Notes A birth registration was found for Edith Mary Millyard: Year of Registration: 1898; Quarter of Registration: Apr-May-Jun; District: Westhampnett; County: Sussex; Volume: 2b; Page: 367. Parents: James Henry Millyard and Lily Louisa Hopkins, married 1896 in East Preston, Sussex, England. Edith was named after her Aunt, Edith Millyard, born 1877, in Pagham, Sussex, England, who was the sister of her father.
A death registration was found for James Millyard: Year of Registration: 1909; Quarter of Registration: Jan-Feb-Mar; Age at Death: 44; District: Tonbridge; County: Kent, Sussex; Volume: 2a; Page: 586.
Lily Louisa Millyard remarried George Coleman in 1910 in Westhampnett, Sussex, England.
In 1911, Edith Millyard, 12, arrived at Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, in a group of 116 Barnardo girls en route to Peterborough, Ontario, Canada.
On October 18, 1919, at Trinity Church, Sheetsville, Peel, Ontario, Canada, a marriage was registered between Edith Mary Millyard, 20, born in England to James Millyard and Lily Hopkins; and Jeff Blood, 32, widower, gardener, born in Cold Spring, New York, USA, to Zach Blood and Elizabeth Archibald.
Edith Millyard Blood died of measles and septic pneumonia on June 28, 1927, at the age of 29 years, at Cooksville, Peel, Ontario, Canada. She is buried in Churchville Cemetery, Cooksville, Peel, Ontario, Canada.