William Boot

William was the son of William and Ann Boot (Ann Allsop Else). Both his parents were born in Sutton-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire, William in about 1859 and Ann Allsop Else (Allsop) in 1863. They were married in April 1882 at St Mary Magdalene, Sutton-in-Ashfield, and had four children three of whom survived infancy. Their surviving children were Albert Eddlestone (also Helstone) b. Sutton-in-Ashfield 1883 bap. July 1883 St Mary Magdalene, William b. Hull (Sculcoates) 26 February 1885 bap. 15 March 1885 All Saints Sculcoates, and Herbert b. Hull (Sculcoates) 1889 bap. October 1889 All Saints. In 1891 William, a labourer at a gas works, and Ann were living at Amy Crescent, Sculcoates, Kingston-upon-Hull, with two of their three sons William and Herbert. Their eldest son Albert was living at New Cross, Sutton-in-Ashfield, with his maternal grandfather, Sampson Allsop, his wife Elizabeth and son Ted. Ann Boot died in 1893 (reg. Sulcoates). In 1901, the widowed William, a stationary engine driver, and two of his sons Albert a labourer at a flour mill, and Herbert, were living at 3 Durham Grove, Sculcoates. Also in the household was Phoebe E Marriott, married (John Henry Marriott), who was William's housekeeper, and her daughter Hilda (b. 1893). Hilda was the only one of Phoebe's five children to have survived infancy/childhood. At the time of the 1901 Census, William's second son William was living with his widowed paternal grandmother, Harriet Boot and her son Charles at 29 Brook Street, Sutton-in-Ashfield. William was working as a bricklayer's labourer. William snr. was still living in Sculcoates in 1911 with his son Herbert a tap refiner. Also in the household was the now widowed Phoebe Marriott, housekeeper, and also her daughter Hilda whose occupation was given as domestic duties and, like her mother, described as a servant. William and Phoebe were married in 1911 (A/M/J Sculcoates). Hilda Marriott married John William Rippingale at St Mary Sculcoates in 1913. Her stepfather, William Boot, was one of the witnesses. Phoebe Boot died in 1925 (reg. Sculcoates) and William Boot died in 1931 (reg. Sculcoates) aged 72. William jnr. married Miriam Martha Taylor in 1908 (A/M/J Sculcoates); Miriam (b. Sculcoates 1884) was the daughter of Mark and Catherine Taylor. Their only child, Albert Holborn, was born in Sutton-in-Ashfield in 1908. In 1911 the family was living on Station Street, Sutton-in-Ashfield. William was an engine fitter at a hosiery factory. William's widow and son returned to Hull after William's death and were living on Day Street, when she was awarded a widow's pension although a record of Naval casualties gave Miriam's Boot's address as Hessle Road. Miriam married Thomas William Hoggarth in 1923 and in 1939 at the time of the England & Wales Register they were living on Hessle High Road, Kingston-upon-Hull. Miriam died in 1943. William's son Albert married Marjorie Evans (b. 1906) in 1935 and in 1939 they were living in Kingston-upon-Hull. Albert died in Hull in 1985.