Should I just give up now?

[snowyw]

Could there be a surname change?
I searched for ages for my gt grandfather in 1871 and before.  I finally found a 'similar' family with a different surname.  Then managed to find births, marriages in abundance!
I never got to the bottom of the name change though!

[Billyblue]

To Recap...
These are the dates & ages that I have for William James Wilson:

On his wedding day in Swansea on the 23rd June 1893, he gives his age as 32yrs.
On the 1901 Census for Wales (taken on the 31st March 1901) his age is given as 40yrs.
On the 1911 Census for Wales (taken on the 2nd April 1911) his age is given as 51yrs.
On his Death Cert, in London, in December 1937, his son gives his age as 77yrs.
Romilly.

Well, those ages all tie in with a birth 1860/61.
Maybe his birthday was 1 April? (40 on 31 March 1901 and 51 on 2 April 1911)         

Dawn M

[IMBER]

I found a William James Wilson born 1861 in Ayrshire, but his father was Gabriel. Have you tried WILLSON?

[Romilly]

Thanks for looking IMBER,

Yes, I had found that one, - but sadly it's not the one I'm looking for

Yes, I've tried all of the varients of Wilson that I can think of...

It could be of course that William James Wilson's father died when he was very young and his mother re-married...

If I could only find a definate Birth!!

Romilly.

[Romilly]

To Recap...
These are the dates & ages that I have for William James Wilson:
On his wedding day in Swansea on the 23rd June 1893, he gives his age as 32yrs.
On the 1901 Census for Wales (taken on the 31st March 1901) his age is given as 40yrs.
On the 1911 Census for Wales (taken on the 2nd April 1911) his age is given as 51yrs.
On his Death Cert, in London, in December 1937, his son gives his age as 77yrs.
Romilly.

Well, those ages all tie in with a birth 1860/61.
Maybe his birthday was 1 April? (40 on 31 March 1901 and 51 on 2 April 1911)         
Dawn M

Hi Dawn,

These are the Births listed on the Free BMD Site that cover those dates:

Surname     First name(s)          District     Vol     Page
Births Mar 1860   
WILSON    William James        Liverpool    8b   16    
Births Sep 1860   
WILSON    William James         W Derby    8b   255    
WILSON    William James         Ulverstone    8e   616   
WILSON    William James         Preston    8e   481    
Births Dec 1860   
WILSON    William James         W Derby    8b   245   
Births Jun 1861   
Wilson    William James         Liverpool    8b   177

Nothing for Manchester though...
I have previously ordered some of those Certs, but none of them fitted with the info I already had, - and I called a halt after I reached a tally of 10!!

Romilly     

[Spidermonkey]

Did your WJW live at 113 St Helens Road, Swansea?  If so, did you know that in 1896 he patented the Wilson's Patent Room Purifier! (Western Times, 9 July 1896)

[Romilly]

Did your WJW live at 113 St Helens Road, Swansea?  If so, did you know that in 1896 he patented the Wilson's Patent Room Purifier! (Western Times, 9 July 1896)

Well I never!

Yes he did live at 113 St Helens Road. My father was born there in May 1896.

How do I get hold of the item? Is that a Welsh paper?
Romilly 

[sillgen]

Worth looking at this thread as FindMyPast has newspapers
http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,628085.msg4760774.html#msg4760774

[Romilly]

Many Thanks for the Link sillgen.

Romilly.