Mary Margaret Raine Hill (Carr) "Polly"

From FreeBMD - Registration of birth of Mary Margaret Raine Carr in 1857

July to September 1857: Registration of birth of Mary Margaret Raine Carr; in Hereford (Volume 6a, Page 409)

From MyHeritage: Mary Margaret Raine Carr

• Name: Mary Margaret Raine Carr
• Gender: Female
• Christening: 14 January 1858 [All Saints Church, High Street, Hereford HR4 9AA 52.056448, -2.717548], England
• Father: Mark William Carr
• Mother: Mary

Mary was the model for the marble statue "Go To Sleep" by Joseph Durham which was commissioned by her uncle Francis Bennoch Esq. in 1861 when she was two or three years old.

From Parian, Copeland's Statuary Porcelain by Robert Copeland (2007)

It was exhibited at both the Royal Academy of Arts, Burlington House, Piccadilly, London W1J 0BD 51.50917, -0.13944 and the 1862 International Exhibition, South Kensington, London 51.500389, -0.175889. A reduced model in statuary porcelain was given by the Art Union of London as prizes in 1863, 1864 and 1865.

See also the Illustrated London News cutting dated 12 July 1862 Page 41a.

A parianware copy of this statue has been passed down to the eldest female member of her family.

The original statue was possibly sold by Christies (London) on 11 March 2015 for £8,750.

From MyHeritage: Mark W Carr: 1881 England & Wales Census

3 April 1881 Census for residents of [4 Woburn Place, Bloomsbury, London WC1H 0LS 51.5236888, -0.1264152], St George Bloomsbury, London, England

• Mark W Carr, head, married, male, aged 58 [born about 1823], in North Shields; Civil Engineer
• Mary Carr, wife, married, female, aged 59 [born about 1822], in Bretton, Yorkshire
• Mary M R Carr, daughter, single, female, aged 23 [born about 1858], in Hereford, Herefordshire
• 3 siblings, 2 servants

From Ancestry: Church of England Marriages and Banns 1754-1938

• name: Alexander Hill, of [13 Woburn Place, Bloomsbury, London WC1H 0LS 51.5236857, -0.1263945], of this parish
• spouse: Mary Margaret Raine Carr, of 4 Woburn Place, of this parish
• record type: Marriage Banns
• marriage banns dates: Sunday, 7 April 1889 by H.S.S., Sunday, 14 April 1889 by H.G.L.N., 21 April 1889 by H.S.S.
• marriage banns place: Saint George, Bloomsbury, Bloomsbury Way, London, England
• married: Wednesday, 24 April 1889
• register type: Parish Register
• notice type: Marriage Banns
• collection: 1623

From Ancestry: London England Church of England Marriages and Banns 1754-1938

• Marriage: Wednesday, 24 April 1889
• Alexander Hill, aged 33 [born about 1856], bachelor, mining engineer, of 13 Woburn Place
• son of Lawrence Hill, civil engineer
• Mary Margaret Raine Carr, aged 31 [born about 1858], spinster, of 4 Woburn Place
• daughter of Mark William Carr, deceased, civil engineer
• married at: St George, Bloomsbury Way, Bloomsbury, London, after banns according to the forms of the Established Church
• ceremony by: A. J. Bennoch, vicar of St Lukes, Woodside
• witnesses: Mary Carr, Laurence H. Wilson, F. Bennoch, Elizabeth M. Carr

From FreeBMD - Registration of marriage of Mary Margaret R. Carr in 1889 and FreeBMD - Registration of marriage of Alexander Hill in 1889

• April to June 1889: Registration of marriage of Alexander Hill; in St. Giles, London (Volume 1b, Page 872)
• April to June 1889: Registration of marriage of Mary Margaret R. Carr; in St. Giles, London (Volume 1b, Page 872)

From Alexander Hill married Mary Margaret Raine Carr - The Newcastle Weekly Courant, Saturday, 11 May 1889 Page 4 - Newspapers.com

Marriage: St George's, Bloomsbury Way, Bloomsbury, London WC1A 2SA 51.5175639, -0.1246611, on 24 April 1889 [ult.], by the Rev. A. J. Bennoch, M.A., Vicar of Woodside, Alexander Hill, of Lisbon, eldest son of Laurence Hill, Esq., C.E., of Glasgow, to Mary Margaret Raine Carr, elder daughter of the late Mark William Carr, Esq., M.Inst.C.E., of 4 Woburn Place, Russell Square, London

NOTE: Geni: Reverend Archibald James Bennoch, M.A is Francis Bennoch's brother's son.

From findmypast 19010331 census Alexander Hill 45 Mary M R 43 Lawrence C 10 Mary K C 8 Mark C 6 Nina M C 5 Cuthbert A 3 at Merrylee Green Lane Northwood Middlesex

31 March 1901 Census for residents of [Merrylee, location?] Green Lane, Northwood, London HA6 1AB 51.611432, -0.4236858

• Alexander Hill, head, married, male aged 45 [born about 1856] in Scotland; Mining Engineer, C.E.
• Mary M R Hill, wife, married, female aged 43 [born about 1858] in Hereford, Herefordshire
• Lawrence C Hill, son, single, male aged 10 [born about 1891] in Portugal
• Mary K C Hill, daughter, female aged 8 [born about 1893] in Colston Bassett, Nottinghamshire
• Mark C Hill, son, male aged 6 [born about 1895] in Spain
• Nina M C Hill, daughter, female aged 5 [born about 1896] in London, Middlesex
• Cuthbert A Hill, son, male aged 3 [born about 1898] in Scotland
• Maud Tracey, servant, female aged 35 [born about 1866] in Ipswich, Suffolk; Nursery Governess
• Matilda Edgar, servant, female aged 25 [born about 1876] in Shotley Bridge, County Durham; Cook (Domestic)
• Sarah J Judd, servant, female aged 23 [born about 1878] in Norfolk; Housemaid (Domestic)

From Geni: 1911 Census Alexander and Mary Hill.jpg

2 April 1911 Census for residents of Merrylee, Northwood, Middlesex, England; House with 11 rooms

• Alexander Hill, head, married for 21 years [about 1890], 5 children still living, male, aged 55 [born about 1856], in Port Glasgow, Renfrewshire, Resident; Consulting Mining Engineer
• Mary Margaret Hill, wife, married for 21 years [about 1890], 5 children still living, female, aged 53 [born about 1858], in Hereford, Herefordshire
• Mary Katherine Hill, daughter, single, female, aged 18 [born about 1893], in Colston Bassett, Nottinghamshire; Student part time
• Nina Margaret Hill, daughter, single, female, aged 15 [born about 1896], in West Hampstead, London; School
• Annie Ronson, servant, single, female, aged 26 [born about 1885], in Holm Eden, Cumberland; Cook Domestic
• Edith Read, servant, single, female, aged 19 [born about 1892], in Newton Longville, Buckinghamshire; Housemaid Domestic

From findmypast 19 June 1921 census

19 June 1921 Census for residents of [Rhosilli] [Rhoshilli, Best Beech Hill, Wadhurst, East Sussex TN5 6JH 51.0589779, 0.3075366]; house with 8 rooms

• Mary M R Hill, head, widow, female aged 64 years 5 months [born about 1857] in Hereford, Herefordshire; Home Duties
• Nina M C Hill, daughter, single, female aged 25 years 9 months [born about 1895] in Hampstead, London; Home Duties
• Phyllis E Llewellyn, visitor, single, female aged 26 years 3 months [born about 1894] in India; Employment: None

From FreeBMD - Registration of death of Mary M.R. Hill in 1935

January to March 1935: Registration of death of Mary M.R. Hill; aged 77 [born about 1858]; in Bristol (Volume 6a, Page 13)

From Ancestry: Burials

• 7 February 1935: burial of Mary Margaret Raine Hill aged 77 [born about 1858]
• Residing at Margency, Victoria Road, Clevedon, Bristol
• Buried at [Holy Trinity Church, Gateway Close, Northwood, London HA6 2RP 51.6147468, -0.4374247]
• Ceremony by Cecil G. C. Walker, vicar
• Note: Brick grave with the right to a ground interment [Grave of Alexander Hill and Mary Hill née Carr 51.614583, -0.438000]

From Ancestry 19350318 probate Mary Margaret Raine Hill Margency Victoria Road Clevedon Somerset d 19350204 13 Pembroke Road Clifton Bristol pr George Macleod MD Alfred Lionel Drew £6236

18 March 1935 probate of Mary Margaret Raine Hill of Margency, Victoria Road, Clevedon, Somerset, widow, who died 4 February 1935, at [13 Pembroke Road, Clifton, Bristol BS8 3AZ 51.4582088, -2.6139191], probate granted at London on 18 March 1935 to George Macleod M.D., and Alfred Lionel Drew, solicitor. Effects £6235 17s. 10d.

From London Gazette Issue 34149 Tuesday, 9 April 1935 Page 2478

Mary Margaret Raine Hill, Deceased.

Pursuant to the Statute 15, George 5, chapter 19.

Notice is hereby given that all creditors and other persons having any debts, claims or demands against the estate of Mary Margaret Raine Hill, late of Margency, Victoria Road, Clevedon, Somerset 51.437858, -2.860580 (who died on the 4 February 1935, and whose Will was proved by George Macleod and Alfred Lionel Drew, the executors therein named, in the Principal Registry of the Probate Division of His Majesty's High Court of Justice on the 18 March 1935), are hereby required to send particulars, in writing, of their debts, claims or demands to us, the undersigned, as Solicitors to the said executors, on or before the 15 June 1935, and notice is hereby given, that at the expiration of that time the said executors will proceed to distribute the assets of the said testator among the parties entitled thereto, having regard only to the debts, claims and demands of which they shall then have had notice; and that they will not be liable for the assets, or any part thereof, so distributed, to any person or persons of whose debt, claim or demand they shall not then have had notice. — Dated this 5 April 1935.

Nisbet Drew and Loughborough, 23, Austin Friars, E.C.2, Solicitors to the said (189) Executors.