Reference
Z1724
Title
Photographs and carte de visites which appear to be of Hillyard family of Bedford
Date free text
n.d. [1860-1900]
Production date
From: 1860 To: 1900
Admin/biog history
Material gifted by depositor who had purchased the items from an ephemera fair with no documentation of provenance.
Limited research has been carried out. Samuel Hillyard was born in Wellingborough on 12 November 1770 and became the minister at the Bunyan Meeting House, Bedford in 1790. He served until his death in March 1839. He was married to Frances and they had three children, Frances, Benjamin and Mary. Mary married John Legg Poore (1816-1867) on 6 August 1841. Frances appears to have married and had a daughter Frances Margaret who was born in South Africa in about 1868. She went on to marry William Cockburn in 1890.
It has not been possible to find a connection between the Hillyard family and Mr and Mrs Ebenezeer Herne at this time [27 August 2019].
Level of description
fonds