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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 :

  1. William George Dallaway Gillard b. 1894 at Brookside cottage, Slaughterford d. 3 march 1951 m. Annie
  2. Florence Hester Dallaway Gillard (Ciss) b. 4 nov 1896 at Brookside cottage, Slaughterford d. 1989 m. Henry Thomas Jackson
  3. Rosalind May Gillard b. 1900 at Brookside cottage, Slaughterford d. 1962 m. William Woodman
  4. Elsie Louise Gillard b. 1900 at Brookside cottage, Slaughterford d. 1981 m. Roland Woodman
  5. Frederick Earnest Gillard b. 1902 at Brookside cottage, Slaughterford d. 25 Jan 1985 m. Rosina Annie
  6. Violet Gillard b. 1903 at Brookside cottage, Slaughterford d. 1965 m. Frank Hand
  7. Amy Gertrude Gillard b. 1904 at Brookside cottage, Slaughterford d. 2001 m. Reginald Earl
  8. Living b. 1909 at Brookside cottage, Slaughterford m. Gwen Whitehead
  9. 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.