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William Edwin Gillard (Sr)

 

Back row l-r George, Ciss, Laura, Fred

middle l-r Maud, Hester (mother), William Edwin jnr

front Samuel

about 1910

   

 

William Edwin Gillard (Sr)

Father Edwin Moses Gillard

Mother Louisa Dye

Born 10th March 1848 at 3 Passage Street, Castle Precincts, Bristol. William lived with his family at 30 Alfred St, Bristol, from 1851. On the 1851 census he was a scholar and on the 1861 census an assistant at cottonworks. He married Hester Humphries on June 5 th 1870 at St James, Bristol and his occupation then was butcher .They lived at 26 John street, St Philllips, Bristol .William died on 12 jan 1889 of cancer. His occupation then was machine hand in wagon works and he also ran a greengrocers shop with Hester.Their children were :

  1. William Edwin Gillard jr b 21 st sept 1870
  2. Frederick John Gillard b. 1873 d. 1875
  3. Celia Elizabeth Gillard b. 1874 d. 1875
  4. Frederick Gillard b 1876 d. 1877
  5. Maud Elizabeth Gillard b. 1878
  6. James Gillard b. 1879 d. 1879
  7. Laura Hester Gillard b. 1880

    Laura was born 1880 in Bristol. On the 1901 census she lived at the family home/grocers shop 26 John St Bristol and she worked as a paper box maker. She married Albert Earnest Arbury in Bristol 1901. Albert was a sapper in the First World war and he died in France 4 june 1917 . Laura lived at 2 Brittania Rd, Easton, Bristol. Their children were :

    1. Albert Earnest Arbury b. 1902 d. 28 nov 1905
    2. Augusta (Gussie) Arbury b. 1905 m. Charles W. Harris in Bristol 1935
    3. Dora May Arbury b. 1908 m. Frederick H Palmer in Bristol 1934. Their children were Anne C Palmer b. 1937
  8. Fred Gillard b. 1882 d. 1942 m. Esther Elizabeth Porter 1908 in Bristol. Their children were :
    1. Gilbert Dallaway Gillard b. 1914 m Joyce Gunning in Bristol 1942. Their children were Alan Gillard born 1945.
  9. George Gillard b. 1884 m. Florence Polly Colenso on July 22 1906 in Bristol. Their children were :
    1. William J Gillard b. 1913
  10. Hester Dallaway Gillard (Ciss) b. 1885

    Ciss was born 1885 in Bristol. On the 1901 census she lived at the family home /grocers shop 26 John St, Bristol and she worked as a tailoress machinist. She married Herbert J Dyer in 1911 and died 29/5/1972. Their children were :

    1. William Herbert James Dyer b. 1912 d. 1961 m. Edna M Pethebridge
    2. Winnifred Mary Dyer b. 1915 d. 1995 m. Graham Roy Cowles
  11. Samuel Edwin Dallaway Gillard b. 1887

    Samuel was born 5 may 1887 in Bristol . On the 1901 census he was working as an errand boy and in later life he worked as a commercial model maker. He married Ada Selina Stoker on 8 October 1911. Samuel died in 1978. Their children were

    1. Harold Edwin Gillard b. 11 nov 1913 m. Millicent Grace Quick 1937 in Bristol
    2. Living m. William Frederick Coleman 1943.
  12. Henry John Dallaway Gillard b. 1889 d. 1890

Hester Gillard died on Jan 1 1925 at 15 Anstey St, Easton Bristol and was buried in Greenbank cemetery Bristol.