Thomas HILL

1847 - Yes, date unknown

• Name	Thomas HILL
  Birth	Mar 1847	Rhymney, Breconshire, Wales   [1]
  Gender	Male
  _UID	B86D315719D9458B93AB7A1A7E732299EDE1
  Death	Yes, date unknown
  Notes	1871 census: at 14 & 15 Bridge Street, Merthyr Tydfil, Glamorgan, Wales, (the same house as his parents), Thomas (head, 24, puddler, born Rhymney, Monmouthshire), Anne (wife, 21, born Cefn, Brecknockshire) and John (son, 5 months, born Merthyr Tydfil, Glamorgan). In 1881, Thomas, now a widower, and John his son lived with his parents (qv) In Stockton. 1891 census: at 19 Campbell Street, Stockton on Tees, Durham, Thomas (head, widower, 42, puddler, born Ryk-- (Rhymney), Breckonshire), John (son, 20, ironworks labourer, born Merthyr, Glamorganshire) and three lodgers. The latter include William THOMPSON (26), who was lodging with Thomas in 1911; Rachel SCRAFTON (married, 31, born Newbottle, Durham), who was to become Thomas's wife (whether they married is unclear *) and Annie SCRAFTON (13, born Middlesboro, Yorkshire), who was presumably Rachel's daughter. In 1881 Rachel (married, 22) and her daughter Ann (2) appeared as SCRAFTON as visitors with Jane H BROWN at 40 Elliott Street, Stockton (very strangely, the same group of people also appear at 40 Joseph Street, Stockton!). 20 years earlier, Rachel lived with her parents Richard and Jane Hannah BROWN in Philadelphia Lane, Newbottle. In Q2 1877 Rachel BROWN married William SCRAFTON (Middlesbrough 9d/812). I've found no indication of what became of William SCRAFTON. 1901 census: lodging at 10 Campbell Street, Stockton on Tees, Durham, Thomas HILL (boarder, 49, puddler in ironworks, born Rummey (Rhymney), Wales) and Rachael HILL * (boarder, 39, born Newbottle, Durham). 1911 census: at 45 Lumley Street, Stockton on Tees (4 rooms), Thomas (head, 61, married, labourer, engineering works, worker, born Wales in Rhymny), Rachel (wife, 50, married 6 years *, born Newbottle, Co Durham), William (brother, 66, single, labourer, steel plant, worker, born Gloucestershire), John (son, 37, widower, [the entry '8 children, 5 living 3 died' is crossed through], puddler iron foundry, rolling mills, worker, born Merthyr, Glamorgan), Abigail (granddaughter, 15, single, born Stockton), Sidney Thomas (grandson, 11, school, born Stockton), John (grandson, 7, school, born Stockton) and a lodger, William THOMPSON, 49, single, born Stockton) Form signed Thomas Hill. * in 1911, Rachel said she had been married 6 years. They both said 'M' (married) in 1901. No trace of a marriage has been found though. It appears that Rachel died in 1912: the death was registered as Rachel SCRAFTON, which confirms that she didn't marry Thomas Hill. Not only did Thomas Hill become Rachel SCRAFTON's husband (whether legally or not), his son John Hill married Rachel's daughter Ann(ie) Elizabeth SCRAFTON. See John's notes.
  Person ID	I1585	Great Horkesley, Essex
  Last Modified	13 Oct 2023

  
  

  Father	Thomas HILL,   b. Abt 1814, Mitcheldean, Gloucestershire d. Yes, date unknown
  Mother	Mary HAVARD,   b. Abt 1824, Abergavenny, Monmouth d. Jun 1888, Abergavenny RD (Age 64 years)
  Marriage	Dec 1842	Abergavenny RD   [2]
  Family ID	F565	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Ann UNKNOWN   d. Jun 1880, Stockton on Tees, Durham
  Children	1. John HILL,   b. Abt 1874, Merthyr Tydfil, Glamorgan, Wales d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F566	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	7 Jan 2010

  
  

  Family 2	Rachel BROWN,   b. Jun 1859, Newbottle, Durham d. Sep 1912, Stockton on Tees, Durham (Age 53 years)
  Marriage	Between 1891 and 1901	Stockton on Tees, Durham
  Marital status	Common Law
  Family ID	F567	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	11 Jan 2010

  
  

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• Sources

  [S178] BMD index, Q1 1847 Abergavenny 26/57. (Reliability: 3). [S178] BMD index, Q4 1842 Abergavenny 26/8. (Reliability: 3).