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This is my grandmother and Annie was my great aunt.  Alice also died in CA and I am not sure of her married name.  The missing link is the borther. William John Gill left in England.  It appears he was in a school for troubled boys but what happened to him after that??

Thomas William Gill was baptized with four other siblings (William Henry, Elizabeth, James and Ellen) on the 5 Feb, 1860 at the Emmanuel Parish Church, Weston Super Mare, Somerset. Children of William ( a Coachman) and Maria Gill. The ceremony was performed by J. Cooke.

Emily Jane Gill was baptized on the 19 Dec 1847. Child of William (a Farmer) and Maria Gill.

James Gill was baptized on the 11 Feb 1856. Child of William (a Omnibus Guard) and Maria Gill.

An unnamed child was baptized on the 11 Feb 1861. Child of William ( a Flyman) and Maria Gill.

These are the other siblings, all registered at Axbridge, Somerset.

William John  Sep Qtr., 1879

Alice Maud    Jun Qtr., 1884

Annie Maria   Jun Qtr., 1886

California, Death Index, 1940-1997

Name: Anna Maria Wilfley

[Anna Maria Gill]  

Gender: Female

Birth Date: 21 Mar 1886

Birth Place: Other Country

Death Date: 1 May 1956

Death Place: Los Angeles

Mother's Maiden Name: Clark

Father's Surname: Gill

California, Death Index, 1940-1997

Name: Emma Elizabeth Mitchell

[Emma Elizabeth Gill] 

Social Security #: 567560752

Gender: Female

Birth Date: 5 Nov 1880

Birth Place: Other Country

Death Date: 3 May 1980

Death Place: Contra Costa

Mother's Maiden Name: Clark

Father's Surname: Gill

I erred with the comments that your G. Grandfather was a mariner. He was a mason. Please ignore my comments re Mariner Deaths for a Thomas Gill.

My apologies, as I misread the 1881 Census where Eliza Gill is the wife of a mason not a mariner.

At Ancestry.com:

1851 Census: Wilcox's Cottages, Weston Super Mare, Somerset

William Gill (Head, Married, 28yrs, Fisherman, b. W-S-M, Som); Mary Gill nee Wilcox (Wife, Married, 30yrs, Fisherman's Wife, b. Banwell, Som); Henry (Son, 6yrs, b. W-S-M, Som); Emily (Daug, 4yrs, b. W-S-M, Som);  Thomas (Son, 1yr, b. W-S-M, Som); George Wilcox (Brother-in-L, 23yrs, Mason, b. Banwell, Som).

Source Citation: Class: HO107; Piece: 1936; Folio: 538; Page: 46; GSU roll: 221095.

Thomas also appears as a visitor to the Household of Thomas Wilcox (a Builder, 60yrs, b. Banwell, Som) and family, at 5 Victoria Buildings, Weston Super Mare in 1851.

Source Citation: Class: HO107; Piece: 1936; Folio: 504; Page: 34; GSU roll: 221095.

1861 Census:  6 Wilcox Pl' , Regent Street, Weston Super Mare, Somerset

William Gill (Head, 38yrs, Fly Proprieter, b. W-S-M, Som);  Maria (Wife, 39yrs, b. Banwell, Som);  Thomas (Son, 11yr, b. W-S-M, Som); William (Son, 9yrs, b. W-S-M, Som); Elizabeth (Daug, 7yrs, b. W-S-M, Som); James (Son, 5yrs. b. W-S-M, Som); Ellen (Daug, 3yrs, b. W-S-M, Som); Charles (Son, 10mths, b. W-S-M, Som).

Source Citation: Class: RG 9; Piece: 1673; Folio: 41; Page: 19; GSU roll: 542849.

1871 Census:  Wilcox Place, Weston Super Mare, Somerset

Maria Gill (Widow, 49yrs, Fly Owner b. Banwell, Som);  Thomas (Son, 20yrs, Cab Driver, b. W-S-M, Som); William (Son, 19yrs, Carpenter, b. W-S-M, Som); James (Son, 15yrs. b. W-S-M, Som);  Charles (Son, 10yrs, b. W-S-M, Som),  Elizabeth (Daug, 16yrs, b. W-S-M, Som).

Source Citation: Class: RG10; Piece: 2460; Folio: 48; Page: 18; GSU roll: 835188

I have found Thomas Gill (Married; 30yrs; a Stone Mason; b. Weston Super Mare, Somerset), including a brother James Gill (Unmarried; 23yrs; a Stone Mason; b. Weston Super Mare) on the 1881 Census, lodging in Finchley, Middlesex, at Evers Cottages, High Road, with a John E. Tuck (a Blacksmith) and family.

Source Citation: Class: RG11; Piece: 1371; Folio: 92; Page: 22; GSU roll: 1341333.