Birth: April-June 1856 Margate, Kent, UK
Father: William Richard Gill 1832-1874
Mother: Charlotte Maria (Marie) Town 1836-1863
Christening: 10 May 1863 St John the Baptist, Margate, Kent, UK
Marriage: July 3rd 1883 Thanet, Kent, UK
Wife: Mary Ann Whittier c1850-1938
Death: 14 May 1933 50 Hastings Avenue, Margate, Kent, UK
None known
Birth of John Henry Gill in FreeBMD in April-June 1856 in Thanet (2A 578).
His sister was born in Thanet in 1860.
In the 1861 census as John H Gell (sic - in the index, Gill on the original) aged 5, born in Margate, Kent, and living with his parents (William and Maria), and two sisters (Maria M and Sarah A) - (the surname of the children is spelt Gell in the index, correct on the original) at 1 Back Road, Margate, Kent.
Entry in Ancestry England, Select Births and Christenings, 1538-1975 for William Richard Gill baptised on 10 May 1863 at St. John the Baptist, Margate, Kent, parents William Richard and Charlotte Maria Gill. His brother William Richard and sister Mary Ann Maria were baptised at the same time.
His mother died in July-September 1863 and his father married Martha Jane Woodward in January-March 1866.
In the 1871 census as John Gill aged 19, born in Margate, Kent, single, a gunner Royal Artillery, and living at Sheerness Barracks and Officers Quarters, Minster, Kent.
I cannot locate him in the 1881 census.
Marriage of John Gill and Mary Ann Whittier in FreeBMD in July-September 1883 in Wandsworth (1D 953).
Entry in Ancestry London, England, Marriages and Banns, 1754-1921 for the marriage of John Gill aged 28, father William Gill and Mary Ann Whittier at St Philip, Battersea, Wandsworth. "Page 217 1883 Marriage solemnized at the Church of S Philip in the Parish of Battersea in the County of Surrey. [No.] 433 July 3rd 1883 John Gill [aged] 28 [a] Bachelor [and] Agent [of] St Philips Battersea Wycliff Grove [father] William Gill [a] Farmer, [and] Mary Ann Whittier [aged] 26 [a] Spinster] of St Philip's Battersea [father] Samuel Whittier [a] Captain. Married in the Parish Church of S Philip according to the Rites and Ceremonies of the Established by Licence [...] in the Presence of Samuel Whittier".
In the 1891 census as John Gill aged 35, born in Margate, Kent, an Army Sergeant R.H.A.S (Royal Horse Artillery ?) and living with his wife (Mary A) at 68 Maygrove Road, St John Hampstead, London. Three other familes shared this address.In the 1901 census as John Gill aged 44, born in Margate, Kent, an inspector of Chairs/Chains, and living with his wife (Mary A) and a servant (Leslie Tustin aged 20, single and born in Broadway, Worchestershire) at 37 Pleasant Place, Margate, Kent
In the 1911 census as John Henry Gill aged 57, born in Margate, Kent, an Army Pensioner Sergt, and living with his wife (Mary Ann) at Elon Villa, Coventry Road, Yardley, Birmingham, Warwickshire.
In the 1921 census as J H Gill born in Margate, Kent in 1856 and living with M A Gill (wife?) in Margate St John the Baptist, Thanet, Kent.
Death of John H Gill in FreeBMD in April-June 1933 aged 76 in Thanet (2A 1240).
Entry in Ancestry England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1995 for John Henry Gill died 14 May 1933 in Margate, Kent, probate 9 June 1933 in London. "Gill John Henry of 50 Hastings-avenue Margate died 14 May 1933 Probate London 9 June to Mary Ann Gill widow. Effects £472 14s. 9d.".
There are twelve entries in Ancestry Family Trees for John Henry Gill.
John Henry Gill was the brother of Sarah Jane Gill, wife of my great grandfather, George William Payne.
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