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Wigtownshire / Re: wilson?
« on: Tuesday 12 December 17 18:39 GMT (UK) »
Just bought the elizabeth Wilson death cert on scotands people and it lists her as widow of james Wilson tin smith so I think its her.
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Wigtownshire / Re: wilson?
« on: Tuesday 12 December 17 18:23 GMT (UK) »
Wow, thanks so much ev, I really appreciate the help untangling this Wilson riddle. James Wilson is still living in London road mcculloch place in 1871 so his death must be between 1871 and 1881.
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Wigtownshire / Re: wilson?
« on: Tuesday 12 December 17 17:49 GMT (UK) »
Thanks so much for your help on this, the family seems to vanish after 1881, do you know what happened to Elizabeth ferguson and her kids?
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Wigtownshire / Re: wilson?
« on: Tuesday 12 December 17 13:46 GMT (UK) »
James is only a tin smith in1861 census, the year before his son john married, I might be wrong but its the closest ive gotten in 2 years searching.
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Wigtownshire / Re: wilson?
« on: Tuesday 12 December 17 10:57 GMT (UK) »
Hi Gadget, don't think obituaries on internet, I ofund it scrolling through Wolverhampton archive papers but said johns dad was living of darlington street (maybe he visited when he heard his son was dying?) in 1881 census theres an Elizabeth Wilson living in wigtown (London rd) mentioned as widowed I think might be Elizabeth ferguson.
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Wigtownshire / Re: wilson?
« on: Tuesday 12 December 17 10:22 GMT (UK) »
Yes, that familysearch one matches my wigtown wilsons I was working on, esthers sister signed her marriage cert and George leah who I've found in w'ton but think is their friend. Johns death cert of april 12th 1870 is signed by esther at the address I know she lived at so that matches but unsure of obituary, it was published few days after in local paper saying he died after very severe illness and death cert said john died of tb so reckon it is him but very hard working backwards through wilsons.
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Wigtownshire / Re: wilson?
« on: Tuesday 12 December 17 10:06 GMT (UK) »
which one do you think is the likeliest? wigtown or Falkirk? my john had sons called Samuel, john and Robert and might have reused them from his family back home. in his 1870 obituary his wife esther lists his father as living in Wolverhampton, although she lists him as john rather than james but she misspelt her first sons name as Edward henry rather than Edward james as it was corrected on birth cert.
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Wigtownshire / Re: wilson?
« on: Tuesday 12 December 17 09:36 GMT (UK) »
I don't know that john's mom was Elizabeth but that was his only daughters name before he died in 1870.
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Wigtownshire / Re: wilson?
« on: Tuesday 12 December 17 09:25 GMT (UK) »
Hi, I'm only assuming john came from Wigtownshire as the 1861 james Wilson was a tin smith, his wife was Elizabeth (john named his daughter that) and the 1861 james had a son john born 1842, in 1863 john and his new wife moved to Glasgow so i thought he might have family there but less than a year later returned to Wolverhampton but john was a journeyman so moved around a lot.