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Thank you, I'd already directly messaged several people from these 2 families but had only one unsatisfactory reply, the rest remain unopened. This message board has been much more helpful, we will keep trying, I already have some new leads.

Use the free site to check for possible marriages of the children and then likely births to those marriages

https://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/search.pl

For example - it would appear that Elsie married in 1937 to Arthur S Selby

Surname First name(s) Spouse District Vol Page
Marriages Mar 1937 (>99%)
Bell Alfred Latus Sculcoates 9d 401
Latus Margaret Bell Sculcoates 9d 401
Lill Elsie E Selby Sculcoates 9d 401
Selby Arthur S Lill Sculcoates 9d 401

One birth shows in 1937 in the Sculcoates RD.
She then marries 1955 in Hull RD
2 likely births to that combination

1911 census states John and Emmeline have been married 26 years and that 12 children were born to the marriage but 4 have since died.

1911 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription
97 Somerset St Hull, Sculcoates, Yorkshire, England

First name(s) Last name Relationship Marital status Sex Occupation Age Birth year Birth place
John Lill Head Married Male Coal Merchant 46 1865 Yorkshire Hull
Emmeline Lill Wife Married Female House Wife 47 1864 Yorkshire Bridlington
Stanley Lill Son Single Male Coal Porter 17 1894 Yorkshire Hull
Elsie Emmeline Lill Daughter - Female - 14 1897 Yorkshire Hull
John Lill Son - Male - 12 1899 Yorkshire Hull Transcription
Gladys Lill Daughter - Female - 11 1900 Yorkshire Hull
Evelyn Lill Daughter - Female - 9 1902 Yorkshire Hull
Murial Lill Daughter - Female - 7 1904 Yorkshire Hull
Wilfred Lill Son - Male - 4 1907 Yorkshire Hull

Try looking in members trees which is under the search heading above the boards
Put in some names and see if anyone has them in their tree.
You can then try to make contact by clicking on the find out more box

It's unlikely family will just come along You will have to be proactive and go looking I think
:-)

We are looking for any living descendants of John Lill b1865, Hessel, Sculcoates Hull died 1950. He married Emmeline Sanderson 1864-1929, they had about 7 children who survived to adulthood. Evelyn b1902 married a Charles Henry Proctor in 1921.
Charles Henry Proctor b1897 in Hull,was the son of Albert Victor Proctor b 1872 in Leeds.
Evelyn's grandson, my cousin, would like to reconnect with members of his Hull family.