Mills, Alan Victor Morash

1915 - 1995  (79 years)

• Name	Mills, Alan Victor Morash
  Birth	11 Sep 1915	Gays River, Colchester, Nova Scotia, Canada   [1]
  		Birth Registration - Alan Mills
  Gender	Male
  Census	1921	Oyster Pond, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada   [2]
  Census	1931	Oyster Pond, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada   [3]
  Misc	was a past district grand master of Grand Lodge IOOF  [4]
  Occupation	lineman at Ship Harbour Mutual Telephone Company, a jail guard, and later, a carpenter's helper.  [4, 5]
  Death	20 Jan 1995	Musquodoboit Harbour, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada   [4]
  Burial	Oyster Pond, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada   [6]
  	Address: Oyster Pond United Church Cemetery
  	Most of Alan's ashes are buried with his mother Arabella at Oyster Pond United Church Cemetery. Some are also buried in the plot with his former wife Rose and their stillborn son Alan at East Jeddore Baptist Community Cemetery. There are markers at both cemeteries.
  		Grave marker - Alan Mills, Rose (Power) Mills, and Alan E Mills
  Person ID	I5	Robert Finch Family Tree
  Last Modified	13 Mar 2026

  
  

  Father	Mills, Thomas Edward,   b. 1 Aug 1872, Liverpool, Lancashire, England d. 5 Sep 1916, France (Age 44 years)
  Mother	Mitchell, Arabella Jane,   b. 4 Oct 1871, Jeddore, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada d. 25 Dec 1942, Oyster Pond, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada (Age 71 years)
  Marriage	21 Jul 1902	Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
  Family ID	F10	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Power, Rose Margaret,   b. 12 Aug 1919, East Jeddore, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada d. 28 Apr 2008, Burlington, Ontario, Canada (Age 88 years)
  Marriage	7 May 1938	Musquodoboit Harbour, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
  	Address: the Residence of United Church Minister
  Divorce	1986
  Children	1. Mills, Rose Alice,   b. 17 Dec 1938, East Jeddore, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada d. 26 Jul 2011, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada (Age 72 years)   2. Mills, Alan E   d. Yes, date unknown   3. Living   4. Mills, Arabella Bertha,   b. 26 Apr 1944, Oyster Pond, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada d. 10 Sep 2021, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada (Age 77 years)   5. Mills, Gladys Pearl,   b. 4 Nov 1945, Oyster Pond, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada d. 4 Dec 2021, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada (Age 76 years)   6. Mills, Doris Elaine,   b. 26 Aug 1949, Oyster Pond, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada d. 20 Jul 2023, Oakville, Ontario, Canada (Age 73 years)
  Family ID	F2	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	24 Feb 2026

  
  

• Photos

  Alan and Rose (Power) Mills Photo taken in Oyster Pond, Nova Scotia

  
  

• Sources

  [S240] Nova Scotia Births, Marriages, and Deaths (NS Archives), birth registration 46900973, Allen Victor Moreash Mills, born 11 September 1915, Gays River, Colchester County, accessed 13 March 2026 (Reliability: 3). [S243] 1921 Canada Census, district 57, subdistrict 27, page 2, family 18, Arabella Jane Mills household, Halifax County, Nova Scotia, accedded 13 March 2026 (Reliability: 3). [S244] 1931 Canada Census, district 10, subdistrict 25, pages 3-4, family 44, Arabella Jane Mills household, Halifax County, Nova Scotia, accessed 13 March 2026 (Reliability: 3). [S245] Newspaper- Halifax Chronicle Herald (print), 21 January 1995, page B8, "Alan V Mills obituary". [S6] Personal Knowledge - Doris Finch, 3 June 2021. [S246] Cemetery - Oyster Pond United Church Cemetery, Arabella J Mills and Alan V Mills grave marker, photographed by Robert Finch, 3 August 2012. In Loving Memory of Arabella J, wife of Thomas E Mills, 1871-1942 Son Alan V 1915-1995