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In search of William Wilson's parents

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safc

safc Report 26 Mar 2017 23:02

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1851 Census
9 Records found


Piece: SCT1851/622 Place: Barony -Lanarkshire Enumeration District: 37
Civil Parish: Bridgeton Ecclesiastical Parish, Village or Island: Calton
Folio: 603 Page: 25 Schedule: 85
Address: 31 Landressy Street

Surname First name(s) Rel Status Sex Age Occupation Where Born Remarks
WILSON William Head M M 39 Engineer Midlothian - Edinburgh
WILSON Isabella Wife M F 35 Lanarkshire - Lesmahagow
WILSON Mary Dau U F 15 Power Loom Weaver Lanarkshire - Glasgow
WILSON William Son U M 12 Piecer In Cotton Factory Lanarkshire - Glasgow
WILSON John Son U M 9 Scholar Lanarkshire - Glasgow
WILSON James Son U M 2 Lanarkshire - Glasgow
WALLACE Agnes Orphan U F 10 Scholar Lanarkshire - Glasgow
WALLACE James Orphan U M 6 Scholar Lanarkshire - Glasgow
WALLACE Jean Orphan U F 2 Lanarkshire - Glasgow


Mel Fairy Godmother

Mel Fairy Godmother Report 26 Mar 2017 22:21

William Wilson

in the UK, Royal Hospital Chelsea Pensioner Admissions and Discharges, 1715-1925

Name: William Wilson
Pension Admission or Examination Age: 40
Birth Year: abt 1838
Birth Place: Edinburgh
Pension Admission or Examination Date: 2 Jul 1878
Regiment: House Arty
Rank: G.
Regimental Number: 1350*******************

safc

safc Report 26 Mar 2017 21:55


Devon Marriages Transcription
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First name(s) Ellen
Last name Perkins
Age 19
Birth year 1855
Marriage year 1874
Marriage date 25 Mar 1874
Place Exeter, St James
Residence Summerland Street
Father's first name Joseph
Father's last name Perkins
Spouse's first name(s) William
Spouse's last name Wilson
Spouse age 35
Spouse's residence Higher Barracks
Spouse's father's first name(s) William
Spouse's father's last name Wilson
County Devon
Denomination Anglican
Country England
Archive South West Heritage Trust
Archive reference 4316A/PR/1/4
Record set Devon Marriages
Category Birth, Marriage, Death & Parish Records
Subcategory Marriages & divorces
Collections from Great Britain

© Findmypast

williams father is an engineer

Nadine

Nadine Report 26 Mar 2017 20:27

The one I have is a military one.. doesn't state any family names....

Shirley~I,m getting the hang of it

Shirley~I,m getting the hang of it Report 26 Mar 2017 20:26

Quite a lot of William Wilsons born in Scotland around the same time

To identify him on the census pre marriage you need his dads name from the marriage cert

Shirley~I,m getting the hang of it

Shirley~I,m getting the hang of it Report 26 Mar 2017 20:08

Well the mariage cert should name his father if known

Marriages Mar 1874
Perkins Ellen Exeter 5b 147
WILSON William Exeter. 5b. 147

Nadine

Nadine Report 26 Mar 2017 20:05

Evening all! :-)

Could anyone help me locate parents or siblings of William Wilson... below is all I know any help would be amazing

William Wilson b. abt 1839 in Edinburgh, Scotland
16th May 1855 attested for the Rifle Brigade Regiment
Service no - 1350
Married Ellen Perkins in Exeter, Devon 25 March 1874
Discharged from the military on the 29th July 1878 in Dublin
1881 census - (servant) Head Groom & Coachman at Retreat House in Topsham, Devon
1891 census - (head) Groom living in Heavitree, Devon
Died 1897?

Wife - Ellen Perkins b. 1857
Children - Charlotte Jane 1876 - 1887
Eliza b. 1877
William John 1878 - 1953
Albert Henry 1880 - 1959
Frederick Charles 1882 - 1957
Walter George 1884 - 1968
Arthur Edward b. 1888
Rose Ellen 1890 - 1968
Lily Kate b. 1895