John was born about 1818. He arrived in Dunedin, New Zealand on the Philip Laing in 1848. He married Jane Calder in 1849. He passed away in 1893.
Sources
Philip Laing passenger list, accessed 20 January 2022. "Passenger arrivals at Port Chalmers, New Zealand, March 1848 - January 1851, on the PHILIP LAING, 459 tons, sailed from Greenock on 23/11/1847, and Milford Haven on 20/12/1847, and arrived on 15/4/1848. Captain A J EIles; Dr Robert Ramsay, surgeon." Passenger list includes: "Mills, John (29) (widower) [cabinetmaker, farmer; m. Jane née Calder (ex Mariner voyage 1); Green Island; d. 28/2/1893]."
NZ BDM Marriage record: 1849/286
NZ BDM Death Record: 1893/1685. Died age 75 years
Death notice, Evening Star, Issue 9071, 1 March 1893, Page 2
Obituary, Otago Witness, Issue 2037, 9 March 1893, Page 34
Dunedin City Council cemetery record, surname: Mills, forename: John, age: 75, date of death: 28 February 1893, last address: Homecroft, Green Island, Dunedin, cemetery: Green Island, location: block 3, plot 2, date of burial: 28 February 1893,
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