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kiterunner 13-04-19 11:33

Jessie Wilkinson
 
Matthew Graham married Jessie Thornley Jul-Sep 1877 Middlesbrough district. Their children have MMN Wilkinson on the GRO index but I can't find her birth (supposedly around 1849 Ormesby or Guisborough, Yorkshire) or her first marriage, if there was one.

This is the 1881 census:
https://www.ancestry.co.uk/interacti...=successSource


And the 1891 census:
https://www.ancestry.co.uk/interacti...=successSource

Any ideas?

Katarzyna 13-04-19 12:39

If you don't have father's name this may help?

Jessie
Last name Thornley
Age 28
Birth year 1849
Residence South Bank
Marriage year 1877
Marriage date 15 Aug 1877
Marriage place Eston
Spouse's first name(s) Matthew
Spouse's last name Graham
Spouse's age 38
Spouse's residence South Bank
Father's first name(s) Benjamin
Father's last name Wilkinson
Spouse's father's first name(s) Matthew
Spouse's father's last name Graham
County Yorkshire (North Riding)
Country England
Archive Teesside Archives
Page 220
Record set Yorkshire Marriages

Edit:
Witnesses were David Morrison
Elizabeth Thompson

They both lived at the time of marriage in Albion Street, South Bank nos 10 and 32 resp.

kiterunner 13-04-19 15:50

Thanks for that, Kat! The father's name looks useful.

kiterunner 13-04-19 16:20

The reason I'm interested in Jessie is that one of her descendants is a DNA match to me, with shared matches on my Sewell line, so I was wondering whether Jessie could be related to my 4xg-grandmother Mary Wilkinson, born 1802 at Hodsock, near Blyth, Nottinghamshire, who married John Sewell.

This is Mary's brother Benjamin in 1841 in Sheffield:
https://www.ancestry.co.uk/interacti...92499168/facts
Benjamin Wilkinson 30 Labourer N
Elizabeth Do 35 Y
William Do 5 N
Mary Ellis 10 N
Joseph Ellis 10 N
Thomas Do 5 N.
Evidently the children's ages have been rounded down to multiples of 5 like the adults'.

Benjamin had married widow Elizabeth Ellis 30 Sep 1845 at Blyth, Nottinghamshire. I don't know her maiden name, but her previous husband was a Thomas Ellis.

This is Elizabeth in 1851, and I had assumed that Benjamin died between 1841 and 1851, but maybe they just separated (or of course it could be that they separated and then Benjamin died before 1851!)
https://www.ancestry.co.uk/interacti...88513695/facts
Osberton, Nottinghamshire
Joseph Marsh Head Mar 44 Cow Man York Beighton
Elizabeth Do Wife Do 43 Do Stone
Mary Do Daur U 16 House Servant Notts Worksop
John Do Son U 10 Scholar Do Do
Thomas Ellis Son in Law U 18 Ag Lab Notts Blyth
William Wilkinson Do U 15 Groom Do Do
John Black Lodger U 29 Ag Lab Do Ordsall.

So Benjamin probably wasn't married to Jessie's mother - assuming that Jessie's father is my Benjamin. Just need to find Jessie on some previous censuses, with or without Benjamin.

kiterunner 13-04-19 16:39

Hmm, there is this family in 1861 - this Benjamin is 42, younger than mine, but his birthplace is right, and then he is 49 in 1871, so maybe he kept knocking years off his age? Jenat could be Jessie except for age and birthplace being wrong.

https://www.ancestry.co.uk/interacti...cklabel=Return
Evenwood Barony, Durham
Benjamin Wilkinson Head Mar 42 Rail Crew Northampton Blyth (in 1871 his birthplace is Nottinghamshire Blythe)
Elen Do Wife Mar 33 Scotland
Ann Do Daur 12 Do
Jenat Do Daur 8 Durham Berry Edge
Joseph Do Son 4 Do Durham
Elen Do Daur 1 Do Bd Castle.

In 1871 they also have a Benjamin 9 born Durham Cockfield, Violet 6 born Yorks Rosedale, and Frances 3 born Yorks Rosedale.

I suppose they could be in Scotland for the 1851 census.

kiterunner 13-04-19 17:26

They were in Stanhope, Co Durham, in 1851:
https://www.ancestry.co.uk/interactive/8860/DURHO107_2388_2388-0278?pid=14522268&treeid=&personid=&rc=&usePUB=tru e#?_phcmd=u%28'https:%2F%2Fwww.ancestry.co.uk%2Fse arch%2Fcategories%2F1851uki%2F%3Fname%3Dben*_w*lk* n*%26birth%3D1819%26birth_x%3D10-0-0_1-0%26name_x%3D1_1%26successSource%3DSearch%26queryI d%3DxTy2UNdDFpUIYDxlg121Cw%3D%3D','successSource'% 29&imageId=DURHO107_2388_2388-0278
Benjamin Wilkinson Head Mar 32 Labourer Nottinghamshire Worksop
Elleanor Do Wife Mar 23 Scotland
Ann Do Daur 2 Do
John Do Son 1 mo Durham Stanhope

No Jessie, so it looks likely that Jenat is Jessie.

ElizabethHerts 13-04-19 17:29

Kate, just to confirm, my 2x-great-aunt Janet Richardson was also known as Jessie. She was Scottish too.

kiterunner 13-04-19 17:41

Yes, thanks, Elizabeth, I have come across a few Scottish Janets known as Jessie.


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