The William Edward GREENWELL, birth registered Lanchester Dec Qtr 1898, whom we have been following….son of Joseph & Eliza/Elizabeth... we are pretty certain the census, marriage and 1971 death we have found is the same man. But BMD documents would prove it .
In your original posting, you said your man was born
Lanchester 1899. Where did that information come from? Did you know him to have a middle name?
MARRIAGE: Mar Qtr 1922, Chester le StreetWilliam GREENWELL
Charlotte SMITH
DEATH: William GREENWELL, age 74Dec Qtr 1963, Durham NE
No middle "E" or "Edward" evident on either the death or marriage.
Given the above, I'd say the chances are, your William GREENWELL could be the one whose birth is registered as follows (and as it happens, in the same year and qtr as the William Edward in Lanchester we've already looked at):
BIRTH: William GREENWELL, Chester le Street, Dec Qtr 1898
On the Census, the one most likely to be him this lad ( & Pelton comes under the Chester le Street registration district):
CENSUS 1901: Bowden Terrace, Helmington Row, Durham
RG13 - Piece 4651, Folio 13 , Page 18
Head: William LANE 57, Coal Miner Hewer, b N.K., Lancashire
Wife: Mary A LANE 53, b Shildon Durham
Son: John LANE 30, singler, Contractor/ Cartman, b Bowden Close
Dau: Hannah GREENWELL 21, married, b Bowden CloseSon: Joseph LANE 13, Contractor/ Cartman, b Bowden Close
Dau: Rose LANE 14, b Bowden Close
Dau: Matilda LANE 5, b Bowden Close
Grandson: William GREENWELL 2, b Pelton DurhamMARRIAGE: Jun Qtr 1898, Auckland, Durham, on same page:
Sarah Hannah LANE
John White GREENWELL
MARRIAGE: Mar Qtr 1906, Auckland, Durham
Sarah Hannah GREENWELL
To: Christopher LIDDLE
And as follows, I believe to be one family:
https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XWHL-64Shttps://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XWHL-643https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XWHL-647Use the links to the search tools I gave you earlier to determine if the above 3 are all in same household.
This seems the likely match to your William GREENWELL, but unless there is information in the above census etc that matches what you know of
your William, then the marriage cert to Charlotte will (hopefully) be the necessary 100% proof you need, to ensure you're on the right path.
Cheers
AMBLY