George Millen

Father:Mother:

Spouse: Anne Andrews

Children: Mary B. Millen; born 1850; Melbourne, Victoria

Emma Jane Millen; born 1851; Melbourne, Victoria

Esther Amelia Millen; born 1855; Melbourne, Victoria

George Thomas Millen; born 1857; Wellington NSW

Male Millen; born 1859; Orange, NSW

James Millen; born 1859; Orange, NSW

William Alfred Millen; born 1862; Wombat, Burrangong, NSW

Birth Certificate No.

Marriage Certificate No. 29048; 1849; Collingwood, Melbourne, Vic

Death Certificate No.

1820c - George was born. The IGI has an entry for George Millen christened in 1818 at Rochester, Kent, in the Bethel Wesleyan Church. The parents were Stephen and Elizabeth. This could possibly be our George.

1838c - He arrived in Victoria from England when he was about 18.

1846c - He returned to England and wanted to take his childhood sweetheart, Anne Andrews, back to Australia. However her parents objected on the grounds that she was only 14 years old.

1848, 19 July - Anne Andrews arrived in Australia with her parents and family when she was 16 on board the “Palmyra”. George met up with Anne who was under-age and received permission to marry her. George hired himself to a gentleman named Wood as a steward or hired hand so he and Anne married under the name of Millen-Wood or Millenwood.

1849, 14 May - He married Anne Andrews at Collingwood in the Parish of St Peters, County of Bourke, Melbourne, Victoria, when he was 29 and she was 17. Marriage was conducted by Daniel Newham and witnesses were Pat Connolly and Elizabeth Andrews. George was the only on of the four who signed his name, the others made their mark. Her parents consented to the marriage.

1850, 9 April - They had Mary B. Millen (possibly Millenwood), in Melbourne, Victoria, when he was 30.

1851, 20 September - They had Emma Jane Millen at Melbourne, Victoria, but she died the same day. George was aged 31

1855, 29 May - They had Esther Amelia Millen (possibly Millen-Wood), at Kerr Street, Collingwood, Melbourne, when he was 36. This was the home of his mother-in-law, Mary Ann Whitcombe. George was listed as a butcher and gave his name as Millenwood and his age as 32. It also says he was born in London. The birth certificate says a boy and a girl were deceased at the time. The girl was Emma but we don't know who the boy was. When the gold rush started he was employed as a butcher to the miners. he bought cattle on the hoof, slaughtered them, sold the skins and provided meat for the miners. He and his family followed the miners from Victoria into New South Wales.

1857, 5 November - They had George Thomas Millen in Wellington, NSW, when he was 37. Elwin Field says that about this time George was a grazier at “Heifer Creek” station at Orange.

1859 - They had a baby boy at Orange, NSW, but he was stillborn. George was 39.

1859, September - They had James Millen at Orange, NSW, when he was 39.

1862, 13 March - They had William Alfred Millen at Wombat, Burrangong, NSW, when George was 42. William's birth certificate shows that 2 children, Emma Jane and the unnamed boy, were deceased at the time. George was listed as a butcher on William's birth certificate. About this time an entry in the “Miner” magazine offered a two pound reward for the return of a horse to George Millen, butcher, at Wombat.

1863, 15 January - His son, James Millen, died at South Lead, Forbes, NSW, aged 3 years and 4 months. The cause of death was typhoid fever which he had for 3 weeks. George was 43 at the time and living at South Lead, Forbes.

1863, 16 January - James Millen was buried at Forbes without a minister.

1863, 7 February - His son, George Thomas Millen, died at South Lead, Forbes, NSW, aged 5. The cause of death was typhoid synochus which he had for 4 days. George was still 43 at the time and living at South Lead, Forbes.

1863, 8 February - George Thomas Millen was buried at Forbes without a minister.

Julia Edna Ann Sawyer can remember visiting Albert Genge and his wife Esther (nee Millen) when she was a young girl at their property at Parkes. On one occasion she came across two very small graves in the paddock among some pine trees. She was told they were two small Millen children who had died of Typhoid Fever and buried there. As the children  James and George Millen are listed as having died and were buried in Forbes there is no evidence to support that these were their graves.  The property would have been at The Welcome.