William Wilkinson (1807- )
From Graces Guide
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]
1871 possibly this was William Wilkinson 74, clerk, born in Pensher, lived in Jarrow with Jane Wilkinson 58[5]
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