John Wilkinson    Family Tree 

John Wilkinson 1866-1951 GreatGrandfather Having    no    information    on    John    Wilkinson (B1866),   I   am   indebted   to   the   notes   received from   cousin   Dora   Jarratt   and   her   father   Jack Pickering.         Great         Grandfather         John Wilkinson    was    born    on    20    July    1866    at Wingates,             near             Morpeth,             in Northumberland,   son   of   William   Wilkinson and   Mary   Hindhaugh.   He   was   the   eldest   of seven   children.   He   worked   in   small   landsale pits   and   would   scour   the   countryside   looking for   outcrops   of   coal.   They   drove   a   drift   into any   they   found   and   used   natural   drainage   to get   rid   of   any   water.   He   married   Elizabeth Thornton   in   1890   and   they   had   ten   children, all    born    at    Choppington.        William    was    the eldest,   born   in   1891,   then   came   James   Thornton,   born   1894,   Esther   Hindhaugh,   born   1895,   John,   my   grandfather   born   in 1897,   Annie   Thornton,   born   in   1899,   Mary,   born   in   1901,   Dorothy,   born   1903,   Frances,   born   1905,   Thomas,   born   1907   and finally   Elizabeth,   born   1913.   After   getting   married,   he   lived   most   of   his   life   in   the   Bedlington   area   before   moving   to   Newbiggin by the sea where he died in 1951 aged 85. All of his sons were miners and all his daughters married miners Siblings Esther   Wilkinson ,   born   1867   at   Longhorsley..   She   married   William   Stevens,   a   postman   from   Sunderland,   in   1895,   and moved   to   Sunderland   where   they   had   two   children,   Robert   Henry,   born   and   died   in   1896,   and   Harold,   born   1898.   In   the   1901 census,   Dorothy   Stevens   was   listed   as   a   visitor   but   I   think   it   was   Dorothy   Wilkinson,   Esthers   sister   as   the   year   and   place   of birth   correspond.   Dorothy   is   listed   as   being   single   on   this   census,   as   is   Esthers   sister   Mary   Ann   who   was   listed   as   being   a visitor in the 1911 census. Dorothy   Wilkinson   was   born   in   1870   at   Ulgham.   I   can’t   find   any   record   of   her   getting   married   (see   above).   She   was   listed as   a   housekeeper   th   Richard   Foster   at   the   Vicarage,   Scotland   Gate,   Choppington   in   the   1989   Census.   In   the   1911   census   she   is still single and working as a sick nurse for the Blyth Nursing Association, living at 133 Bowes Street, Blyth James   Wilkinson   was   born   in   1872   at   Ulgham.   I   can’t   find   any   record   of   him   getting   married   and   he   is   still   living   with   his parents   in   the   1891   census,   a   coal   miner,   and   the   1901   census   at   Front   Row,   Bedlington   where   he   is   listed   as   a   deputy overman. I can’t find any record of him in the 1911 census. Mary   Ann   Wilkinson   was   born   at   Ulgham   in   1874.   Again,   I   can’t   find   any   record   of   her   getting   married.   In   the   1901   census she   is   boarding   at   781   Burnley   Road,   Rawtenstall   in   Lancashire   and   her   occupation   is   listed   as   schoolmistress.   In   the   1911 census she was visiting sister Esther at Sunderland and is still single. Elizabeth   Jane   Wilkinson   was   born   at   Ulgham   in   1877.   In   the   1891   census   she   was   a   servant,   alongside   sister   Dorothy,   to Richard   Foster   at   the   Vicarage,   Scotland   Gate.   She   married   Walter   Lionel   Barrett,   a   Law   Clerk,   born   at   St   Georges,   Hanover Square,   London   in   1876,   in   1905.   At   the   time   of   the   1911   census,   they   had   one   daughter   Harriett   Mary,   born   in   1908   at Willesden,   Middlesex.   I   would   like   to   know   how   they   met,   possibly   Walter   visited   Richard   Foster,   but   we   will   probably   never know. Sarah   Wilkinson   was   born   at   Ulgham   in   1879.   She   married   William   Robert   Renwick,   a   butcher,   born   in   1865   at   Shotley, Northumberland   and   they   had   one   son,   Wilkinson   Renwick.   Wilkinson   became   parish   priest   at   Alwinton   before   retiring   to Matfen. Sarah died aged 71 in 1950. Elizabeth Thornton  1870-1941  GreatGrandmother I   have   very   little   information   and   no   photographs   of   Elizabeth.   She   was   born   in   Choppington   in   1870   (Morpeth      Vol   10b      Page 320)   daugter   of   James   Thornton   and   his   wife   Ann   (nee   Rutherford).   She   was   one   of   twelve   children   and   married   John Wilkinson   in   1890.   In   a   tragic   coincidence   to   my   Grandmother   Sarah   Eleanor   Hall,   she   also   suffered   from   diabetes   which caused   her   to   have   a   leg   amputated   due   to   gangrene.   So   my   Grandfather   John   Wilkinson   born   1897   saw   his   wife   and   mother suffer the same fate. Siblings Frances   Thornton   was   born   in   1860   at   Bedlington.   She   married   James   Smith   in   1883   at   Stakeford   and   they   had   three children, Jane born 1884 at Barrington, James born 1890 at Pegswood and Thomas born 1898 at Ashington. Margery   Thornton   was   born   in   1864   at   Bedlington.   She   married   James   Hogg   in   1884   at   Stakeford   and   they   had   two children, Waltere born 1885 at Morpeth and James Thornton born 1887 at Pegswood. Jane   Ann   Thornton    was   born   in   1865   at   Bedlington.   She   married   John   Wandless   in   1888.   I   can’t   find   any   record   of children. John   Thornton    was   born   in   1866   at   Bedlington.   I   think   he   may   have   married   Margaret   Jane   Wilson   in   1907   but   can’t   be 100% sure. Mary Thornton was born in 1968 at Bedlington. I can’t find any more records of marriage or children. James Thornton was born in 1873 at Bedlington. Again, no records. Thomas   Rutherford   Thornton   was   born   in   1875   at   Bedlington.   I   can’t   find   any   records   relating   to   marriage.   He   died   in 1940. William Walter Thornton was born in 1877 at Bedlington. I can’t find any records relating to marriage. He died in 1940. Mark   Thornton   was   born   in   1879   at   Bedlington.   He   married   Elizabeth   Newton   in   1901   and   they   had   two   sons,   Joseph Newton   Thornton   born   1902   and   John   Wandless   Thornton   born   1906.   Mark   was   a   labourer   underground.   He   died   in   1911 aged 32.