mary was buried on the 26^th August at the Church of England Braidwood Cemetery NSW.

Thomas & Mary MILLER had 7 children:

- William Brune born 1854 in Sydney NSW Australia.

- Frances Maria born 30^th August 1855 at 22 Grose St, Glebe, Sydney NSW Australia. Frances Maria is my 3^rd Great Grandmother. She married Benjamin CASEY on 7^th September 1874 at St Peters, Woolloomooloo, Sydney NSW Australia. Frances died 26^th April 1936 at Bexley, Sydney NSW Australia. She died from Pneumonia, chronic bronchitis, and Diabetes. Frances is buried at the Church of England, Woronora Cemetery NSW.

- Thomas Phipps born 13^th January 1858 at 22 Grose St, Glebe, Sydney NSW Australia. He died on 8^th February 1875 at Braidwood NSW Australia.

- William John born 1862 at Jembaicumbene NSW Australia. William married Mary HENVILLE (not sure if a relative as yet) in 1889 at Sydney NSW Australia. He died in 1932 at Kogarah, Sydney NSW Australia.

- Elizabeth born before 10^th July 1864 at Jembaicumbene NSW Australia.

- Anne Brune born about 1865 at Jembaicumbene NSW Australia.

- Joseph born 16^th October 1867 at Jembaicumbene NSW Australia. He married Eva J BROWN on 6^th May 1891 at Braidwood NSW. Joseph died 28^th August 1910 at Braidwood NSW.

Frances Maria CASEY (nee MILLER)	Ida DEAN (nee MILLER), Daughter of William John Miller	Frances Maria CASEY (nee MILLER) & her family.

Contributors to the information on Thomas William MILLER & his descendents:

Lesa Harris	Dorothy Exon
http://www.dorset-opc.com	Nik Henville

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