William (Lilley) Lilly (1814 - 1895)

Born 1814 in Anne Arundel, Maryland, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Theresa Martha (Dickos) Lilly — married [date unknown] (to 1880) in Anne Arundel, Maryland, United States

Descendants

Died 1895 at about age 81 in Baltimore, Maryland, United States

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Biography

William was born in Howard County in 1814, at that time the area that is Howard County was part of Anne Arundel County. Since the siblings who were born in Maryland were born in Marriottsville he was most likely born there. He was a farmer until after the Civil War when he moved to Baltimore City. The 1870 census shows him living in the city with his wife and married daughter and lists his occupation as labourer. His son, Francis (Frank) lived next door.

They and Frank's son Robert owned at least a dozen row houses between them. Frank was a fireman for the B&O and Robert was an electrician and William had money from selling his small farm so they were better off than many people in Pigtown.

(The neighborhood still exists as Pigtown despite the City's attempts to rename it, the last name proposed that I know of was Mount Clare Village after the former B&O Mt Clare Shops and Charles Barrister Carroll's nearby mansion in Carroll Park. (y branch of the Lilly family all lived in that area in houses that William, Frank and Robert bought until post WW2 (late '40s, early '50s). Robert's daughter, my grandfather's sister, Myrtle remained there with her husband, Julius, till about 1985 when her son moved her to his house a decade or so after Julius died.)

Children

• Francis A (Frank)
• Mary Elizabeth Chase

Research Notes

Marriage William Lilly 30 Mar 1846 Baltimore, , Maryland, United States to Thursday Dickos ^[1] image needs to be checked for spelling

Wife has been claimed to be Martha Smith born England but suspect an error above marriage and census records point to that.

Census

1850 Census District 1, Baltimore, Maryland^[2]

• Wm Lilly 35 born Maryland
• Thursay Lilly 34 born Maryland
• Francis Lilly 0 born Maryland
• Susan Cark 50

Note living next door probably related

• Zachariah Lilly 34
• Claripa Lilly 23
• Wm H Lilly 1
• Mary Hamilton 64
• Mary J Hamilton 25

1860 Census

1870 Census District 6, Howard, Maryland^[3]

• William Lilley 55 born Maryland
• Martha Lilley 55 born Maryland
• Francis A Lilley 20 born Maryland

1880; Census Place: District 1, Baltimore, Maryland; Roll: 495; Page: 411C; Enumeration District: 223

• William Lilly 66
• Thursey Lilly 68
• Mary Elizabeth Chase 28 married daughter

Sources

1. ↑ Maryland County Marriages, 1658-1940 https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4JC-PL2?treeref=M6NW-Y3Z
2. ↑ 1850 Census District 1, Baltimore, Maryland; Roll: M432_280; Page: 364A; Image: 333
3. ↑ 1870 Census District 6, Howard, Maryland; Roll: M593_589; Page: 475B; Family History Library Film: 552088

• US Census 1850, 1860, 1870, 1880

There are possibly more children, I am still researching that.