Mills, Stanley

  • From: https://uel-hamilton.com/more-about-the-mills-family/
  • President of United Empire Loyalists’ Association of Canada – Hamilton Branch, (1937 – 39).
  • Mr. Stanley Mills served as President of the Hamilton Branch from 1931 to 1935.
  • Another of the next-generation Mills boys was Stanley Mills, who took great pride in preserving our United Empire Loyalist heritage. He was, at one time, president of the United Empire Loyalist Association and, as testimony to his distinct pride in the loyalist lineage, he was responsible for having our lovely United Empire Loyalist statue designed and built in Court House Square. He would be saddened, now, to see that monument in question. He also designed some United Empire Loyalist plates and sold them from his hardware store.

    Stanley would host grand events at his residence, which he named Glenfern. The building has since been demolished and the street bearing that name, Glenfern Avenue, is of course just a small token of what once was.
    He was a great record- and bookkeeper, and wrote and printed several books on the Mills family’s genealogy. One, published in 1926, was the “Genealogical and Historical Records of the Mills and Gage Families.” Once retired, he would sell the store off to his nephew, Herbert Stanley Mills. Stanley had large paintings of James and Christina on the wall of his home, and would show them off to anyone interested. It has been said that they are now at the Art Gallery of Hamilton but, so far, I have not been able to locate them through the AGH or otherwise. It is kind of sad that something so important to him would just get lost to time.
    Some original Stanley Mills Hardware signage hangs over the bar at an event and entertainment venue at 95 King Street East. The venue is named “Mills Hardware” as a nod to the building’s history.
  • Second Great Grandson of United Empire Loyalist listed in Loyalist Directory: https://uelac.ca/loyalist-directory/detail/?wpda_search_column_id=5903
  • Find a GRAVE: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/83107097/stanley-mills