My 2xgreat grandparents John Hill and his second wife, Elizabeth Sarah Windebank brought up their family in some of the poorer parts of south and east London. My great grandmother was their second child, but the first, third and fourth each died in their early years, a result perhaps of poor sanitary and housing conditions. … Continue reading The short lives of John David (1870-1872), Emily Elizabeth (1877-1879) and Mary Ann Hill (1879-1882)