Thomas HILLS = Annie ?¹

Thomas HILLS:

Born 1865, Ware²
Died 1902³
Occupation: General Labourer⁴
A "knockerup" or was this his son called "Knocker"?

Living at Musley, Ware, Herts in 1881 Census RG11 1402/20

Died of appendicitis age 37



Annie ?:

Alias Annie HILLS
Born 1866, Cavan, Ireland⁵
Died AFT 1945⁶

William HILLS = > Family

William HILLS:

Born November 1889, Ware⁷
Died 1983
Occupation: painter and decorator
known as "Knocker"
worked as a painter and decorator
lived at Musley Hill, Ware, Herts in 1901

Nellie HILLS = Albert Alexander SAWYER > Family

Married Thursday 27 July 1916, Christ Church, Ware, Herts⁸

Nellie HILLS:

Alias Nellie YOUNGMAN
Alias Nellie SAWYER (1916)
Born Thursday 25 September 1890, Ware, Herts⁹
Died December 1941
Occupation: Cleaner
lived at 154 Musley Hill, Ware, Herts in 1901and 1916

Met Albert Sawyer when he was billeted in Ware. Lived in Sheffield but moved back to Ware after husbands death to live with children and mother. Worked as a cleaner.

Re-married to Jube Youngman . All contact was broken after Nellie's death


Nellie Sawyer nee Hills with sons Ernie and Eric 1921


Nellie Sawyer nee Hills c1935


Albert Alexander SAWYER:

Born 1882, Sheffield¹⁰
Died Sunday 7 October 1923¹¹
Occupation: Boiler Plate Maker/ Bus Conductor
Lived at 241 Granville Street, Sheffield, 1901
Lived at 17 Shrewbury Road, Sheffield with parents, 1916
Probably in Territorial Army. During WW1 became Sergeant in "A" Company (Boston), 4th Battallion, Lincolnshire Regiment. 138th Brigade, 46th Division. Biletted in Ware, Herts where he met Nellie Hills. Wartime occupation was as a motor driver.
Wounded during a charge on 13th Oct 1915. Spent time in a London Hospital.
Believed to have worked as a bus conductor after the war.Died in 1923 probably as a result of his injuries or possibly as a result of later gassing.

Check War Diary for Lincs Regt. movements early in war



Sgt. Albert Sawyer, Lincs Regt 1915

= Jube YOUNGMAN > Family

Jube YOUNGMAN:

Kate HILLS = > Family

Kate HILLS:

Alias Kate STEVENSON
Born 1893, Ware¹²
lived at Musley Hill, Ware, Herts in 1901
lived in Brighton

= STEVENSON > Family

STEVENSON:

from Yorkshire
no legs?

Henry Albert HILLS

Born 1895, Ware¹³
Died Saturday 21 October 1916, near Arras, France
Buried ref I.H.4 Faubourg D'Amiens Cemetery, Arras, Pas de Calais
Occupation: Tailor
worked as a tailor
witness at marr of sister Nellie
Private 28686 6th Bn Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry (formerly Herts Rgt.) killed near Arras 1916

Frederick HILLS

Born 1896, Ware¹⁴
Occupation: sawmill operator
lived at Musley Hill, Ware, Herts in 1901
a sawmill operator

Maude HILLS = > Family

Maude HILLS:

Born 1899, Ware¹⁵
lived at Musley Hill, Ware, Herts in 1901

Tom HILLS

Born 1900, Ware¹⁶
Died 1960
Occupation: Timekeeper
lived at Musley Hill, Ware, Herts in 1901
worked as a Timekeeper at Allen & Handbury's

Alfred HILLS

Born after 1901?
Occupation: bus driver
a bus driver

Norman HILLS

Born after 1901?
died at a young age of diptheria

Annie HILLS

Born after 1901?
known as Aunt Lal
lived in Stratford

lived at Musley Hill, Ware, Herts in 1901

had a 25 yo boarder in 1901 called Thomas West from Lowestoft

1 :
1901 Census RG13 1282 27
2 :
1881 Census RG11 1402/20 aged 16
1901 Census RG13 1282 27
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dead at time of marr of dau. Nellie
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1901 Census RG13 1282 27
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1901 Census RG13 1282 27
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thought to be alive after WW2
7 :
1901 Census RG13 1282 27 and other sources
8 :
marr cert, Sawyer Albert A Hills Ware 3a 1326 1916 O-Z
9 :
1901 Census RG13 1282 27
and family knowledge
10 :
1901 Census RG13 4372 70
b cert ref Sawyer Albert Alexander Sheffield 9c 497 1882 June K-Z need to order
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photograph of gravestone in a Sheffield cemetery
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1901 Census RG13 1282 27
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1901 Census RG13 1282 27
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1901 Census RG13 1282 27
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1901 Census RG13 1282 27
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1901 Census RG13 1282 27