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BUTCHER, Lily Emily
1878 - 1959 (81 years) Has 15 ancestors and 5 descendants in this family tree.
1841 - 1911 (70 years)-
Name BUTCHER, Lily Emily Birth 1878 Petersfield, Hampshire, England 
Gender Female Death 1959 Midhurst, Sussex, England Person ID I2793 Edgoose Last Modified 1 Feb 2026
Father BUTCHER, George, b. 6 Jul 1841, Martock, Somerset, England d. 25 Jul 1911, Farnborough, Hampshire (Age 70 years) Mother COOPER, Ellen, b. 19 Jun 1840, Kirdford, Sussex, England d. 8 Mar 1917, Farnborough, Hampshire (Age 76 years) Marriage 31 Jul 1865 Old Church, St. Pancras, Middlesex Family ID F609 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family GILMORE, John Herbert, b. 1872, Upper Clapton, London, England d. 1925, Farnham Registration District, Surrey (Age 53 years) Marriage 1901 Hartley Wintney Registration District, Hampshire Children 1. GILMORE, Lily Ellen, b. 1902, Hartley Wintney Registration District, Hampshire d. 1906, Farnham Registration District, Surrey (Age 4 years)2. GILMORE, Agnes, b. 1905, Aldershot, Hampshire, England d. 1972, Surrey South Western Registration District, Surrey (Age 67 years)3. GILMORE, John Ernest, b. 1907, Aldershot, Hampshire, England d. 1982, Surrey Mid Eastern Registration District, Surrey (Age 75 years)4. GILMORE, Charles G., b. 1910, Aldershot, Hampshire, England d. 7 Nov 1941, Active Service In World War 2 (Age 31 years)5. GILMORE, Walter J., b. 1918, Farnham Registration District, Surrey d. 8 Apr 1943, Active Service In World War 2 (Age 25 years)Family ID F1410 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 27 Jan 2026
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LILLIE EMILY BUTCHER 1878-1959
The birth of Lillie Emily BUTCHER was registered in 1878.
(GRO September 1878 Petersfield 2c 152)
She is listed in the 1881 census returns at The Square, Petersfield, Hampshire:
George BUTCHER, head, aged 39, a licensed victualler, born at Martock, Somerset;
Ellen BUTCHER, wife, aged 40, born at Kirdford, Sussex;
Agnes E. BUTCHER, daughter, aged 11, scholar, born at Petersfield;
Harriet BUTCHER, daughter, aged 8, scholar, born at Petersfield;
Ada L. BUTCHER, daughter, aged 6, scholar, born at Petersfield;
*Lilley E. BUTCHER, daughter, aged 2, born at Petersfield.
There were also six unmarried lodgers:
Thomas HALPIN, aged 55, born in Ireland, a bricklayer's labourer;
William F. CHAPMAN, aged 28, born at Hatcham, Kent, a painter;
Thomas LLOYD, aged 20, born at Glamorgan in Wales, a carpenter;
Robert SMITH, aged 59, born at Swaffham, Norfolk, a painter;
John SEWARD, aged 38, born at Godmanchester, Huntingdonshire, a blacksmith;
James WILLIAMS, aged 30, born at Chichester, Sussex, a general labourer.
(RG11/1240/60/4)
By 1891 the family had moved to the Bricklayer's Arms, Selborne, Hampshire:
George BUTCHER, head, aged 50, licensed victualler, born Martock, Somerset;
Ellen BUTCHER, wife, aged 50, born at Kirdford, Sussex;
Agnes E. BUTCHER, daughter, aged 21, born at Petersfield;
*Lilly E. BUTCHER, daughter, aged 12, born at Petersfield;
Flora E. BUTCHER, daughter, aged 9, born at Petersfield;
Mabel M. BUTCHER, daughter, aged 7, born at Petersfield.
(RG12/951/95/14)
The 1901 census returns for Peabody Road, Farnborough, Hampshire:
George BUTCHER, head, aged 58, baker, confectioner, shopkeeper on own account, born at Taunton, Somerset;
Ellen BUTCHER, wife, aged 60, born Petersfield, Hampshire;
*Lillie BUTCHER, daughter, aged 22, born at Petersfield;
Mabel BUTCHER, daughter, aged 17, born at Petersield;
John GILMORE, visitor, aged 28, unmarried, private soldier born in Upper Clapton, London; William ABBOT, boarder, a 50 year old widowed general shoe and boot maker born at Portsmouth, Hampshire.
(RG13/1103/79/6)
The marriage between John Herbert GILMORE and Lily Emily BUTCHER was registered in 1901.
(GRO June Q 1901 Hartley W. 2c 392)
The 1911 census of 154 Victoria Road, Aldershot, Hampshire:
John Herbert GILMORE, head, aged 38, sugar confectionary dealer, born in Upper Clapton, London;
*Lily Emily GILMORE, wife, married 9 years, aged 32, assisting in business, born at Petersfield, Hampshire;
Agnes GILMORE, daughter, aged 5, school, born at Aldershot, Hampshire;
John Ernest GILMORE, son, aged 3, born at Aldershot, Hampshire;
Charles GILMORE, son, aged 7 months, born at Aldershot, Hampshire.
(RG14PN3110 RG78PN113 RD34 SD2 ED1 SN204)
The birth of their daughter Lily Ellen GILMORE was registered in 1902.
(GRO March 1902 Hartley Wintney 2c 199)
According to her niece Brenda May EDGOOSE (nee TURNER) she kept a confectionery shop.
The death of a Lily E. GILMORE aged 81 was registered in 1959.
(GRO September Q 1959 Midhurst 5h 515)
(revised 19.08.2011)