Let me stick my neb in here !
Looking at the Whillance folk down through the censuses, I think you aqre banking on a Cornelius who might not have existed.
To cut to the chase ... today I saw the baptism of Robert Dawson Whillance, 9 Dec 1849, son of ROBERT , flax dresser, and Elizabeth Whillance of Shield Field, All Saints
Shieldfield was/is an area to the east of the centre of city of Newcastle, lying within the Parish ( Anglican) of All Saints)
Bur annotated on the record against Robert senior's name was the word "dec"... which I took to be abbreviation for deceased.
The Census 1841 (ref 846/1 24-13) Lime Street, Byker, Newcastle, Shows Michael and Elizabeth Whillance, both 45 years. From reading other info, I take this couple to be Michael and Elizabeth nee Hall.
I saw the record of their marriage in St Mary's, Gateshead.
9th Jan 1814. Although they were likely to be Presbyterians, they married in Gateshead Parish Church, which was Anglican/Church of England ( The law of the land, England/Wales, laid down that the only legal way to marry was in a Church of England... but baptisms in own church was permitted... law withdrawn 1844)
Also in the household was 20 yr old Robert a FLAX DRESSER.
Mary 25 John 14 ( who became a joiner and died in Leeds aged 60 in 1888 and had a second name of Dawson) and Margaret 10.
So it seems likely that Robert the flax dresser married Elizabeth,( you say Calston) native of Gateshead, but he died young, before C1851.
Also on C1841 (846/6 35-10) at East Ballast Hills (in area of All Saints parish) is a newly-married couple, Cornelius Whillance and Ann nee Coatsworth, native of Newcastle.
I might guess that c20 yr old joiner Cornelius was the son of Michael , joiner, and Elizabeth Whillance, nee Hall.
The widow Elizabeth, nee Calston... her family did not spread to Tynemouth area in Northumberland. Her siblings-in law, Cornelius and Ann nee Coatsworth did move to Tynemouth area, but moved back into Newcastle area circa 1880.
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On to the bit about a Whillance been a doctor
It seems unlikely that Elizabeth nee Calston would marry a doctor and then on his death become a " pauper", as she was classified on C1851 (ref 2407-76-24), later a lodging house keeper....
That leads to her long term lodger John B Gregson ( I think the B was for BRUMWELL.. from his death registration in Gateshead. He was in Elizabeth's household from Census 1851 up to his death a few months after she died.
Now back to Census 1841 in Westgate St, Newcastle
(ref 848/6 18-29) This Gregson household included 50 yr old Jane, and a 35 yr old John Gregson , occupation = Ind for Indepentent. Also in h/h was 30 yr old Henry Gregson a "surgeon"
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I have seen info somewhere, about an Australian soldier of WW1 called Whillance with Gregson as a middle name ??
Phew
Michael Dixon
Newcastle
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