Mills-Martin Family Records - Person Sheet
Mills-Martin Family Records - Person Sheet
NameDiadama WATERS 
2134, p 10
2134, p 10Birth27 Jul 1831, Southwold?, Elgin, Ontario, Canada2152, p 69
Death11 May 1876, Iona, Elgin, Ontario, Canada3874, p 11 Age: 44
BurialFingal Cemetery, Southwold, Elgin, Ontario, Canada3874, p 11
NicknameDana3874, p 11
FatherCharles Wells WATERS (1796-)
MotherDiadama WARREN (1795-)
Spouses
1John MILLS , 929
, 929Birth30 Dec 1830, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia, Canada2151, p 4; date only
DeathRoseville, Warren, Illinois3874, p 11
Residencelived in Roseville, Illinois2145, p 9
FatherPeter MILLS , 460 (1795-1856)
MotherPhoebe WILLIAMS (1799-1878)
Individual Notes
• John Mills, son of Peter (s. of Jesse), ran the Iona Hotel. He later moved to the US.3828, p 10
• A native of Nova Scotia, he came to Iona with his wife Dianna. He purchased the Iona Hotel in 1855, operated it for seven years, and then sold it to Eli Miller, who moved it to Iona Station in 1872. Mills then built a new and larger hotel, the Commercial House, on the old site in 1872. It was then operated by James Waddell, It was destroyed by fire in 1892. Meanwhile Mills’ first wife died and he married a second time to Esther Philpott.2881, p 224
• A native of Nova Scotia, he came to Iona with his wife Dianna. He purchased the Iona Hotel in 1855, operated it for seven years, and then sold it to Eli Miller, who moved it to Iona Station in 1872. Mills then built a new and larger hotel, the Commercial House, on the old site in 1872. It was then operated by James Waddell, It was destroyed by fire in 1892. Meanwhile Mills’ first wife died and he married a second time to Esther Philpott.2881, p 224
Marriage17 Nov 1852, Iona, Elgin, Ontario, Canada2152, p 69; date only,2134, p 10; year & place only
Family Notes
• 9 children.3874, pp 11-12
ChildrenLavenia F. , 1411 (~1853-)
Douglas , 1412 (~1857-)
Corilla , 1413 (~1859-)
Cecilia , 1414 (>1861-)