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Joseph WILTON
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Name Joseph WILTON Birth Between Jan 1898 and Mar 1898 Gorton, Manchester, Lancashire, England
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Baptism 19 Jan 1898 Gorton, Manchester, Lancashire, England
[2] Gender Male Census 31 Mar 1901 Audenshaw, Lancashire, England
[3] Age: 3y Address: 24 Manor Street - Relation to Head of House: Son
Census 2 Apr 1911 Audenshaw, Lancashire, England
[4] Age: 13y Address: 24 Shepley Street - Relation to Head of House: Step-son
Leather Dresser
Census 19 Jun 1921 Hooley Hill, Manchester, Lancashire, England
[5] Age: 22y 6m Address: 25 Guide Lane - Relation to Head of House: Step-son
Engineer
Ancestor Count 12 Descendant Count 4 Passenger List 11 Jan 1923 London, England
[6] Age: 25y - On board SS "BENALLA" to Melbourne, Australia
Last address: 45 East Street, Hooley Hill, Manchester
Occupation: Fitter
Reference Number BR 2955b _UID 70C784B5CF31443D9DED18BFF4BC252148CB Death 15 Jul 1965 Goorambat, Benalla, Victoria, Australia
[7, 8] Age: 66y - Note that Death Index gives correct parents
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Person ID I9783 Dave Last Modified 8 Nov 2025
Father Thomas WILTON, b. Between Oct 1865 and Dec 1865, Wath, Yorkshire, England
d. Between Oct 1902 and Dec 1902, Ashton under Lyne, Lancashire, England
(Age 37 years) Mother Clara COLDWELL, b. Abt 1867, Breighton, Yorkshire, England
Marriage 12 Feb 1887 Birkin, Yorkshire, England
[9, 10] - He is a painter living at Littlethorpe, Ripon
She is living at Birkin
GRO Index is WilSon and COldwell
Family ID F2855 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Ellen Emma ROSCOE, b. 1899, Devenish, Benalla, Victoria, Australia
d. 11 Jan 1948, Goorambat, Benalla, Victoria, Australia
(Age 49 years) Marriage 1937 Victoria, Australia
[11] Children 1. Daughter WILTON + 2. R WILTON 3. Margaret WILTON, b. 1939 d. 1939 (Age 0 years) Family ID F3173 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 8 Nov 2025
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Sources - [S3242] BMD - Birth Index, 1898 JFM Chorlton 8C 777.
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Mother given as Coldwell - [S5738] Baptism Entry - Wilton, Joseph.
- [S5737] 1901 Census RG 13-3787 F18 P27 - Wilton, Thomas.
- [S5739] 1911 Census RG14_24367_0329 - Rhodes, Philip.
- [S6041] 1921 Census RG 15_19628_0021 - Rhodes, Philip.
- [S5740] Passenger List - Wilton, Joseph (1923).
- [S5743] Tombstone - Wilton, Joseph.
- [S5744] Death Index - Wilton, Joseph.
- [S5735] Marriage Cert - Wilton, Thomas - Coldwell, Clara.
- [S60] BMD - Marriage Index, 1887 JFM Pentefract 9C 83.
Indexed as Wilson and Coldwell - [S5741] Marriage Entry - Wilton, Joseph - Roscoe, Ellen.
- [S3242] BMD - Birth Index, 1898 JFM Chorlton 8C 777.

