See also

Family of Samuel Robson Riley and Lily Josephine Shakespeare

  • Husband:

  • Samuel Robson Riley (1893-1956)

  • Wife:

  • Lily Josephine Shakespeare (1907-1990?)

  • Marriage:

  • Q2 1928

  • Birmingham North "Registration District", Warwickshire, England1

Husband: Samuel Robson Riley

  • Name:

  • Samuel Robson Riley2 1 3

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Father:

  • -

  • Mother:

  • -

  • Occupation:

  •  

  • gents outfitter4

  • Birth:

  • 24 Feb 1893

  • Balsall Heath, Birmingham, Warwickshire, England2 5 6 4

  • Census:

  • 31 Mar 1901 (age 8)

  • 4 Coombe Place, Balsall Heath, Birmingham, Warwickshire, England5

  •  

  • son living in four rooms with his parents William and Annie.. Born in Balsall Heath Warwickshire

  • Census:

  • 2 Apr 1911 (age 18)

  • 947 Stratford Road, Hall Green, Birmingham, Warwickshire, England6

  •  

  • unmarried son assisting his father and living in six rooms with his parents William and Annie, and a visitor. Born in Birmingham Worcestershire

  • Census absence:

  • 19 Jun 1921 (age 28)

  •  

  • Census:

  • 29 Sep 1939 (age 46)

  • 132 Newbridge Road, Birmingham, Warwickshire, England4

  •  

  • a married gents outfitter running a one man business and living with his wife Lily. Born on 24th February 1893

  • Death:

  • 13 Sep 1956 (age 63)

  • Solihull Hospital, Lodge Lane, Solihull, Warwickshire, England3 7

  • Probate:

  • 7 Nov 1956

  • Probate Registry, Birmingham, West Midlands, England7

  •  

  • of Westonook Station Road Lapworth Warwickshire died 13th September 1956 at Solihull Hospital Solihull Warwickshire, probate of effects of £4,060 11s 3d (~£95,000 in 2017) to Lily Josephine Riley widow

Wife: Lily Josephine Shakespeare

  • Name:

  • Lily Josephine Shakespeare8

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Father:

  • William Shakespeare (1887-1968)

  • Mother:

  • Lily Mary Pardoe (1887-1963)

  • Birth:

  • 27 Aug 1907

  • Aston, Birmingham, Warwickshire, England8 9 10 4

  • Census:

  • 2 Apr 1911 (age 4)

  • 103 Great Barr Street, Aston, Birmingham, Warwickshire, England9

  •  

  • daughter living in four rooms with her parents William and Mrs Shakespeare, and sister Hilder (sic). Born in Birmingham

  • Census:

  • 19 Jun 1921 (age 13 yrs 10 mns)

  • Horse Shoes Lane, Sheldon, Birmingham, Warwickshire, England10

  •  

  • daughter attending school and living in three rooms with her parents William and Lily, brother William, and sister Hilda. Born in Birmingham Warwickshire

  • Census:

  • 29 Sep 1939 (age 32)

  • 132 Newbridge Road, Birmingham, Warwickshire, England4

  •  

  • married doing household duties and assisting in her husbands shop and living with her husband Samuel. Born on 27th August 1907 and married a Weetman at a later date

  • Administrator:

  • 7 Nov 1956 (age 49)

  •  

     

    Lily Josephine Shakespeare was appointed as an administrator at the probate hearing of Samuel Robson Riley on Wednesday on 7 November 1956 at the Probate Registry, Birmingham, West Midlands, England

  • Death:

  • 1990 (app) (age 82-83)

  • Jersey, Channel Islands11

Sources

1.

England and Wales Marriage Index 1837 - 2005, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). Birmingham North 1928 quarter:2 volume:6d page:1204. Cit. Date: 13 March 2025.

2.

England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Kings Norton 1893 volume:6c page:402. Cit. Date: 14 March 2025.

3.

England and Wales Death Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Solihull 1956 quarter:3 volume:9c page:767. Cit. Date: 14 March 2025.

4.

UK 1939 Register, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG101 piece:5567B page:9 line:25 letter code:QBHZ. Cit. Date: 14 March 2025.

5.

England and Wales Census 1901, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG13 piece:2812 folio:27 page:9 schedule:62. Cit. Date: 14 March 2025.

6.

England and Wales Census 1911, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG14 piece:18692 class:RG78 piece:1115 registration district:392 sub-district:1 enumeration district:54 schedule:342. Cit. Date: 14 March 2025.

7.

UK Government Probate Service, UK Government Find a Will, (on-line at www.probatesearch.service.gov.uk, www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). Birmingham 1956 page:1004. Cit. Date: 14 March 2025.

8.

England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Aston 1907 quarter:4 volume:6d page:234. Cit. Date: 13 March 2025.

9.

England and Wales Census 1911, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG14 piece:18168 class:RG78 piece:1099 registration district:385 sub-district:1 enumeration district:21 schedule:309. Cit. Date: 13 March 2025.

10.

England and Wales Census 1921, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive series:RG15 piece:14423 registration district:386 sub-district:1 enumeration district:8, 9 schedule:28. Cit. Date: 13 March 2023.

11.

Ancestry Family Trees, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk). Green Family Tree by stapleymike. Cit. Date: 14 March 2025.