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John Francis Wilks

Male Abt 1859 -


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  John Francis Wilks was born about Aug 1859 in Kingswinford, Staffordshire (son of Thomas Wilkes and Jane, son of John Wilkes and Eliza Hingley).

    Other Events:

    • Occupation: Boatman

    Notes:

    Wilkes in birth record but Wilks in censuses and marriage record, witnessed by sister Jane and future brother-in-law William Burney.

    John married Elizabeth Cocks on 25 Dec 1880 in All Saints, Daresbury, Cheshire. Elizabeth was born in 1855 in Wolverhampton. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  John Wilkes was born in 1819 in Staffordshire (son of Robert Hingley, son of Thomas Wilkes and Jane).

    Other Events:

    • Occupation: Boatman, nightwatchman
    • Baptism: 15 Aug 1819, Kingswinford, Staffordshire

    Notes:

    In 1841 census with a John Wilks, age 75, lock-keeper, probably his grandfather.

    John married Eliza Hingley on 18 Dec 1842 in Kingswinford. Eliza (daughter of Joseph Stevens, daughter of Robert Hingley) was born in 1823 in Staffordshire. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Eliza Hingley was born in 1823 in Staffordshire (daughter of Joseph Stevens, daughter of Robert Hingley).
    Children:
    1. William Burney was born in 1860 in Lymm, Cheshire.
    2. Mary Wilkes was born about Feb 1850 in Kingswinford, Staffordshire.
    3. Martha Honor Wilkes was born about Feb 1853 in Kingswinford, Staffordshire.
    4. Sarah Ann Wilkes was born about Feb 1853 in Kingswinford, Staffordshire.
    5. 1. John Francis Wilks was born about Aug 1859 in Kingswinford, Staffordshire.
    6. Jane Elizabeth Wilks was born about Aug 1866 in Kingswinford, Staffordshire.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Thomas Wilkes

    Thomas married Jane. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 5.  Jane
    Children:
    1. 2. John Wilkes was born in 1819 in Staffordshire.
    2. Mary Wilkes was born about Feb 1850 in Kingswinford, Staffordshire.
    3. Martha Honor Wilkes was born about Feb 1853 in Kingswinford, Staffordshire.
    4. Sarah Ann Wilkes was born about Feb 1853 in Kingswinford, Staffordshire.
    5. John Francis Wilks was born about Aug 1859 in Kingswinford, Staffordshire.
    6. Jane Elizabeth Wilks was born about Aug 1866 in Kingswinford, Staffordshire.

  3. 6.  Robert Hingley
    Children:
    1. 2. John Wilkes was born in 1819 in Staffordshire.
    2. 3. Eliza Hingley was born in 1823 in Staffordshire.



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