James Thomas HILLEN [22842]
- Born: Abt 1850, London
- Marriage (1): Lucy HODSON [22843] on 10 Dec 1877 in St James Islington LND
- Died: 1934, London aged about 84
- Buried: Croydon Cemetery
 General Notes:
James Thomas Hillen was thought to be the illegitimate child of Emma Smyth and one 'Dr Bell'.
Emma Smyth was a domestic servant from Friston, Suffolk, Frederick Bell was the local GP at Aldeburgh 4 miles away, at the time of James's birth. According to the family lore, expensive gifts were sent to James, engraved 'To my darling boy'.
Ref: http://www.hillens.com/FamilyTree/24.htm - should you have any information on this matter the family would be most keen to here from you at this address.
James married Lucy HODSON [22843] [MRIN: 8207], daughter of George HODSON [22844] and Mary Anne NEWBORNE [22845], on 10 Dec 1877 in St James Islington LND. (Lucy HODSON [22843] was born in 1857 in Leeds YKS, baptised on 26 Nov 1857 in Leeds YKS and died in 1940 in Reg Stratton SFK.)
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