Harry Best Bonehill

   Another name for Harry was Harry Best Cheers.

  General Notes:

Harry was a talented trombone player and pianist. He left at the outbreak of The First World War and was never heard of again. He had played for well known families in the Liverpool , West Kirby area. When he left Sir Adrian Bolts sister made sure that the five daughters were educated and trained in the profession of their choice. Each girl chose a profession in addition to their 'Stage work.
Harrys wife Julia did a number of jobs to support her young family including potato picking. She was a stewardess on The White Star Line and travelled to China , Japan, and America. She was the first woman postman in Liverpool. A job she did for five years. The Bolts knew her father so supported her and the five girls when Harry left. In 1903 at the birth of Dorris living at High Road , Chigwell.

Louis Thorne notes:
I've followed up some leads on Harry's school days in London, showing that his father was Peter Best, and also that Harry lived with his grandfather, Elias Bonehill, at Bow, London.

  Noted events in his life were:

• Certificates: Birth 28th January 1851, 1873.

• Occupation: Ships Musician.

• Occupation: Lunatic Asylum Organist, 1903.

• Census: Living with W43 Rebecca in London Bow aged 7, 1881.

• Census: Asylum Lunatic Attendant, 1901.

• connection. John Freestone 's connection to me is as follows:

John Freestone . . .
He was the nephew of Ernest Freestone who married Doris Bonehill (1903)
Her father was Harry Bonehill (1873)
His mother was Jane Bonehill (1851)
Her father was Elias Bonehill (c1822)
His father was John Bonel (c1791)
His father was Robert Bonhil (1745)
His father was William Bonell (1707)
His father was John Bonell (1678) & he also had Robert Bonhil (1745)
His father was William Bonell (1707)
His father was John Bonell (1678) & h e also had Thomas Bonell (1728)
He had John Bonell (1756)
He had John Bonell (1796)
He had Jane Bonell (1833) who married Gerry Derry (1833)
They had Ellen Derry (1865) who married Thomas Perks (1864)
He had Thomas Perks (1888) who married Mary Evans (1889)
Her father was William (Evans 1845)
His father was John Evans (1821) & he also had Josiah Evans (1851) who married Mary Davies (1848)
Her father was Thomas Davis (c1805) & he also had Joseph Davies (1852)
He had G. A. Davies (1894)
He had Colin Davies (1925)
He had me - Robyn Bray (nee Davies) (1950)

Harry married Julia Edwards on 7 Apr 1900 in Barkingside, Essex England. (Julia Edwards was born in 1873 and died on 23 Jul 1933 in Wirral, Merseyside England.)