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Ireland (Historical Counties) => Ireland => Antrim => Topic started by: stevenson on Monday 16 May 05 17:59 BST (UK)
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Looking for information on William(Billy) his mother was Martha Boyd and Father James Alexander Millar was American born about 1930's in and around Ballyveassey Ballyhenry Templepatrick area
Worked on a milk round in his teens
Thank you
Steve
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Have just found out that William became Stephen Boyd the Actor does anyone have and any information on Martha his mother and family
Thank you
Steve
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Just did a quick Google and came up with this. Hope it helps.
http://www.allaboutstephenboyd.com/
Pat
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William (Billy) Millar born on 4th May 1931 at Whitehouse, Co. Antrim. He was one of nine children.
His father was a Canadian who worked at Flemings. Tomb Street, Belfast.
In William's obituary 2nd June 1977 (Eddie McIlwaine, Belfast Telegraph) the names of his brothers
Alex, Harry and Jackie are mentioned. They were employed at Andrews Flour Mill in Belfast
Martha, their mother, was living in a bungalow which William had bought her, in Bangor, Co. Down
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Thank you both
I shall look more into his site and now google "Stephen Boyd."..........his mother Martha could be related
Steve
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Thank you both
I shall look more into his site and now google "Stephen Boyd."..........his mother Martha could be related
Steve
Hiya Steve,
How are you keeping?
I was speaking on the phone just now to a woman friend. She has just joined Rootschat. She intends researching her family tree but has not yet started. We were discussing her family. One of the names she mentioned was Stephen Boyd. I think the link may be through his mother Martha rather than James, his father.
I will keep you posted on this one.
All the Best,
Chris
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Thank you Uncle Chris
we are both fine but our spare time is very few and far between,and our Da is doing o.k
Look forward to her joining us Chris
Steve
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Hiya Steve,
There was an article in the July edition of The Ulster Scot about Stephen Boyd (born William Millar on 4th Joly 1931). He was one of nine children and he went to Ballyclare High School. He worked in an insurance office and a travel agency in Belfast. There were no openings for him to be a professional actor in the north of Ireland so he moved to London.
All the Best, Chris
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Thanks Chris
Not got any further with this one,I know his father was American,
and I am not so sure on the year of birth that seems to float around for him.............
Will post if I find anything concrete
Steve
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Hi Steve & Christopher. there was a William Millar living in Ballyveasey in 1949.
Anthony
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Unless that is the guy himself Anthony I doubt the guy at Ballyveasey is related as the Dad of William (Stephen Boyd) was a Canadian called James.
Have you any 1950s street directories there Anthony. I was told on another site that there were Millars in Sunnyside Street. William's brothers may have lived there when they worked in Andrew's Mills. I think we'd really need to read the death notices to see if their addresses can be found. We are short a few siblings .. there were nine of them. I think there is a site for Ballyclare Former Pupils it might be worth a look.
Chris
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Hi Christopher. My next one is 1962 there was a Jane Mallar at 92 Sunnyside St
Anthony
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Ballyclare High School ( The Old Ballyclarian's Association)
1940 Elizabeth Wilson Miller
1942 Robert James Miller
1947 John Millar (I wonder would he have been Jackie)
1948 John Millar
1949 William Stanley Millar
The last one on the list might be 18 year old William.
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Hi Steve,
I'm Natalie and I've been helping my mum trace her family tree. Her name is Maureen Millar and her father, my grandfather was james (Jim) Millar. His cousin was William Millar, otherwise known as Stephen Boyd. I was just wondering what info you had found on all of this as we keep coming up empty.
Thanks,
Natalie
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Hi i am katie and i am aware that my nan is related to stephen boyd i think on his mothers side.
I am wanting to research my family tree and if the name dunn rings a bell to anyone please get in touch
thanks
katie
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Hey everyone, from my research I have found out that I too am related to Stephen Boyd through his mother, and this is the following info I have found.
Stephen Boyd's mother Martha was one of 10 siblings: Jane, Mary, William, Annie, Agnes(my gg grandmother), John, Rachel, Archie, David and Martha.
Their parents were called John and Mary Boyd, both born in 1851
Martha(stephens mother) married James Alexander Millar and had 6 children: James, Harry, Alex, Rita, William(a.k.a. stephen) and Jack.
Hope this helps, I have more indepth info if anyone needs it
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Hi
Just found this...my mum would have told us that she was a distant cousin of Stephen Boyd...I have since found that our side of the Millar family namely my grandfather came from Ballygelly, Slemish.
So they surely got around .
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Have just found out that William became Stephen Boyd the Actor does anyone have and any information on Martha his mother and family
Thank you
Steve
Did you ever find out anything about his Mother Martha, I have been told that he is part o& my family tree but I don’t know the connection.
Thanks