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Elizabeth (Bethia) Johnes (1834–1882)
Elizabeth (Bethia) Hills Johnes (1882–1927)

1834–1927

Daughter of John and Elizabeth Johnes of Dolaucothi (or Dolaucothy), Llandeilo, Carmarthenshire, Wales. Married James Hills (1833–1919) in 1882 and they became Sir James and Lady Hills Johnes; she was also known as Dame Elizabeth.

Sources

BMD (Marriage index, Death index)

County families 1860–76

England & Wales, national probate calendar (index of wills and administrations), 1858–1966, 1973–95 (Ancestry.com, accessed 8 October 2018)

ODNB s.v. Hills, Sir John

Wales, select births and baptisms, 1541–1907 (Ancestry.com, accessed 8 October 2018

Bibliography

BMD: General Register Office, England and Wales civil registration indexes. England & Wales birth index, 1837–1983. England and Wales marriage index, 1837–1983. England and Wales death index, 1837–1983. Online database. Provo, Utah: The Generations Network. 2006. www.ancestry.com.

County families: The county families of the United Kingdom; or, royal manual of the titled & untitled aristocracy of Great Britain & Ireland. By Edward Walford. London: Robert Hardwicke; Chatto & Windus. 1860–93. Walford’s county families of the United Kingdom or royal manual of the titled and untitled aristocracy of England, Wales, Scotland, and Ireland. London: Chatto & Windus; Spottiswoode & Co. 1894–1920.

ODNB: Oxford dictionary of national biography: from the earliest times to the year 2000. (Revised edition.) Edited by H. C. G. Matthew and Brian Harrison. 60 vols. and index. Oxford: Oxford University Press. 2004.

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