Author talk:William Delisle Hay

Birth and death dates

Wikipedia and other sources show him born 1853 - is there a better source that shows 1851 ?

Wikipedia doesn't mention a death date, but several sources show a novel Blood: A Tragic Tale as published 1888 (though it could have been posthumous. This source cliams that he was still living in 1896 - http://www.victorianresearch.org/atcl/show_author.php?aid=2761

-- Beardo (talk) 17:15, 10 June 2023 (UTC)

birth

• FreeBMD

Name: William De Lisle Hay
Registration Date: 1853, Jun Q.
Registration Place: Sunderland, Durham, England
Volume: 10a
No.: 281

baptism

• Familysearch

Name William De Lisle Hay
Gender Male
Baptism Date 5 May 1853
Baptism Place Bishop-Wearmouth, Durham, England
Father William Hay
Mother Julia ...
FHL Film Number 1482466
Reference ID item 2 p 78

census

• 1891 England

Name William D Hay
Gender Male
Age 40
Relationship Lodger
Birth Year 1851
Birth Place Bishop Wearmouth, Durham, England
Civil parish St George Hanover Square
Ecclesiastical parish St Gabriel Fenchurch
Residence Place London, St George Hanover Square, London, EnglandS
Registration district St George Hanover Square
Sub registration district Belgrave
ED, Institution or Vessel 30
Piece 75
Folio 46
Household Members (Name) Age Relationship
James Bloom 39 Head
Sophia Bloom 43 Wife
Emily Bloom 18 Daughter
Charles Bloom 16 Son
Caroline Bloom 14 Daughter
William D Hay 40 Lodger, author & journalist

• 1871 England

Name William Hay
Age 18
Estimated Birth Year 1853
Relation Son
Gender Male
Where born Bishop Wearmouth, Durham, England
Civil parish Elvet
Ecclesiastical parish St Oswald
County/Island Durham
Country England
Registration district Durham
Sub-registration district St Oswald
ED, institution, or vessel 15
Household schedule number 263
Piece 4963
Folio 28
Page number 47
Household Members (Name) Age Relationship
Julia Hay 52 Head Widow
William Hay 18 Son, student medicine
Elfleda Hay 15 Daughter
Reynell Hay 11 Son
Beatrice Hay 10 Daughter
Amie Bright 24 Governess
Mary Morse 48 Servant
Mary Hall 44 Servant
Sarah Rhifield 23 Servant
May J Robinson 24 Servant

electoral

• Electoral Registers. London, England: London Metropolitan Archives.

Name William Delisle Hay
Electoral Date 1883
Street Address 1st Lupus street
Ward or Division/Constituency St George Hanover Square
County or Borough Westminster, England
Reference Number MR/PER/B/059

Name William Delisle Hay
Electoral Date 1896
Street Address 73 Balcombe-street
Ward or Division/Constituency Marylebone East
County or Borough Westminster, England

latest newspaper article

An Elementary Text-book of British Fungi. Illustrated. By WILLIAM DELISLE HAY F. R. G. S. London: Swan, Sonnenscheic, Lowrey, & Co.
Date: Saturday, June 11, 1887
Publication: The Sporting Gazette (London, England)Volume: XXV , Issue: 1309 — billinghurst sDrewth 13:14, 16 June 2023 (UTC)