It took me a while to trace my 2xgreat grandparents John Hill and Elizabeth Sarah Windebank in later censuses, as his age and her birthplace were inconsistently recorded. Tracing him in earlier censuses revealed a previous, mystery marriage. Elizabeth remarried in 1895, but I have failed to find a reliable death record for him. So … Continue reading Was John Hill (b1836) alive when his wife/widow remarried?
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John Hill (b1836): An Elsted lad’s first marriage?
With such a common name and occupation, I knew that my 2xgreat grandfather, Labourer John Hill, was always going to be difficult to trace before his marriage to Elizabeth Sarah Windebank in 1869. From the later censuses, I knew he was born in Elsted in rural Sussex, and from his marriage certificate, that he was … Continue reading John Hill (b1836): An Elsted lad’s first marriage?
Where was ‘Churvey the Slough’??
The 1881 and 1891 census entries for my 2xgreat grandparents John Hill and Elizabeth Sarah Windebank are intriguing for the birthplaces shown. Unlike their children, they were not, it seems, Londoners. He was born in Elsted, Sussex,; her birthplace was variously described as Chalvey or Churvey, and 'Churvey the Slough', and variously Buckinghamshire or Berkshire. … Continue reading Where was ‘Churvey the Slough’??
Susan Caroline Hill: Born in Victorian London’s slums
The Charles Booth Archive paints a grim picture of the area where my great grandmother Susan Caroline Hill (1875-1951) lived with her family until her marriage in 1900. Her parents were far from rich, and the areas south of the Thames where she grew up were over-crowded, with people living cheek-by-jowl with the expanding railways … Continue reading Susan Caroline Hill: Born in Victorian London’s slums
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