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William Wilkinson (1807- )

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William Wilkinson, inventor of a type of railway coupling that met with considerable success.

c.1807 Born in Pensha, Co. Durham[1]

1830 Married Jane Matthewson in Gateshead[2]

1847 Birth of son Edward Robert Wilkinson

1851 William Wilkinson 51, coke burner at steel works, employing 9 labourers, lived in South Shields, with Jane Wilkinson 40, Elizabeth Wilkinson 8, Robert Wilkinson 3[3]

1861 William Wilkinson 54, engineer, lived in South Shields, with Jane Wilkinson 54, Elizabeth Wilkinson 18 Edward R Wilkinson 13[4]


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Sources of Information

  1. ↑ 1861 census
  2. ↑ BMD
  3. ↑ 1851 census
  4. ↑ 1861 census
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