See also

Family of James Wilkinson and Sarah Barnard

Husband: James Wilkinson

  • Name:

  • James Wilkinson2 3

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Father:

  • James Wilkinson (1775?-1829)

  • Mother:

  • Sarah Pewter (1783?-1837)

  • Occupation:

  •  

  • oyster dredger4 5 6 7 3

  • Note:

  •  

  •  

  •  

  • May had another son (unnamed), see Maldon 1843 quarter:4 volume:12 page:163

  • Birth:

  • 1806 (app)

  • Tollesbury, Essex, England4 6 8

  • Baptism:

  • 3 Aug 1806 (age 0)

  • St. Mary the Virgin Church, Church Street, Tollesbury, Essex, England1

  • Witness:

  • 29 Sep 1832 (age 25-26)

  • James Wilkinson witnessed the marriage of John Colbia and Mary Barnard on Saturday on 29 September 1832 in St. Mary the Virgin Church, Church Street, Tollesbury, Essex, England

  • Census:

  • 6 Jun 1841 (age 34-35)

  • Tollesbury, Essex, England9 10

  •  

  • aged 30, oyster dredger living with his wife and four children. Born in Essex

  • Census:

  • 30 Mar 1851 (age 44-45)

  • Church Street, Tollesbury, Essex, England11

  •  

  • head of the household aged 44, oyster dredger living with his wife and four children. Born in Tollesbury Essex

  • Census:

  • 7 Apr 1861 (age 54-55)

  • Street, Tollesbury, Essex, England12

  •  

  • head of the household aged 54 married, oyster dredger living with his wife and two children. Born in Tollesbury Essex

  • Census:

  • 2 Apr 1871 (age 64-65)

  • Tollesbury, Essex, England13 14

  •  

  • head of the household aged 64 married, oyster dredger living with his wife and a daughter. Born in Tollesbury Essex

  • Death:

  • 14 May 1876 (age 69)

  • Tollesbury, Essex, England3

  •  

  • Cause: of pneumonia

    osyter dredger, R(osetta?) Wilkinson, daughter-in-law present at death

  • Burial:

  • 17 May 1876

  • St. Mary the Virgin Church, Church Street, Tollesbury, Essex, England15

  •  

  • aged 69

Wife: Sarah Barnard

  • Name:

  • Sarah Barnard16 2 6

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Father:

  • John Barnard (1780?- )

  • Mother:

  • Eleanor Reynolds (1774-1847)

  • Birth:

  • 1812

  • Tollesbury, Essex, England16 6 4

  • Baptism:

  • 10 Aug 1812 (age 0)

  • St. Mary the Virgin Church, Church Street, Tollesbury, Essex, England16 17

  •  

  • daughter of John Barnard and Eleanor. Note this image is very difficult to read and this entry may not be correct

  • Witness:

  • 29 Sep 1832 (age 19-20)

  • Sarah Barnard witnessed the marriage of John Colbia and Mary Barnard on Saturday on 29 September 1832 in St. Mary the Virgin Church, Church Street, Tollesbury, Essex, England

  • Census:

  • 6 Jun 1841 (age 25)

  • Tollesbury, Essex, England9 10

  •  

  • living with her husband and four children. Born in Essex

  • Census:

  • 30 Mar 1851 (age 39)

  • Church Street, Tollesbury, Essex, England11

  •  

  • wife living with her husband and four children. Born in Tollesbury Essex

  • Census:

  • 7 Apr 1861 (age 48-49)

  • Street, Tollesbury, Essex, England12

  •  

  • wife aged 49 married, living with her husband and two children. Born in Tollesbury Essex

  • Census:

  • 2 Apr 1871 (age 58-59)

  • Tollesbury, Essex, England14 13

  •  

  • wife aged 59 married, living with her husband and a daughter. Born in Tollesbury Essex

  • Death:

  • Jun 1871 (age 59)

  • Maldon "Registration District", Essex, England18 19

  • Burial:

  • 18 Jun 1871

  • St. Mary the Virgin Church, Church Street, Tollesbury, Essex, England1 15

  •  

  • aged 59

Child 1: James Wilkinson

  • Name:

  • James Wilkinson15

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Birth:

  • Aug 1833 (app)15

  •  

  • Baptism:

  • 18 Aug 1833 (age 0)

  • St. Mary the Virgin Church, Church Street, Tollesbury, Essex, England1

  • Death:

  • Feb 1835 (age 1)15

  •  

  • Burial:

  • 22 Feb 1835

  • St. Mary the Virgin Church, Church Street, Tollesbury, Essex, England1 15

  •  

  • aged 18 months

Child 2: Robert Wilkinson

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Spouse: Emma Anna Killick

  • Name:

  • Robert Wilkinson20 21

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Spouse (1):

  • Emma Anna Killick (1839-1898)

  • Spouse (2):

  • Ellen Georgiana Heard (1840-1930)

  • Executive Summary:

  •  

  •  

  •  

  • a dredger in 1855, an oyster dredgerman 1861 & 1871, a fisherman in 1881, a mariner 1885

  • Occupation:

  •  

  • oyster dredger and fisherman22 4 23 24 25 26

  • Birth:

  • 1835

  • Tollesbury, Essex, England4 6 21 25 26

  • Baptism:

  • 5 Apr 1835 (age 0)

  • St. Mary the Virgin Church, Church Street, Tollesbury, Essex, England1

  • Census:

  • 6 Jun 1841 (age 5-6)

  • Tollesbury, Essex, England9 10

  •  

  • aged 6, living with parents and three siblings. Born in Essex

  • Census:

  • 30 Mar 1851 (age 15-16)

  • Church Street, Tollesbury, Essex, England11

  •  

  • son aged 16 unmarried, oyster dredger living with parents and three siblings. Born in Tollesbury Essex

  • Census:

  • 7 Apr 1861 (age 25-26)

  • Street, Tollesbury, Essex, England27

  •  

  • head of the household aged 26 married, oyster dredger living with his wife, two children and two apprentices. Born in Tollesbury Essex

  • Census:

  • 2 Apr 1871 (age 35-36)

  • Tollesbury, Essex, England24

  •  

  • head of the household aged 35 married, oyster dredgerman living with his wife and four children. Born in Tollesbury Essex

  • Census:

  • 3 Apr 1881 (age 46)

  • Tollesbury, Essex, England25

  •  

  • married head of the household working as a fisherman and living with his wife Emma, sons Edward, Morris (sic) and Raymond, and daughters Adele, Rose and Charlotte. Born in Tollesbury Essex

  • Criminal:

  • 9 Dec 1882 (age 46-47)

  • Colchester (County) Magistrates Court, Colchester, Essex, England28

  •  

  • accused of using a trawl unlawfully on 10th November 1882 off West Mersea as the trawl had allegedly damaged an oyster bed. The case was adjourned until 30th December 1882

  • Criminal:

  • 30 Dec 1882 (age 46-47)

  • Colchester (County) Magistrates Court, Colchester, Essex, England29

  •  

  • after three hours of evidence the case was dismissed due to conflicting evidence, as Robert Wilkenson

  • Census:

  • 5 Apr 1891 (age 56)

  • Unity Place, Hunts Lane, Tollesbury, Essex, England26

  •  

  • married head of the household working as a dredger man and living with his wife Emma, and daughter Charlotte. Born in Tollesbury Essex

  • Census:

  • 31 Mar 1901 (age 65-66)

  • Hunts Lane, Tollesbury, Essex, England30

  •  

  • head of the household aged 66 married, fisherman own account living with his wife. Born in Tollesbury Essex

  • Death:

  • 19 Feb 1907 (age 70)

  • Tollesbury, Essex, England20

  •  

  • Cause: of carcinoma of the intestine

    an oyster dredger. His son-in-law J O Layzell was present at the death

  • Burial:

  • 24 Feb 1907

  • St. Mary the Virgin Church, Church Street, Tollesbury, Essex, England1

  • Probate:

  • 5 Apr 1907

  • Probate Registry, Arcade Street, Ipswich, Suffolk, England31

  •  

  • of Unity Place, Hunts Road, Tollesbury dredgerman effects of £55 11s (~£3,180 in 2005) administered by Ellen Georgina Carrington Wilkinson widow

Child 3: Ellen Wilkinson

  • Name:

  • Ellen Wilkinson6

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Spouse:

  • Edward Robert Hennig (1835?-1895)

  • Birth:

  • 1837 (app)

  • Tollesbury, Essex, England6 4 32 33

  • Baptism:

  • 13 Aug 1837 (age 0)

  • St. Mary the Virgin Church, Church Street, Tollesbury, Essex, England1

  • Census:

  • 6 Jun 1841 (age 3-4)

  • Tollesbury, Essex, England9 10

  •  

  • aged 3, living with parents and three siblings. Born in Essex

  • Census:

  • 30 Mar 1851 (age 13-14)

  • Church Street, Tollesbury, Essex, England11

  •  

  • daughter aged 13, attending school and living with parents and three siblings. Born in Tollesbury Essex

  • Census:

  • 2 Apr 1871 (age 33-34)

  • Maisonett Lodge, Ingatestone, Essex, England34

  •  

  • wife aged 33 married, living with her husband and three children. Born in Tollesbury Essex

  • Census:

  • 3 Apr 1881 (age 43)

  • High Street, Chipping Ongar, Essex, England32

  •  

  • married wife living with her husband Robert, sons Robert and Harman (sic), and daughter Ellen. Born in Tollesbury

  • Census:

  • 5 Apr 1891 (age 53)

  • Grove Lane, Hackney, London, England33

  •  

  • married wife living in four rooms with her husband Robert, daughter Nellie, son Hermann, and three visitors. Born in Tollesbury Essex

  • Death:

  • Q2 1897 (age 59)

  • Hackney "Registration District", London, England35

Child 4: Sarah Wilkinson

  • Name:

  • Sarah Wilkinson6

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Occupation:

  •  

  • a domestic servant then housekeeper36 37

  • Birth:

  • 1839 (app)

  • Tollesbury, Essex, England4 6

  • Baptism:

  • 23 Jun 1839 (age 0)

  • St. Mary the Virgin Church, Church Street, Tollesbury, Essex, England1

  • Census:

  • 6 Jun 1841 (age 1-2)

  • Tollesbury, Essex, England9 10

  •  

  • aged 2, living with parents and three siblings. Born in Essex

  • Census:

  • 30 Mar 1851 (age 11-12)

  • Church Street, Tollesbury, Essex, England11

  •  

  • daughter aged 11, attending school and living with parents and three siblings. Born in Tollesbury Essex

  • Census:

  • 7 Apr 1861 (age 21-22)

  • Street, Tollesbury, Essex, England12

  •  

  • daughter aged 21 unmarried, living with parents and a brother. Born in Tollesbury Essex

  • Census:

  • 2 Apr 1871 (age 31-32)

  • Tollesbury, Essex, England13 14

  •  

  • daughter aged 31 unmarried, living with parents. Born in Tollesbury Essex

  • Census:

  • 3 Apr 1881 (age 41-42)

  • 23 Westbourne Villas, Paddington, Middlesex, England38

  •  

  • servant aged 39 unmarried, servant domestic living with William & Elizabeth Percival and family and another servant. Born in Tollesbury Essex

  • Census absence:

  • 5 Apr 1891 (age 51-52)39

  •  

  • Census:

  • 31 Mar 1901 (age 61-62)

  • 32 Eleanor Road, Hackney, London, England37

  •  

  • housekeeper aged 61 unmarried, housekeeper domestic living with Eli Arnold and two children. Born in Tollesbury Essex

Child 5: James Wilkinson

picture

Son: James Wilkinson

  • Name:

  • James Wilkinson40 6

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Spouse (1):

  • Elizabeth London (1845?-1868)

  • Spouse (2):

  • Rosetta Gurton (1846-1937)

  • Occupation:

  •  

  • oyster dredger, fisherman and mariner7 41 42 43 44 45

  • Birth:

  • May 1841

  • Tollesbury, Essex, England40 6 4 42 43 46 44 45

  • Baptism:

  • 30 May 1841 (age 0)

  • St. Mary the Virgin Church, Church Street, Tollesbury, Essex, England1

  • Census:

  • 6 Jun 1841 (age 0)

  • Tollesbury, Essex, England9 10

  •  

  • aged 5 weeks, living with parents and three siblings. Born in Essex

  • Census:

  • 30 Mar 1851 (age 9)

  • Church Street, Tollesbury, Essex, England11

  •  

  • son aged 9, attending school and living with parents and three siblings. Born in Tollesbury Essex

  • Census:

  • 7 Apr 1861 (age 19)

  • Street, Tollesbury, Essex, England12

  •  

  • son aged 19 unmarried, oyster dredger living with parents and a sister. Born in Tollesbury Essex

  • Census:

  • 2 Apr 1871 (age 29)

  • Tollesbury, Essex, England41

  •  

  • head married, oyster dredger in channel living with his wife and a visitor. Born in Tollesbury Essex

  • Census:

  • 3 Apr 1881 (age 30)

  • North Tollesbury, Tollesbury, Essex, England42

  •  

  • married head of the household working as a fisherman and living with his wife Rosetta, daughters Rosetta and Elizzie (sic), and son James. Born in Tollesbury Essex

  • Census:

  • 5 Apr 1891 (age 49)

  • Emma Amelia, Goldhanger Shoe, Goldhanger, Essex, England43 46

  •  

  • married master of this sailing smack living with his son W James and Dan Riley. Born in Tollesbury Essex. James is also given as a mariner absent at sea from his home address of Claremont Terrace, Hunts Road, Tollesbury, Essex where he lived with his wife Rosetta, sons William (absent), James and Charles, and daughters Nellie, Susan and Florence.

  • Census:

  • 31 Mar 1901 (age 59)

  • Hunts Lane, Tollesbury, Essex, England44

  •  

  • married head of the household working as a mariner on his own account and living with his wife Rosetta, son James, and daughters Nellie, Susan and Florence. Born in Tollesbury Essex

  • Census:

  • 2 Apr 1911 (age 69)

  • Woodrolfe Farm Lane, Tollesbury, Essex, England45

  •  

  • married head of the household working as a mariner and living in six rooms with his wife Rosetta, and grandson Frank William Redgewell. Born in Tollesbury Essex

  • Residence:

  • 1920 (age 78-79)

  • Rosebery Cottage, Woodrolfe Farm Lane, Tollesbury, Essex, England

  • Death:

  • May 1920 (age 79)

  • Maldon "Registration District", Essex, England15 47

  • Burial:

  • 27 May 1920

  • St. Mary the Virgin Church, Church Street, Tollesbury, Essex, England1 15

  •  

  • aged 79

Sources

1.

Colchester Record Office Parish Records. Colchester Record Office, Colchester, Essex, England.

2.

Seax - Essex Record Office Parish Records, (on-line at www.essexcc.gov.uk). Tollesbury St. Mary marriages 1813-1837 ref:D/P 283/1/11 image:30 page:55 entry:165. Cit. Date: 3 February 2020.

3.

Death Certificate. copy supplied by Kathy Przeniczny nee Adams. Family Archive, Held by David and Sue Wilkinson.

4.

England and Wales Census 1851, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk).

5.

Marriage Certificate. son Robert own copy. Family Archive, Held by David and Sue Wilkinson.

6.

England and Wales Census 1841, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk).

7.

England and Wales Census 1861, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). 1861/1091/59.

8.

Death Certificate. Supplied by Kathy Przeniczny nee Adams. Family Archive, Held by David and Sue Wilkinson.

9.

Viv Newell personal communication. copy of 1841 census. Cit. Date: 27 February 2003.

10.

England and Wales Census 1841, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:HO107 piece:339 folio:7 page:8.

11.

England and Wales Census 1851, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:HO107 piece:1778 folio:726 page:27.

12.

England and Wales Census 1861, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG09 piece:1091 folio:59 page:15.

13.

England and Wales Census 1871, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG10 piece:1675 folio:62 page:17.

14.

Viv Newell personal communication. Gedcom file.

15.

The Federation of Family History Societies, National Burial Index for England & Wales v.3, (2010 own copy).

16.

Seax - Essex Record Office Parish Records, (on-line at www.essexcc.gov.uk). Tollesbury St. Mary the Virgin baptisms 1803-1813 ref:D/P 283/1/5 image:12. Cit. Date: 31 March 2018.

17.

FreeReg, (on-line at www.freereg.org.uk). Tollesbury St. Mary the Virgin. Cit. Date: 2 February 2020.

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Adams, Wilkinson and Przeniczny Family Tree, (on-line at www.tribalpages.com). Cit. Date: 27 January 2006.

19.

England and Wales Death Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Maldon 1871 quarter:2 volume:4a page:160.

20.

Death Certificate. copy supplied by Kathy. Family Archive, Held by David and Sue Wilkinson.

21.

Marriage Certificate. own copy. Family Archive, Held by David and Sue Wilkinson.

22.

Ibid. own and son Edward, own copy. Family Archive, Held by David and Sue Wilkinson.

23.

Birth Certificate. son Edward own copy. Family Archive, Held by David and Sue Wilkinson.

24.

England and Wales Census 1871, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG10 piece:1675 folio:56 page:6.

25.

England and Wales Census 1881, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG11 piece:1778 folio:55 page:5 schedule:701. Cit. Date: 9 January 2022.

26.

England and Wales Census 1891, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG12 piece:1399 folio:178 page:3 schedule:23. Cit. Date: 9 January 2022.

27.

England and Wales Census 1861, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG09 piece:1091 folio:53 page:4.

28.

FindMyPast Newspaper article, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). The Essex Standard, West Suffolk Gazette, and Eastern Counties Advertiser 16 December 1882 page 6 www.findmypast.co.uk.

29.

Ibid. The Essex Standard, West Suffolk Gazette, and Eastern Counties Advertiser 6 January 1883 page 6 www.findmypast.co.uk.

30.

England and Wales Census 1901, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG13 piece:1693 folio:62 page:12.

31.

Ancestry England and Wales National Probate Calendar (Index to Wills and Administrations), 1858-1966, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk).

32.

England and Wales Census 1881, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG11 piece:1741 folio:58 page:44 schedule:397. Cit. Date: 28 March 2022.

33.

England and Wales Census 1891, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG12 piece:191 folio:21 page:35 schedule:218. Cit. Date: 28 March 2022.

34.

England and Wales Census 1871, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk).

35.

England and Wales Death Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Hackney 1897 quarter:2 volume:1b page:297.

36.

England and Wales Census 1881, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk).

37.

England and Wales Census 1901, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk).

38.

England and Wales Census 1881, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG11 piece:0001/7/7.

39.

David Eric Wilkinson.

40.

England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Maldon 1841 quarter:2 volume:12 page:156. Cit. Date: 18 January 2017.

41.

England and Wales Census 1871, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG10 piece:1693/62.

42.

England and Wales Census 1881, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG11 piece:1778 folio:43 page:4 schedule:612. Cit. Date: 7 May 2022.

43.

England and Wales Census 1891, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG12 piece:1399 folio:177 page:2. Cit. Date: 20 March 2020.

44.

England and Wales Census 1901, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG13 piece:1693 folio:62 page:11. Cit. Date: 20 March 2020.

45.

England and Wales Census 1911, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG14 piece:10209 class:RG78 piece:537 registration district:196 sub-district:3 enumeration district:1 schedule:283. Cit. Date: 19 September 2018.

46.

England and Wales Census 1891, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG12 piece:1399 folio:190 page:1 schedule:3. Cit. Date: 29 June 2022.

47.

England and Wales Death Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Maldon 1920 quarter:2 volume:4a page:651.