Lucy (Hodson) Hillen (1857 - 1940)

Born 26 Nov 1857 in Leeds, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom

Ancestors

Wife of James Thomas (Smith) Hillen — married 10 Dec 1877 in Islington, London, England, United Kingdom

Descendants

Died 1940 at about age 82 in Stratton, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom

Biography

Birth :

26 NOV 1857, 20 Mark Street, Leeds

1861

61 William Street North, Islington

1871

Roman Road, Lower Holloway, Finsbury

Photographic researcher

Marriage

10 DEC 1877

St James Church, Islington

In parish church, after banns.

Witnesses were Frederick John Felgate, and Sarah Ann Hodson (Lucy's sister).

Census

First child's name is incorrectly given as Mary in transcript of 1881 census.

Traveller (unemployed)

1881

154 St James Road, London, Middlesex

Master photographer

1886

31 Southgate Street,Gloucester

1891

Caravan between Davies and Lewis Street, Aberdare, Glamorgan

She is with, and shown as the wife of, an Alexander Robinson. However, no record found of such a marriage, nor any other birth or other record of this person.

The age and place of birth given for him would fit those of her original husband - could he also be using an alias?

Her children are at this date living with her mother and sister at 4 Windsor Place, Oystermouth (Mumbles). Note that her son Alan, born at Mumbles about 1893, appears to have been registered as Robinson - although he as well as the other children is Hillen again in the 1901 census.

Occupation, Photographer.

1894, Dunns Studio, Mumbles

Occupation in 1894 is deduced from record that in that year an Emily Hodson and Lucy Robinson, of Dunns Studio, Mumbles, copyrighted a photograph relating to a house at Mumbles. Dunns Studio was presumably in Dunns Road, which is just round the corner from Windsor Place, where her mother and children were living.

1905

Shipwrights Arms, Commercial Road, Landport

Not found in 1901 census for England or Wales, under Hillen or Robinson.

1911

3 Nelson Street, Greenwich

They have their single children Reginald, also a photographer, and Alan, a (bookbinding) gold blocker and finisher, living with them, together with Lucy's sister Emily Hodson,described as a housekeeper.

The manuscript indicates that they have had 4 children, all living.

James' birthplace is given as London, Middlesex.

Have not succeeded in finding them in the 1901 census, either under Hillen or under the name Robinson which they appeared to be using in 1891.

In the 1939 register Lucy (age 81), Unpaid Domestic Duties, was the widowed head of household at 64, Woodbridge, Suffolk, England.^[1]

Lucy's death (age 82) was registered in the Oct-Nov-Dec quarter of 1940 in the Stratton district. After being widowed, she had been living with an elderly lady called Catherine Hillen (presumably her husband's half-sister) in Woodbridge, where Sheelagh visited them in 1939. Death registered Oct-Dec 1940. Recorded age = 82. ^[2]

Sources

1. ↑ 1939 Register: "1939 England and Wales Register"
   The National Archives; Kew, London, England; 1939 Register; Reference: Rg 101/6628b; Line Number: 12; Schedule Number: 32; Sub Schedule Number: 1
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry uk Record 61596 #39428823 (accessed 13 July 2023)
   Lucy Hillen (born 26 Nov 1857), widowed, Unpaid Domestic Duties, at 64, Woodbridge, Suffolk, England.
2. ↑ Death Registration: "England & Wales, Civil Registration Death Index, 1916-2007"
   General Register Office; United Kingdom; Volume: 5c; Page: 6
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry uk Record 7579 #29900955 (accessed 13 July 2023)
   Lucy Hillen death registered Oct-Nov-Dec 1940 in Stratton (age 82).

• Source: Abbreviation: Birth certificate Title: Birth certificate BIBL Photo/certified copy of official register entry
• Source: Abbreviation: 1861 census Title: 1861 census BIBL Ancestry.co.uk.image, or FreeCen transcription
• Source: Abbreviation: 1871 census Title: 1871 census BIBL Ancestry.co.uk image
• Source: Abbreviation: Marriage certificate Title: Marriage certificate BIBL Photo/certified copy of official register entry
• Source: Abbreviation: 1881 census Title: 1881 census BIBL FamilySearch (LDS) transcription or Ancestry.co.uk. image.
• Source: Abbreviation: Ancestry.co.uk - bmd index Title: Ancestry.co.uk - birth,marriage and deaths index.
• Source:Abbreviation: 1891 census Title: 1891 census BIBL Ancestry.co.uk image of page
• Source: Abbreviation: Child's birth certificate Title: Child's birth certificate BIBL Photo/certified copy of register entry
• Source: Abbreviation: Child's marriage certificate Title: Child's marriage certificate BIBL Photo/certified copy of register entry
• Source: Abbreviation: National Archives search Title: National Archives website -"Search the Archives".
• Source: Abbreviation: 1911 census Title: 1911 census