Everes(t) MILLINER

Abt 1823 - 1895  (72 years)

• Name	Everes(t) MILLINER
  Birth	Abt 1823	Melksham, Wiltshire   [1, 2]
  Christening	24 Oct 1824	Melksham Parish Church, Wiltshire
  		Everest MILLINER baptism in parish church register
  Gender	Female
  Residence	5 Sep 1854	Barton Street, Bristol   [3]
  Census	7 Apr 1861	25 King Street, Castle Precincts,Bristol   [1]
  	Age: 28
  	Also at this address is sister Sarah M MILLINER (20)
  		1861: King Street, Bristol
  Event	23 Sep 1862  [4]
  	Member of Counterslip Baptist Chapel, Bristol
  Census	2 Apr 1871	17 Ellbroad Street, St. Philip's, Bristol   [5]
  	Grocery Business
  		1871: 17 Ellbroad Street, Bristol
  Census	3 Apr 1881	5 Earlsmead Terrace, Bristol   [2]
  	Bible Woman
  		1881: 5 Earlsmead Terrace, Bristol
  Census	1891	6 Kenilworth Terrace, St Philip & St Jacob, Bristol
  	Bible woman. Son Philip & daughter Kate at home.
  		1891: Kenilworth Terrace, St. Philip's, Bristol
  Residence	Abt 1840-bef 1851?	Jamaica, West Indies
  	Emigrated with family, but not found in 1851 England Census, suggesting that she may have remained in Jamaica briefly after her parents and sisters returned to England.
  Residence	1895	33 Trinity Street, Newtown, Bristol
  	"Mrs Evers CAFFREY" listed in 1895 Post Office Directory.
  Death	29 Mar 1895	Bristol Lunatic Asylum, Stapleton Road, Bristol   [6, 7]
  	Age: 66
  	Cause: Pulmonary oedema
  	Widow of William CAFFERY, provision merchant's foreman of Bristol. Informant: Everes L BROWN (daughter)
  		Death Certificate of Everes CAFFERY
  		Bristol Lunatic Asylum Built in 1861, later known as Beaufort War Hospital, and then Glenside Hospital. In 2008 used by the University of West of England.
  		Former lunatic asylum in 2008
  Notes	Nonconformist christian. Baptised Everest - "t" was lost in later generations. According to eldest daughter, their marriage was something of a mistake! She and a friend swapped boyfriends for an evening, and never swapped back. The daughter counted this as something of a loss.
  Person ID	I69	Gadd
  Last Modified	10 Jul 2009

  
  

  Father	James T MILLINER,   b. 1803, Melksham, Wiltshire d. 05 Nov 1884, 7 Kenilworth Terrace/Earlsmead Terrace, Bristol (Age 81 years)
  Mother	Mary BANKS,   b. Abt 1802, Melksham, Wiltshire d. 21 Feb 1876, The City, Bath Road, Melksham, Wiltshire (Age 74 years)
  Marriage	25 Dec 1821	Melksham, Wiltshire   [8]
  Event	24 Nov 1841	Sherborne Journal (quoted in Freeman's Journal)
  	"On Thursday last about thirty individuals of the labouring population left Melksham, as emigrants to the island of Jamaica, whither several had gone before, who are doing well. They are employed on the coffee plantations on the hills."
  Notes	September 1868 H J Milliner, aged 50, Preacher, took ship from Kingston Jamaica to New York. Might this be one James's sons, with incorrect age and initials?! The Baptists in Jamaica established, in 1843, the "Calabar Theological College" for the training of Ministers for the local ministry and also as missionaries to Africa and the Caribbean. The Baptist work in the Cameroons, West Africa, was started by the Baptists of Jamaica in 1846. In 1849, some of the Baptist Churches in Jamaica came together to form the Jamaica Baptist Union. The Baptist Churches had seven years before declared their independence of the Baptist Missionary Society.
  Photos		Map of Jamaica in 1886
  Documents		Baptist Missionary Herald 1861 - Letter from Rev George MILLINER
  Histories » Slide Show		MILLINER Orphan Papers "Jas. Milliner Senr, member of Baptist Church Melksham, with wife, 3 sons, & 3 daughters, were sent to Jamaica as Agricultural laborers about 1840 where they remained several years, but in consequence of sickness & misfortune, all returned to England, except the 3 sons, James, George, & John." Although slavery had nominally been abolished in Jamaica in 1834, it continued under the "Apprenticeship System" until August 1838. This led inevitably to a shortage of labour in Jamaica, which the MILLINERs were sent to alleviate.
  		Jamaican Immigration 1840-1841 Agricultural labourers were brought to Jamaica from Great Britain and elsewhere to alleviate the labour shortage.
  		Collapse of the Jamaican Sugar economy "Sickness and misfortune" were cited by George MILLINER (see MILLINER Orphan Papers) as the reason for the return to England of the parents and daughters of the family. The summary of these parliamentary papers suggests that the misfortune may have related to general economic collapse, and also makes reference to the alleged incitement of the Black population by Baptist ministers.
  		Papers relating to immigration to Jamaica The MILLINERs were probably brought to Jamaica under the "Bounty scheme": planters were paid a bounty for finding and employing labourers (some from England) and paying for their passage.
  		The MILLINER Story as told by Harold GADD
  		The MILLINER Story as told by Herbert MILLINER The story was passed down through James's daughters to Harold GADD, and through his sons to Herbert MILLINER. Compare and contrast!
  Family ID	F32	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	William CAFFERY,   b. 30 Aug 1826, Bandon, Cork, Ireland d. 31 Jan 1888, Bristol Royal Infirmary (Age 61 years)
  Marriage	5 Sep 1854	Register Office, Bristol   [3, 9]
  		William CAFFERY and Everes MILLINER marriage certificate
  Residence	30 Jul 1866	Ivy Cottage, 2 Cumberland Road, Bristol
  Children	+ 1. Mary Ellen Nora CAFFERY,   b. 8 Feb 1855, 25 King Street, Castle Precincts,Bristol d. 21 May 1916, Bristol General Hospital (Age 61 years)   2. William Henry Francis CAFFERY,   b. Q1 1856, St. George, Bristol, Gloucestershire + 3. Hannah Maria CAFFERY,   b. Q3 1857, St. Augustine, Bristol d. 1 Mar 1892, Frome, Somerset   4. Alfred James CAFFERY,   b. Q1 1859, Bristol Reg'n District d. Q1 1860, Bristol Reg'n District + 5. Everes Louisa "Louie" CAFFERY,   b. Abt Jan 1861, Bristol, Gloucestershire d. Q2 1919, Edmonton Reg'n District (Age 57 years)   6. Alfred Benjamin Banks CAFFERY,   b. 18 Dec 1862, Bristol, Gloucestershire d. Q3 1926, Cardiff Reg'n District, Glamorgan   7. Phillip CAFFERY,   b. Q2 1865, St. Thomas, Bristol d. Q3 1898, Cardiff Reg'n District (Age 33 years) + 8. Martha Matilda K. "Kate" CAFFERY,   b. Q4 1870, Cathay, Bristol d. Q1 1906, Bristol Reg'n District (Age 36 years)
  Photos		Map of Bristol in 1937, before many roads were obliterated by the Blitz and post-War redevelopment.
  		Postcard of Ellbroad Street
  Family ID	F30	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	9 Oct 2023

  
  

• Photos

  Everes Milliner (1824-1898).

  
  

• Sources

  [S361] 1861 Census, (7 April 1861). [S355] 1881 Census, (3 April 1881). [S397] CAFFERY-MILLINER Marriage Certificate, (5 September 1854). [S430] MILLINER Orphan Papers. [S354] 1871 Census, (2 April 1871). [S3] Chris Gadd family records. [S357] FreeBMD, (FreeBMD.rootsweb.com). [S271] Witnessed by T. Hedges (friend?) & Caleb Angel (regular witness). [S378] CAFFERY, Mary Ellen Nora - Birth Certificate, (19th March 1855).