William Hill (bef. 1861)

Ancestors

Biography

William was born in 1861^[1] in Eastrington, Yorkshire, England,^[2] where he lived with his parents, William Hill and Mary Leak.^[3][4]

At the time of the 1881 census, William worked as a railway labourer and boarded with Martha Varley, a widow, in Selby, Yorkshire.^[5]

In 1883 William married Martha Varley (née Eccles).^[6] The family lived in Selby in 1891, when William was an assistant railway guard.^[7] The family had moved to Hessle, Yorkshire, by 1901.^[8]

Martha died in 1906 at the age of 59.^[9] In 1911 William worked as a railway weighman and lived with his new wife, Gertrude Martha.^[10]

Research notes

Could not find two matching marriage records on FreeBMD for William and Gertrude Martha c1902, or a parish register entry on findmypast. Fuller-8857 20:31, 23 May 2020 (UTC)

Sources

1. ↑ GRO civil registration birth index entry. William Hill. Vol 9d p 79. Mar quarter 1861. Registration district Howden. FreeBMD.org.uk
   GRO index search gives mother's maiden name Leak
2. ↑ Baptisms in the parish of Eastrington. 24 Feb 1861. William, son of William (labourer) and Mary Hill of Eastrington.
   Yorkshire Baptisms transcripts. findmypast.co.uk. Accessed 22 May 2020
3. ↑ "England and Wales Census, 1861," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M7T3-SWM : 24 October 2019), Wilson Hill in household of William Hill, Eastrington, Yorkshire East Riding, England, United Kingdom; from "1861 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO RG 9, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey.
4. ↑ "England and Wales Census, 1871", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KZLT-L1X : 24 April 2019), William Hill in entry for William Hill, 1871.
5. ↑ "England and Wales Census, 1881," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q27Y-TT1G : 11 December 2017), William Hill in household of Martha Varley, Selby, Yorkshire,Yorkshire West Riding, England; from "1881 England, Scotland and Wales Census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing p. 6, Piece/Folio 4707/50, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey; FHL microfilm 101,775,319.
6. ↑ GRO civil registration marriage index entry. William Hill and Martha Varley. Vol 9c p 912. Jun quarter 1883. Registration district Selby. FreeBMD.org.uk
7. ↑ "England and Wales Census, 1891," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:7JMX-W6Z : 7 May 2019), William Hill, Selby, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom; from "1891 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO RG 12, Yorkshire, Yorkshire (West Riding) county, subdistrict, The National Archives of the UK, Kew, Surrey.
8. ↑ "England and Wales Census, 1901," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XS9K-9MG : 21 May 2019), William Hill, Sculcoates All Saints, Yorkshire East Riding, England, United Kingdom; from "1901 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing Hessle subdistrict, PRO RG 13, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey.
9. ↑ GRO civil registration death index entry. Martha Hill. Vol 9d p 94. Sep quarter 1906. Registration district Sculcoates. Age 59. FreeBMD.org.uk
10. ↑ "England and Wales Census, 1911," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X7T9-TWG : 18 July 2019), William Hill, Hull, Yorkshire East Riding, England, United Kingdom; from "1911 England and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO RG 14, The National Archives of the UK, Kew, Surrey.