Rainey Mills was born in the last quarter of 1876 in Drumiller, Dromore, County Down, Ireland, the son of Michael Mills, a labourer, and his wife Elizabeth, née Dawson.
He married Sarah McConnell on 22 October 1897 at the Cathedral Church of Christ the Redeemer in Dromore. He had already moved to Belfast at that time: he was living at 25 Damascus Street with his older brother Robert. He worked as a labourer in Belfast's docks.
Their first child, Jane, was born at 80 Clementine Street, Belfast, in 1898, but died in infancy. A second daughter, also called Jane but known as Jean, was born in 1900. A third, Sarah Eveline, was born in 1903, and a fourth, Elizabeth, known as Lily, was born in 1906. An unnamed son was stillborn in 1909, by which time the family was living at 11 Coburg Street. Their sixth child, William, was born in 1910, a seventh, Annie, in 1913, and an eighth, a daughter, René, in 1917. Another unnamed son was stillborn in 1919.
Lily married Adam Gardiner in 1927, and they emigrated to Canada. Eveline married James Heslip in 1928. Sarah died of pneumonia at 45 St Kilda Street on 30 March 1934, and was buried at Dundonald Cemetery three days later.
Annie married Jack Brown in 1940. William married Rosemary Farrington in Cork in about 1945. René married Leslie Fitzsimons in about 1946.
Rainey died of coronary thrombosis at 100 Ravenhill Avenue on 6 January 1958, and was buried at Dundonald Cemetery three days later.
Children
| Name | Birth | Death | Joined with |
| Jane Mills (1898-1899) | |||
| Jane Mills (1900-1986) | |||
| Sarah Eveline Mills (1903-1987) | |||
| Elizabeth Mills (1906-1973) | |||
| Unnamed Mills (1909-1909) | |||
| William Mills (1910-) | |||
| Annie Mills (1913-2004) | 16 May 1913 11 Coburn Street, Belfast, Ireland, United Kingdom | 2 February 2004 Belfast City Hospital, Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom (442 Ravenhill Road, Belfast) | John Logan Brown (1913-2009) |
| René Mills (1917-2011) | |||
| Unnamed Mills (1919-1919) | |||
Siblings
| Name | Birth | Death | Joined with |
| Eliza Mills (1864-) | |||
| Robert John Mills (1867-1926) | |||
| Thomas Mills (1869-) | |||
| Jane Mills (1872-) | |||
| Rainey Mills (1876-1958) | 1876 Drumiller, Dromore, County Down, Ireland, United Kingdom | 6 January 1958 100 Ravenhill Avenue, Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom | Sarah Jane McConnell (1875-1934) |
| William Mills (1872-) | |||
| Charlotte Mills (1879-1922) | |||
Residences
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