I'm looking for any information/inspiration on my Great Great Grandfather William Hilton.
William was born in about 1835 in Manchester. It is possible that William fought in the Crimean War and on his return stopped at Zante (which was then under British control) where he "married" my GGGrandmother Catharine Mefalluzzo (various spellings recorded as she was illiterate), a farmer's daughter, and had 3 children before they all returned to Manchester early in 1861.
William and Catharine and 4 more children appear on the 1861 and 1871 censuses and it seems that William died before the 1881 census where Catharine is shown as widowed.
Other than the census information, I have been unable to pin anything (William's parents, his marriage, his children's birth/christening dates, his death) down to specific dates, though I have searched all the usual sites (FreeBMD, IGI etc). A trip to Central Library is in the offing.
Any information gratefully received, though I suspect I may have to accept that there just isn't any information to be had.
Many thanks