Sarah Maria MILLINER

1840 - 1923  (82 years)

• Name	Sarah Maria MILLINER
  Birth	15 Aug 1840	Melksham, Wiltshire   [1]
  	(The seemingly plausible alternative, Sarah Milner Q4 1839, Bristol, refers to a different individual).
  		Birth certificate of James and Mary's unnamed daughter, August 1840
  Gender	Female
  Residence	Abt 1840-bef 1851	Jamaica, West Indies
  Census	30 Mar 1851	Old Broughton Road, Melksham, Wiltshire   [1]
  	Age: 10
  		1851: Old Broughton Road, Melksham
  Census	7 Apr 1861	25 King Street, Castle Precincts,Bristol   [2]
  	Age: 20
  	Visiting sister, Everes CAFFERY.
  Census	1871	Edward Street, Westbury, Wiltshire
  	Green Grocer
  	Age: 30
  Census	1881	Fore Street, Westbury, Wiltshire
  	Grocer's Assistant
  	Age: 40
  Census	1891	Market Place, Westbury, Wiltshire
  Census	1901	Market Place, Westbury, Wiltshire
  	Housekeeper
  	Age: 60
  Death	Q4 1923	The Green, Westbury, Wiltshire
  	Age: 83
  Notes	According to George Gadd, when young she tried to run away to Gretna Green with her lover, but her father gave chase and brought her back. In her pique, she married Mr. Scull, an illiterate farm worker. Barbara Gadd distinctly remembers as a child visiting her in her house behind a church.
  Person ID	I86	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   [3]
  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	Edwin SCULL,   b. c 1838, Westbury, Wiltshire d. Q4 1918, Westbury, Wiltshire (Age 80 years)
  Marriage	25 Dec 1866	Melksham, Wiltshire   [4, 5]
  		Edwin SCULL and Sarah Maria MILLINER marriage certificate
  Children	+ 1. Arthur Henry SCULL,   b. Q1 1868, Westbury, Wiltshire d. 30 May 1940, Westbury, Wiltshire (Age 72 years) + 2. William Charles SCULL,   b. Q3 1871, Westbury, Wiltshire d. Q4 1917, Westbury, Wiltshire (Age 46 years) + 3. Albert Edward SCULL,   b. Q2 1873, Westbury, Wiltshire d. Q4 1958, Warminster Regn District, Wiltshire (Age 85 years)   4. Everes Louise SCULL,   b. 28 Feb 1878, Westbury Reg'n District d. Q1 1972, Warminster Regn District, Wiltshire (Age 93 years)   5. George Frederick SCULL,   b. Q1 1880, Westbury, Wiltshire d. Q4 1921, Westbury, Wiltshire (Age 41 years)
  Family ID	F378	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	11 Mar 2007

  
  

• Sources

  [S46] 1851 Census, (30 March 1851). [S361] 1861 Census, (7 April 1861). [S271] Witnessed by T. Hedges (friend?) & Caleb Angel (regular witness). [S4] LDS, IGI. [S419] FreeBMD.