Re: Bullion Family History
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Bullion Family History
6/13/00
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Ancestry of Henry BULLIONS
First Generation
1. Henry BULLIONS .
In a letter to Annie Leggett from Win, wife of older brother George, Win mentions a brother Harry who lived in
Reading and had had two sons and a dughter, Grace.Win had said that Harry had died many years before she
wrote the letter in 1980.
As Harry is a diminutive of Henry, this is most likely the correct person.
Second Generation
2. George Henry BULLIONS was born on 28 Dec 1848 in 3 Glengall Cottages, Millwall, Poplar. He died on 24 Feb 1936 in Camberwell, London. He married Elizabeth Jane HOOPER in 1879.
George's birth date, according to Eric Leggett is 26/12/1848; his information comes from the birth certificate of
'George Henry de BULLION, son of Thomas de BULLION and Becky de BULLION' which was sent to Annie
LEGGETT by Douglas A Field,
grandson of Mable Janet BULLION.
3. Elizabeth Jane HOOPER .
Third Generation
4. Thomas BULLIONS was born on 4 Feb 1810 in Scone, Perthshire, Scotland. He was christened on 11 Feb 1810. He died on 10 Sep 1887 in The Poorhouse at Tibbermore, Perthshire, Scotland. He married Betty ANDERSON on 16 Feb 1834 in Methven, Perth, Scotland.
Thomas was employed as fireman.
Thomas left his wife with ten children without any warning, left London and returned to Scotland. He was
subsequently erroneously reported as being the skeleton found on the Great Eastern when it was broken up! He
had been employed as a worker
when the ship was built.
At the time of the marriage of his son John, Thomas is shown as a fireman.
5. Betty ANDERSON was born on 18 Dec 1797 in Blairgowrie, Perthshire. She died on 20 Jan 1891 in 4 Coral Street, Waterloo, London.The cause of death was Bronchitis Asphyxia.
In the 1851 census the family is registered at 9 Skin Market Place in Bermondsey :
Thomas BULLIONS, head, married, 40, unemployed engine driver, born in Scotland
Betsey BULLIONS, wife, married, 42, born in Scotland
James BULLIONS, son, 17, unmarried, labourer, born in Scotland
John BULLIONS, son, unmaried, 15, scholar, born in Scotland
Grace BULLIONS, daughter, 13, occupation described as 'at home', born in Scotland
William BULLIONS, son, 11, scholar, born in Scotland
Catherine BULLIONS, daughter, 9, scholar, born in Scotland
Mary BULLIONS, daughter, 7, scholar, born in Scotland
Thomas BULLIONS, son, 5, scholar, born in Scotland
Isabella BULLIONS, daughter,3, born in Poplar (Mddx);
George BULLIONS, son,2, born in Poplar (Mddx).
In the 1881 census Betsey is shown living in Southwark as the widow of a bricklayer. She is recorded as aged
74 having been born in Perth and is now living in the house of John Golbron. The index to the 1881 census
shows her as "Bilsey". At teh same time, the majority of the other members of the family were living in the parish
of West Ham, Essex.