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Agnes Wilkie (Nancy) Mills

Female 1925 - 2005  (79 years)


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  • Name Agnes Wilkie (Nancy) Mills 
    Birth 21 Jun 1925  Rosyth, Fife, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Christening 2 Aug 1925  Rosyth, Fife, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female 
    Occupation Between 1945 and 1987 
    Treasurer Between 1995 and 2002  Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Dunfermline Abbey,
    Name Nancy 
    Death 9 Jan 2005  Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Cause: Metastatic carcinoma 
    Burial 14 Jan 2005  Dunfermline Crematorium, Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I166  wilkie
    Last Modified 29 May 2018 

    Father James Mills,   b. Abt 1901   d. 21 Apr 1977, Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 76 years) 
    Mother Janet Morton,   b. 18 Jun 1899, Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 19 Nov 1998, Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 99 years) 
    Marriage 9 Jan 1924  Hallbeath, Fife, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Marriage Certificate: Vital Statistics Source: 1924 - 424 - 15

      When: 1924 on the Ninth day of January at Farm Cottages, Halbeath,
      Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland
      After Banns according to the Forms of the Established Church of Scotland
      Name of Groom: James Mills, Signed, Butcher, Bachelor
      Age: 22
      Usual Res: 33 Kings Place, Rosyth, Dunfermline, Fife
      Name of Father; James Mills, Railway Surfaceman
      Name of Mother, Mary Helen Mills, M.S. Black
      Name of Bride: Janet Morton, Signed, Domestic Servant, Spinster
      Age: 24
      Usual Res: Farm Cottage, Halbeath, Dunfermline
      Name of Father: Andrew Morton, Farm Grieve
      Name of Mother: Agnes Morton, M. S. Wilkie
      Minister: Signed, Robert Johnstone, Minister of Aberdour Parish
      Witnesses; Alexander Mills, Aberdour & Margaret Morton, Bank Farm, Aberdour
      Registered; 1924, January 11th, at Dunfermline; W. R. Westwater, Asst. Registrar
    Family ID F52  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Nancy - Agnes Wilkie Mills was named after Janet Morton's mother - Agnes WILKIE.

      Birth:
      Agnes Wilkie Mills (Nancy) birth certificate # 473. Parents listed as James Mills - Asst. Flesher and Janet (Morton) Mills, Marriage Jan. 9,1924. Nancy was baptized by Rev. James Marshall, Aug 2, 1925 at Church of Scotland, Rosyth. Source: Birth Certificate (original) - District of Dunfermline, County Fife, David Watson Registrar.

      Baptism: by Rev James Marshall 02 Aug 1925 at Church of Scotland, Rosyth, Fife, Scotland

      Nancy never married. She had a career as a clerical secretary to many WWII secret code files. Nancy also taught typing at night classes to many during the second war, ie, Polish underground etc.

      Nancy, as did her parents, holds strong ties to the Dunfermline Abbey. they have worshipped there ever since living in Dunfermline and after her father retired, he volunteered often at the Abbey, giving background information to school tour groups, visitors, tourists. Nancy has been the treasurer for years and is still doing this duty as of 2002.

      Nancy also has a strong interest in the historical building sites of the UK. She will be involved often with bus tours that journey for a week or so to these various sites, all part of a Heritage Foundation.

      Nancy's residences were Rosyth, St John's Street, Dunfermline and 4 Pitbauchlie Bank, Dunfermline. After her mother died in 1998, Nancy sold the residence on Pitbauchlie Bank at an estimated value of £112,000.00 and moved to a flat #49 in Jubilee Court on St Margaret Street Dunfermline

      Original extract from Register of Deaths - 2005-432-25 (original also has 1780929CE)
      Name: Agnes Wilkie Mills
      Female
      Occupation; Secretary - Ministry of Defence - retired
      Date of Birth: 21 Jun 1925
      Age: 79 yrs
      Marital Status - Single
      Date of Death: 09 Jan 2005 - 0615 hrs
      Place of Death: Queen Margaret Hospital Dunfermline, Fife
      Usual Residence: 49 Jubilee Court, St Margaret Street, Dunfermline, Fife KY12 7PF
      Cause of Death: Metastatic Carcinoma - unknown primary
      Father: James Mills, Master Butcher, deceased
      Mother: Janet Mills MS Morton, deceased
      Informant: Frances J. Riddell, niece** of 28 Beaumont Terrace Broughty Ferry, DD5 3LR
      Registered: 10 Jan 2005 - J. Hetherington Asst Registrar
      ** Frances Riddell was raised by Aunt Jenny (Morton) Mills and Nancy was her godmother. No blood relation at all hw



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