William STILLAge: 34 years1815–1849
- Name
- William STILL
 Birth | January 7, 1815 32 36 Note: It is believed that this entry from the parish records of St Mary Le Strand, Westminster in London i… |
 Birth of a sister | Elizabeth STILL 1816 (Age 11 months) Note: The census for 1851 is hard to read. The Ancestry reader says that Elizabeth was born in Smitlake; but it appears more likely that it is Mortlake, Surrey.
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| Birth of a brother | James STILL September 13, 1816 (Age 20 months) |
 Fact | Bankrupt Note: In 1848 William Still was living in Bath but was summoned to court for examination of his debts at the County Court of Somersetshire in Bath, July 8, 1848.
Summons of William Still To Court in Newspaper, 29 June 1849 Note: Bath Chronicle and Weekly Gazette, June 29, 1848
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| Baptism of a brother | James STILL November 10, 1816 (Age 22 months) |
| Death of a brother | James STILL December 15, 1822 (Age 7 years) Age: 6 Note: Burial record for James Still , age 6, of 7 Feathers Court, the address of the John Still family in other parish records of St Mary le Strand. The 15 Dec 1822 entry seems to clearly be Hill but another record found in the Westminster Archives shows the name is James Still with abode 7 Feathers Court. (Film Roll 20 of St Mary Le Strand Records, Westminster Archives,London.)
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| Death of a father | John STILL January 6, 1828 (Age 12 years) John Still Burial Record, St Mary Le Strand Parish, Westminster Note: The death of John Still was difficult to determine for many years. The name in the St Mary Le Strand records was incorrectly given as John Hill of 7 Feathers Court in Westminster, a known address of the Still family. A close look at the original burial ground records (Film Roll 21, St Mary Le Strand Parish, Westminster Archives), shows that the correct name was actually John Still age 44. Buried in Russell Court Ground.
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| Burial of a father | John STILL 1828 (Age 12 years) Note: According to Film Roll 21, St Mary Le Strand Parish, Westminster Archives. His name is correctly given as John STILL, not Hill.
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 Marriage | Ann Priscilla SUMMERS — View this family January 22, 1837 (Age 22 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #1 | Elizabeth Sabina STILL February 26, 1837 (Age 22 years) |
| Birth of a son #2 | William Frederick STILL July 3, 1839 (Age 24 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #3 | Ann Priscilla STILL May 29, 1841 (Age 26 years) |
 Occupation | Law Stationer 1841 (Age 25 years)Address: 25 Castle St
Holborn |
| Birth of a daughter #4 | Marriot STILL 1842 (Age 26 years) |
| Baptism of a daughter | Ann Priscilla STILL May 15, 1842 (Age 27 years) |
| Death of a daughter | Marriot STILL August 10, 1843 (Age 28 years) |
| Death of a sister | Sarah STILL about 1843 (Age 27 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #5 | Mary Ann STILL May 1845 (Age 30 years) Note: From the birth records at St Andrews, Holborn. Mary Ann - born to William and Ann Priscilla Still of Castle Street. William is a Law Stationer. Baptized 4 May 1845 by J.D. Hare, LDD. No. 2534.
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| Death of a daughter | Mary Ann STILL October 19, 1845 (Age 30 years) |
 Residence | February 17, 1846 (Age 31 years) Note: It's not clear where the William Still family lived in 1846, but they certainly had lived in Holborn by 1846. Found in the film 1866571 in the National Archives at KEW, St Andrew Holborn list of Poor Rate Defaulters - William Still was summoned to appear before Alderman James Duke, 17 Feb 1846, #51 William Still 2 - 3.11.3 for not paying tax.
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| Birth of a daughter #6 | Maria STILL August 24, 1846 (Age 31 years) Note: The census of 1851 states that Maria was born in Bath Somerset and the GRO record states that Maria Still was born Aug 24, 1846 in Bath. Her parents are listed and William is stated to be a Law Clerk. Since we have letters from William to Ann Priscilla in Bath, it is certain that this birth entry corresponds to our family. The family was listed as living in Ivy Cottage, Widcombe, Somerset, but the baptism certificate states that their abode was in Beechen Hill. Ivy Cottage and Beechen Hill are just across the little river from the main part of Bath.
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| Death of a brother | John STILL March 7, 1847 (Age 32 years) Address: Castle St, Holborn Note: Entry from the City of London Burials states that John Still was buried 7 Mar 1847 at St Andrew Holborn.
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| Residence | 1848 (Age 32 years) Address: 34 St James Parade, Bath
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8 Twerton Terrace
Parish of Walcot
Bath
Note: William went bankrupt at some point and lived in Bath before moving on to Bilston in 1849.
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 Death | October 24, 1849 (Age 34 years) Cause of death: Suicide by Drowning Newspaper Article About William's Suicide Note: The Globe, Monday Oct 29, 1849 (London Paper)
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| Birth of a daughter #7 | Caroline STILL 1850 (2 months after death) |
| Birth of a daughter #8 | Frances STILL June 1850 (7 months after death) |
| Christening of a daughter | Caroline STILL June 30, 1850 (8 months after death) |
| Christening of a daughter | Frances STILL June 30, 1850 (8 months after death) |
| Family with parents |
| father |
John STILL Birth: 1783 — England Death: January 6, 1828 — St Mary Le Strand Parish, Westminster, London |
| mother |
Birth: 1779 — Putney, Surrey, England Death: August 15, 1854 — St Saviour District, Bermondsey, Surry, England |
| elder sister |
Sarah STILL Birth: January 1810 27 31 — Richmond, Surrey, England Death: about 1843 — England |
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5 years himself |
William STILL Birth: January 7, 1815 32 36 — London, England Death: October 24, 1849 — Serpentine River, County Middlesex, London, England |
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-3 years elder brother |
John STILL Birth: August 25, 1811 28 32 — London, England Death: March 7, 1847 — London, England |
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5 years younger sister |
Elizabeth STILL Birth: 1816 33 37 — Mortlake, Surrey, England Death: 1860 — Borough of Southwark in Bermondsey, Surrey (South London) |
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-8 years elder sister |
Mary STILL Birth: July 4, 1808 25 29 — Richmond, Surrey, England |
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8 years younger brother |
James STILL Birth: September 13, 1816 33 37 — St Mary Le Strand Parish, Westminster, London, England Death: December 15, 1822 — 7 Feathers Court, St Mary's LeStrand Parish |
| Family with Ann Priscilla SUMMERS |
| himself |
William STILL Birth: January 7, 1815 32 36 — London, England Death: October 24, 1849 — Serpentine River, County Middlesex, London, England |
| wife |
Ann Priscilla SUMMERS Birth: November 21, 1812 25 27 — Guernsey, Channel Islands, England Death: March 28, 1880 — Warrick Co., IN |
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Marriage: January 22, 1837 — St Andrew Church, St Andrew Parish, Holborn, City of London, County of Middlesex, England |
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1 month daughter |
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2 years son |
Birth: July 3, 1839 24 26 — St Andrew Parish, Holborn, City of London, County of Middlesex, England Death: October 16, 1918 — Xenia, Wayne Co., IL |
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23 months daughter |
Birth: May 29, 1841 26 28 — Holborn, London, England Death: May 21, 1915 — Fairfield, Wayne Co., Illinois |
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19 months daughter |
Marriot STILL Birth: 1842 26 29 — Holborn, Middlesex, England Death: August 10, 1843 — Holborn, Middlesex, England |
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3 years daughter |
Mary Ann STILL Birth: May 1845 30 32 — Holborn, Middlesex, England Death: October 19, 1845 — Holborn, Middlesex, England |
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16 months daughter |
Birth: August 24, 1846 31 33 — Ivy Cottage, Widcombe, Somerset, England. Death: 1930 — Spokane WA |
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4 years daughter |
Caroline STILL Birth: 1850 34 37 |
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6 months daughter |
Frances STILL Birth: June 1850 35 37 Burial: November 1899 — Asbury-Wood Cemetery, Warrick, IN |
| Birth | It is believed that this entry from the parish records of St Mary Le Strand, Westminster in London is that of William: William Still b. 07 Jan 1815, Christened 19 Feb 1815. Parents John Still and wife Elizabeth. Another entry on that date was for William's brother John. |
| Residence | It's not clear where the William Still family lived in 1846, but they certainly had lived in Holborn by 1846. Found in the film 1866571 in the National Archives at KEW, St Andrew Holborn list of Poor Rate Defaulters - William Still was summoned to appear before Alderman James Duke, 17 Feb 1846, #51 William Still 2 - 3.11.3 for not paying tax. |
| Residence | William went bankrupt at some point and lived in Bath before moving on to Bilston in 1849. |
| Fact | In 1848 William Still was living in Bath but was summoned to court for examination of his debts at the County Court of Somersetshire in Bath, July 8, 1848. |
| Media object | William wrote this letter while he was in Bilston, evidently working while his family was in Bath and London. An original is in the hands of Virgina Gaddis of Washington,DC . |
| Media object | Ann PORTER, Ann Priscilla SUMMERS Still and family came on the ship Palestine in 1857, arriving at NY harbor 8 Sept 1857. |
| Shared note | WILLIAM Still married Ann SUMMERS in the St. Andrew's Parish in Holburn, on the north side of the Thames, in 1837. the family resided on Castle St. in St Andrew's Parish according to the 1841 census (St Andrews Holborn, District 3, page 44(old) or page 26(new). William Still and his brother John Still were law stationers in London in the 1840s. It may be that he was not successful, but for whatever reasons, by 1849 he was working in Bilston northwest of Birmington. His wife and children were living in Bath and and later joined him while he was working in the north. Burial records from St Andrew, Holborn, London show that Marriot STILL age 1 of Castle Street was buried Aug 10, 1843. Another entry shows the burial of Mary Ann Still, also of Castle St, Holborn, age 1, on Oct 19, 1845. Since Mary Ann STILL came to America with her family in 1857, this second Mary Ann may have been an earlier child her died and then a second daughter was named Mary Ann. Virginia Gaddis has has two copies of letters that William wrote from Bilston to his wife Ann Priscilla in Bath and his mother-in-law Ann PORTER in South London. The letter from William Still to his wife in 1849 mentions his sister Mary. The will of John Still in 1847 verfies the identities of William's sisters and mother. A death certificate for William in the English archives verifies the family story that William Still drowned in the Serpentine River (in London) in 1849 by suicide. Ann Priscilla SUMMERS Still was living with her mother on Grange Road on the night of 30th of March, 1851 according to the 1851 Census of England. At this time she had 6 children, the babies being 9 months old and born in Surrey, Bermondsey. William's family emigrated from London to Indiana in 1857. |
| Shared note | WITNESSES at the marriage- James OLIVER and Mary STILL |
| Birth | Format: image/jpeg Image dimensions: 541 × 600 pixels File size: 54 KB |
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| Fact | Format: image/jpeg Image dimensions: 1,109 × 1,264 pixels File size: 182 KB Type: Newspaper Note: Bath Chronicle and Weekly Gazette, June 29, 1848
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| Death | Format: image/jpeg Image dimensions: 690 × 555 pixels File size: 230 KB Type: Newspaper Note: The Globe, Monday Oct 29, 1849 (London Paper)
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| Death | WilliamStill_Inquest.pdf Format: application/pdf File size: 3,929 KB Type: Document |
| Media object | Letter from William to Ann in 1849 Format: application/pdf File size: 76 KB Highlighted image: no |
| Media object | Typed Copy of Letter from Wiliam to Ann Colley 1849 Format: application/pdf File size: 56 KB Highlighted image: no Note: William wrote this letter while he was in Bilston, evidently working while his family was in Bath and London. An original is in the hands of Virgina Gaddis of Washington,DC .
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| Media object | WilliamStill_Inquest0.pdf Format: application/pdf File size: 1,561 KB Type: Document Highlighted image: no |
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