Elizabeth Hills (buried 1906)

At a glance

At a glance
Surname: 
Hills
First name: 
Elizabeth
Other Christian names: 
Gender: 
Female
Children: 
Unknown
Burial number: 
501
Born: 
0/0/1835
Died: 
00/00/1906
Buried: 
26/05/1906
Occupation: 
Laundress; Ladies Lavatory Attendant;
Heene Hallmark: 
No
Commonwealth War Grave: 
No

The Grave

The grave
Cemetery area: 
NWS
Cemetery row: 
8
Cemetery plot: 
17
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Burial remains: 
Unknown
The headstone
Headstone description: 
Elizabeth Hills is buried under the headstone for Minnie Little
Headstone inscription: 
In affectionate memory of Minnie wife of Rev. Ernest Little and daughter of John Wilson Watson and Emma Watson of Stockton on Tees born 3rd April 1875 died 10th December 1943

Life story

Life story

Elizabeth was born in Amberley, daughter of Ann Penfold. It would seem that Elizabeth was Ann's daughter, but became part of the Gibbs family after Ann's marriage to Thomas in 1835. The family were in Amberley in 1841. Thomas Gibbs was also an Agricultural Labourer. His family had moved to Storrington by 1851.

Elizabeth Penfold Gibbs married Thomas Hills in 1856 in Storrington.

In 1861 Thomas, Elizabeth and family were living in Montpelier Row in Washington, Thomas now a Gardener. They had daughters Mary Ann and Ellen and a Lodger, James Jeffery, a Labourere from Ashurst. Ten years later the family was living in Stoke Hill Cottage in Stoke-next-Guildford, with five children, the two youngest, Fanny and Frederick, born in Stoke. Fanny's birth was registered in Guildford. She was christened Charlotte Fanny on the 21st June 1874 in Stoke-next-Guildford, though she was mostly known as Fanny, later Esther Fanny, or Fanny Esther! She had 6 sisters (though the first died in her first year) and 4 brothers.

They had moved again by 1881, to Worthing House, in North Street, and the Gardener's Cottage. (Worthing House was where Guildcare is now.) Thomas was a Gardener and Elizabeth a Laundress.

In 1901 Elizabeth with daughter Charlotte Elizabeth, was living in Ann Street. Elizabeth was described as 'in attendance at a ladies lavatory' and Charlotte as a Domestic Housekeeper. (George, with daughter Francis Annie, was living with George's mother in Victoria Terrace.)

Elizabeth died in May 1906 at 1 Brunswick Road, aged 71.

Burial researcher: 
Liz Lane

Further information

Birth
Date born: 
00/00/1835
Marriage
Maiden name: 
Penfold; Gibbs;
Marriage 1
Spouse one first names: 
Thomas
Spouse one last name: 
Hills
Marriage one date: 
00/00/1856
Marriage one address: 
Storrington, Sussex, England

Death

Death (details)
Date of death: 
00/00/1906
Age (at time of death): 
71
Cause of death: 
Unknown
Address at time of death: 
1 Brunswick Road, Worthing, Sussex, England

Census and miscellaneous information

Census information
1841 census: 

Living in Amberley - Thomas Gibbs, Agricultural Labourer; Ann, Elizabeth,

1851 census: 

Living in Storrington - Living in Amberley - Thomas Gibbs, Agricultural Labourer; Ann, Elizabeth,

1861 census: 

Living at Montpelier Row, Washington - Thomas Hills, Gardener; Elizabeth, Mary Ann, Ellen, James Jeffery, Lodger - labourer

1871 census: 

Living at Stoke Hill Cottage, Stoke-next-Guildford - Thomas Hills, Elizabeth, Mary Ann, Ellen, Charlotte Fanny, Frederick,

1881 census: 

Living at Gardeners Cottage, Worthing House, North Street, Worthing - Thomas Hills, Gardener; Elizabeth, Laundress;

(Worthing House was where Guildcare is now.)

1891 census: 

Living at 6 Heene Cottages - Thomas Hills, Elizabeth, Esther Fanny

1901 census: 

Living at Ann Street, Worthing - Elizabeth, Attendant at Ladies Lavatory; Charlotte, Domestic Housekeeper;