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This is my family.  I have found out this much just recently.  I don't know about Eliza's husband because in the 1881 census there is no man listed and the other two daughters were born after 1881.,  She supposely left the son William in England but never kept up with him,  Did he survive and are there are relatives left if he did?

Congresbury History Group used to have a publication called 'Congresbury Pubs and Inns', now out of print but I think Weston super Mare library used to have a copy.  May be worth searching for?

Stephanie

If that is all you know I can understand why you need help!   A few more details such as the names of the daughters and possible ages would have been helpful.  This may not be your family but is just a possibility.

There was an Eliza GILL who was living in Weston-super-Mare in 1881 with a son, William J GILL born in Weston in 1879, and a daughter, Emily E GILL born in 1881.  Eliza GILL was born in Compton Bishop in about 1850 and she describes herself as the wife of a mason.

On the 1891 census she appears in Axbridge Workhouse with 3 young girls,  Emily GILL, aged 10, Alice 7 and Annie GILL aged 5.

In the the records for Axbridge Workhouse it shows that Eliza GILL and her 3 daughters were admitted initially on March 16th 1891 but left again the same day.  They were all readmitted on the 24th March 1891 which is how they come to appear on the 1891 census.  Unfortunately I haven't got the discharge entries for later that year so I can't tell you when they left but that should be available from Somerset Archive Centre in Taunton.

Mrs E GILL and the three girls sailed to New York on  board the Gallia on the 10th Dec 1892 from Liverpool.  Do you have a marriage date for Eliza ?

This seems to fit your family but doesn't answer any questions about relatives of this family -  However, you might be able to trace their father from Baptismal records - if William J GILL was born in 1879 in Weston-super-Mare, you might find him on later censuses.

Good Luck with this one!

I'm puzzled about this marriage.  An Isaac LANEY s/o Isaac LANEY, of the same age, christened in Locking, 21 April 1816 married a Sophia HAMBLING 27th Feb 1837 at St Mary Redcliffe, Bristol.  This marriage has been wrongly transcribed as Isaac Laney LOCKING on Familysearch. They appear on censuses together upto and including 1871.  They were both buried in Banwell - Isaac in 1877 and Sophia in 1893.

Isaac had several brothers - I wonder whether there has been a mistake in this transcription as well or perhaps the original is wrong.  This does really seem to be a case for looking at the original entry which can be seen in Bristol Record Office to see whether he signed his name or made a mark.

Have you found an Isaac & Mary LANEY on the 1871 census?   I follow your reasoning about Mary PORTER née PITTS.

Looking for relatives of William Gill whose family left him in England and they went to America in 1890's.

Hi Edward. I accept that all of the evidence suggests a birth in 1846. However, I still think that, due to some oversight, the birth might not have been registered then. Perhaps the later birth/registration of his brother might have prompted the parents into taking action. Perhaps not. But if it were me I'd have to obtain the 1849 certificate - just to be sure!

Dave Erasmus