George Shilling (1895 - 1955)

Born 3 Jan 1895 in Gosport, Hampshire, England

Ancestors

Husband of Gertrude Watts — married 1921 in Portsmouth, Hampshire, England, United Kingdom

Died 3 Sep 1955 at age 60 in Portsmouth, Hampshire, England

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Biography

George Shilling was born on 3 January 1895 in Gosport, Hampshire, England.^[1][2] He was the son of Thomas Shilling and Ellen Prince. He was the brother of Ellen Shilling, Thomas Shilling, Emma Shilling, William George Shilling, Charles Shilling, James Shilling, Richard Shilling, Alice Shilling, Frederick Shilling, Albert Shilling, and Hilda Shilling.

In 1901, he and his family had moved to Alverstoke, Hampshire, just a short distance from Gosport and not far from Portsmouth.^[3]

1901 England and Wales Census

Event Place: Alverstoke, Hampshire

George's father, Thomas Shilling, died in 1910.^[4] By the following year, he was living with his sister Emma and her husband, Charles Montgomery Grimes, along with two brothers and two sisters. His occupation was an errand boy for a butcher's shop.^[5]

1911 England and Wales Census

Event Place: Gosport, Hampshire

George Shilling married Gertrude Watts in the September Quarter of 1921 in Portsmouth, Hampshire, England.^[6]

Death

Death:

Date: 3 SEP 1955

Place: Portsmouth, Hampshire, England.

Sources

1. ↑ Free Ancestry Image 1939 England and Wales Register
2. ↑ England & Wales General Register Office, GRO Online Index - Birth (https://www.gro.gov.uk/gro/content: accessed 8/7/2020), database entry for Shilling, George (Mother's maiden surname: Prince), GRO Reference: 1895 M Quarter in ALVERSTOKE Volume 02B Page 573.
3. ↑ "England and Wales Census, 1901," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XSF9-7DB: 20 May 2019), George Shilling in the household of Thos Shilling, Alverstoke, Hampshire, England, United Kingdom; from "1901 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com: n.d.); citing Alverstoke subdistrict, PRO RG 13, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey.
4. ↑ England & Wales General Register Office, GRO Online Index - Death (https://www.gro.gov.uk/gro/content: accessed 8/7/2020), database entry for Shilling, Thomas. Age at death: 55 GRO Reference: 1910 D Quarter in ALVERSTOKE Volume 02B Page 358.
5. ↑ "England and Wales Census, 1911," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XWQ7-JWZ: 4 July 2019), George Shilling in the household of Charles Montgomery Grimes, Gosport, Hampshire, 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.
6. ↑ "England and Wales Marriage Registration Index, 1837-2005," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVZK-8HLB : 9 October 2014), George Shilling and null, 1921; from "England & Wales Marriages, 1837-2005," database, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : 2012); citing 1921, quarter 3, vol. 2B, p. 1167, Portsmouth, Hampshire, England, General Register Office, Southport, England.