Abraham Tilley 1834-1898
Abraham- courtesy of an Ancestry tree
Ancestry Houghton/Tilley tree- home person, Tom?, descended from Abraham's son, Walter G Tilley 1865 , so he not related to Annie Gillett
dntilley tree- home person, David 1947, descended from Ronald A 1920, Jacob G 1889, Abraham 1834- so his ggran was also Annie Gillett
1834 Abraham Tilley was born to John Tilley & Ann Watson on 24/6/1834 in College Street Baptist Northampton, a Baptist birth
1841C,Abraham Tilley was living Scarletwell Street, St Sepulchre, Northampton. His father a Male Servant??
| John | Tilley | Male | 35 | 1806 | S M Northamptonshire, England |
| Ann | Tilley | Female | 30 | 1811 | Northamptonshire, England |
| John | Tilley | Male | 10 | 1831 | Northamptonshire, England |
| Joseph | Tilley | Male | 8 | 1833 | Northamptonshire, England |
| Abraham | Tilley | Male | 6 | 1835 | Northamptonshire, England |
| Thomas | Tilley | Male | 5 | 1836 | Northamptonshire, England |
| Samuel | Tilley | Male | 3 | 1838 | Northamptonshire, England |
| Alfred | Tilley | Male | 1 | 1840 | Northamptonshire, England |
1851C,Abraham Tilley, 16, bootcloser, was living Scarletwell Street, St Sepulchre, Northampton. His father. John, marked as blind, deaf or dumb
| John | Tilley | Head |
Married | Male | 43 | 1808 | Shoemaker | Kettering, Northamptonshire, England |
| Joseph | Tilley | Son |
Unmarried | Male | 18 | 1833 | Shoemaker | Northamptonshire, England |
| Abraham | Tilley | Son |
- | Male | 16 | 1835 | Bootcloser | Northamptonshire, England |
| Thomas | Tilley | Son |
- | Male | 14 | 1837 | Bootblocker | Northamptonshire, England |
| Samuel | Tilley | Son |
- | Male | 12 | 1839 | Bootcloser | Northamptonshire, England |
| Alfred | Tilley | Son |
- | Male | 10 | 1841 | Bootblocker | Northamptonshire, England |
| Jacob W | Tilley | Son |
- | Male | 8 | 1843 | Scholar | Northamptonshire, England |
| James | Tilley | Son |
- | Male | 4 | 1847 | Scholar | Northamptonshire, England |
| Parker T | Tilley | Son |
- | Male | 2 | 1849 | Scholar | Northamptonshire, England |
1859. Abraham Tilley, 25, bootcloser, marries Emma Mathews, 24, on 25/4/1859 in Spitalfields Christ Church . His father John Tilley, shoe maker: hersGgeorge Mathews, waiter.Whitechapel Jun 1859
1861C,Abraham Tilley, 26, bootcloser, was living 10, Umberstone Street, St Georges East, St George in the East, London & Middlesex
| Abraham | Tilley | Head |
Married | Male | 26 | 1835 | -bootcloser | All Saints Northampton - |
| Emma | Tilley | Wife |
Married | Female | 23 | 1838 | - | - |
| Louisa | Tilley | Daughter |
- | Female | 4 | 1857 | Scholar | -Mile End |
| Alice | Tilley | Daughter |
- | Female | 3 | 1858 | - | -All Saints Northampton |
| Emma | Tilley | Daughter |
- | Female | 1 | 1860 | - | -St George in the East |
| Rose | Tilley | Daughter |
- | Female | 0 | 1861 | - | -St George in the East |
| Harriet | Matcham | Visitor |
Unmarried | Female | 16 | 1845 | - | - |
| Joseph | Tilley | Visitor |
Married | Male | 28 | 1833 |
1871C,Abraham Tilley, 36, bootcloser, was living Umberstone Street, St Georges East, St George in the East, London & Middlesex
| Abraham | Tilley | Head |
- | Male | 36 | 1835 | -bootcloser | Northampton, England |
| Emma* | Tilley | Wife |
- | Female | 32 | 1839 | - | St Seorge in the East Middlesex, England |
| Louisa | Tilley | Daughter |
- | Female | 14 | 1857 | - | Middlesex, England |
| Emma | Tilley | Daughter |
- | Female | 11 | 1860 | - | Middlesex, England |
| Rosa | Tilley | Daughter |
- | Female | 10 | 1861 | - | Middlesex, England |
| Alfred | Tilley | Son |
- | Male | 8 | 1863 | - | Middlesex, England |
| Walter | Tilley | Son |
- | Male | 6 | 1865 | - | Middlesex, England |
| Henry | Tilley | Son |
- | Male | 1 | 1870 | - | Middlesex, England |
1881C,Abraham Tilley, 36, bootmaker, was living 6, Danes Place, Bow Aka St Mary Stratford-Le-Bow, Poplar, London & Middlesex
| Abraham | Tilley | Head |
Married | Male | 46 | 1835 | Bootmaker | Northampton, Northamptonshire, England |
| Emma | Tilley | Wife |
Married | Female | 42 | 1839 | - | London, England |
| Walter | Tilley | Son |
Single | Male | 16 | 1865 | A.b.h.m. navy (seaman r.n.) | Middlesex, England |
| Henry | Tilley | Son |
Single | Male | 11 | 1870 | Scholar | Middlesex, England |
| Adelaide | Tilley | Daughter |
Single | Female | 10 | 1871 | - | St George in the East, Middlesex, England |
| Elizabeth | Tilley | Daughter |
Single | Female | 8 | 1873 | - | St George in the East, Middlesex, England |
| Florence | Tilley | Daughter |
Single | Female | 5 | 1876 | - | Bow, Middlesex, England |
| Georgina | Tilley | Daughter |
Single | Female | 3 | 1878 | - | Bow, Middlesex, England |
| Abraham | Tilley | Son |
Single | Male | 1 | 1880 | - | Bow, Middlesex, Engla |
1885. Florence/Flora Gillet was born 2/11/1885 to his future 2nd wife, Annie Gillet . Was Abraham her biological father?? Family lore thinks Not: that it was just a marriage of convenience: he had youngish children , 15, 13, 10, 8 & 6 in need of a mother(although in those days the older ones could have looked after the 2 youngest!) and she needed the support of a man with her illegitimate 1 year old. ,
1886. Emma Tilley, his wife, died 28/3/1886
1886. Abraham Tilley married Mile End Sep 1886 . This bmd record has no wife on it!!. But apparently he married Maria Annie Gillet in Mile End Registry Office on 23/7/1886: . . Does David Tilley have this m.c.Lynne??
1891C/ Abraham Tilley, 56, commission agent, was living with his 2nd wife, Anny, and 2 ot their common children, & 3 of his previous children, including Florance Tilley 15, Servant: this is his own daughter , who is 5 in the 1881C Address: Coborn Road, Mile End Old Town, London & Middlesex,. So where is Flora Gillett 5??
| Abraham | Tilley | Head |
Married | Male | 56 | 1835 | Commission agent | - |
| Anny | Tilley | Wife |
Married | Female | 27 | 1852 | - | - |
| Florance | Tilley | Servant |
Single | Female | 15 | 1876 | - | - |
| Georgina | Tilley | Daughter |
Single | Female | 13 | 1878 | Scholar | - |
| Abraham | Tilley | Son |
Single | Male | 11 | 1880 | Scholar | - |
| Amelia | Tilley | Daughter |
Single | Female | 2 | 1889 | - | - |
| Jacob | Tilley | Son |
Single | Male | 1 | 1890 |
1898. Abraham Tilley , 64, died 12/8/1898-Ancestry, dntilley's data! -Whitechapel Sep 1898. .