| Home Surname List Name Index Sources Email Us | Seventh Generation80. Herbert Thomas REGESTER was born on 10 September 1844 in Sheffield, Yorkshire, England. He died on 18 January 1927 at the age of 82 in Meriden, CT. He was buried in Litchfield, CT. Speculation as to whether the death of his wife, then his daughter, Florence, and then his mother, sent him to emigrate to the USA in 1878. He is recorded in the 1880 Census as living in Litchfield, CT. The 1871 English Census has the family living at 35 Brittain St., St. Peter Ward, Sheffield. He was a scissorsmith. Herbert and Mary lived on Hunt Street, Sheffield, with Herbert's mother, Ann, who was widowed in 1858. John initially remained behind with his mother's sister Charlotte Howard when Herbert went to America. We're not sure with whom John came to America. Herbert Thomas REGESTER and Mary Howard HILLS were married about 1867 in Sheffield, Yorkshire, England. Mary Howard HILLS was born in 1847 in Sheffield, Yorkshire, England. She died before 3 October 1875 at the age of 28 in St. Philip, Sheffield, Yorkshire, England. She was buried on 3 October 1875 in St. Philip, Sheffield, Yorkshire, England. Herbert Thomas REGESTER and Mary Howard HILLS had the following children:
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