Amy Jane Hill [Smith] (1878-1968)

Dates

Birth: 8 November 1878 Walmer, Kent, UK
Father: George Hill 1849-1897
Mother: Charlotte Davies 1853-1901

Christening: 9 February 1879 Walmer, Kent, UK

Marriage: January-March 1908 Portsmouth, Hampshire, UK
Husband: George Henley Smith 1884-1949

Death: April-June 1968 Isle of Wight, UK

Children

Hilda Emily Smith [McGregor] 1912-2006

Notes

Birth of Amy Jane Hill in FreeBMD in October-December 1878 in in Eastry (2a 932).

Entry in Ancestry England, Select Births and Christenings, 1538-1975 for Amy Jane Hill baptised in Walmer, Kent on 9 February 1879, parents George and Charlotte Hill.

Entry in Ancestry UK, British Army and Navy Birth, Marriage and Death Records, 1730-1960 No, 156 Royal Marines Registry of Baptisms [...] for Amy Jane Hill born 8 November 1878 baptised 9 February 1879 in Walmer, parents George and Charlotte Hill.

Her sister was born in Walmer in 1881, brother in Dover in 1882, and brother in Portsea in 1885.

In the 1891 census as Amy J Hill aged 12, born in Walmer, and living with her parents (George and Charlotte), three brothers (Frank, George and John C) and sister (Maud) at 20 Worsley Street, Landport, Portsea, Hampshire.

Her father died at Portsea in 1897.

In the 1901 census as Amy Hill aged 21, born in Deal, Kent, single and a servant living with Arthur Buswell (aged 42, born in Martley Harborough, Leicestershire, and an upholsterer and employer), his wife (Margaret E aged 27 and born in Wandsworth, Middlesex) son (Arthur L aged 1 and born in Southsea, Hampshire) and another servant (Emma Jenkins aged 20, born in Portsmouth, Hampshire and single) at 1 St Ursula Grove, Portsmouth, Hampshire. Her mother was a patient and a widow at the District Royal Portsmouth Hospital and died there shortly after the census.

Marriage of Amy Jane Hill and George Henley Smith in FreeBMD in January-March 1908 in Portsmouth (2b 708).

In the 1911 census as Amy Jane Smith aged 32, born in Deal, Kent, a yachtsman, married for three years with no children, and living with her husband (George Henley) at Hazel Cottage, Lane End, Bembridge, Isle of Wight, Hampshire.

Her daughter was born in Portsmouth in 1912.

In the 1939 England and Wales Register as Amy Jane Smith born 8 November 1879 (sic - on the original), married, and living with George Smith (husband?) at Lemon Cottage, Lane End, Isle of Wight

Her husband died in 1949 in the Isle of Wight.

Death of Amy J Smith in FreeBMD in April-June 1968 aged 87 in I Wight (6b 833).

There are five entries in Ancestry Public Member Trees for Amy Jane Hill.

Relationship

Amy Jane Hill was the mother of Hilda Emily Smith, wife of Arthur George McGregor, husband of Betty L Belton, Felicity's third cousin once removed.

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