Person:William Horton (73)

William Horton was born in 1873 at Great Wymondley in Hertfordshire, son of a straw plaiter named Hannah Horton, formerly Moles, and her husband Frederick Horton, an agricultural labourer. William appears in the 1881 census living with his parents and siblings at Great Wymondley. It appears that William died as a boy of just eight years old in 1882.

1. ↑ Births index, in General Register Office. England and Wales Civil Registration. (London: General Register Office).

   b. William HORTON, December Quarter 1873, Hitchin Registration District, Vol. 3a, page 322

2. ↑ England. 1881 Census Schedules for England and Wales, Isle of Man and the Channel Islands: . (
   Kew, Richmond, Greater London TW9 4DU, United Kingdom:
   The National Archives (abbreviated TNA), formerly the UK General Register Office.)
   Class RG11; Piece 1417; Folio 120; Page 2, 3 Apr 1881.

   Address	Great Wymondley, Hertfordshire
   Name	Relation to head	Marital status	Sex	Age	Implied birthdate	Occupation	Birthplace
   Frederick Horton	head	married	male	30	1850/1	Ag Lab	Wymondley, Hertfordshire
   Hannah Horton	wife	married	female	32	1848/9	Straw Plaiter	Willian, Hertfordshire
   William Horton	son	single	male	7	1873/4	Scholar	Great Wymondley, Hertfordshire
   Hannah Horton	daughter	single	female	5	1875/6	Scholar	Great Wymondley, Hertfordshire
   Frederick Horton	son	single	male	3	1877/8		Great Wymondley, Hertfordshire

3. ↑ Deaths index, in General Register Office. England and Wales Civil Registration. (London: General Register Office).

   d. William HORTON, June Quarter 1882, Hitchin Registration District, Vol. 3a, page 456, aged 8 [1873/4]