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Mary Ann Hills (Nee Evans)

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Delboy1978

Delboy1978 Report 8 Feb 2025 11:45

Hi All

I have been struggling to find my 2nd G Grandmother Mary Ann Hills in the 1901 census.

This is her in 1911 with her daughter

Name Mary Hills
Age in 1911 79
Estimated Birth Year abt 1832
Relation to Head Mother
Gender Female
Birth Place London, United Kingdom
Civil parish St John-at-Hackney
County/Island London
Country England
Street Address 43 Lenthall Road, Dalston N E
Marital Status Widowed
Registration District Number 11
Sub-registration district South West Hackney
ED, institution, or vessel 17
Piece 1122
Household members
Name Age
George Gardner 49
Emily Gardner 43
Mary Hills 79

And this is her in the `1891 census

Record details
Name Mary Ann Hills
Gender Female
Age 59
Relationship Wife
Birth Year 1832
Spouse George Hills
Child Robert Hills
Birth Place Soham, London, England
Civil parish Shoreditch
Residence Place Shoreditch, London, England
Registration District Shoreditch
Sub registration district Shoreditch, South
ED, Institution or Vessel 11
Neighbors View others on page
Piece 242
Folio 194
Household members
Name Age
George Hills 69
Mary Ann Hills 59
Robert Hills 18
Mary Meederly 67
Maria Groves 24

I am also struggling to find when her husband died too. I have purchased a number of DC for him but nothing matches.

Mary Ann Hills records on ancestry get jumbled up with a Mary Ann Brown, this was George's first wife. He married two Mary Anns! and i have both marriage certs verifying this. She has been recorded as Halls as well by mistake on some of the transcribes.

I have all the other census records for them both but not 1901. I have Mary Ann Hills DC too for 1914 and it was Emily as the informant. So I do have a lot of documents its just this period between 1891 and 1911 that i am stumped on.,

ErikaH

ErikaH Report 8 Feb 2025 11:57

One of the ones you've bought?
Deaths Jun 1894 (>99%)
Hills George 69 Shoreditch 1c 34

ErikaH

ErikaH Report 8 Feb 2025 11:59

1901 England, Wales & Scotland Census
17, Nicholas Street, Shoreditch, London & Middlesex, England

Mary A Hill Head Widow Female 69 1832 - Hoxton, Middlesex, England
Nellie Folkes Grand daughter Single Female 8 1893 - Hoxton, Middlesex, England

Easy to verify (or not) by grandchild

Delboy1978

Delboy1978 Report 8 Feb 2025 12:07

I do have that one and the informant was a coroner rather than a relative However there are two addresses listed on it and one matches the same street as the 1891 census so could well be?

ErikaH

ErikaH Report 8 Feb 2025 12:13

What was the occupation of the deceased?

ErikaH

ErikaH Report 8 Feb 2025 12:18

Name George Hills
Age 69
Record Type Burial
Birth Date abt 1825
Death Date abt 1894
Burial Date 7 May 1894
Burial Place Waltham Forest, Greater London, England
Cemetery Chingford Mount Cemetery
Cemetery Section G11
Grave Number 30274
Interment Number 30326

Delboy1978

Delboy1978 Report 8 Feb 2025 12:19

Carpenter

ErikaH

ErikaH Report 8 Feb 2025 12:20

Q E D

Delboy1978

Delboy1978 Report 8 Feb 2025 12:24

Dont know what that means

The burial record you have posted makes sense, the registration date was 3rd May 1894 on the death cert.

Just researching Nellie Folkes

ErikaH

ErikaH Report 8 Feb 2025 12:26

Proven.........the man was a CARPENTER on censuses!

Delboy1978

Delboy1978 Report 8 Feb 2025 12:30

thank you, quite obvious now

ErikaH

ErikaH Report 8 Feb 2025 12:42

Let me know how you get on with Nellie ;-) ;-)

Delboy1978

Delboy1978 Report 8 Feb 2025 12:46

That looks like its going to be a mission too!

ErikaH

ErikaH Report 8 Feb 2025 12:54

It's only a suggestion, of course. The name on the image for Mary is definitely Hill (no final 's') but it may prove worth investigating

Delboy1978

Delboy1978 Report 8 Feb 2025 13:03

Its worth to eliminate if needed, Mary Ann and George had 11 children and I havnt finished researching them all yet.

Delboy1978

Delboy1978 Report 8 Feb 2025 14:08

Thanks, this one is gonna be me keep on searching the records.

ArgyllGran

ArgyllGran Report 8 Feb 2025 17:56

Nellie ??

FOAKES, EMILY ELIZA mmn HILLS
GRO Reference: 1893 M Quarter in SHOREDITCH Volume 01C Page 101


Emily Eliza Foakes
in the London, England, Church of England Births and Baptisms, 1813-1923
Name Emily Eliza Foakes
Gender Female
Record Type Baptism
Baptism Date 25 Jul 1894
Baptism Place St Mary, Haggerston, Hackney, England
Father George Frederic Foakes, carman
Mother Ellen Rebecca Foakes
Register Type Parish Register

Address: 74 Fellow Street


Emily Foakes
in the London, England, School Admissions and Discharges, 1840-1911
Name Emily Foakes ["living with grandmother"]
Gender Female
Age 7
Birth Date 7 Nov 1894
Admission Date 2 Dec 1901
School Tottenham Road School
Father Fred Foakes


Mother's death ??:
FOAKES, ELEANOR REBECCA 51
GRO Reference: 1923 J Quarter in BARNET Volume 03A Page 377

Parents didn't marry until 1913:

Marriages Dec 1913 (>99%)
Foakes Frederick G Hills Shoreditch 1c 220
Hills Ellen R Foakes Shoreditch 1c 220


HILL, ELLEN REBECCA mmn EVANS
GRO Reference: 1869 S Quarter in SHOREDITCH Volume 01C Page 80


Ellen Rebecca Hill
in the England, Select Births and Christenings, 1538-1975
Name Ellen Rebecca Hill
Gender Female
Birth Date 21 Jun 1869
Baptism Date 26 Sep 1869
Baptism Place Saint Leonards,Shoreditch,London,England
Father George Hill - CARPENTER
Mother Mary Ann
Address: 16 West Street

ArgyllGran

ArgyllGran Report 8 Feb 2025 18:20

Ellen Hills
in the 1881 England Census
Name Ellen Hills
Age 11
Estimated Birth Year abt 1870
Relationship to Head Daughter
Father George Hills
Mother Morgan Hills
Gender Female
Where born Shoreditch, Middlesex, England
Civil parish Shoreditch
County/Island London
Country England
Street Address 16 West St <<<<<<<<<
Occupation Scholar
Registration District Shoreditch
Sub registration district St Leonard
ED, institution, or vessel 2
Neighbors
Piece 385
Folio 52
Page number 35
Household Members (Name) Age Relationship
George Hills 56 Head - CARPENTER
Morgan Hills 48 Wife [Maryan on image ]
George Hills 21 Son
Emily Hills 15 Daughter
Ellen Hills 11 Daughter
Robert Hills 8 Son
Stephen Jacobs 63 Lodger

ArgyllGran

ArgyllGran Report 8 Feb 2025 18:27

Helen R Foakes
in the 1921 England Census
Name Helen R Foakes
Gender Female
Marital Status Married
Age 51
Relation to Head Wife
Estimated Birth Year 1870
Birth Place London, London, England
Residence Date 1921
Residence Street Address 57 Arcola Street, E 8
Residence Place Hackney, London, Middlesex, England
Occupation Home Duties
Occupation Code 992/1
Inhabited Y
Ward West Hackney
Parliamentary Division Hackney Pb, North Div.
Registration District Hackney
Registration District Number 11
Sub registration district North Hackney
Sub Registration District Number 2
Respondent William Foakes
Enumeration District Name Hackney Mb
Enumeration District 32
Schedule 34
Schedule Type Code E
Household Members (Name) Age Relationship
Frederick G Foakes 52 Years 6 Months Head
Helen R Foakes 51 Wife
William G Foakes 21 Years 11 Months Son
Walter E Foakes 15 Years 2 Months Son


FOAKES, WALTER EDWARD mmn HILLS
GRO Reference: 1905 D Quarter in ISLINGTON Volume 01B Page 346

FOAKES, WILLIAM JOHN mmn HILLS
GRO Reference: 1899 S Quarter in SHOREDITCH Volume 01C Page 112

Delboy1978

Delboy1978 Report 8 Feb 2025 20:39

74 Fellows Street features on lots of my Hill's records i recognise the address!.... thanks I will look at this...