Immediate Ancestors of Alfred Charles Hill

1. Alfred Charles Hill was the youngest issue of Claude Absalom Hill and Emily Grace Coe and was born on February 9th 1915 at Fulham and died on September 14th 1992 at West Middlesex Hospital aged 77.

2. Claude Absalom Hill was the only issue of William Thomas Hill (Widower) and Mary Ann Cowper (Widow) and was born in 1885 at St Savior, Southwark and died on January 2nd 1968 at West Middlesex Hospital aged 83.

Claude married Emily Grace Brown (nee Coe) during September Quarter 1912 at Fulham.
Known children from this marriage were: William Claude, Walter Robert, Sidney, Blanche & Alfred Charles
Claude next married M J (Cissy) Maundrell.

3. Emily Grace Coe, the daughter of Alfred Coe (1846-1891, Newmarket) & Ann Copsey (1850-, Horringer, Suffolk), was born circa 1876 at Market Harborough and died in 1927 at Fulham at age 52.

Emily first married George Brown (1875-, Fulham) during 1896 at St Pancras.
Known children from this marriage were: Alfred, Arthur, George, John & Lena [Selina?].
Emily second married Claude Absalom Hill in Sep 1912 at Fulham.

4. William Thomas Hill, the son of William Thomas Hill (1816-1874, Middlesex) and Harriott Dolphin (1811-1844, St. Marylebone), was born in 1844 at Bethnel Green, London.

William first married Elizabeth Isabella Frances Curtis (1846-1882) daughter of Henry Curtis (1808-1895, Westminster) and Elizabeth Bennett (1817-, Southwark), during December Quarter 1864 at Lambeth, Surrey.
Known children from this marriage were: William, George, Archibald, Frederick, & Amelia.
William second married Mary Ann Absalom (nee Cowper) on August 12th 1883 at the Parish Church, Kennington.
The child from this marriage was: Claude Absalom.

5. Mary Ann Cowper was the daughter of John Cowper (1817-1861, Wellingborough) and Maria Beeby (1816-, Wellingborough) and was born in 1843 at Wellingborough, Northamptonshire.

Mary first married George Alfred Absalom (1834-1881, Shoreditch), son of James Absalom (1792-1860, Lambeth) and Catherine Manton (1800-, Islington).
Known children from this marriage were: George Alfred, Lillian Catherine, Arthur Edward, Jessie Gertrude, Earnest Charles, William Henry, Sidney Herbert & Albert Stanley.
Mary next married William Thomas Hill on August 12th 1883 at the Parish Church, Kennington.
The child from this marriage was: Claude Absalom.

Note: The COWPER families from Wellingborough are very well researched and the ancestry has been traced back to the 16th Century.  They were steeped in the tradition of boot & shoe making (John COWPER was a Clicker) and are a mix of prominent people who traveled widely during the 19th Century (see Cowper Forum).

Equally researched are the COPSEY families that were mainly settled at East Anglia.