More on the Mills family

There is no sign so far of this family after 1851, but I do now think I have found the right family through a slightly tenuous link.

The Mills family was in Sedgley in 1851, at Dudley Road Sedgley. If I have the right family they are

William Mills	1811	Fire Iron Maker employing 3 men and three boys	Born Sedgley
Elizabeth Mills	1814	Wife	Born Sedgley
Mary Ann Mills	1834	Daughter - Tailoress	Born Sedgley
Julia Mills	1836	Daughter	Born Sedgley
Elizabeth Mills	1841	Daughter	Born Sedgley
Miram Mills	1844	Daughter	Born Sedgley
Thirza Mills	1845	Daughter	Born Sedgley
Phoebe Ann Mills	1849	Daughter	Born Sedgley

In 1841 this family is living at Sheepcot Wall Sedgley and William’s occupation is whitesmith

And my tenuous link is that Julia Mills married John Saunders in 1865, whose brother Alexander Saunders was a witness to the marriage of Sarah Emily Mills to Joseph Hamilton in 1873. Alexander, John and their father Richard were all whitesmiths, living in Dudley and are also missing from the 1861 and 1871 censuses. By 1880 Alexander has reappeared  and is single living with his parents at 40 High Street Dudley but Richard and the Mills family are still missing. Elizabeth turns up in the 1891 census as a widow living with Sarah Emily and Joseph in Roebuck Street.

Where did they all go?