Caroline Hill

Other Events and Attributes:

• Name: Carrie Hill
• Residence at marriage: Windmill Lane, Castlecroft, Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, England; Bradgate (No 72)
• Age at Marriage: 26 (Spinster)
• Cremated: Gornal Wood Crematorium, Dudley, Worcestershire, England
• Education: Between 1921 and 1925, Cottage Homes, Wednesfield, Staffordshire, England
• Residence: Between 1921 and 1926, Cottage Homes, Amos Lane, Wednesfield, Staffordshire, England
• Residence: 1921, Wyrley Street, Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, England; No 15
• Education: Between 1925 and 1927, Carter's Commercial College, Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, England
• Residence: Between 1928 and 1935, Rayleigh Road, Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, England
• Occupation: Abt 1928, Sunbeam Motors, Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, England; Confidential Clerk to Major Seagrave
• Occupation: Between 1936 and 1970; Secretary
• Residence: Between 1938 and 1991, Rosemary Crescent, Woodsetton, Sedgley, Staffordshire, England; No 78

Notes:

Caroline Hill was the illegitimate daughter of Harriet Hill. When she was 15 months old her mother married John Rhoden a miner at Bushbury Colliery. Subsequent DNA evidence shows that John Henry Rhoden or a very close relative of him was indeed her likely father.

Her mother died in 1916 and her father in 1920, the two other important people in her life Grandfather John Hill died in 1918 and Grandmother Esther (Jenks) in 1920 one month before her father.
Carrie ad her 3 other siblings were split between other family members,.

Carrie and Harriet moved back to the old family home at Gt Wyrley Street with her 2 Uncles John and Samuel and Aunt Doris.
1921 Census 15, Wyrley Street
John Hill Head Male 1898 23 Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, England - F H Lewis Worsley Feelds, Iron Founders
Samuel Hill Brother Male 1900 21 Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, England - Cran Iron Foundry
Doris Hill Sister Female 1903 18 Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, England - Housework
Carrie Hill Niece Female 1910 11 Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, England - -
Harriet Rhoden Niece Female 1913 8 Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, England - -

Evelyn and Jack (Isacc) with Uncle William Rhoden at Cheslyn Hay

1921 Census
Latherford Cottages, Saredon, Wolverhampton
William James Rhoden 49 9/12 b. Shropshire Oakengates Coal Loader Old Coppice Colliery Cheslyn Hay
Florence Rhoden 35 9/12 b. Dudley Worcs Household Duties

Evelyn Rhoden Niece 9 (9) School both parents dead
John Rhoden Nephew 6 (6) ------"------------------------

She was then placed in the Cottage Homes Wednesfield and, when she was 15, the Guardians paid for her Education at Carter's Commercial College Wolverhampton. Major Seagrave of Sunbeam Motors was one of the Guardians and in 1927 at the age of 17 she was his confidential clerk, at the time he broke the land speed record at Daytona.

Caroline married George Harold Parsons on 1 Aug 1936 in Saint Mary's, Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, England. George (son of George James Parsons and Margaret Parsons) was born on 17 Sep 1912 in 29, Stafford Street, Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, England; died in Sep 1994 in Wordesley Hospital, Stourbridge, Worcestershire, England; was cremated in Sep 1994 in Gornal Wood Crematorium, Dudley, Worcestershire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Living married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Living married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Living married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Living married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]