George Wilkinson marriage to Alice: Haverton Hill, County Durham

[DCB]

Going through the censuses and GRO index, George's mother was Mary Charlton.

John , son of William Wilkinson, and Mary, daughter of George Charlton, married on 10th June 1860 in Stockton.

John was baptised on 3rd June 1838, in Billinghay, Lincolnshire, son of William and Elizabeth.

Trees vary on his mother, but one has Clarke and there is a John, mmn Clarke, in Sleaford District in 1838.
Sleaford is 10 miles from Billinghay and so could be correct.

There is a marriage of William to Elizabeth Clarke in Billinghay on 20th November, 1813, although quite early for John's birth date.

David

[McIverMcIvor]

Thanks everyone for your time! And pointers to resources and for your advice. I had no idea it was possible to find out so much.

I'll now head for the library and then the GRO for images of the original documents.

Heather

[trish1120]

Another good free site is FreeREG www.freereg.org.uk

The 1813 Marriage is on there and seems correct as WILLIAM/ELIZABETH Wikinson bapt Billinghay;
William 1815
Thomas 1817
Elizabeth 1819
Ann 1825 poss buried 1829, infant
Fanny 1829
Joseph 1831
JOHN 1838

Burial for WILLIAM 05 Jul 1868 age 79 (1789)
And ELIZABETH buried 26 Nov 1871 age 79 (1792)

1861 in Billinghay we have;
William Wilkinson 72 Head Mar Formerly Labourer born   Monark, Nottinghamshire (Newark)
Elizabeth Wilkinson 69 Wife Mar
Betsy Wilkinson   42 Daughter Unm
Joseph Wilkinson 29 Son Unm born
Elizabeth/Betsy/Joseph born Billinghay

1841 we have;
William Wilkinson 50 Ag Lab, not born in County
Elizabeth Wilkinson 45
William Wilkinson 25
Eliza Wilkinson 25
James Wilkinson 15
Fanny Wilkinson 11
Joseph Wilkinson 9
JOHN Wilkinson 3*****

Trish

[McIverMcIvor]

Thanks!

Elizabeth married likely at 21 then ..... and William married 28 miles from where he was born.

So all I need is the original 1871 census to confirm Billinghay was transcribed correctly to the records ..... and my story goes back two generations.

Teesside was certainly a magnet with all the industry.

Heather

[Tickettyboo]

I was firkling round old newspapers earlier and this caught my eye. I knew I'd seen this combination of surnames before and thanks to the search facility in Rootschat I've now found the thread.
Fingers crossed that Heather will see this and find it of interest.

Daily Gazette for Middlesborough, 24 Sept 1940, page 2, col 1

GOLDEN WEDDINGS
WILKINSON - LIPTHORPE -- September
24th 1890, at St John's Church, Haverton
 Hill, by the Rev.J.A. Lodge (vicar).
George Wilkinson to Alice Lipthorpe. Present address 43 Bell-street, Port Clarence.

Boo