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NOTES: from Janet Tyson
Hilda, Elizabeth’s youngest, never had a birth certificate in her possession (though current research may just shed some light on this). She never needed one until she left the country in her 60’s! Rumour had it that she was the child of a well-to-do gentleman Elizabeth might have met on one of her “jobs” at grand estates; Elizabeth was a fine cook and, like the Duchess of Duke Street, cooked for gentry and ‘royalty’. From recent information, however, it seems she moved in such circles anyway! It may be that Hilda’s birth record was deliberately ‘fudged’ (it was claimed that Freda was put in charge of registering Hilda’s birth…and “forgot”), in order to keep her parentage secret. Or, it may simply be that the break up of Elizabeth and Harry made for a turbulent time and the matter was, indeed, neglected. Time will tell.
Elizabeth later took 13 year-old Hilda along with her, to act as Parlour Maid at these functions. With such experience, Hilda became a Nippy at J. Lyon’s Corner House, in London, which is where she met Sidney Hickson.
The Hicksons came from Cheshire, and were Quakers. Their roots are very deep in the area and another family tale had them active in the “church” for over 500 years in one village! Unlike the Bridgens, however, they moved in less exalted circles, and it was ever to be the bane of Sidney’s life, I think, for he would often accuse both Hilda and my mother of being “stuck up” and trying to be above their station, for Hilda loved music and theatre, and art, and taught my mother to love them, too. He always felt left out and ill-suited to such pastimes. He was, by trade, a gentleman’s hairdresser, and he did seem to aspire to move in ‘higher circles’, having worked for some time at the Piccadilly Hotel in London, where he claimed to have cut the hair of a prince or two. He also owned his own shop, which he decked out in the finest leather and marble furniture, only to run the business into the ground. He lost everything.
He was rather a violent man in his younger years, using his belt on his children to such a degree that one son, Derek, ran away and was never heard of again. In later years, I recall Sid as a jokester, a man who made hand-stitched clowns and gonks for the local children, and who idolized “his Hilda,” but I also saw the less appealing side of his nature.
They had six children, of which my mother was the eldest. Peter, the first son, was killed in a street accident at the age of 5. The rest were all boys, including twins.
Hilda was very close to my mother, who served as a second mother to the boys. Mother recalls many evenings with little or no food, during the pre-war and war years, huddled together in a bed with Hilda, talking about life, music, etc.
Hilda was one for sayings, a few of her favourites being:
“You’d laugh to see your mother’s belly on fire!”
“Ancient history in blue tights”
“When it’s brown it’s done - when it’s black, it’s buggered!” (Perhaps from Elizabeth’s cooking days!)Hilda and Sidney lived in a caravan in Crouch, Hullbridge, for many years. About 1980, they moved into a retirement home together, but Sid died fairly suddenly after a heart attack while out shopping, and Hilda, though she tried to hold out, followed on about a year later.
Probable Birth: Sep 1922 - Tyson Roy L - Mother's surname: Walton W.Ham 4a 789
Roy, a Royal Marine, married Audrey Hickson in 1945 and emigrated to Canada in 1953. He was killed 20 April 1961, while on duty the Canadian Army, at Fort Osborne Barracks, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
LDS information submitted by: Gary MOLD, 16 Glenrise , Brighton, East Sussex, England BN1 5LP, www.moldservices.com
See LDS for other descendants of John and Mary
LDS information submitted by: Gary MOLD, 16 Glenrise , Brighton, East Sussex, England BN1 5LP, www.moldservices.com
See LDS for other descendants of John and Mary
1881 Census: Barracks, Kingsdown In Dartford, Kent.
Name Relation Marital Status Gender Age Birthplace Occupation Disability
Absolom HILLS Head M Male 72 Burham, Kent, England Pensioner On Club
Mary Ann HILLS Grand Dau Female 9 Woolwich, Kent, England Scholar