c.1825 Born in Little Woolton, Prescot
1833 Baptised in Liverpool, son of William and Elizabeth Wilson.
1851 Recorded as John Henry Wilson, brass founder, living with his parents in Liverpool[1]
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[2]
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[3]
1881 A brass founder, formerly of Liverpool when he died at Gateacre[4], and was buried in Halewood[5]