Name (FAMILY NAME, Other Names)	MILNER, William
Date of Birth	8th November 1840
Place of Birth	Wales
Date of Death	10th June 1907
Place of Death	Prospect, SA
Place of Burial	North Road Cemetery; Plot 2687, Path 12 North
Arrived in South Australia (date/ship etc.)	~1863 - Sir John Lawrence
Addresses/Dates in Prospect Council Area	At least from 1872 he occupied four acres of Section 347 between Harvey and California Sts 1883 - Boothby - Nailsworth 1885 - S&M - Ellen St Nailsworth
Addresses/Dates outside Prospect Council Area	Nairne
Names of houses (if any)
Parents	James and Martha Milner
Spouse(s)	Annie Edmonds ( born ? - died 1931)
Date(s) of Marriage(s)	24th August 1863
Place(s) of Marriage(s)	St Woolos Parish, Newport
Children	1863 - Elizabeth  (died 1864) 1865 - Annie (died 1940) 1867 - Mary (died 1872) 1871 - Elizabeth (died 1872) 1873 - Alfred (died 1951) 1874 - Philip Henry (died 1952) 1876 - Elizabeth Mary (died 1894) 1878 - Ernest (died 1932) 1880 - Florence Ethel (died 1881) 1881 - Percy (died 1964) 1884 - Albert Edmunds (died 1885) 1885 - Herbert Edmunds (died 1958)
Education
Occupation(s)	Lime merchant
Interests/Activities
Religion/Churches	Enfield Methodist Church  - Church Steward, Poor Steward, Church Trustee; Sunday school teacher and Superintendent
Notes (points of interest etc.)	Well known pioneering extractors of lime and its preparation for use as a building material
Local Government experience	Prospect Councillor 1889/90 - 1892/93
Sources of information	Buried Treasures (Article  by Laurel Milner-Schlinke); SAGHS; S&M; Prospect Council records