Hi all,
I am researching this as part of a friend's tree and am hoping to fill some gaps.
Edward Colston Hillyer
BIRTH 6 NOV 1878 • Barton Regis, Gloucestershire
DEATH JAN 1952 • Manchester
1891 - orphan in the Harris Orphanage in Preston.
In Q4 1901 he married either Hannah Sharples or Mary Ann Bright in Preston.
I have not found him in the 1901 census.
In 1911 he is living in Preston with his housekeeper Elizabeth Kearns (nee Wignall) who was still married to her husband Joseph Kearns.
He obviously acknowledged two of her children as his, and it is likely also that the John Kearns on this record was also his son as he is on the 1939 register as Hillyer, and his death and probate records are also in the name of Hillyer.
Edward and Elizabeth spend the rest of their lives together and finally marry in 1942 (her husband had died in Canada in 1940)
So - can anyone find him in 1901 and confirm whether he was really a widower in 1911 as declared on the census record - I haven't been able to find a death record for either a Hannah or Mary Ann Hillyer between 1901 and 1911.
Thanks,
Christine
I am researching this as part of a friend's tree and am hoping to fill some gaps.
Edward Colston Hillyer
BIRTH 6 NOV 1878 • Barton Regis, Gloucestershire
DEATH JAN 1952 • Manchester
1891 - orphan in the Harris Orphanage in Preston.
In Q4 1901 he married either Hannah Sharples or Mary Ann Bright in Preston.
I have not found him in the 1901 census.
In 1911 he is living in Preston with his housekeeper Elizabeth Kearns (nee Wignall) who was still married to her husband Joseph Kearns.
He obviously acknowledged two of her children as his, and it is likely also that the John Kearns on this record was also his son as he is on the 1939 register as Hillyer, and his death and probate records are also in the name of Hillyer.
Edward and Elizabeth spend the rest of their lives together and finally marry in 1942 (her husband had died in Canada in 1940)
So - can anyone find him in 1901 and confirm whether he was really a widower in 1911 as declared on the census record - I haven't been able to find a death record for either a Hannah or Mary Ann Hillyer between 1901 and 1911.
Thanks,
Christine
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