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George Pilkington

Male 1860 - Abt 1908  (47 years)


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  George Pilkington was born on 25 May 1860 in Wakefield (son of Henry Hunt and Alice Maud Blythe, son of George Pilkington and Mary Ann Giles Whitehead); died about May 1908 in Barnsley.

    Other Events:

    • Occupation: Boatman, stoker, glass founder
    • Baptism: 3 Feb 1861, St James, Thornes, Wakefield

    Notes:

    Sentenced to four months inprisonment at Wakefield, 3.9.1885, for 'Aggravated assault on a female'.

    George married Harriet Crossland about Aug 1885 in Holbeck Register Office, Leeds. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. Mary Ann Giles Whitehead was born in 1828 in Wakefield.
    2. George Pilkington was born in 1886 in Leeds.
    3. Harry Pilkington was born in 1887 in Leeds.
    4. James Pilkington was born in 1889 in Leeds.
    5. Sarah Pilkington was born in 1892 in Leeds.
    6. Eliza Pilkington was born in 1894 in Leeds.
    7. Daniel Pilkington was born in 1898 in Barnsley; died about Nov 1901 in Barnsley.
    8. Albert Edward Pilkington was born in 1901 in Barnsley.
    9. Alfred Pilkington was born in 1903 in Barnsley.

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  George Pilkington was born in 1828 in Wakefield (son of William Giles Whitehead, son of Thomas Pilkington and Mary Glover); died before 1881.

    Other Events:

    • Occupation: Boatman
    • Baptism: 7 Jun 1829, St John, Wakefield

    George married Mary Ann Giles Whitehead on 19 May 1850 in St Peter, Leeds. Mary (daughter of George Pilkington and Harriet Crossland, daughter of William Giles Whitehead) was born in 1828 in Wakefield. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Mary Ann Giles Whitehead was born in 1828 in Wakefield (daughter of George Pilkington and Harriet Crossland, daughter of William Giles Whitehead).
    Children:
    1. Eliza Pilkington was born in 1850 in Wakefield.
    2. Elsie Hunt was born in 1891 in Leeds.
    3. Alice Pilkington was born in 1852 in Wakefield.
    4. Doris Hunt was born in 1893 in Leeds.
    5. Mary Pilkington was born in 1855 in Wakefield.
    6. Irene Hunt was born in 1896 in Roundhay, Leeds.
    7. Ellen Pilkington was born in 1857 in Thornes, Wakefield.
    8. Richard Hunt was born in 1904 in Roundhay, Leeds.
    9. 1. George Pilkington was born on 25 May 1860 in Wakefield; died about May 1908 in Barnsley.
    10. James Pilkington was born in 1864 in Leeds.
    11. Thomas Pilkington was born in 1866 in Leeds.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Thomas Pilkington was born in 1797; died in 1853 in Wakefield; was buried on 1 May 1853 in St James, Thornes, Wakefield.

    Other Events:

    • Occupation: Waterman, lock-keeper

    Notes:

    Burial record containes note: "Coroner's Certificate, verdict: found drowned".
    Absent in censuses, so birthplace uncertain. There is another family headed by (mariner) Thomas and Mary Pilkington in Yorkshire: she is age 66, b Wakefield, in the 1851 census with widowed son Thomas Thorp Pilkington, joiner; George Amos Pilkington, coach painter b1827, is also thought to belong to this couple.

    Thomas married Mary Glover in 1821 in Broughton, nr Scunthorpe. Mary was born in 1798 in Louth, Lincolnshire. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 5.  Mary Glover was born in 1798 in Louth, Lincolnshire.

    Notes:

    Husband absent in 1841 and 1851 censuses.

    Children:
    1. Ann Pilkington was born in 1822 in Wakefield.
    2. Sarah Ann Pilkington was born in 1824 in Wakefield.
    3. Eliza Pilkington was born in 1826 in Wakefield.
    4. 2. George Pilkington was born in 1828 in Wakefield; died before 1881.
    5. Mary Ann Pilkington was born in 1830 in Wakefield.
    6. Thomas Pilkington was born in 1831 in Wakefield.
    7. Harriet Pilkington was born in 1834 in Wakefield; died about Aug 1906 in Goole.
    8. Elizabeth Pilkington was born in 1837 in Wakefield.
    9. James Pilkington was born in Apr 1839 in Wakefield.

  3. 6.  William Giles Whitehead

    Other Events:

    • Occupation: Dyer

    Children:
    1. 3. Mary Ann Giles Whitehead was born in 1828 in Wakefield.
    2. Ann Pilkington was born in 1822 in Wakefield.
    3. Sarah Ann Pilkington was born in 1824 in Wakefield.
    4. Eliza Pilkington was born in 1826 in Wakefield.
    5. 2. George Pilkington was born in 1828 in Wakefield; died before 1881.
    6. Mary Ann Pilkington was born in 1830 in Wakefield.
    7. Thomas Pilkington was born in 1831 in Wakefield.
    8. Harriet Pilkington was born in 1834 in Wakefield; died about Aug 1906 in Goole.
    9. Elizabeth Pilkington was born in 1837 in Wakefield.
    10. James Pilkington was born in Apr 1839 in Wakefield.



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