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HORRY, William Henry
1870 - 1947 (76 years) Has 13 ancestors and 3 descendants in this family tree.
1841 - 1923 (82 years)-
Name HORRY, William Henry Birth 24 May 1870 Shoreditch Registration District, London 
Gender Male Death 1947 Nottingham Registration District, Nottinghamshire Person ID I8061 Edgoose Last Modified 27 Jan 2026
Father HORRY, James Seaton, b. 1844, Navenby, Lincolnshire, England d. 1880, Lambeth, Greater London, England (Age 36 years) Relationship natural Mother HARMSTON, Mary Ann, b. 1841, Billingborough, Lincolnshire d. 1923, Nottingham Registration District, Nottinghamshire (Age 82 years) Relationship natural Marriage 1866 Islington Registration District, London Family ID F2906 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family STONE, Ellen, b. 30 Jun 1870, South Lambeth, London, England d. 1940, Nottingham Registration District, Nottinghamshire (Age 69 years) Marriage 1903 Nottingham Registration District, Nottinghamshire Children 1. HORRY, Doris Mary, b. 14 Jul 1904, Nottingham Registration District, Nottinghamshire d. 1993, Basford, Nottinghamshire, England (Age 88 years)2. HORRY, Sidney James, b. 1907, Woolwich, London, England d. 1969, Nottingham Registration District, Nottinghamshire (Age 62 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]3. HORRY, Edna Ellen, b. 2 Aug 1910, Nottingham Registration District, Nottinghamshire d. 1991, Nottingham Registration District, Nottinghamshire (Age 80 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]Family ID F2911 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 27 Jan 2026
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WILLIAM HENRY HORRY 1870-1947
The birth of William Henry HORRY was registered in 1870. The 1939 register records the date of his birth as 24 May 1870.
(GRO June Q 1870 Shoreditch 1c 168)
From the 1871 census of 89 Nichols Square, St. Leonard, Shoreditch, London:
James HORRY, head, married, aged 27, cabinet maker, born at Navenby, Lincolnshire;
Mary A. HORRY, wife, married, aged 29, born at Billingborough, Lincolnshire;
*William H. HORRY, son, aged 10 months, born at Shoreditch, Middlesex.
(RG10/464/20/34)
The 1881 census of 1 Wilford Street, Nottingham St. Mary, Nottinghamshire:
Mary A. HORRY, head, widow, aged 40, grocer & provision dealer, born at Billingborough Nth, NK;
*William F. (sic) HORRY, son, aged 10, scholar, born in London;
Elizabeth F. (sic) HORRY, daughter, aged 6, scholar, born in London;
Alfred HORRY, son, aged 4, scholar, born in London;
Ernest Edward HORRY, aged 1, born in London;
Sarah BLACKSHAW, boarder, unmarried, aged 28, dressmaker, born at Navenby, Lincolnshire;
William H. BROWN, boarder, unmarried, aged 19, groom, born at Town, Canada;
Harriett MURDEN, visitor, unmarried, aged 16, cigar maker, born at Nottingham, Nottinghamshire.
(RG11/3365/36/1)
From the 1891 census of 17 Wilsons Yard, Nottingham St. Mary, Nottinghamshire:
Mary Ann HORRY, head, widow, aged 47, charwoman, born at Billingborough, Lincolnshire;
*William H. HORRY, son, single, aged 20, lace dresser, born in London;
Elizabeth HORRY, daughter, single, aged 16, born in London;
Alfred HORRY, son, single, aged 14, born n London.
(RG12/2700/62/18)
From the 1901 census of 23 Duke Street, Liverpool, Lancashire:
*John HORRY, boarder, single, aged 32, sea sailor mercantile, born London.
(RG13/3420/9/10)
The marriage between William Henry HORRY and Ellen STONE was registered in in 1903.
(GRO December Q 1903 Nottingham 7b 513)
The 1911 census of 32 Peas Hill Rise, Peas Hill Road, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire:
Mary Ann HORRY, head, widow, aged 69, married 12 years, 8 children, 4 living, charwoman, born at Billingborough, Lincolnshire;
*William Henry HORRY, son, aged 40, married, printer's reader, born at South Lambeth;
Ellen HORRY, wife, married 7 years, 3 children all living, born at South Lambeth;
Doris Mary HORRY, daughter, aged 6, at school, born in Nottingham;
Sidney James HORRY, son, aged 5, at school, born in Nottingham;
Edna Ellen HORRY, daughter, aged 8 months, born in Nottingham;
Ernest Edward HORRY, son, single, aged 31, poultry man, born in South Lambeth;
William Henry WING, boarder, single, aged 26, born at Woolsthorpe, Lincolnshire.
(RG14PN20558 RG78PN1230 RD430 SD3 ED18 SN234)
The 1939 register of 32 Peas Hill Road, Nottingham C.B., Nottinghamshire:
*William N. (sic) HORRY, born 24 May 1870, married, old age pensioner;
Ellen HORRY, born 30 June 1870, married, old age pensioner;
William T. RUDKIN, born 5 January 1900, married, tea blender heavy worker;
Edna E. RUDKIN, born 2 August 1910, married, housewife;
2 Closed Records
(RG101/6197J/022/32)
The death of William Henry HORRY aged 76 was registered in 1947.
(GROJune Q 1947 Nottingham 3c 369)
(revised 26.03.2016)