John Jordan Wilson
c.1844 Born in Harrington, Cumberland
1871 Continued the business after the partnership with Joseph William Hodgson, of Wilson and Hodgson, tinmen and braziers at Whitehaven, was dissolved.[1]
1871 John J Wilson 36, tinplate worker, master, lived in Whitehaven with Ann Peel Wilson 23, Henry B Wilson 1 month[2]
1881 Ships Compass Maker Employing 2 Men & 4 Boys, lived in South Bishop Wearmouth, Sunderland, with Ann Peel Wilson 33, Henry Beriman Wilson 10, Emily Wilson 6[3]
1894 Compass Manufacturer, lived in Sunderland[4]
1901 John Jordan Wilson 56, nautical instrument maker, employer, lived in Sunderland with Ann Wilson 53, Albert Wilson 18, apprentice electrician.[5]
1911 John Jordan Wilson 66, nautical instrument maker, lived in Sunderland with Ann Peel Wilson 63[6]
1925 Died in Sunderland; one of his executors was Henry Bowman Wilson, compass adjuster[7]