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THE
ANCESTRY OF HAROLD WILSON
1
James Harold Wilson, Baron Wilson of Rievaulx
b 11 Mar 1916, Linthwaite, Yorkshire
d 23/24 May 1995, Lambeth, London
2
James Herbert Wilson of Openshaw, Lancashire, chemist
b 12 Dec 1882, Chorlton-upon-Medlock, Lancashire
d 8 Nov 1971, Perth, Western Australia
m 14 Mar
1906, Congregational Church, Openshaw
3
Ethel Seddon, school teacher
b 10 Apr 1882, Openshaw
d 21 Dec 1958, Biscovey, Cornwall
4
James Wilson of Sale, draper
b 18 Nov 1843, Rievaulx, Yorkshire
d
m 6 Apr
1872, Oakes Baptist Chapel, Lindley, Yorkshire
5
Eliza Jane Thewlis
b 7 Apr 1847, Huddersfield
d 20 Apr 1925, Heaton Chapel
6
William Seddon of Openshaw, Lancashire, and of Nedlands, Western
Australia, clerk
b 4 Jun 1855, Whitefield, Lancashire
d Jan 1934, Bullsbrook, Western Australia
m 28 Apr
1880, Independent Chapel, Chorlton-upon-Medlock
7
Elizabeth Ann Davy
b 9 Jan 1856, Doncaster, Yorkshire
d 24 Jun 1938, Nedlands
8
John Wilson of York, shoemaker, farmer, and workhouse master
bap 7 Nov 1817, Helmsley
d 28 Oct
1882, York
m 7 Aug
1841, Helmsley
9
Esther Cole
bap 8 Feb 1818, Old Byland, Yorkshire
d 30 Apr 1895, York
10 Titus
Thewlis of Huddersfield, cotton warp manufacturer
b Golcar, bap 29 Nov 1813, Golcar
d 13 Jun 1866, Huddersfield
m 21 Jul
1838, Collegiate Church, Manchester
11 Mary
Ann Eastwood
b 12 Feb 1815, Almondbury, Yorkshire
d 12 Dec
1865
12 Thomas
Seddon of Openshaw, coalman
b 21 Mar 1825, Whitefield
d 10 Dec 1916, Styal
m 25 Sep
1854, Stand, Lancashire
13 Mary
Taylor
b 1 Aug 1828, Pilkington
d ca 1896
14 David
Davy of Openshaw, railway mechanic
b ca 1830, Bradford, Yorkshire
d 8 Apr 1900
m 3 Apr
1853, Bradford
15 Jane
Whitfield
bap 20 Sep 1829, Wetherby, Yorkshire
d 11 Mar
1891, Openshaw
16 James
Wilson of Helmsley, Yorkshire, cordwainer and farmer
bap 2 May 1790, Edston
bur 2 Sep
1825, Helmsley
m 16 Nov
1816, Helmsley
17 Elizabeth
Hawkins
b ca 1781, Rievaulx
bur 30 Dec
1859, Helmsley
18 Thomas
Cole of Old Byland, farmer
b ca 1793, Old Byland
bur 2 Feb
1871, Old Byland
m 9 Jan
1817, Hawnby, Yorkshire
19 Sarah
Bentley
b 22 Nov 1792, Snilesworth
bur 2 Mar
1857, Old Byland
20 Thomas
Thewlis of Crimble, weaver
b ca 1785, Golcar
bur 4 Apr 1862, Golcar
m 27 Apr
1807, St Peter, Huddersfield
21 Phoebe
Wood
bap 11 Mar 1786, Slaithwaite
bur 5 Oct 1845, Golcar
22 James
Eastwood, spinner
b
d
m
23 Betty
b
d
24 Simeon
Seddon of Whitefield, weaver
b ca 1792
bur 16 Jan
1839, Stand
m 24 Mar
1818, Prestwich
25 Mary
Holt
b ca 1791, Whitefield
bur 1 Mar
1857, Stand
26 Richard
Taylor of Prestwich, manufacturer
b ca 1793
d 28 Oct
1833
m 4 Jul
1827, Prestwich
27 Betty
Howarth
b ca 1808, Pilkington
d 15 Jul
1863
28 David
Davy of Braithwaite and Horton, farmer
b ca 1785
bur 7 Sep
1850, Bradford
m 5 Jul
1813, Keighley
29 Elizabeth
Sharp
b ca 1788
d 3 Oct
1838, Bradford
30 James
Whitfield of Wetherby and Ripon, ostler
b 11 May 1801, Wetherby
bur 9 Dec
1855, Ripon
m 18 Jul
1821, Spofforth
31 Susannah
Hall
b ca 1797
bur 31 Jan
1831, Spofforth
C.R.
Humphery-Smith and M.G. Heenan, “The Ancestry of Mr Harold Wilson”, Family
History, vol. 3 no. 17/18 (Nov 1965), vol. 4 no. 19 (Jan 1966)
“The
Pedigree of a Prime Minister” and “Narrative Pedigree of Harold Wilson”, Blackmansbury,
vol. 2 no. 3 (Aug 1965), 71-82
Oxford
Dictionary of National Biography
Lockwood
Baptist registers (National Archives, RG 4/2744)
St
Peter, Huddersfield, parish registers (online at www.ancestry.com)
Wetherby parish registers (online at www.ancestry.com)
Spofforth
parish registers (online at www.ancestry.com)
Bradford
parish registers (online at www.ancestry.com)
Prestwich
parish registers (online at www.ancestry.com)
Stand
parish registers (online at www.ancestry.com)
Keighley
parish registers (online at www.ancestry.com)
Shipley
parish registers (online at www.ancestry.com)
Slaithwaite
parish registers (online at www.ancestry.com)
Registers
of Stand Independent church (online at www.ancestry.com)
Helmsley
parish registers (online at www.findmypast.co.uk)
Ripon parish registers (online at www.findmypast.co.uk)
Old
Byland parish registers (online at www.findmypast.co.uk)
Hawnby parish registers (online
at www.findmypast.co.uk)
Withington
workhouse registers (online at www.findmypast.co.uk)
West
Yorkshire non-conformist records, Golcar, Pole Moor (West Yorkshire Archive
Service, K16)
Death
certificate for Elizabeth (Sharp) Davy
Death
certificate for Jane (Whitfield) Davy
1841
census returns, Huddersfield (National Archives, HO 107/1275/5, fol. 35)
1841
census returns, Wetherby (National Archives, HO 107/1289/8, fol. 14)
1841
census returns, Bradford (National Archives, HO 107/1293/8, fol. 7)
1851
census returns, Horton (National Archives, HO 107/2309, fol. 456)
1851
census returns, Old Byland (National Archives, HO 107/2372, fol. 40)
1851
census returns, Pilkington (National Archives, HO 107/2216, fol. 407)
1851
census returns, Ripon (National Archives, HO 107/2281, fol. 273)
1851
census returns, Golcar (National Archives, HO 107/2296, fol. 386)
1851
census returns, Huddersfield (National Archives, HO 107/2295, fol. 243)
1851
census returns, Pilkington (National Archives, HO 107/2216, fol. 452)
1861
census returns, Huddersfield (National Archives, RG 9/3262, fol. 59)
1861
census returns, Wigan (National Archives, RG 9/2777, fol. 20)
1871
census returns, Openshaw (National Archives, RG 10/3984, fol. 47)
1881
census returns, Openshaw (National Archives, RG 11/3909, fol. 50)
1891
census returns, Openshaw (National Archives, RG 12/3180, fol. 77)
1901
census returns, Openshaw (National Archives, RG 13/3681, fols 129-30)
National
probate calendars
Cornish
Guardian,
25 Dec 1958, 11 Nov 1971
The
West Australian,
18 Jan 1934, 25 Jun 1938
The
Yorkshire Herald,
1 May 1895
The
Leeds Mercury,
15 Dec 1865
The
Bury Times,
25 Jul 1863
Manchester
Evening News,
11 Sep 1916, 11 Dec 1916
Alderley
& Wilmslow Advertiser, 24 Apr 1925