Jessica was baptised on 7 May 1882 at Holy Trinity Church in West Street, Fareham, Hampshire, England.[2]
The 1891 England and Wales Census shows Jessica living with her mother and sibling in the houshold of Richard Sherwell in Ranleigh Road, Minster In Sheppey, Kent, England.[3] She was nine years old.
The 1901 England and Wales Census shows Jessica living in the household of Zilpha Willis in Villiers Road, Bushey, Hertfordshire, England.[4] She was 19 years old and was working as a School Teacher.
The 1911 England and Wales Census shows Jessica living in the household of William Smith in Plumstead, Greenwich, London, England.[5] She was 29 years old and was working as an Elementary School Mistress.
Jessica passed away in 1959 in London, England.[6] She was 77 years old.
Sources
↑ England & Wales General Register Office, GRO Online Index - Birth (https://www.gro.gov.uk/gro/content : accessed 22 June 2022), database entry for Hillyer, Jessica Howard (Mother's maiden surname: Howard, GRO Reference: 1882 J Quarter in FAREHAM, Volume 02B Page 583.
↑ "England and Wales Census, 1891," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QK5R-PMM : 22 February 2021), Jessica Hilyer in household of Richard Sherwell, Minster in Sheppey, Kent, England, United Kingdom; from "1891 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO RG 12, Kent county, subdistrict, The National Archives of the UK, Kew, Surrey.
↑ "England and Wales Census, 1901," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XS46-7K2 : 20 May 2019), Jessica H Hillyer in household of Zilpha Willis, Bushey, Hertfordshire, England, United Kingdom; from "1901 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing Bushey subdistrict, PRO RG 13, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey.
↑ "England and Wales Census, 1911," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XWRL-65V : 10 May 2019), Jessica Howard Hillyer in household of William Smith, Plumstead, Greenwich, London, 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.
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