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A family Bible with Welsh connections has been found in Dorset.

Finders hope to reunite it with the correct family.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-47736203


I have no known connection, but know that members like 'the chase' to find some.



Possible linked marriage?

Marriages Dec 1923

Haggerty Thomas G .. Mills.. Bridgend 11a 1709

Mills Tirsa M .. Haggerty .. Bridgend 11a 1709

Tirsan May Haggerty
in the England & Wales, Civil Registration Death Index, 1916-2007
Name: Tirsan May Haggerty
Death Age: 71
Birth Date: 1 Apr 1903
Registration Date: Dec 1974
Registration district: South Glamorgan
Inferred County: South Glamorgan
Volume: 28
Page: 1274


There were three female Haggerty/Mills births in Bridgend - 1924, 1929, 1931

Thomas G Haggerty
in the 1939 England and Wales Register
Name: Thomas G Haggerty
Gender: Male
Marital status: Married
Birth Date: 11 Sep 1901
Residence Year: 1939
Address: 57 St John St
Residence Place: Ogmore and Garw, Glamorganshire, Wales
Occupation: Coal Hewer
Schedule Number: 111
Sub Schedule Number: 1
Enumeration District: XJUL
Registration district: 591-1
Inferred Spouse: Tinal M Haggerty
Inferred Children: Isabel Haggerty
Iona Haggerty
Maria Haggerty
Household Members:
Name
Thomas G Haggerty
Tinal M Haggerty
Isabel Haggerty - later Gardner
Iona Haggerty - later Darby
Maria Haggerty - later Jones
Susan Haggerty - 29 Sept 1876 - Thomas's mother


Iona Darby
in the England & Wales, Civil Registration Death Index, 1916-2007
Name: Iona Darby
Death Age: 77
Birth Date: 3 Apr 1929
Registration Date: Apr 2006
Registration district: Llanelli
Inferred County: Dyfed
Volume: -1
Page: -1
Register Number: A58E
District and Subdistrict: 820/1A

Two Darby/Haggerty births in Bridgend 1956 and 1959.

First entries in Bible name

John Owen Mills born at
Van Mines near Llanidloes (Powys these days) 27 August 1877

and

Mary Ann Mills born at
Broomhill Angle, Pembrokeshire 29 September 1877

Married at Bridgend, Glamorganshire 27 December 1911

I would think this marriage - to Mary Ann Morris

Surname First name(s) District Vol Page
Marriages Dec 1901 (>99%)
Hill Margaret Ann Bridgend 11a 1403
Hitchings George Bridgend 11a 1403
MILLS John Owen Bridgend 11a 1403 <<<<<<<
MORRIS Mary Ann Bridgend 11a 1403 <<<<<<

their named children in the bible are

Surname First name(s) District Vol Page
Births Jun 1903 (>99%)
Mills Tirsah May Bridgend 11a 888

GRO index has as -
Name: Mother's Maiden Surname:
MILLS, YIRSAH MAY MORRIS
GRO Reference: 1903 J Quarter in BRIDGEND Volume 11A Page 888

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MILLS, SILAH MAUD MORRIS
GRO Reference: 1904 D Quarter in BRIDGEND Volume 11A Page 899

Silah died
Name: Age at Death (in years):
MILLS, SILAH MAUD 0
GRO Reference: 1905 S Quarter in BRIDGEND Volume 11A Page 459

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Name: Mother's Maiden Surname:
MILLS, IDRYS MORRIS
GRO Reference: 1906 S Quarter in BRIDGEND Volume 11A Page 899

and his death-
MILLS, IDRIS 3
GRO Reference: 1909 D Quarter in BRIDGEND Volume 11A Page 455

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Name: Mother's Maiden Surname:
MILLS, MIFFAWAY MORRIS (MYFAWNY)
GRO Reference: 1909 M Quarter in BRIDGEND Volume 11A Page 978

her death
MILLS, MYFANWY 0
GRO Reference: 1909 S Quarter in BRIDGEND Volume 11A Page 394 Occasional Copy: B

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Name: Mother's Maiden Surname:
MILLS, IDWAL EIRIN MORRIS
GRO Reference: 1910 J Quarter in BRIDGEND Volume 11A Page 1007

also died
Name: Age at Death (in years):
MILLS, IDWAL EIRIN 0
GRO Reference: 1910 S Quarter in BRIDGEND Volume 11A Page 389

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MILLS, GOLENFRYN MORRIS (Goleufryn on freebmd)
GRO Reference: 1912 J Quarter in BRIDGEND Volume 11A Page 1809

There's a blot over the death space so can't see if anything recorded and with a name like that .......... not finding anything else at the moment

There is nothing to say whether there are more names on another page

There are other Mills/Morris births Bridgend RD but ? the same family -
very likely to be siblings looking at Mills/Morris marriages in that area

Results:
Name: Mother's Maiden Surname:
MILLS, ELFED MORRIS
GRO Reference: 1914 S Quarter in BRIDGEND Volume 11A Page 1997
MILLS, ELLIS MORRIS
GRO Reference: 1916 S Quarter in BRIDGEND Volume 11A Page 1697
MILLS, IDLOES MORRIS
GRO Reference: 1918 J Quarter in BRIDGEND Volume 11A Page 1685

Births Sep 1919 (>99%)
Mills Owen Morris Bridgend 11a 1648

Of the two Darby/Haggerty births in Bridgend, there are various possible marriages for both names, unfortunately.

One marriage in Wales which MIGHT be the 1959 child - but they could have married anywhere, if at all.
I don't see that couple together on 192.com

There's a 1977 marriage in Wales which MIGHT be the 1956 child, and that couple (Morgan) are together on the 2018-19 ER for Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire.


The BBC news article doesn't seem to give any way of contacting the man with the Bible.

??? spelt as per freebmd

England & Wales Marriages 1837-2005

First name(s) GOLEUFRYN
Last name MILLS
Marriage quarter 4
Marriage year 1940
Registration month -

GOLEUFRYN MILLS married one of these people
Edna B Boothman
Spouse's last name Boothman
District Bridgend
District number -
County Glamorganshire
Country Wales
Volume 11A
Volume as transcribed 11A
Page number 1939
Record set England & Wales Marriages 1837-2005

and a death
England & Wales Deaths 1837-2007

First name(s) GOLEUFRYN
Last name MILLS
Gender Unknown
Birth day 28
Birth month 3
Birth year 1912
Age -
Death quarter 1
Death year 1995
District Wrekin
District number 7161B
Register number 16B
Entry number 292
Date of registration mm/yy 0295
County Shropshire
Country England

One child born Bridgend to Mills/Boothman 1942 (find on frebmd)

and a series in Littleborough Lancashire but a marriage to match

??
England & Wales Marriages 1837-2005

First name(s) ELFED
Last name MILLS
Marriage quarter 2
Marriage year 1941
Registration month -

MarriageFinder ™
ELFED MILLS married one of these people
Dorothy M Roach
Spouse's last name Roach
District Wellington (Shropshire)
District number -
County Shropshire
Country England
Volume 6A
Volume as transcribed 6A
Page number 2694

Not seeing children to marriage

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England & Wales Deaths 1837-2007

First name(s) ELFED
Last name MILLS
Gender Male
Birth day 4
Birth month 7
Birth year 1914
Age -
Death quarter 3
Death year 1982
District Shrewsbury
County Shropshire
Volume 30
Page 0245
Country England

Probate - of 52 Mafeking Rd, Hadley, Telford, Shropshire died 28 August 1982. Administration Birmingham 29 October

??England & Wales Deaths 1837-2007

First name(s) ELLIS
Last name MILLS
Gender Unknown
Birth day 26
Birth month 7
Birth year 1916
Age -
Death quarter 3
Death year 1993
District Ogwr
District number 8611B
Register number 88B
Entry number 034
Date of registration mm/yy 0793
County Glamorganshire
Country Wales

??
England & Wales Marriages 1837-2005


First name(s) IDLOES
Last name MILLS
Marriage quarter 4
Marriage year 1945
Registration month -

MarriageFinder ™
IDLOES MILLS married one of these people
Florence M Byrne
Spouse's last name Byrne
District Bridgend
District number -
County Glamorganshire
Country Wales
Volume 11A
Volume as transcribed 11A
Page number 1678

Possible birth 1947 Bridgend RD and possible 1956 (find on freebmd)
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England & Wales Deaths 1837-2007

First name(s) IDLOES
Last name MILLS
Gender Unknown
Birth day 29
Birth month 4
Birth year 1918
Age -
Death quarter 3
Death year 1978
District Ogwr
County Glamorganshire
Volume 27
Page 0756
Country Wales