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William Edwin
Gillard jr
Father William Edwin Gillard sr
Mother Hester Humphries
William was born on 21 september
1870 at 27 John St, Bristol. On the 1891 census he lived at 26
John St with his widowed mother and brothers & sisters. He
was employed as a stationary engine driver. He later moved to the
village of Slaughterford in Wiltshire to work as a stoker in the
paper mill and according to his obituary in the local paper he
worked 40 years without a day's sickness. He married Florence
Drew in Bristol 1893 and the family lived at Brook cottage in
Slaughterford. Their children were :
- William George
Dallaway Gillard b. 1894 at Brookside cottage,
Slaughterford d. 3 march 1951 m. Annie
- Florence Hester
Dallaway Gillard (Ciss) b. 4 nov 1896 at
Brookside cottage, Slaughterford d. 1989 m. Henry Thomas
Jackson
- Rosalind May Gillard
b. 1900 at Brookside cottage, Slaughterford d. 1962 m.
William Woodman
- Elsie Louise Gillard
b. 1900 at Brookside cottage, Slaughterford d. 1981 m.
Roland Woodman
- Frederick Earnest
Gillard b. 1902 at Brookside cottage,
Slaughterford d. 25 Jan 1985 m. Rosina Annie
- Violet Gillard b.
1903 at Brookside cottage, Slaughterford d. 1965 m. Frank
Hand
- Amy Gertrude Gillard
b. 1904 at Brookside cottage, Slaughterford d. 2001 m.
Reginald Earl
- Living b.
1909 at Brookside cottage, Slaughterford m. Gwen
Whitehead
- Walter Henry Gillard
b. 1914 at Brookside cottage, Slaughterford d. 30 mar
1915
William died on 2 march 1940 and
Florence on 20 Apr 1940. They are both buried in the village
churchyard at Slaughterford.