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References
- ↑ "Surname Database: Hosier Last Name Origin". The Internet Surname Database.
- ↑ Aldred, Millie Francis Mills (1952). Aldred, Jacob W. H. (ed.). History of the William Mills Family. United States. pp. 7 – via Internet Archive.
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