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Birth: 1891 (née Hilda Maude Brimblecombe)
Marriage: 1912
Spouse: Albert John Pinsent
Death: 1925
Family Branch: Bristol
PinsentID: GRO0427
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Hilary John Silvanus Pinsent: 1924 – 2019 GRO0423 Bristol (Aircraft Design Engineer, Hamilton, Ohio, United States of America)
1. Wife (GRO1452)
Married: 1948: Hayes, Middlesex
Children by Wife (GRO1452):
Son (GRO0054)
2. Wife (GRO2010)
Married: 1973: Hamilton, Ohio, United States of America
Family Branch: Bristol
PinsentID: GRO0423
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Hilary John Silvanus Pinsent was the eldest son of John Thomas Pinsent and his wife Annie Violet (née Keenor). He was born in Bideford in North Devon. His father was an electrician who moved around to find work and the family settled in Torquay when he was two years old. Hilary’s brother, Robert Peter Derek Pinsent was born there in 1926.
Sadly, the marriage seems to have fallen apart shortly thereafter, and John went up to London to look for work, while Annie stayed on in Torquay to looked after the children. She had to apply to the magistrates for a maintenance order in 1928 (Wednesday Morning News: Tuesday 24th July 1928). The magistrates hoped that they would get back together again; however, there is no indication that they ever did.
When the Pre-War Register was compiled in 1939, Annie was living on Windemere Road in Torquay with her younger son, Robert. She was a “daily cook” and he was a school boy. The “one other” person who’s name was redacted was probably Hilary. He was to become an “Aeronautical Engineer,” and the following year he was awarded a “Society of British Aircraft Constructors and the Royal Aeronautical Society” scholarship (The Aeroplane: Volume 59: p53: 1940). It must have been an exciting time to be working in the industry.
The Electoral rolls show that Annie Violet moved up to London after the war and she was living with her two sons, Robert and Hilary at #28 Shakespeare Avenue in the borough of Southall, Hayes in 1947. Her sons both married the following year. Hilary Pinsent was an “aircraft technician” when he married and later Electoral Rolls (1954) show that Wife (GRO1452) was a “nurse” working at Middlesex Hospital, on Mortimer Street in St. Marylebone. The couple lived on Bourne Avenue in Hayes, in Middlesex in 1949, and they were still there in 1953.
The couple decided to emigrate and a ship’s manifest shows that they left England for New York in the Cunard Ship “Queen Mary” on 3rd June 1954. They gave their last address in England as 33 Bond Street in Ealing, London, and gave settling in Canada as their intention. A New York Passenger and Crew List (FindmyPast] show that their first stop was to be the Ford Hotel in Toronto, Ontario. They had six pieces of luggage with them – and a dog! Wife (GRO1452) may well have been pregnant at the time as she had their son sometime in 1955.
Hilary’s mother, Annie Violet went out to see them and meet her grandson in 1956. The passenger lists show that she arrived in New York on the “Queen Elizabeth” on 15th May 1956 and tell us that she was in transit to 12 Minnie Avenue, Downsview, Toronto. It was a short visit. She arrived back in Southampton on the “Queen Mary” on 26th June that year. Annie said she was a “cook supervisor” returning to 28 Shakespeare Avenue in Hayes, Middlesex.
I am not sure whether the couple divorced, or if Wife (GRO1452) died – there was a woman of that name who died in Montreal on 2nd January 2009 (Montreal Gazette: 14th January 2009) and this could be her if she reverted to using her maiden name. Regardless, we know that Hilary crossed over to the United States at some point and settled in Ohio. He married Wife (GRO2010) while he was living in Hamilton, Ohio, in 1973. His son seems to have followed him down as he married there the following year. The United States directories show that, Hilary J. Pinsent was living on Willfleet Drive in Cincinnati, Ohio, in the early 1990s, so he presumably stayed on there.
Hilary J. S. Pinsent, of Sharonville, Ohio, died at Hollywood, Florida on 12th March 2019. His obituary was placed in the Cincinnati Enquirer and other papers on 15th March 2019.
Grandfather: Alfred John Pinsent: 1869 – 1939
Grandmother: Rosina Train: 1865 – 1947
Father: John Thomas Pinsent: 1896 – 1958
Mother: Annie Violet Keenor: 1899 – 1989
Vera Effie Pinsent: 1895 – 1895
Robert Cecil Pinsent: 1898 – 1920
Amy Rose Pinsent: 1900 – 1973
Margery Rosina Pinsent: 1907 – 1998
Robert Peter Derek Pinsent: 1926 – 2005
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Birth: 1916
Marriage: 1943
Spouse: Ronald Patrick Nicholls
Death: 1997
Family Branch: Bristol
PinsentID: GRO0402
Grandfather: John Pinsent: 1852 – 1917
Grandmother: Ann Paddon: 1849– 1922
Father: Albert John Pinsent: 1882 – 1928
Mother: Hilda Maude Brimblecombe: 1891 – 1925
Laura Ann Pinsent: 1874 – 1940
Wallace Pinsent: 1877 – 1955
Ada Pinsent: 1880 – 1959
Albert John Pinsent: 1882 – 1928
Florence Annie Pinsent: 1885 – 1918
Lily Blanche Pinsent: 1887 – xxxx
Beatrice May Pinsent: 1894 – 1894
William Edwin Pinsent: 1912 – 1985
Alfred John Richard Pinsent: 1914 – 1920
Wallace Frederick Pinsent: 1920 – 2004
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Birth: 1813 (née Harriet Morgan)
Marriage: 1840
Spouse: William Pinsent (Australia); (Bristol)
Death: 1890
Family Branch: Bristol
PinsentID: GRO0395
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Birth: 1865 (née Hannah Ann Cox)
Marriage: 1889
Spouse: William Henry Thiery Pinsent
Death: 1922
Family Branch: Bristol
PinsentID: GRO0388
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Birth: 1924
Marriage: 1942
Spouse: William Frederick Reeves
Death: N/A
Family Branch: Bristol
PinsentID: GRO0382
Grandfather: William Henry John Pinsent: 1841 – 1923
Grandmother: Louisa Broad: 1837 – 1926
Father: Edwin John Pinsent: 1868 – 1949
Mother: Clara Clarke: 1884 – 1938
William Henry Thiery Pinsent: 1865 – 1915
Louisa Pinsent: 1867 – 1936
George Pinsent: 1870 – 1890
Alfred James Pinsent: 1872 – 1873
Emilie Marie Eugenie Pinsent: 1873 – 1959
Josephine Pinsent: 1876 – 1952
Lana Florence Mary Pinsent: 1878 – 1879
Alfred Louie Pinsent: 1880 – 1944
Beatrice Rose Pinsent: 1882 – 1959
Sidney Pinsent: 1883 – 1947
Eric Henry Edwin Pinsent: 1896 – 1959
Leslie Donald Pinsent: 1900 – 1972
Samuel Claude Pinsent: 1904 – 1988
Alfred Edwin Hope Pinsent: 1906 – 1907
Cyril Edwin Pinsent: 1928 – 2003
Ronald Leslie Pinsent: 1926 – 2007
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Birth: 1922
Marriage: 1947
Spouse: Griffith Sidney Jenkins
Death: N/A
Family Branch: Bristol
PinsentID: GRO0373
Grandfather: William Henry John Pinsent: 1841 – 1923
Grandmother: Louisa Broad: 1837 – 1926
Father: Edwin John Pinsent: 1868 – 1949
Mother: Clara Clarke: 1884 – 1938
William Henry Thiery Pinsent: 1865 – 1915
Louisa Pinsent: 1867 – 1936
George Pinsent: 1870 – 1890
Alfred James Pinsent: 1872 – 1873
Emilie Marie Eugenie Pinsent: 1873 – 1959
Josephine Pinsent: 1876 – 1952
Lana Florence Mary Pinsent: 1878 – 1879
Alfred Louie Pinsent: 1880 – 1944
Beatrice Rose Pinsent: 1882 – 1959
Sidney Pinsent: 1883 – 1947
Eric Henry Edwin Pinsent: 1896 – 1959
Leslie Donald Pinsent: 1900 – 1972
Samuel Claude Pinsent: 1904 – 1988
Alfred Edwin Hope Pinsent: 1906 – 1907
Cyril Edwin Pinsent: 1928 – 2003
Ronald Leslie Pinsent: 1926 – 2007
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Birth: 1900 (née Gertrude Martha Nichols)
Marriage: 1929
Spouse: Leslie Donald Pinsent
Death: 1978
Family Branch: Bristol
PinsentID: GRO0930
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Birth: 1870
Marriage: N/A
Spouse: N/A
Death: 1890
Family Branch: Bristol
PinsentID: GRO0342
Grandfather: William Pinsent: 1811 – 1879
Grandmother: Harriet Morgan: 1813 – 1890
Father: William Henry John Pinsent: 1841 – 1923
Mother: Louisa Broad: 1837 – 1926
Emily Pinsent: 1843 – 1848
Sidney Pinsent: 1846 – 1880
Alfred James Pinsent: 1847 – 1848
Laura Emily Pinsent: 1852 – 1906
William Henry Thiery Pinsent: 1865 – 1915
Edwin John Pinsent: 1868 – 1949
George Pinsent: 1870 – 1890
Alfred James Pinsent: 1872 – 1873
Alfred Louie Pinsent: 1880 – 1944
Sidney Pinsent: 1883 – 1947
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Birth: 1872
Marriage: N/A
Spouse: N/A
Death: 1912
Family Branch: Bristol
PinsentID: GRO0335
Grandfather: Abraham Pinsent: 1787 – 1871
Grandmother: Anne Pinsent: 1795 – 1870
Father: Thomas Pinsent: 1834 – 1917
Mother: Mary Ann Gilley: 1839 – 1895
Joseph Cook Pinsent: 1832 – xxxx
Alfred John Pinsent: 1869 – 1939
William Thomas Pinsent: 1870 – 1871
Frederick William Pinsent: 1872 – 1912
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