James Wilkinson born Jan 1871 St Mary's Parish Wigan Lancashire

[rosie99]

Hi
I think there are Chelsea Pensioner Records for him, but i cannot access them as my membership is not premium

ame:   James Wilkinson
Discharge Age:   35
Birth Date:   abt 1871
Discharge Year:   1906
Regiment:   The Sherwood Forrstero
Regimental Number:   10047

Although it mentions the Sherwood Forresters, he originally enlisted in the 2nd Dorset Regiment in 1892.
can anyone access these?

many thanks

Trade Shoemaker so not the same person ?  I suspect that could be the trade he learnt while serving

ADDED
Intended place of residence Holwood, Belfast

[rosie99]

I have just continued looking at the following pages of that record, they then have James Wilkinson in the Dorset reg.  They can be viewed on FindMyPast

ADDED Next of kin Margaret Hinds (Sister) 46 Greenhough Street, Wigan

[rosie99]

Could this be Margaret though the dates don't tie up

1901
William   Hinds   25   occ Fruit Hawker   bn Liverpool, Lancashire
Margaret   Hinds   28   bn Wigan, Lancashire
Joseph   Hinds   Son   2   bn    Wigan, Lancashire
William   Barton   Boarder   24   occ   Fruit Hawker   bn Wigan, Lancashire
RG13
Piece 3564
Folio   97
Page   31

Birth reg of son
HINDS, JOSEPH       mmn WILKINSON 
GRO Reference: 1899  June Quarter in WIGAN  Volume 08C  Page 71

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Marriage: 18 Aug 1897 St Thomas, Wigan, Lancashire, England
William Hinds - (X), 21, Hawker, Bachelor, 81 Queen Street
Margaret Wilkinson - 23, Spinster, 107 Caroline Street
    Groom's Father: William Hinds, Hawker
    Bride's Father: Joseph Wilkinson, Collier
    Witness: James Turner; Mary Knowles

[rosie99]

The Saxon family are at 46 Greenough St, Wigan in 1891/1901 etc

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https://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=6598&h=22867851&tid=&pid=&queryId=30cfb0c9d538721278e9d270da4ca5be&usePUB=true&_phsrc=HQq12&_phstart=successSource

I believe this could be James Wilkinson, located in the South Front Barracks, Dover 1891.

[rosie99]

https://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=6598&h=22867851&tid=&pid=&queryId=30cfb0c9d538721278e9d270da4ca5be&usePUB=true&_phsrc=HQq12&_phstart=successSource

I believe this could be James Wilkinson, located in the South Front Barracks, Dover 1891.

There are service records for a James Wilkinson who joined the Border regt (no 800) in November 1884 age 18 2/12, born Wigan, he died in 1934. 

[liscoole]

Hi
I think there are Chelsea Pensioner Records for him, but i cannot access them as my membership is not premium

ame:   James Wilkinson
Discharge Age:   35
Birth Date:   abt 1871
Discharge Year:   1906
Regiment:   The Sherwood Forrstero
Regimental Number:   10047

Although it mentions the Sherwood Forresters, he originally enlisted in the 2nd Dorset Regiment in 1892.
can anyone access these?

many thanks

Trade Shoemaker so not the same person ?  I suspect that could be the trade he learnt while serving

ADDED
Intended place of residence Holwood, Belfast

Hi Rosie

Thanks for that. Im fairly certain that is him, he was stationed in Northern Ireland at Victoria Barracks and also there were barracks at Holywood. He married a lady from Carlingford, Co Down and they eventually settled in North Belfast. So I really think they are the right records.

Well done in finding Margaret!!! This could be the key to finding his roots! Though he said in every offical document that his father's name was James. Interesting!

[rosie99]

I am sure that both of those records I looked at are him.  The original attestation was the one that had next of kin on, that also mentioned Annie and the children.  The Sherwood Forrester record also connected to the date of leaving in 1906.

Jas. is often used as a shortened form of James and Jos. for Joseph.  I wonder if somehow one has been mistranscribed.