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Wexford / Re: Henry HILL, Wexford
« on: Monday 09 August 10 02:54 BST (UK)  »
Thanks for all the info. Wow! Now you've got me thinking, will ask Mam next time I phone her. I think Great-Aunt Susan died in 1960s. She had a farm outside Ballycanew somewhere.

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Wexford / Re: Henry HILL, Wexford
« on: Sunday 08 August 10 13:17 BST (UK)  »
This is great, but weird because I have the exact same photograph of shop. Thank you anyway.
 My grandfather Henry Hill married a frances Bolton, not sure when, I think she was 18 years younger than he. I know he was still single at 33 yrs old. There was mention of a Susan, I thought that was granddads sister though. I shall keep digging!

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Wexford / Re: FORTUNES of ballycanew
« on: Sunday 08 August 10 08:28 BST (UK)  »
I remember Fortunes very well. I was born in Ballycanew and Mum, Dad my brother, sister and I lived in my grandfathers house & shop "H.Hill & Sons" down the bottom of the village. We sold out when I was 12 years old to Percival. I remember a Walter Fortune, his wife and family. Walter was a portly man, all family very friendly. I remember Paddy.

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Wexford / Re: Henry HILL, Wexford
« on: Thursday 05 August 10 02:50 BST (UK)  »
Hi again. My grandfather Henry Hill worked in his shop with my father and mother until about the age of 83. I will contact my sister in Canada to check if she knows when he was born. I believe that could have been my grandfather who worked as a drapery assistant in Wexford town.
  When I used to explore the shop as a child I remember the vast upstairs area of shop was'nt used anymore but large counters (benches) had bolts of material still there, so it was drapery too once upon a time. The shop was red on the outside with large white letters over the door and window " H.Hill & Sons". Would love to know where he lived before all of this and who his parents were. All of his sons went to Tate college in Wexford and his daughters went to Wesley college in Dublin.
In the early days, maybe in his 30s, he had a cobbler shop up the top of the town when the streets were unsealed.

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Wexford / Re: Henry HILL, Wexford
« on: Wednesday 04 August 10 03:05 BST (UK)  »
Henry Hill( grandfather) had a shop in Ballycanew around 1940 until 1967 approx. I think he was born in 1885 or there abouts. He married a Bolton and she was a lot younger than he, by about 18 years. She had lived outside the village.  I would love to know the history of the shop too which was 2 storey and big, with many out houses. A six bedroom house is attached to the shop, I lived there until I was 12 years old. Before My grandfather purchased the shop it was owned by a family with the surname Bishop. My fathers name is francis Hill, he used to run the shop with my grandfather and Mum did all the bookwork as she was a Clerk.

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Wexford / Henry HILL, Wexford
« on: Monday 02 August 10 06:59 BST (UK)  »
Hi, I'm new at this. So, here goes. Does anyone have any information on a Henry Hill(my grandfather). He was a cobbler, a chicken and pig farmer, and eventually owned a shop in the village of Ballycanew Co. Wexford Ireland. I want to know about his parents, if possible, where they lived. I think the parish church was St. Mogues.

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