George Edwin Hyland (1858)

Born 1858 in Battle, Sussex, England

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Last reference in UK is the 1881 census where he is living on the Old Kent Road in South East London. May have emigrated to the USA - there is an entry on the passenger list of the S S Belgenland which sailed from Bremen to New York in May 1885 for a George Hyland aged 27. He describes himself as a farmer from London, although 'our' George was neither, in fact he was a grocer's assistant originally from Battle in Sussex. However, 'London' and 'farmer' are mutually exclusive; his father James, did work in agriculture for most of his life, and it is very likely that George had learnt about farming from him. Perhaps this was just what he aspired to and he felt he could hold his own on the Prairies.

Furthermore, when my grandmother died, I inherited all the family photos and among them was a late 19th century picture of a young man taken in Brooklyn, NY but unfortunately nobody was able to say who it was. The photograph is quite faded and well-worn, as if it was important to somebody in the family. It was moreover the only picture in the whole collection to be taken outside of England.

Is this George? I think it probably is.

There is some confusion in a number of Ancestry trees with another George Hyland born near Battle (Whatlington) a year or two later and who married a lady called Emma Hawkins. These are obviously not the same person as they both appear separately in the 1871 and 1881 censuses. It turns out however, that this George Hawkins is in fact his cousin once removed.

16/3/14; the 1910 US census lists a George Hyland lodging with a family headed by a William Frey in Hoboken Ward 1, Hudson, New Jersey. He was born in England in 1858 and emigrated in 1884 - this is one year out, but nonetheless very likely that it is the same man. Moreover there were only two people registered in England with the name George Hyland in 1858. The other was born in Kensington, London and in 1911 appears to be resident a couple of miles away in Fulham.

18/10/19 Strangely a George Edward Mepham is baptised in St. Mary's, Battle on 6 June 1858 with no corresponding entry in the general register for that name, so as far as the church is concerned, it seems that they were all still Mephams despite their mother's domestic arrangements.

Sources

• Find My Past;

Hyland George Edwin 1858 England & Wales Births 1837-2006 Battle, Sussex, England

Hyland George 1858 1861 England, Wales & Scotland Census Battle, Sussex, England

Hyland George 1858 1871 England, Wales & Scotland Census Battle, Sussex, England

Hyland George 1858 1881 England, Wales & Scotland Census St George the Martyr Southwark, St Saviour Southwark, London & Surrey, England

Name: Georg Hyland Arrival Date: 9 May 1885 Birth Date: abt 1858 Age: 27 Gender: Male Ethnicity/ Nationality: English;British (English) Place of Origin: England;London Port of Departure: Antwerp, Belgium and Bremen, Germany Destination: New York Port of Arrival: New York, New York Ship Name: Belgenland Search Ship Database: Search for the Belgenland in the 'Passenger Ships and Images' database

Source Citation Year: 1885; Arrival: New York, New York; Microfilm Serial: M237, 1820-1897; Microfilm Roll: Roll 485; Line: 6; List Number: 524

Source Information Ancestry.com. New York, Passenger and Crew Lists (including Castle Garden and Ellis Island), 1820-1957 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010.

Original data:

Passenger Lists of Vessels Arriving at New York, New York, 1820-1897. Microfilm Publication M237, 675 rolls. NAI: 6256867. Records of the U.S. Customs Service, Record Group 36. National Archives at Washington, D.C.

Passenger and Crew Lists of Vessels Arriving at New York, New York, 1897-1957. Microfilm Publication T715, 8892 rolls. NAI: 300346. Records of the Immigration and Naturalization Service; National Archives at Washington, D.C.

Supplemental Manifests of Alien Passengers and Crew Members Who Arrived on Vessels at New York, New York, Who Were Inspected for Admission, and Related Index, compiled 1887-1952. Microfilm Publication A3461, 21 rolls. NAI: 3887372. RG 85, Records of the Immigration and Naturalization Service, 1787-2004; Records of the Immigration and Naturalization Service; National Archives, Washington, D.C.

Index to Alien Crewmen Who Were Discharged or Who Deserted at New York, New York, May 1917-Nov. 1957. Microfilm Publication A3417. NAI: 4497925. National Archives at Washington, D.C.

Passenger Lists, 1962-1972, and Crew Lists, 1943-1972, of Vessels Arriving at Oswego, New York. Microfilm Publication A3426. NAI: 4441521. National Archives at Washington, D.C.

Name: George Hyland Age in 1910: 52 Birth Year: abt 1858 Birthplace: England Home in 1910: Hoboken Ward 1, Hudson, New Jersey Street: Garden Street Race: White Gender: Male Immigration Year: 1884 [1894] Relation to Head of House: Lodger Marital status: Single Father's Birthplace: England Mother's Birthplace: England Native Tongue: English Occupation: Freighter Industry: SS Docks Employer, Employee or Other: Wage Earner Naturalization Status: Alien Able to Read: Yes Able to Write: Yes Out of Work: N Number of weeks out of work: 0 Neighbors: View others on page

Source Citation Year: 1910; Census Place: Hoboken Ward 1, Hudson, New Jersey; Roll: T624_887; Page: 11B; Enumeration District: 0046; FHL microfilm: 1374900

Source Information Ancestry.com. 1910 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006.

Original data: Thirteenth Census of the United States, 1910 (NARA microfilm publication T624, 1,178 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C. For details on the contents of the film numbers, visit the following NARA web page: NARA.

• George Edwin Hyland, FamilySearch profile

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