Hi Anna,
Many Thanks for looking for me, - much appreciated!
The only evidence I have for a possible DOB for William James Wilson is that on his Marriage Cert, in 1893 he gives his age as 32yrs, & then on the 1901 Census for Wales he is 40yrs. (This would give a birth date of 1860/61).
However, on his Death Cert in December 1934, his age is given as 77yrs! (This would give a Birth Date of 1857). The info was given by his son, George Felix Wilson, who might of course of course have got it wrong... addendum...on checking my paperwork, I find that it is me who has got it wrong!! My Grandmother died in 1934, but my Grandfather William James Wilson died in December 1937, - giving him a birth date of 1860).
I have also wondered if perhaps he 'made up' the bit (on his Marriage Cert) about his father being 'William Wilson, deceased, Occupation Mason'...(He was after all, an 'unknown' to the Swansea family he was marrying into, & perhaps he felt that he had to produce some relatives? The witnesses to the wedding are my Grandmother's father & sister Selina Rees).
If he was illegitimate for example, it might explain why I can't find him on any of the Censuses for England...(And of course, although he thought he was born in Manchester, it might be possible that he was born elsewhere, & then moved to Manchester at an early age).
I will have another look at the ones that you suggest, & see if I can follow them through on the other Censuses.
Thanks for the help!
Romilly.
