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« on: Monday 16 July 12 04:31 BST (UK) »
Hi Geoff,
I'm hoping the parish burial register provides more detail than the death certificate (which I have) but perhaps I'm dreaming.
My John Wilson has not left much of a trail....
Here's the little I know about him:
He married Jane Taylor, Jan. 24 1846 in the Parish Church in Helmsley. Both lived in Harome at the time. His occupation was listed on their marriage certificate as farmer. The curate was E. Day. They were of age (but their ages are not given). Jane Taylor, at least, was born in Harome.
John's father was John Wilson, farmer. Mary Wilson (perhaps his sister?) was a witness.
Jane Taylor was from a Quaker background (and perhaps John was too.) I believe Jane may have been related to Ann (Boyes) and Jonathan Taylor (of Harome). Jonathan Taylor (schoolteacher) was the other witness at their wedding.
They had five children who are to be found living in Harome with their mother in 1851 and 1861:
Mary Jane (b 1847 Harome)
Robert (b. 1848 Harome)
Anne (b. 1849 Harome)
John (b. 1851 Harome)
Elizabeth (b. 1861 Harome)
John is *not* at home during the 1851 or 1861 census.
In 1861, his occupation was listed as shepherd on Elizabeth's birth certificate.
Sometime between 1861 and 1871, I suspect Jane and John died as they're not to be found with any of their children or in the Helmsley district. In 1871, Elizabeth (age 10) and her older brother John are living with their sister Mary's family (Harker) in Rosedale. In 1881 Elizabeth was working as a kitchen maid at the hall in Kirby Misperton (close to her other sister Anne's (Marton) family).
Not much to go on, I'm afraid.
Janet
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