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c.1825 Born in Little Woolton, Prescot
1860 Established business which became John H. Wilson and Co
1861 John H Wilson 36, iron merchant, lived in Little Woolton with Martha Wilson 35 Thomas R Wilson 8[1]
1871 John Hays Wilson, 46, brass founder, 50 acres of land, employing 3 men and 3 boys, lived in Prescot, Lancs with Martha Wilson 45, Thomas R Wilson 18, apprentice brass founder[2]
1881 Died and buried in Halewood[3]
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