Henry Thrale

Henry was the youngest son of George Gill and Ann Thrale (née Thompson). George Thrale was born in Huddersfield, Yorkshire, in about 1848 and his wife Ann in Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, in about 1849. They were married at Nottingham St Saviour in 1869 and had four children, one of whom died in infancy: Mary Ellen birth registered 1870 (J/F/M), William birth registered 1871 (J/F/M) d. 1871, Robert b. 1872 and Henry b. 3 April 1877. In 1871 George, a stonemason, Ann and their two children Mary and William (3m) were in lodgings in Nottingham. The family had moved to 13 Abbey Street, Lenton, by 1881 and then to 14 Abbey Street by 1891. George and Ann were still at 14 Abbey Street in 1901 but only Mary, who was employed at a leather works, and Henry (23), a stonemason, were still living at home. Robert had married Elizabeth Bilbie in 1895 and they and their sons, Robert b. 1896 and Claude b. 1898, were living at 140 Willoughby Street, Nottingham. Also in the household were Elizabeth's widowed father, William Bilbie, a timekeeper, and her brother Frank (21) a labourer (tan yard). Henry married Lillian Gilbert in 1904 and they had two sons, George Gilbert (b. 1904) and Albert (b. 1907). In 1911 they lived at 29 Johnson Road, Lenton, with Henry's parents and his sister Mary Ellen, a cigar maker. Also in the home was Ann's niece, Amy Thompson, a hosiery worker. Both George and Ann died in 1911, George's death was registered in the third quarter of the year and Ann's in the fourth quarter. Some time after 1911 Henry moved to Canada, but no record has yet been found of when he left the UK. His wife Lillian and their children were living at 58 Salisbury Street, Nottingham, when he attested in Canada in September 1916. According to the Electoral Roll, Lillian was still living at the same address in 1921. Lillian has not yet been traced after 1921 and there is some evidence that both she and her son Albert may have emigrated to Canada. However, the marriage of her son George Gilbert to Florence Atherley was recorded in the Nottingham registration district in 1926 and they appear on electoral rolls in Liverpool, Lancashire, in the late 1920s/1930. The births of two children were registered in Lancashire in 1927 (Liverpool) and 1933 (Manchester South).