William Clissett HICKS (1861

William Clissett HICKS (1861 - 1931)

engine driver 1913 roll

Children	Self + Spouses	Parents	Grandparents	Greatgrandparents
Henry John (Harry) HICKS (1890 - 1972) William HICKS (1892 - 1918) Percy HICKS (1894 - 1894) Charles HICKS (1895 - 1895) Leslie HICKS (1896 - 1950) Mary Anne HICKS (1898 - 1898) Lillian HICKS (1899 - ) Harold Albert HICKS (1903 - 1956) Violet HICKS (1906 - 1982) Arthur Lionel HICKS (1911 - 1914)	William Clissett HICKS (1861 - 1931) + Rebecca OLIVER (1863 - 1930)	Henry HICKS (1827 - 1871)



		Mary EDMONDS (1823 - )	Unknown EDMONDS

b. Mar 1861 at Kinver, Staffordshire, England

m. Mar 1882 Rebecca OLIVER (1863 - 1930) at Staffordshire, Worcestershire, England

d. 16 Nov 1931 at Ayr, Queensland, Australia aged 70

Near Relatives of William Clissett HICKS (1861 - 1931)
Relationship	Person	Born	Birth Place	Died	Death Place	Age
Grandfather	Unknown EDMONDS

Father in Law	John OLIVER
Mother in Law	Hannah (OLIVER)

Father	Henry HICKS	abt 1827	Kinver, Staffordshire, England	bef 1871		44
Mother	Mary EDMONDS	abt 1823	Enville, Staffordshire, England

Self	William Clissett HICKS	Mar 1861	Kinver, Staffordshire, England	16 Nov 1931	Ayr, Queensland, Australia	70

Wife	Rebecca OLIVER	Dec 1863	Worcestershire, England	12 Nov 1930	Ayr, Queensland, Australia	66

Son	Henry John (Harry) HICKS	15 May 1890	Mackay, Queensland, Australia	31 May 1972	Ayr, Queensland, Australia	82
Son	William HICKS	abt 1892		05 Jul 1918	Queensland, Australia	26
Son	Percy HICKS	1894	Queensland, Australia	1894	Queensland, Australia	0
Son	Charles HICKS	1895	Queensland, Australia	1895	Queensland, Australia	0
Son	Leslie HICKS	1896	Mackay, Queensland, Australia	25 Oct 1950	Ayr, Queensland, Australia	54
Daughter	Mary Anne HICKS	1898	Queensland, Australia	1898	Queensland, Australia	0
Daughter	Lillian HICKS	1899	Queensland, Australia
Son	Harold Albert HICKS	13 Jan 1903	Queensland, Australia	11 Jan 1956	Ayr, Queensland, Australia	52
Daughter	Violet HICKS	1906	Queensland, Australia	04 Feb 1982	Ayr, Queensland, Australia	76
Son	Arthur Lionel HICKS	1911	Queensland, Australia	03 Nov 1914	Ayr, Queensland, Australia	3

Sister	Emily HICKS	Dec 1852	Kinver, Staffordshire, England

Daughter in Law	Ethel Agnes SMITH	03 Aug 1892	Daylesford, Victoria, Australia	11 Feb 1984	Ayr, Queensland, Australia	91
Daughter in Law	Hilda Selma OSS	13 Feb 1904	Charters Towers, Queensland, Australia	03 Aug 1983	Ayr, Queensland, Australia	79
Son in Law	William Charles GRAHAM
Son in Law	Joseph Charles GURGO	07 Feb 1895	Queensland, Australia	17 Mar 1982	Ayr, Queensland, Australia	87

Uncle	Benjamin EDMONDS	abt 1816	Enville, Staffordshire, England

Niece	Gertrude M MORRIS	abt 1877	Kinver, Staffordshire, England
Nephew	Percy S MORRIS	abt 1879	Kinver, Staffordshire, England

Brother in Law	Joseph Southall MORRIS	abt 1851	Dudley, Worcestershire, England

Events in William Clissett HICKS (1861 - 1931)'s life
Date	Age	Event	Place	Notes	Src
1861		Census	Kinfare, Kinver, Wolverhampton, England	Note 1	67
Mar 1861		William Clissett HICKS was born	Kinver, Staffordshire, England	Note 2	46
bef 1871	10	Death of father Henry HICKS (aged 44)		Note 3
1871	10	Census	Kinver, Staffordshire, England	Note 4	67
1881	20	Census	17 Dixons Green, Dudley, Worcestershire, England	Note 5	67
1881	20	Census	The Vine Inn, Dunsley, Kinver, Staffordshire, England	Note 6	67
Mar 1882	21	Married Rebecca OLIVER (aged 18)	Staffordshire, Worcestershire, England	Note 7	46
15 May 1890	29	Birth of son Henry John (Harry) HICKS	Mackay, Queensland, Australia	1890/C008299	52
abt 1892	31	Birth of son William HICKS		Note 8	59
1894	33	Birth of son Percy HICKS	Queensland, Australia	1894/C007266	52
1894	33	Death of son Percy HICKS	Queensland, Australia	Cert No. 1894/2594	52
1895	34	Birth of son Charles HICKS	Queensland, Australia	1895/C007648	52
1895	34	Death of son Charles HICKS	Queensland, Australia	Cert No. 1895/2375	52
1896	35	Birth of son Leslie HICKS	Mackay, Queensland, Australia	Note 9	52
1898	37	Birth of daughter Mary Anne HICKS	Queensland, Australia	1898/C007195	52
1898	37	Death of daughter Mary Anne HICKS	Queensland, Australia	Cert No 1898/2928	52
1899	38	Birth of daughter Lillian HICKS	Queensland, Australia	1899/C007187	52
1903	42	Residence	Ross River Meatworks, Townsville, Queensland	Note 10	37
13 Jan 1903	41	Birth of son Harold Albert HICKS	Queensland, Australia	Note 11	52
1906	45	Birth of daughter Violet HICKS	Queensland, Australia	Note 12	52, 59
1911	50	Birth of son Arthur Lionel HICKS	Queensland, Australia	1911/C012953	52
1913	52	Residence	Ayr, Queensland, Australia	Note 13	37
03 Nov 1914	53	Death of son Arthur Lionel HICKS (aged 3)	Ayr, Queensland, Australia	Note 14	52, 59
05 Jul 1918	57	Death of son William HICKS (aged 26)	Queensland, Australia	Note 15	52, 59
1930	69	Residence	Ayr, Queensland, Australia	Note 16	37
1930	69	Residence	Ayr, Queensland, Australia	Note 17	37
12 Nov 1930	69	Death of wife Rebecca OLIVER (aged 66)	Ayr, Queensland, Australia	Note 18	52, 59
16 Nov 1931	70	William Clissett HICKS died	Ayr, Queensland, Australia	Note 19	52, 59, 60
16 Nov 1931	70	Burial	Ayr Cemetery, Queensland, Australia	grave no 944 - anglican	59

Note 1: HICKS
Henry (33) b Kinver,
Mary (37) b Enville,
Emily (9) b Kinver,
William C (2mo) b Kinver
(Susannah Edmonds (15)b Enville, servant living with family)

Note 2: free bdm William Clisett Hicks, Wolverhampton, Vol 6b, page 391

1861 census - age 2mo - Kinver, Wolverhampton
1871 census - age 10
1881 census - age 20

age 70 at burial in 1931

Note 3: 1871 census - Mary is a widow.
There is a death entry for Henry Hicks Mar 1867, Wolverhampton, Vol 6b, page 325 - age 38 - ie born c 1829

Note 4: HICKS
Mary (46) head,
Emily (19),
William C (10)
Benjamin Edwards (56) b Enville and Ann M Preston (22) b Kinver, servants living with family

Note 5: Joseph Southall MORRIS(30), Emily (29) wife, Gertrude M (4) dau, Percy S (2) son, Sarah TIMMINS (56) mother-widower-b Gornal Staffs,
William C HICKS (20) brother in law, (Ann Blunt (21)-servant

Note 6: HICKS
Mary (55) head,
William Clifact* (20)son,
Lucy DERBY (23) niece-housekeeper, Benjamin EDMONDS (65) brother-unmarried

Note 7: free bdm March 1882, Dudley. Vol 6c, page 12

Note 8: date from Burdekin burial register - age 26 = 1892

Note 9: 1896/C007199

Mackay - military record

Note 10: HICKS William Clisset - labourer, Rebecca - hd

Note 11: 1903/C009934
date from Ray and Linda Hilton ( descendants of older brother William) they have certificate.

Note 12: 1906/C010857

Burdekin cemetery records - age 75 at death 4/2/1982

Note 13: HICKS Rebecca - hd, William Clissett - engine driver

Note 14: Burdekin burial register - cause of death diptheria, age 3
Reg No 1914/4720

Note 15: Cert No. 1918/3706
Burdekin burial register - died 5/7/1918 - age 26
correspondence with Hilton family tree - died in a dray accident.

Note 16: HICKS Harold Albert - carter - Graham St, Henry John - motor driver, Leslie - labourer - Osman st, Rebecca - hd, William Clissett - engine driver

Note 17: HICKS Harold Albert - carter - Graham St, Henry John - motor driver, Leslie - labourer - Osman st, Rebecca - hd, William Clissett - engine driver

Note 18: Reg No 1930/004419, page no 727 - 12 Nov 1930 - John Oliver and Hannah
Burdekin burial register - died 12/11/1930 - age 68

Note 19: Reg No. 1931/4395 William Clissett HICKS - father, Henry - born Staffordshire, England aged 70 yrs

exact date from Hilton Family tree - ancestry - descendants of eldest son William

Burdekin Cemetery reg - died 16/11/1931 - age 70

Townsville Daily Bulletin 19 Nov 1931
PERONAL
Mr. William Cllstett Hicks passed away at the Ayr District Hospital early on Monday morning at the age of 70 years. The late Mr. Hicks was a well-known resident of Ayr, having resided there for the past 20 years. He came to Australia from England about 40 years ago, and had resided at Mackay and Townsville; before settling in the Lower Burdekin. The funeral took place on Monday after noon and was largely attended, the Rev. J. H. R. Innes conducting the last rites.

Personal Notes:

1881 census - 20, living with sister and her husband - merchants clerk
1881 census - also entered living with mother - commercial traveller-hard ware

Townsville Daily Bulletin 17 Sept 1932
Probate of the will of Rebecca Hicks, late of Ayr, wife of William Clisset Hicks, of the same place, engine driver (deceased), was granted by the Registrar (Mr. Jas. Comer ford) at the Supreme Court on Friday to Henry John Hicks of Ayr, pastry cook, the sole executor and trustee named.

Source References:

37. Type: Vital Record, Abbr: Australian electoral rolls, Title: Australian Electoral Rolls, Auth: Australian government

- Reference = (Residence)

46. Type: Web Page, Abbr: Free bmd UK, Title: http://freebmd.rootsweb.com/cgi/search.pl

- Reference = (Marriage)

- Reference = (Birth)

52. Type: Australia Birth Marriage Death Index 1787 - 1985 Record

- Reference = (Death)

59. Type: Web Page, Abbr: Burdekin Burial Register, Title: Burdekin Burial Register, Auth: Burdekin Shire Council

- Reference = (Death)

- Reference = (Burial)

60. Type: Newspaper, Title: Trove, http://trove.nla.gov.au

- Reference = (Death)

- Notes: Townsville Daily Bulletin 19 Nov 1931
PERONAL
Mr. William Cllstett Hicks passed away at the Ayr District Hospital early on Monday morning at the age of 70 years. The late Mr. Hicks was a well-known resident of Ayr, having resided there for the past 20 years. He came to Australia from England about 40 years ago, and had resided at Mackay and Townsville; before settling in the Lower Burdekin. The funeral took place on Monday after noon and was largely attended, the Rev. J. H. R. Innes conducting the last rites.

67. Type: Census, Abbr: UK Census Collection, Title: UK Census Collection, Auth: Ancestry.com.au, Publ: Ancestry.com.au

- Reference = 1861 (Census)

- Notes: HICKS
Henry (33) b Kinver,
Mary (37) b Enville,
Emily (9) b Kinver,
William C (2mo) b Kinver
(Susannah Edmonds (15)b Enville, servant living with family)

- Reference = 1881 (Census)

- Notes: Joseph Southall MORRIS(30), Emily (29) wife, Gertrude M (4) dau, Percy S (2) son, Sarah TIMMINS (56) mother-widower-b Gornal Staffs,
William C HICKS (20) brother in law, (Ann Blunt (21)-servant

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