Hello Everyone,
Well a long time has past since this thread was started and my searches for more information about Hugh Cyril Hill keep drawing blanks. He married Annie Hamilton in Peterborough, Canada in 1905. I have managed to make contact with one of his grandsons and I have learnt from him that unfortunately Hugh and Annie split up shortly after the birth of their children. Annie and the children came to England to live, I believe leaving Hugh back in Canada. I know Hugh served in the Canadian forces during World War 1. The only contact the family had with him after the break up was a brief meeting with one of his sons at Twickenham in England in 1936. Nothing was heard of him after that. Having searched far and wide (but bearing in mind I am still new to this!) the only possible death I can find for a Hugh C Hill is in Swansea in 1950. As far as I know my family have no connections to Swansea as we originate from Worcestershire, but one way or another I need to prove or disprove if this is him. Any ideas how I can do this? Only one Hugh C Hill was born around 1872 (his birth date) according to freebmd and therefore the Swansea death seems the only possible match (calculating back from the age at death), though of course he could have died abroad somewhere and/or the Hugh who died in Swansea could have been born elsewhere.
I believe a death certificate would name an informer but I don't believe this would be a family member and in any case the informer is almost certainly deceased now.
Does anyone have any ideas how I could prove the person who died in Swansea in 1950 is him?
HELP!
