tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3266566846399659219.post1281882795504308805..comments2024-01-16T00:30:02.493-05:00Comments on That's the Press, Baby: Department Store Building of the ... Pottstown, Part IIDavisullhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02871644412923946894noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3266566846399659219.post-48695944005585886642015-07-27T15:40:50.793-04:002015-07-27T15:40:50.793-04:00I have now purchased three buildings in Pottstown ...I have now purchased three buildings in Pottstown that used to be downtown stores - Levitz, New York store, and Ellis Mills. I am about to renovated the Ellis Mills store - largely back to Beecher era. I would appreciate any information at scott.bentley@videoray.com<br /><br />Scott Bentley, CEO, Videoray LLCAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00110188815543752005noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3266566846399659219.post-73540217021502295152012-01-09T09:12:46.937-05:002012-01-09T09:12:46.937-05:00I happened across this blog. I am the Robert Lawr...I happened across this blog. I am the Robert Lawrence, referenced and have done a fair amount of research off and on over the years on Ellis Mills (my great, grandfather). If you would like mote details, please feel free to contact me.R Lawrencehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12293074786761008028noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3266566846399659219.post-355745913398320482011-03-19T10:55:40.333-04:002011-03-19T10:55:40.333-04:00Yes, Robert is William's son. I have to get o...Yes, Robert is William's son. I have to get out my genealogy to check on Roberta. I will be in Pottstown this June visiting cousins and learning all about the Mills Dept Store and the Hendel family who manufactured hats (the other side of my fathers lineage). I am willing to share all I learn with you. But, the amazing coincidence here, is that I grew up in Moorestown, lived there for 18 years. I think we are destined to communicate. KathrynAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3266566846399659219.post-73403795203163849272011-03-07T10:09:17.033-05:002011-03-07T10:09:17.033-05:00Presumably the son of William G. Lawrence, preside...Presumably the son of William G. Lawrence, president of Ellis Mills in Pottstown in the late 1960s? From city directories it appears he lived next door to Roberta Mills, so I assume he was her son-in-law.Davisullhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02871644412923946894noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3266566846399659219.post-82174303598785321522011-02-25T22:57:09.102-05:002011-02-25T22:57:09.102-05:00Ellis Mills was my great-grandfather and Charles (...Ellis Mills was my great-grandfather and Charles (his son) my grandfather. He lost the store just after the Depression due to poor investments gone bad. His son Charles Jr. was my father. He remembered being in the store having been born in 1917. Both my father and his sister (the only grown children of Charles) are now deceased. Much of the Mills genealogy is available from a man named Robert Lawrence. Kathryn Mills Woodsum, MaineAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com