Henry LILLIOT
(1808-1890)
and Jane STRINGER (c1829-?)
Henry Lilliott
and
Jane Stringer married in the third quarter of 1851 in the Lambeth
registration district. (They were not my direct ancestors.)
Henry Lilliot was baptised on 30
October 1808 in Ashurst, Sussex, although the 1861 and 1871 census records
he was born in West Grinstead, Sussex. He was the son of
Peter Lilliot
(1761-1842) and
Mary Ozzever (c1765-1846). He died aged 81 years and his death
was registered in the third quarter of 1890 in the Horsham registration
district as Henry Lilliott. When the 1841 census was
recorded he was living at Brookwood in West Grinstead, along with his elder
sister, Rebecca Lelliott and their parents. Henry was then
described as a farmer. Henry was an Overseer of the Poor in West
Grinstead from 1846-47. He went to Woodmancote in Sussex between
1847-51 and then to Billingshurst, Sussex between 1854-61.
Jane Stringer was baptised on 1 February 1829 in West Grinstead, Sussex.
She was the daughter of
Solomon Stringer (1783-1846) and
Mary
Cherryman (1784-1860). At the time of the 1841 census Jane was 12
years old and living with her parents at White Soans in West Grinstead.
Also part of the household at that time was 86 year old Thomas Cherriman,
who was Jane's maternal grandfather.
Henry and Jane shared great grandparents,
Richard Stringer
(1699-1780) and
Katherine Jenner (1710-1768). They had 7 known
children, 1 of whom was Queen Stringer (1737-1828) who was Henry's
grandmother, another was
Jenner Stringer (1746-?) who was Jane's
grandfather.
The 1851 census records that Henry was a 42 year old married man, although
his wife was not at home on census night. He was then living at
Brookfields in Woodmancote, Sussex, along with his general servant Jane
Stringer who was 22 years old, her/their daughter Mary J.
Stringer aged 2, and 61 year old visitor Mary Stringer who was a
widow.
By 1861 the family had moved to Upper Woodhouse in Billingshurst, Sussex and Henry was then a farmer of 110 acres.
The
family were still living in Billingshurst in 1871 and Henry was an
agricultural labourer. Also with them on census night was 77 year old
married lodger John Rose.
In 1881 they were living at Gossips
Green in Ifield, Sussex and Henry was a farm labourer.
At the time of
the 1891 census Jane was a 62 year old widow and she was a visitor in the
home of
John
Lelliott and his wife
Eleanor Lelliott on Heath Common in Warminghurst, Sussex.
(Eleanor was Jane's sister-in-law.)
In 1901 Jane was living at Gossips
Green and she was a children's nurse. Also with her on census night
were her 13 year old granddaughter, Isabel Dorcas Lilliotte and 8
year old nurse child Dorothy Maude Francis.
Henry Lilliot and Jane
Stringer had 4 known children:
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Mary Jane Stringer was baptised on 7 January 1849 in Woodmancote.
Only her mother's name was recorded in the baptism register and she was
described as a spinster of West Grinstead. She died aged 19 years
and was buried on 8 June 1868 in Billingshurst. The burial register
recorded her name as Mary Jane Lelliott. The 1861 census
records that she was 12 year old Mary J. Lilliott and living
with her parents.
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Henry Lelliott was born on 12 December 1851 in Woodmancote and
baptised there in the parish church on 18 January 1852. The baptism
register records that his father was a farmer. Henry married
Lucy
Nash in 1876. (They have their own page.)
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Dorcas Lelliott was baptised on 8 January 1854 in Woodmancote.
The baptism register records that her father was a farmer. She was 7
years old in 1861. In 1871 she was 17 years old and living with her
parents. She was still living with her parents at the time of the
1881 census and she was then an unmarried 27 year old housemaid. The
1891 census records that she was 37 year old Dorcas Ledbetter
and she was said to be a married housekeeper in the home of 40 year old
widower Henry Osbourne at Southview in Ifield. Also in the
household was 3 year old visitor Isabella Dorcas Ledbetter who had
been born in Plumstead, Kent. By 1901, 47 year old Dorcas was an
unmarried house parlour maid at Summer Lodge in Ifield.
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Peter Lilliott was baptised on 28 September 1862 in Billingshurst.
The baptism register records that his father was a farmer. In 1871
he was an 8 year old scholar. He was an 18 year old grocer's porter
in 1881 and living at home.
As Peter Lelliotte he married Isabella Peters in the
first quarter of 1888 in the Woolwich registration district.
Isabella was born about 1865 in Woolwich.
When the 1891 census was recorded the couple and their young son were
living at 17 Barnet Street in Greenwich and Peter was a police officer
with the Metropolitan Police. By 1901 the family were living at 10
Friern Place in Friern Barnet, Middlesex and Peter was a sergeant with the
Metropolitan Police.
Peter and Isabella had the following known children:
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Peter Henry Lilliotte was born in the fourth quarter of 1889 in
Lewisham, London. Peter Henry was a year old in 1891 and in 1901
Henry was 11 years old.
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Beatrix Mabel Lilliotte was born in the third quarter of 1892 in
Lewisham. Mabel was 8 years old in 1901.
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William Herbert Lilliotte was born in the third quarter of 1894 in
Whetsone, Middlesex. He was 6 years old in 1901.
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Gertrude Ethel Lilliotte was born in the third quarter of 1896 in
Whetstone. In 1901 she was 4 years.
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Mary Ellen Lilliotte was born in the second quarter of 1899 in the
Whetstone. In 1901 she was a year old
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Margaret Edith Lilliotte was born in the second quarter of 1899 in
Whetstone. In 1901 she was a year old.
Peter and Isabella may also have been the parents of the following
children: Florence Jane Lelliotte (1901), Charlotte
Elizabeth Lilliotte (1904) and Phoebe Hester Lilliotte (1908).
