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Thomas Pilkington

Male 1797 - 1853  (56 years)


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  • Name Thomas Pilkington 
    Born 1797 
    Gender Male 
    Occupation Waterman, lock-keeper Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Died 1853  Wakefield Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried 1 May 1853  St James, Thornes, Wakefield Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Person ID I40980  Canal Family 1
    Last Modified 20 Jan 2026 

    Family Mary Glover,   b. 1798, Louth, Lincolnshire Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married 1821  Broughton, nr Scunthorpe Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Children 
     1. Ann Pilkington,   b. 1822, Wakefield Find all individuals with events at this location
     2. Sarah Ann Pilkington,   b. 1824, Wakefield Find all individuals with events at this location
     3. Eliza Pilkington,   b. 1826, Wakefield Find all individuals with events at this location
     4. George Pilkington,   b. 1828, Wakefield Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Bef 1881  (Age < 52 years)
     5. Mary Ann Pilkington,   b. 1830, Wakefield Find all individuals with events at this location
     6. Thomas Pilkington,   b. 1831, Wakefield Find all individuals with events at this location
     7. Harriet Pilkington,   b. 1834, Wakefield Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Abt Aug 1906, Goole Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 72 years)
     8. Elizabeth Pilkington,   b. 1837, Wakefield Find all individuals with events at this location
     9. James Pilkington,   b. Apr 1839, Wakefield Find all individuals with events at this location
    Last Modified 20 Jan 2026 
    Family ID F13104  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • 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.

  • Sources 
    1. [S286486] Parish record.

    2. [S010067] IGI.



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