Jesse S. Mills^[1]

1850 - Yes, date unknown

• Name	Jesse S. Mills
  Born	3 Apr 1850	, Simcoe Co., Ontario, Canada   [2]
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	1881	Brantford, Brant Co., Ontario, Canada   [2]
  	druggist
  Residence	1882	Brantford, Brant Co., Ontario, Canada   [3]
  Eby ID Number	00055-3791.1
  Died	Yes, date unknown
  Person ID	I2049	Generations
  Last Modified	3 Mar 2025

  
  

  Father	John D. Mills,   b. Abt 1820, Of, Brantford, Brant Co., Ontario ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Mother	Ann,   b. Abt 1820, Of, Brantford, Brant Co., Ontario ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F6474	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Adele C. Hoffman,   b. 1858, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Married	18 Jan 1882	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2, 3]
  Last Modified	4 Mar 2025
  Family ID	F655	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  J. S. MILLS, druggist, Brantford, was born in the County of Simcoe, Ontario, April 3, 1850, and is a son of John and Ann (Stinson) Mills, both natives of Ireland, the former of whom, who was a farmer by occupation, died in 1876 ; the latter is still living. They had a family of ten children, nine of whom survive, five residing in this county. J. S. Mills, whose biography we write, worked on a farm till he was twenty years of age, and then attended the Collegiate Institute, Cobourg, Ontario, for two years, and, for the six months following, the Collegiate Institute, Brantford, which prepared him for the Victoria College, Cobourg, where he studied for four years and graduated in divinity, also taking three years in arts. Mr. Mills learned the drug business one year with C. S. Mason, Brantford, and four months at Toronto, and obtained his diploma from the Ontario College of Pharmacy. On this he returned to Brantford, and, along with L. E. Blackader, bought out Frederick Brandon, and his partnership with Mr. Blackader lasted for two years and eight months. At this stage, Mr. Mills bought out the drug business of A. B. Bennett, the oldest in Brantford, and has since met with most encouraging success. He was married January 18, 1882, to Adele C. Hoffman, a native of Berlin, County of Waterloo, Ontario, and a daughter of J. S. Hoffman, druggist, Berlin. One son has been born to this union-Reginald Wilmer. Mr. and Mrs. Mills are members of Brant Avenue Methodist Church, and he is classleader and Bible class teacher in the same church. He is also a member of the Quarterly Board, and in politics a Reformer The history of the county of Brant, Ontario: containing a history of the county: its township, cities, towns, schools, J. H. Beers & Co. Warner, Beers & Co.pg. 524

  
  

• Sources

  [S3] Book - Vol I A Biographical History of Waterloo Township and other townships of the county : being a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin..., 801. [S24] Church Records - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - St. John the Evangelist Church of England. [S7] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Berliner Journal (1859-1917), 26 Jan 1882. 18 Jan 1882 A.C. Hoffmann of Berlin and J.S. Mills of Brantford were married in Berlin by Preacher J. Fellman.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 3 Apr 1850 - , Simcoe Co., Ontario, Canada Occupation - druggist - 1881 - Brantford, Brant Co., Ontario, Canada Residence - 1882 - Brantford, Brant Co., Ontario, Canada Married - 18 Jan 1882 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth