William Wilkinson (1838-1906)
William Wilkinson of William Wilkinson and Co, Holme House Foundry, Wigan, was a general engineer.
c. 1838 Born in Patricroft[1] or Eccles[2]
1871 William Wilkinson 33, Engineer and iron founder, employing 10 men and 10 boys, lived in Wigan with Elizabeth B Wilkinson 34, William H Wilkinson 10, Louisa Wilkinson 8, and his niece Ellen Wilkinson 13[3]
1879 Elizabeth Barker Wilkinson died in Wigan[4]
1880 Married Harriet Mills in Lytham[5]
1880 Designed a locomotive with a vertical boiler
1881 W. Wilkinson 43, managing director of an engine works, lived in Wigan, with Hannah Wilkinson 38, Louisa Wilkinson 18[6]
1884 William Wilkinson joined the I Mech E
1886 Resigned from I Mech E
1891 William Wilkinson 53, mechanical engineer, lived in Wigan, with Harriet Wilkinson 48, Louisa Wilkinson 28[7]
1896 Harriet Wilkinson died in Wigan[8]
Altogether 207 engines were built to Wilkinson's 1885 patent
1901 William Wilkinson, mechanical engineer, Widower, was a boarder in Wigan[9]
1902 Holme House Foundry, Wigan was in liquidation.
1906 The death of a William Wilkinson (b.1838) was registered in West Derby[10]