=================================================================================== 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 =================================================================================== 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 =================================================================================== CHILDREN =================================================================================== #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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ #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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ #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 ===================================================================================
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)
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.
With thanks for the code for this chart to Elaine Johnson.