George Wilson (1845-1939)

Dates

Birth: 5 October 1845 Reuben Terrace, Leeds, Yorkshire, UK
Father: George Wilson 1845-1939
Mother: Sarah Wetherhill (Wetherill) 1846-1886

Christening: 25 December 1845 St Mark, Woodhouse, Leeds, Yorkshire, UK

Marriage: October-December 1866 Leeds, Yorkshire, UK
Wife: Sarah Wetherhill (Wetherill) 1846-1886

Marriage:
Wife: Ann (Annie) Clemishaw (Cleminshaw) 1841-1922

Death: 7 December 1939 123 Chatsworth Road, Morecombe, Lancashire, UK
Buried: Plot 3,31B Bramley Baptist, Bramley, Leeds, West Yorkshire, UK

Children

By Sarah
Clara Wilson 1867-1933
Harry Wilson 1868-a1891
An unknown daughter was born 2 days before the 1871 census, but died before 1881
Arthur Wilson 1873-a1891
Benjamine Wilson 1876-a1901
Flora Wilson 1879-1950
John Wilson 1881-1953
Emma Wilson 1884-1a1939

Notes

Birth of George Wilson in FreeBMD in October-December 1845 in Leeds (23 462).

Entry in Ancestry England, Select Births and Christenings, 1538-1975 for George Wilson baptised 25 December 1845 at Saint Mark Woodhouse, Leeds, York, parents John and Sarah Wilson.

Entry in Ancestry West Yorkshire, England, Church of England Births and Baptisms, 1813-1910 for George Wilson baptised on 25 December 1845 at Woodhouse, St Mark, parents John and Sarah Wilson. "Page 298 Baptisms solemnized in the District of St Mark Woodhouse in the County of York in the Year 1845&6 [...] Dec 25 No. 2378 George Son of John [an] Engine man & Sarah Wilson [of] Reuben Terrace".

His brother was baptised on 27 May 1849 at St Matthew, Leeds when they were living at Rhodes Court ? Union.

In the 1851 census as George Welson (sic - in the index, Wilson on the original) aged 5, born in Leeds, Yorkshire, and living with his parents (John and Sarah), brother (Edward) and sister (Mary A) at 4 Back Reubens Street, Leeds, Yorkshire.

His sister was born on 28 October 1855 and baptised on 24 December 1855 at St Peter, Leeds when they were living at Exeter Place.

In the 1861 census as George Wilson aged 15, born in Leeds, Yorkshire, a solicitors clark, and living with his parents (John and Sarah), brother (Edward) and two sisters (Mary A and Sarah E) at 17 Old Hall Street, Leeds, Yorkshire.

Marriage of George Wilson and Sarah Wetherill in FreeBMD in October-December 1866 in Leeds (9B 770).

His daughter was born on 6 December 1867 and son in 1868, both in Leeds, and another daughter 2 days before the 1871 census.

In the 1871 census as George Wilson aged 25, born in Leeds, Yorkshire, a salesman, and living with his wife (Sarah), son (Harry), two daughters (Clare and unnnamed) and a visitor (Emma Wetherall (sister-in-law?) at 26 Grenville Terrace, Leeds, Yorkshire.

His two sons were born in 1873 and 1876, and daughter on 24 February 1879. all in Leeds.

In the 1881 census as George Wilson aged 35, born in Leeds, Yorkshire, a woolen manager, and living with his wife (Sarah), three sons (Arthur, Benjn and Henry) and two daughters (Clara and Flora) in Back Lane, Bramley, Yorkshire.

His son was born on 25 September 1881 and daughter on 26 April 1884, both in Bramley.

His wife died on 4 July 1886 in Bramley, Leeds and was buried in Plot3,32 Bramley, Baptist, Bramley, Leeds.

Marriage of George Wilson and Annie Leslie in FreeBMD in April-June 1887 in Leeds (9b 822).

Copy of Marriage entry dated 24 October 1975 George Wilson married Annie Leslie on 23 May 1887. He was a widower, aged 41, employed as a cloth manufacturer, and living at 4 Elden Terrace, Bramley. His father was John Wilson, a retired cloth manufacturer. The marriage was witnessed by Clare Wilson (I assume his daughter although she was only 7), Annie Brown? Leslie (I assume her daughter) and Robert Brown (her uncle).

In the 1891 census as George Wilson aged 45, born in Leeds, Yorkshire, a woollen manufacturer and employer, and living with his wife (Annie), and four sons (Arthur, Benjamin, John and Henery), three daughters (Clara, Emma and Flora) and a servant Elizabeth Thompson (aged 16 and born in Kirbymoorside, Yorkshire) at Hough End, Bramley, Leeds, Yorkshire.

In the 1901 census as George Wilson aged 55, born in Leeds, Yorkshire, an insurance agent, and living with his wife (Annie), son (Benjamin) and two daughters (Emma and Flora) at 22 Vinery Road, Headingley, Leeds.

In the 1911 census as George Wilson aged 65, born in Leeds, Yorkshire, an insurance manager, and living with his wife (Annie) and daughter (Flora) in six rooms in Vinery Road, Burley Road, Leeds, West Riding, Yorkshire.

In the 1921 census as George Wilson born in Leeds, Yorkshire in 1845, and living with Annie Wilson (wife?), and Emma and Flora Wilson (daughters?) in Leeds, Yorkshire (West Riding).

His wife died on 2 May 1922 in Headingley, Leeds and was buried in Plot 3,32A Bramley Baptist, Bramley, Leeds.

In the 1939 England and Wales Register as George Wilson, born 5 October 1845, widowed, a retired insurance inspector, and living with Emma and Flora Wilson (daughters?) at 123 Chatsworth Road, Morecambe and Heysham, Lancashire.

Death of George Wilson in FreeBMD in October-December 1939 aged 94 in Lancaster (8E 1660).

Entry in Ancestry England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1995 for George Wilson died 7 December 1939 in Lancashire probate 18 January 1940 in Lancashire. "Wilson George of 123 Chatsworth-road Morecombe-and-Heysham Lancashire died 7 December 1939 Probate Lancaster 18 January to Flora Wilson and Emma Wilson spinsters. Effects £605 0s. 2d."

Entry in FindaGrave for George Wilson born 5 October 1845 in Leeds, West Yorkshire, died 7 December 1939 in Morcombe, Lancaster, Lancashire, two spouses Annie and Sarah, three children Clara, Flora and John and buried in Plot 3,31B Bramley Baptist Churchyard, Bramley, Leeds, West Yorkshire. "In/Loving/Memory of/Sarah wife of/George Wilson/Young and Brave/Born 11 May 1846/Died 4 July 1886/Annie/Second Wife of ?/Born 15 August 1841 /Died 2 May 1922/Clara/Eldest Daughter of the above/George and Sarah Wilson/Born 6 December 1867/Died 3 October 1933/Also of the Above Named/George Wilson/Born 5 October 1845/Died 7 December 1939/Flora/Second Daughter of the Above/Born 24 February 1879/Died 2 December 1950//John beloved husband of Florence Wilson/and youngest son of the above George Wilson/Born 25th September 1881/Died/24th December 1953".

Entry in Geneanet Community Trees Index for George Wilson.

This information came from Mona Chadwick - Had a mill, well off, chapel goer and teetotal.

St Mark Woodhouse is just north of Leeds.

Relationship

George Wilson was the husband of Ann Clemishaw, Felicity's great grandmother.

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