Millicent Helen Hoyle (1867 - 1887)

Born 1 Apr 1867 in Halliwell, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom

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Died 3 Feb 1887 at age 19 in Luton, Bedfordshire, England, United Kingdom

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Biography

Millicent was born on 1 April 1867. She is the daughter of William Hoyle and Ellen Knibbs..^[1] Her birth was registered in Halliwell, Lancashire, England. On 5 May 1867 she was baptised in St Sampson's Church, York, close to the home of her grandparents.^[2]

In 1871 Millicent was living with her parents and younger brother at 55 Church Street, Little Bolton, Bolton, Lancashire, England.^[3]. The Census Returns records her as four years-old.

Her brother Robert was born in 1873 and Francis was born in 1876.

By 1881, her father, William was a teacher at Birch Green School, Hertingfordbury, Hertford, Hertfordshire, England. He was living there with his wife and four children at the time of the Census in April 1881.^[4]. Millicent was 14 years-old and was described as a "scholar".

By 1886 she had moved with her family to Luton, Bedfordshire. She was recorded as an Assistant Teacher at the Old Bedford Road Board School, Luton, when it was inspected in 1886.^[5]

On 3 February 1887, she died at the family home in Cardiff Road, Luton, at the age of 19 years.^[6]. A notice in a Yorkshire newspaper noted: "HOYLE. - February 3rd, Millicent Helen, only daughter of Mr William Hoyle, School Board clerk and assistant inspector, Luton, and granddaughter of Mr. William Hoyle, china dealer, of York, aged 19."^[7]

Sources

1. ↑ (1) “Civil Registration Birth Index, 1837 - 2019,” April - June 1867, Bolton, Vol.8c, Page 259, General Register Office, Digital scan, https://www.gro.gov.uk/gro/content/certificates/indexes_search.asp#Results. GRO Register identifies mother’s maiden name as Knibbs. FreeBMD: https://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/information.pl?cite=CoppIEbV0D3SyFmUfOMF%2Bw&scan=1. (2) “1871 England Census:Household of William Hoyle,” Church Street, Little Bolton, Bolton, Lancashire, England, 2 April 1871, Digital scan, The National Archives; Kew, London, England; 1871 England Census; Class: RG10; Piece: 3936; Folio: 155; Page: 38; Schedule: 225, FindMyPast.co.uk, 1871 England, Wales & Scotland Census [Database, online], 2 October 2021.
2. ↑ “Register of Baptisms in the Parish of St Sampson in the County of York,” 5 May 1867, St Sampson, York, Borthwick Institute for Archives, PR Y-SAM -5, Page 166, Digital scan, Findmypast.org.uk, Parish Baptisms, [Database, online]. Entry reads: No. 1324. 1867 May 5th, Millicent Helen, Parents: William and Helen Hoyle. St Sampson Square, School Master. W.A. Wightman, Off. Minister". A handwritten note in the margin reads: Born April 1st".
3. ↑ “1871 England Census:Household of William Hoyle,” Church Street, Little Bolton, Bolton, Lancashire, England, 2 April 1871, Digital scan, The National Archives; Kew, London, England; 1871 England Census; Class: RG10; Piece: 3936; Folio: 155; Page: 38; Schedule: 225, FindMyPast.co.uk, 1871 England, Wales & Scotland Census [Database, online], 2 October 2021.
4. ↑ “1881 England, Wales & Scotland Census: Household of William Hoyle,” Birch Green School, Hertingfordbury, Hertford, Hertfordshire, England, 3 April 1881, RG11, Piece 1424, Folio 60, Page 33, Schedule 148, Digital scan, Findmypast.co.uk, [Database, online], 3 October 2021.
5. ↑ “Old Bedford Road Board School Log Book,” 1886, Luton, Bedfordshire, Bedfordshire & Luton Archive Services, L/11/2/54/(1), Digital scan, Findmypast.co.uk, National School Admission Registers & Log-Books 1870-1914 [Database, online].
6. ↑ (1) “Civil Registration Death Index, 1837-2006,” January - March 1887, Luton, Vol. 3b, Page 283, Digital scan, Freebmd.org.uk, [Database, online], https://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/information.pl?cite=eRu3fh5ME9ADsI8raVA%2BHw&scan=1. (2) 1875. “Deaths,” Luton Reporter and Beds. and Herts. News, 5 February 1887, 8, Digital scan, Findmypast.co.uk and The British Newspaper Archive. "Feb. 3, at Cardiff-road, Luton, Millicent Helen, only daughter of Mr. William Hoyle, aged 19 years."
7. ↑ “Deaths,” Richmond and Ripon Chronicle, York, 12 February 1887, 8, Digital scan, Findmypast.co.uk and The British Newspaper Archive.