Della Hunter (Brown) Gill (1829 - 1855)

Born 4 Apr 1829 in Walcot, Somerset, England, United Kingdom

Wife of Henry Gill M.I.C.E. — married 1 Nov 1853 in Charles the Martyr, Plymouth, Devon

Died 17 Jun 1855 at age 26 in Berlin, Brandenburg, Prussia

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Biography

Born 4 Apr 1829, Walcot, Somerset, England, the daughter of Robert Brown and Ann Blanchard. Baptised 5 May 1829, St Swithin, Walcot, Somerset, England.^[1]

The 1841 Census finds her living with her parents at Park Street, Walcot, Somerset, England ^[2] By the 1850's, the family had moved to Plymouth, Devon, England.

Della married Henry Gill, 1 Nov 1853, Charles the Martyr, Plymouth, Devon. ^{[3][4] [5]}. Henry, the son of Richard Gill of Islington, London, was a Civil Engineer. After their marriage they moved to live in Berlin, where Dellas sister lived.
Child:

• Edith Sophia Gill, (1854 - 1855) ^[6][7][8]

Della died 17 Jun 1856, Berlin, Brandenburg, Prussia, aged 25 years. ^[9][10] Buried 20 Jun 1855, Berlin, Brandenburg, Preußen, Germany. ^[11]

Sources

1. ↑ https://www.freereg.org.uk/search_records/58182a73e93790eca3965ff2/della-hunter-brown-baptism-somerset-walcot-1829-05-05?locale=en
2. ↑ https://www.freecen.org.uk/search_records/5e3eb6b1f4040b1550a840c2/robert-brown-1841-somerset-bath-forum-1781-?locale=en
3. ↑ "England, Devon and Cornwall Marriages, 1660-1912", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QGY9-H71R : Tue Oct 24 06:48:55 UTC 2023), Entry for Henry Gill and Della Hunter Brown, 31 Oct 1853.
4. ↑ "England, Devon, Parish Registers, 1538-1912", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KC9Y-P76 : 11 August 2022), Henry Gill and Della Hunter Brown, 1853.
5. ↑ "Births, Deaths, Marriages and Obituaries." Bath Chronicle and Weekly Gazette, 10 Nov. 1853, p. 4985. British Library Newspapers.
   Nov. 1, at Charles Church, Plymouth, Devon, by the Rev. John Hatchard, Henry Gill, Esq., C.E., eldest surviving son of R. Gill, Esq., of Lonsdale Square. Islington, to Della Hunter, youngest daughter of Captain Hunter Brown. H.E.I.C.S., Plymouth.
6. ↑ "Deutschland Geburten und Taufen, 1558-1898", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N6NV-YPL : 27 October 2021), Henry Gill in entry for Edith Sophia Gill, 1854.
7. ↑ "Births, Deaths, Marriages and Obituaries." Morning Post, 2 Oct. 1854, p. 8. British Library Newspapers.
   Gill.— On the 25th ult., at Berlin, the wife of Henry Gill Esa m daughter.
8. ↑ "Deutschland, ausgewählte evangelische Kirchenbücher 1500-1971," , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QP2S-Q4D7 : 22 March 2023), Heinrich Gill in entry for Edith Sophia Gill, 28 Apr 1855; images digitized and records extracted by Ancestry; citing Burial, Berlin, Brandenburg, Preußen, , German Lutheran Collection, various parishes, Germany.
9. ↑ her death is mentioned in a codicil to the Will of her father, Robert Hunter Brown, dated 17 Jun 1855, as having occurred the night before.
   https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/D26127
   Reference: PROB 11/2235/172; Description: Will of Robert Hunter Brown, Captain in the late Maritime Service of the H.E.I. Company of Charles Plymouth, Devon; Date: 01 July 1856; Held by: The National Archives, Kew.
10. ↑ "Births, Deaths, Marriages and Obituaries." Morning Chronicle [1801], 22 June 1855. British Library Newspapers, .
    On the 17th inst., at Berlin, Mrs. Henry Gill, aged 25.
11. ↑ "Deutschland Tote und Beerdigungen, 1582-1958", , FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:J4HM-96Y : 24 October 2021), Heinrich Gill in entry for Della Hunter-Brown Gill, 1855.