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I am still trying to track down this man so am resurrecting my original post!
I have a baptism at Maryport on 7th October 1832, parents James and Mary
1841 Wilton is aged 9, living with his parents in Canonby Cross, Maryport, 1851 as originally stated, aged 17, a shipwright, still with parents in Crosscanonby Maryport
I have also found merchant navy records of apprenticeships from 1847 and 1849 (I think he may have deserted his ship on each occasion, can't read the red writing very easily
The last snippet I have is a marriage at Cross Canonby on 29th January 1854 btween Frances Proctor and Wilson Glover (I suspect a transcription error on his christian name) and a death for Frances Glover, 2nd quarter 1854 Whitehaven
Maybe Wilton went to sea and never came back after the death of his wife?
Maybe he moved away, or died at sea? I can find no trace of him after the probable marriage.
He is not my direct line, that is his older sister who named a son Wilton (I suspect in his memory) and the name has been passed down through the family ever since so I would like to complete his story if possible
Thanks in advance for any help or information
Christine
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