William Henry HILTON

family group sheet
detail added 23 February 2003
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Husband: William Henry HILTON   
occupation: weaver (cotton)
born: 17 May 1850               place: Springwater, Pilkington, Lancs, England
baptised: 9 June 1850           place: Stand Church, Whitefield, Lancs. Eng.
marr: 22 May 1874               place: Johnston, Rhode Island, USA
died: 1 April 1931              place: 479 Harvard Steet, Fall River, MA, USA
buried:                         place: Oak Grove Cemetery, Fall River, MA, USA
father: William HILTON         mother: Nancy CHARNLEY
other wives: 0
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Wife: Mary A ARMOUR
occupation:
born: July 1854                 place: Scotland 
baptised:                       place:
died: 19 March 1904             place: Medfield Insane Asylum, Massachusetts
buried:                         place: Oak Grove Cemetery, Fall River, MA, USA
father: James ARMOUR (bn.Scot.) mother: Mary RANKIN (bn.Scot)
other husbands: 0
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CHILDREN
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#1 Nancy Elizabeth HILTON
born: 20 December 1874          place: Allendale, Rhode Island, MA, USA
baptised:          	        place:  
marr: 10 March, 1894            place: Fall River, Bristol, MA, USA
died: 31 January 1944           place: 724 Plymouth Ave., Fall River, MA, USA
buried:                         place: Oak Grove Cemetery, Fall River, MA, USA
spouse: Alexander S WILSON
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#2 Mary Alice HILTON
born: 26 May 1878               place: Pilkington, Lancashire, England
baptised:                       place: St.John, Radcliffe, Lancs, England 
marr: 11 October 1899           place: Fall River, Bristol, MA, USA
died: 11 February 1951          place: Kirby Convalescent Home, Dartmouth, MA, USA
buried:                         place: Oak Grove Cemetery, Fall River, MA, USA
spouse: William A GOSS
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#3 Bertha HILTON
born: October 1893              place: Fall River, Bristol, MA, USA
baptised:                       place:  
marr: 11 February 1914          place: Fall River, Bristol, MA, USA
died: 13 August 1948            place: Fall River General Hospital, MA, USA
buried:                         place: Oak Grove Cemetery, Fall River, MA, USA
spouse: John Edward CLITHERO
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addresses

weaver, 130 Fourth Street 1893

weaver, 78 Eight Rod Way 1894

weaver, 158 Ames Street 1896 - 1901

weaver, boards 52 Rodman Street 1906-7

weaver, bds 394 Spring Street 1908

weaver, bds 424 Second Street 1909-10

weaver, bds 437 S Main Street 1911

weaver, bds 252 Third Street 1912

weaver, bds 395 Spring Street 1913

weaver, bds 394 Spring Street 1914-5

weaver, bds 79 Buffington Street 1916

weaver, rooms 240 Second Street 1917

weaver, rooms 119 Borden Street (Annie Bennett lodging house) 1918

weaver, rooms 379 So Main Street (Hotel Plazza)1919, 1921

weaver, 284 Manchester Street 1925-7

weaver, res 315 Mott Street 1928

weaver, res 4 Lenox Street 1929-31 (died 1 April 1931)

sources

birth certificate (William Henry) no.494, Reg.District - Bury, Sub-district - Pilkington, County of Lancaster (registered 8 June 1850)

RI Marriages vol 74, page 634 @ Rhode Island State Archives, Providence, RI. (This was the first marriage for both William Henry and Mary.)

Nancy E HILTON birth record - RI Births, vol74, page 188, North Providence, RI State Archives.

RI State Census of 1875 in house number 167, family number 203, North Providence, RI. (William H, Mary and Nancy L(sic) 5 months old.)

naturlization papers (William Henry) 2 August 1899

USA Census 1900 - sheet no.13, Enumeration District no.105, Supervisor's District No.115
state - Massachusetts, county - Bristol, city - Fall River, address - 158 Ames Street
number of persons = 3 - William H (head), Mary (wife), Bertha (daughter), 2 other children alive but not at this address.

Death record of Mary HILTON - MA Vital Records, vol39, page 201 for 1904

Death record of W H HILTON - MA Vital Records, deaths, vol36, page 425 for 1931

Most of the adresses found from Fall River MA City Directories.

Quite a lot of this detail was obtained on my behalf by Nancy Baron of Newton MA, and Charlie Watson of Rhode Island, MA; to whom I express my deepest gratitude.



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