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Modified Register for Lydia Wells
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First Generation
1. Lydia Wells was born in 1811 in Galphay.
Lydia was very inconsistant on all official records with regard to her age deliberate or otherwise
and the year of birth varies between 1811 and 1819
Lydia married Henry Wilson son of William Wilson on 21 May 1846 in Ripon. Henry was born in 1823 in Ripon.
Occupation Clogger!
Living at 48 Allhallowgate,Ripon with wife and maid(Mary Ann Todd)in 1881
Census.
Henry and Lydia had the following children:
+ 2 F i. Mary Wilson was born in 1847.
3 F ii. Elizabeth Wilson was born in 1848 in Ripon.
+ 4 M iii. Henry Wells Wilson was born in 1850.
+ 5 M iv. John Foster Wilson was born in 1852.
+ 6 M v. Peter Wells Wilson was born in 1854.
Second Generation
2. Mary Wilson (Lydia) was born in 1847 in Ripon.
Dressmaker in 1868 living at Allhallow Gate,Ripon.
Mary married (1) John Reynard on 29 Dec 1868 in Ripon Register Office. John was born on 30 Jun 1846 in Kirkby Malzeard. He died on 26 Sep 1882 in Ripon.
Wood Sawyer of Stone Bridge Gate,Ripon in 1868.
And of Priest Lane Ripon in May 1869.
By 1881 Census was working as Railway Goods Guard,living with family(apart from Lilly!) at 68
Laws Tce,Darlington.
John and Mary had the following children:
+ 7 F i. Lilly Reynard was born on 23 May 1869. She died in 1957.
8 F ii. Laura Gertrude Reynard was born on 1 Apr 1871 in Darlington.
Laura married George Baines on 7 Sep 1896 in Harrogate. George was born in 1881 in Monkton Moor,Yorks.
9 M iii. Thomas Henry Reynard was born in 1873 in Darlington. He died in 1874 in Darlington.
10 F iv. Jane Lydia Reynard was born on 29 Sep 1875. She died in 1895 in Newcastle,Northumberland.
11 F v. Ada Reynard was born on 22 Aug 1878 in Darlington. She was christened on 13 Sep 1878 in Darlington St John. She died in 1879 in Darlington.
12 M vi. Albert Edgar Reynard was born in 1881 in Darlington. He died in 1882 in Darlington.
Mary married (2) Frederick Roberts on 13 Jul 1886 in Darlington register office. Frederick was born in 1856 in Worcester.
They had the following children:
13 M vii. Frederick Wilson Roberts was born in 1888 in Darlington.
Birth registered under10a7 in Qtr 1 1888
4. Henry Wells Wilson (Lydia) was born in 1850 in Ripon.
Henry married Ruth . Ruth was born in 1850 in Ripon.
They had the following children:
14 M i. Frederick C Wilson was born in 1872 in Ripon.
Frederick married Evelyn L Sergeant . Evelyn was born in 1875 in Hampshire West Cowes.
+ 15 M ii. William H Wilson was born in 1874.
16 M iii. Thomas E Wilson was born in 1876 in Ripon.
5. John Foster Wilson (Lydia) was born in 1852 in Ripon.
John married Elizabeth . Elizabeth was born in 1853 in Wath,Yorks.
They had the following children:
17 M i. Jasper Smith Wilson was born in 1872 in Ripon.
18 M ii. John Thomas Wilson was born in 1874 in Ripon.
19 M iii. Henry Wilson was born in 1877 in Ripon.
6. Peter Wells Wilson (Lydia) was born in 1854 in Ripon.
Peter married Sarah . Sarah was born in 1856 in Ripon.
They had the following children:
20 F i. Frances Elizabeth Wilson was born in 1876 in Ripon.
Grannie's birthday book shows a Frances Wilson with a birth date of 10/FEB.
Birth reg Ripon Qtr 1
1876.
+ 21 F ii. Lydia A Wilson was born in 1877.
22 M iii. James Wells Wilson was born in 1879 in Ripon.
+ 23 F iv. Mary B Wilson was born in 1882.
Third Generation
7. Lilly Reynard (Mary Wilson, Lydia) was born on 23 May 1869 in Ripon,Yorks. She died in 1957 in Ryhope.
Brought up by grandmother.
Had a number of still births/infant deaths......Perhaps Elsie May Young born
24/05/1892 and Mabel Young born 10/08 ?
Lilly married Thomas Young on 1 Sep 1891 in Ripon Cathedral. Thomas was born on 24 Jan 1863 in West Boldon. He died in 1938 in Sunderland,Durham.
They had the following children:
+ 24 F i. Edith Young was born on 4 Nov 1893. She died in 1977.
25 M ii. Thomas Wilfred Young was born on 30 Jul 1898 in Acomb,Hexham,Northumberland. He died on 27 Nov 1917 in Cambrai,France (Louverval). He was buried in No known grave.
Died battle of Cambrai-20/11/1917 to 3/12/1917 serving with KOYLI *
*Enlisted in East Riding Yorkshire Yeomanry"
Has no known grave but is commorated on the Cambrai Memorial at Louverval.l
+ 26 M iii. John Reynard Young was born on 17 Jun 1900. He died in 1963.
27 M iv. George Leslie Young was born on 24 Aug 1903 in Sunderland,Durham. He died in 1936 in Sunderland,Durham.
Died in 1930's of bloodpoisoning in Monkwearmouth Hospital.
Engaged to Vera Errington who never married.
+ 28 F v. Muriel Young was born on 13 Aug 1905. She died on 1 Jun 1992.
15. William H Wilson (Henry Wells Wilson, Lydia) was born in 1874 in Ripon.
William married Alicia Watson . Alicia was born in 1875 in Barnsley.
They had the following children:
29 F i. Kathleen A Wilson was born in 1900.
21. Lydia A Wilson (Peter Wells Wilson, Lydia) was born in 1877 in Ripon.
Lydia married Harry B Bilton . Harry was born in 1874 in Ripon.
They had the following children:
30 F i. Lydia Bilton was born in 1899 in Bradford.
23. Mary B Wilson (Peter Wells Wilson, Lydia) was born in 1882 in Ripon.
Mary married Unknown .
They had the following children:
31 F i. John Wilson was born in 1900 in Bradford.
Dawn married (1) Paul Shanahan in 1947 in Germany. Paul was born in USA. He died in Baltimore,USA.
Sergeant US army.
Died after shotgun accident in Baltimore.
Dawn married (2) Guy David Nottingham in Unknown. Guy was born on 15 Mar 1927 in Baltimore,Maryland,USA. He died on 17 Jul 2005 in Westminster,Maryland.
37 M ii. Eric Godfrey Weightman Greenshields was born on 19 May 1933 in Houghton le Spring, Durham.