Lena was born in 1899[1] She was the daughter of Philip HillsSelina Sailly She was living with her parents at Rayleigh Road, Basingstoke, Hampshire, England in 1901[2] She was living with her parents and siblings inBasingstoke, Hampshire, England in 1911[3] She married Frederick Smith in Basingstoke, Hampshire, England in 1926[4] She was the mother of two children. She passed away in 1973[5]
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↑ "England and Wales Birth Registration Index, 1837-2008," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2F4T-VZK : 1 October 2014), Lena Ethel Preston-Hills, 1899; from "England & Wales Births, 1837-2006," database, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : 2012); citing Birth Registration, Basingstoke, Hampshire, England, citing General Register Office, Southport, England.
↑ "England and Wales Census, 1901," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XSXL-31R : 8 April 2016), Lelia E P Hills in household of Phillip P Hills, Basingstoke, Hampshire, England; from "1901 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing Basingstoke subdistrict, PRO RG 13, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey.
↑ "England and Wales Census, 1911," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XWQY-JT6 : 2 August 2017), Lena Ethel Preston Hills in household of Philip Preston Hills, Basingstoke, Basingstoke, Hampshire, England; 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.
↑ "England and Wales Marriage Registration Index, 1837-2005," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVZT-TT3G : 8 October 2014), Lena E P Hills and null, 1926; from “England & Wales Marriages, 1837-2005,” database, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : 2012); citing 1926, quarter 4, vol. 2C, p. 529, Basingstoke, Hampshire, England, General Register Office, Southport, England.
↑ "England and Wales Death Registration Index 1837-2007," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVC5-85BZ : 4 September 2014), Lena Ethel P Smith, 1973; from "England & Wales Deaths, 1837-2006," database, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : 2012); citing Death, Andover, Hampshire, England, General Register Office, Southport, England.
Research
I have checked for a birth for Lena Ethel P Smith and no records have been found, her birth shows she was born in 1899 on GRO and free BMD
Her death shows her being born 25th September 1889
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