George Hill (1843 — 1915) 

George Hill was born 1843 in Chieveley or possibly Snelsmore the son of David and Elizabeth, nee Carter, Hill. George was recorded as being born in Chieveley in all censuses apart from 1851 when he and three of his siblings were recorded as being born in Snelsmore, although his sister Rachel was recorded as being born in Chieveley. 
In the 1851 census George was living in Chieveley with his parents and four siblings. George's father David was recorded as an agricultural labourer. 
George was recorded as a lodger at Bradley Farm in Chieveley and a shepherd in the 1861 census. George married Harriet Ann Cripps on 28 September 1864 at All Saints in Aston Upthorpe (a small village near Didcot). Harriet was born circa 1843 in Lambourn. She was recorded with her uncle Joseph Shaw in Blewbury in the 1861 census and her occupation was dressmaker. Her parents were Hardin and Elizabeth Cripps. 
In the 1871 census George and Harriet were living by themselves in Kelmscott in Oxfordshire with George recorded as an agricultural labourer. 
Ten years later in the 1881 census George and Harriet and a couple of relatives were living at 12 St James Road in Carshalton with George recorded as a bricklayer's labourer. 
Harriet died January 1887 aged 43 and was buried at All Saints in Carshalton on 20 January 1887. 
In the 1891 census George was probably a lodger at the Fox and Cub Inn in Catmore in Berkshire and an agricultural labourer. This George was recorded as being single, aged 52 and born in Chieveley. However, as ages and marriage status were often recorded incorrectly this is probably the right person as there were no other George Hills born in Chieveley within at least 10 years of 1843. 
At present no trace of George in the 1901 census. In the 1911 census George was recorded as an inmate of Newbury Union Workhouse and his occupation was a shepherd. 
George died October 1915 in Newbury Workhouse aged 72 and he was buried at Newtown Road Cemetery on 5 October 1915. 

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