Susannah Hill (1819 — 1909) 
Susannah Galt was born in 1819 in Portsmouth, the daughter of James and Ann Galt. She was baptized on 17 November 1819 at St Thomas in Portsmouth, at which time the family were living at 107 High Street and James was a boot maker. 
She might have been living at 1 Oriental Place in Brighton in the 1841 census, there was a Susannah Galt aged 20 and a teacher living at this address and she was not born in Sussex. 
Susannah married John Hill on 17 January 1846 at Christ Church in Southwark. At the time of the marriage Susannah was living at 107 High Street in Portsmouth. John was born circa 1818 in East Kent the son of Richard Hill a licenced victualler. At the time of the marriage John was living at 37 Charlotte Street and was a grocer. 
In the 1851 census John and Susannah with daughters Mary Ann aged 6 and Susannah aged 4 months were living at 6 Stanley Street in Paddington, John was recorded as a clerk. Ten years later in the 1861 census John and Susannah were still living at 6 Stanley Street with sons John Joseph aged 12 and Rowland aged 5 along with daughter Bessie aged 1. John was a commercial clerk. 
By the time of 1871 census John and Susannah with son Rowland aged 16 and daughter Bessie aged 11 were living at 3 Colville Terrace in Kensington, John was recorded as a solicitor's clerk and Rowland was a pawnbroker's clerk. 
John died Q3 1878 in Kensington. 

In the 1881 census Susannah was living with her sister Louise Davies and various members of her family plus two servants at 1 Ealing Terrace in Ealing. Susannah was recorded as an annuitant. 
Ten years later in the 1891 census Susannah was living with her niece Amy Lang (daughter of her sister Louise) and her family at 89 Wigmore Street in Marylebone. 
Susannah was still living with her niece Amy Lang and her family in the 1901 census but by then they had moved to 2 Ashley House in Newbury. 
Susannah died March 1909 in Newbury Union Workhouse and she was buried at Newtown Road Cemetery on 24 March 1909. 

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