William Wilkinson

Abt 1807 -

• Documents » Slide Show		1861 United Kingdom Census - 6 Taylor's Avenue, Oxford Municipal Ward, Manchester According to the 1861 Census, William Wilkinson (age 54, a joiner) is living with his wife Mary A. (age 41), and sons Charles (age 22, a packing case maker), Thomas (age 19, an organ builder), Joseph (age 13, also an organ builder), and daughters Sarah (age 10) and Elizabeth (age 8) - both scholars.
  		1881 U.K. Census - 23 Thorn Street, Manchester The Census shows William (age 74) as a widower, and still shows his profession as joiner. He is living with his unmarried daughter Sarah, age 30, a box maker, and a grandson William (age 4) and grandaughter Lydia (age 1).
  		1871 U.K. Census - 84 Hart Street, Manchester The 1871 Census shows William Wilkinson, a widower and carpenter (age difficult to read - should be 64), living with his daughters Sarah (age 20, a Fancy Box Maker) and Elizabeth (age 18, a domestic servant), and a grand-daughter Mary A. (age 8 months). Who are Mary's parents?
  		Sarah Wilkinson - Certificate of Birth Born 4 June 1850 at 40 Bloom Street, Manchester
  		Birth Certificate for Joseph Wilkinson - 2 Dec 1847
  		Birth Certificate - William Booth Wilkinson
  		Marriage Certificate - Elizabeth Wilkinson and James Allen Cathedral and Parish Church of Manchester, 25 Dec 1873
  		Marriage of William Booth Wilkinson and Ann Maria Walton Parish Church of St. Anne's, Newton Heath, Lancashire
  		Wedding of Elizabeth Wilkinson Allen to Richard Sadler - 29 June 1895 Married in St. James's Church, Teignmouth Street, Collyhurst. According to Genuki, this church was founded in 1873 and closed in 1971. The witnesses were William (Booth) Wilkinson and Sarah Wilkinson. Elizabeth's father, William Wilkinson, is shown as deceased.

  
  

• Name	William Wilkinson
  Birth	Abt 1807	Manchester, Lancashire, England   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Residence	04 Sep 1844	29 Spear Street, Manchester, Lancashire, England
  Residence	1861	Manchester, Lancashire, England   [2]
  	Address: 6 Taylor's Avenue Manchester, Lancashire United Kingdom
  Residence	1871	Manchester, Lancashire, England   [3]
  	Address: 84 Hart Street Manchester, Lancashire United Kingdom
  Occupation	1861 - 1881	Manchester, Lancashire, England   [2]
  	According to the 1861 Census and 1881 Census, William was a joiner.
  Residence	1881	Manchester, Lancashire, England   [4]
  	Address: 23 Thorn Street Manchester, Lancashire United Kingdom
  Person ID	I2429	Walsh - Wilson Family Tree | Craig
  Last Modified	13 Jun 2008

  
  

  Father	James Wilkinson
  Family ID	F864	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Ann Finney
  Marriage	01 Feb 1829	St. Mary's Parsonage, Manchester, Lancashire, England
  Documents		William Wilkinson and Ann Finney Marriage 1 February 1829 - St. Mary's Church, Manchester According to Gerard Lodge at Manchester Family History Research (who has been greatly assisting me with this project): "There had been only one church in the parish of Manchester right through until the early part of the seventeenth century, but by the middle of this century there were several other chapels within its boundaries. These were located at Blackley, Newton, Gorton, Denton, Birch, Didsbury, Chorlton and Salford. Over the years, especially from 1800, the population of the parish ballooned, necessitating the building of many churches within the parish. As the mother church had the monopoly on fees for events such as weddings and burials, this lead to discontent amongst the wider clergy and parishioners of Manchester. "If for instance a couple chose to marry in their local chapel or church, a fee would be payable to the church and to Manchester Parish Church, so most people just came straight the Collegiate Church. In the early part of the nineteenth century, on holidays such as Whit Monday, dozens and dozens of people got married. A chapter in the book The Manchester Man deals with this subject and tells of ten or twenty couples being married at the same time amongst scenes of utter chaos. "This monopoly of the fees was a major factor in the life of Joshua Brookes. He was the most prolific hatcher, matcher and dispatcher in the country. In other words he performed more marriages, baptisms and burial services than any other cleric before or since. So marrying at the Collegiate Church or as it was later, the Cathedral was not any sign of high rank or wealth. In fact the opposite may have been true with many rich and affluent couples getting married at churches such as St Thomas's, Ardwick. More often that not they married by Licence which was more expensive than marrying after Banns, so the double fees were rather hefty." See: http://www.uksearch2003.co.uk/page3.htm
  Family ID	F863	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	13 Jun 2008

  
  

  Family 2	Mary Ann Barton,   b. Abt 1820, Eccles, Lancashire, England
  Marriage	4 Sept 1844	St. Mary's Parsonage, Manchester, Lancashire, England   [5]
  Children	1. Charles Wilkinson,   b. Abt 1839, Manchester, Lancashire, England   2. Thomas Wilkinson,   b. Abt 1842 + 3. Joseph Wilkinson,   b. 02 Dec 1847, 29 Spear Street, Manchester, Lancashire, England d. 19 Apr 1910, Barton upon Irwell RD, Lancashire (Age 62 years) + 4. Sarah Wilkinson,   b. 04 Jun 1850, 40 Bloom Street, Manchester, Lancaster, England + 5. Elizabeth Wilkinson,   b. Abt 1852
  Documents		St. Mary's Parish Church, Manchester, Lancashire, England The second marrige of William Wilkinson (identified as a widower, and a joiner). Wife was Mary Ann Barton, a spinster, living at 28 Spar Street -- next door to William at 29 Spar Street.
  Family ID	F859	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	13 Jun 2008

  
  

• Sources

  [S63] 1881 England Census, Class: RG11; Piece: 4003; Folio: 33; Page: 60; Line: ; GSU roll: 1341955. (Reliability: 2). [S65] 1861 England Census, Class: RG9; Piece: 2944; Folio: 34; Page: 19; GSU roll: 543053 (Reliability: 3). [S64] 1871 England Census, TNA Ref RG10-4041, Image 25, Folio 11, Page 16, Entry 19 (Reliability: 2). From www.originsnetwork.com [S63] 1881 England Census, Class: RG11; Piece: 4003; Folio: 33; Page: 60; Line: ; GSU roll: 1341955. (Reliability: 3). [S4915] Parish Records - St. Mary's Church, Manchester, Page 157, Number 313 - 4 Sept 1844 (Reliability: 3).