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Family of Herbert Portway and Mary Helena Tillotson

Husband: Herbert Portway

  • Name:

  • Herbert Portway

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Father:

  • George Portway (1815-1880)

  • Mother:

  • Charlotte Ridley Ranson (c. 1815-1894)

  • Birth:

  • 1849

  • Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk

  • Birth fact:

  • 1849 (age 0)

  • 1849 Jun Q, Bury St Edmunds, 13/449

  • Census (1):

  • 1881 (age 31-32)

  • Oil merchant (miller), 13 Oak Lane, Manningham, Yorkshire

  • Census (2):

  • 1901 (age 51-52)

  • Copper mine owner, 27 St Pauls Road, Bradford, Yorks (widower)

  • Census (3):

  • 1911 (age 61-62)

  • Retired stockbroker, 625 Ecclesall Road, Sheffield

  • Death fact:

  • 1920 (age 70-71)

  • 1920 Jun Q, Ecclesall Bierlow, 9c/514 (aged 71)

  • Death:

  • 1920 (age 70-71)

  • Sheffield, Yorkshire

Wife: Mary Helena Tillotson

  • Name:

  • Mary Helena Tillotson

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Father:

  • Samuel Bold Tillotson (1817-1880)

  • Mother:

  • Hannah Sheard (c. 1821-1886)

  • Note:

  • PORTWAY Mary Helena of Fair Oaks Manningham Bradford Yorkshire (wife of Herbert Portway) died 28 October 1892; Probate London 23 December to the said Herbert Portway company director. Effects £162 13s 8d.

  • Birth:

  • 1849

  • Halifax, Yorkshire

  • Birth fact:

  • 1849 (age 0)

  • 1849 Jun Q, Halifax, 22/246

  • Census (1):

  • 1851 (age 1-2)

  • Living with parents

  • Census (2):

  • 1861 (age 11-12)

  • Pupil at ladies boarding school, Halifax

  • Census (3):

  • 1871 (age 21-22)

  • Living with parents

  • Death fact:

  • 1892 (age 42-43)

  • 1892 Dec Qtr, Bradford, 9b/53 (age 4_)

  • Death:

  • 28 Oct 1892 (age 42-43)

  • Bradford, Yorkshire

Child 1: Herbert Tillotson Portway

  • Name:

  • Herbert Tillotson Portway

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Spouse:

  • Laura M Firth ( - )

  • Birth:

  • 1874

  • Halifax, Yorkshire

  • Birth fact:

  • 1874 (age 0)

  • 1874 Mar Qtr, Halifax, 9a/401

  • Census (1):

  • 1901 (age 26-27)

  • Secretary to copper mine co (owned by father), living with father, unmarried

  • Census (2):

  • 1911 (age 36-37)

  • District manager, living with father & stepmother

  • Death fact:

  • 1954 (age 79-80)

  • 1954 Sep Q, Bath, 7c/40 (aged 80)

  • Death:

  • 1954 (age 79-80)

  • Bath, Somerset

Child 2: Helena Ranson Portway

  • Name:

  • Helena Ranson Portway

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Spouse:

  • George Arthur Charles Pettitt (1875-1945)

  • Note:

  • PETTITT Helena Ransom of 10 St. James Road Edgbaston Birmingham 15 widow died 9 April 1953. Probate Birmingham 8 June to Ethel Mary Portway spinster William Martin Simcox solicitor and Eric Henry Portway works cashier. Effects £21439 6s. 5d.

  • Birth:

  • 1875

  • Hipperholme, Yorks

  • Birth fact:

  • 1875 (age 0)

  • Birth: 1875 Sept Qtr, Halifax, 9a/431

  • Census:

  • 1901 (age 25-26)

  • Living with father

  • Death:

  • 9 Apr 1953 (age 77-78)

  • 10 St James Road, Edgbaston, Birmingham

Child 3: George Percy Portway

  • Name:

  • George Percy Portway

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Birth:

  • 1877

  • Hipperholme, Yorks

  • Birth fact:

  • 1877 (age 0)

  • Birth: 1877 Mar Qtr, Halifax, 9a/446

  • Census (1):

  • 1901 (age 23-24)

  • Engineer & surveyor's clerk, living with father

  • Census (2):

  • 1911 (age 33-34)

  • Land surveyor & valuer, living with father & stepmother

  • Death fact:

  • 1914 (age 36-37)

  • 1914 Jun Qtr, Wharfedale, 9a/187 (aged 37)

  • Death:

  • 1914 (age 36-37)

  • Wharfedale, Yorkshire

Child 4: Ethel Mary Portway

  • Name:

  • Ethel Mary Portway

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Note:

  • PORTWAY Ethel Mary of 10 St. James Road Edgbaston Birmingham spinster died 19 September 1961. Probate Birmingham 21 November to Pauline Vida Shipley (wife of Cecil Gange Shipley) and William Martin Simcox solicitor. Effects £5324 7s. 7d.

  • Birth:

  • 1881

  • Bradford, Yorkshire

  • Birth fact:

  • 1881 (age 0)

  • 1881 Jun Qtr, Bradford, 9b/183

  • Census:

  • 1901 (age 19-20)

  • Living with father

  • Death:

  • 19 Sep 1961 (age 79-80)

  • 10 St James Road, Edgbaston, Birmingham

Note on Wife: Mary Helena Tillotson

PORTWAY Mary Helena of Fair Oaks Manningham Bradford Yorkshire (wife of Herbert Portway) died 28 October 1892; Probate London 23 December to the said Herbert Portway company director. Effects £162 13s 8d.

Note on Child 2: Helena Ranson Portway

PETTITT Helena Ransom of 10 St. James Road Edgbaston Birmingham 15 widow died 9 April 1953. Probate Birmingham 8 June to Ethel Mary Portway spinster William Martin Simcox solicitor and Eric Henry Portway works cashier. Effects £21439 6s. 5d.

Note on Child 4: Ethel Mary Portway

PORTWAY Ethel Mary of 10 St. James Road Edgbaston Birmingham spinster died 19 September 1961. Probate Birmingham 21 November to Pauline Vida Shipley (wife of Cecil Gange Shipley) and William Martin Simcox solicitor. Effects £5324 7s. 7d.