Wilkinson Family





Wilkinson:
Isabell fil Humphry Wilkinson  of Barrowford     bap       23/10 1644

Poll tax 1660/1 William Wilkinson and wife Susan of Foulridge  at 1s each.

1551 Hugh Wilkinson living in a house at Stone Edge.

1901 census:
16 Elizabeth Street, Nelson:

John     Henry     Wilkinson     head   31  cotton Twister  Born Nelson
Mary    Jane              "            wife    27                                     "
Sarah Elizabeth         "             dtr       6
Alfred                       "             son      4
May                         "             dtr       1  

1894 Marriage at Burnley register Office: 24th March  John Henry Wilkinson aged 24 Married Mary Jane Eastwood aged 21 - see certificates


1891 census:
26 Charles Street, Nelson

Martha                 Wilkinson   head     53                         Born Padiham
Benjamin Morell          "          son       28                                 Burnley

John Henry               "           son       21                                 Foulridge
James                         "           son       20                                      "
Alfred                         "           son       12                                 Nelson
Alice (nee Manley)      "  dtr in law       25                                 Church
Harry M                     "  grson               6                                  Nelson
Elizabeth                     "  grdtr                3                                      "
Fred                           "  grson               2                                      "  

1886 Benjamin Morell Wilkinson married Alice Manley at Burnley

1881 census: family not yet found:

An entry for 1881 Habergham Eaves shows:
17 Hirst Street,
William      Wilkinson           head    44    married       Stone Mason         Born  Burnley
Margaret   Cunningham      boarder 34   unmarried    Cotton winder                 Scotland
Maggie            "                     "          2                                                                 "
Isabella            "                     "          9mnths                                                    Burnley

1871 census:

Nelson Street, Nelson (probably now Hibson Road):

William                        Wilkinson   head   34   Journeyman Stone Mason     born Burnley
Martha (nee Widdup)        "           wife    33   Cotton weaver                              Padiham
Thomas  W                       "           son     12       "          "                                    Burnley
Benjamin Morell               "            son       8   Scholar                                             "
John Henry                     "           son        1                                                       Foulridge
James                               "            son        2mnths                                                  "
Mary                           Widdup                70    mother in law                                Simonstone


1869: 31st August:  Birth of John Henry Wilkinson at Hill Top , Foulridge - father William a Stone mason - mother Martha formerly Widup- see certificate