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Mawson family from England

Posted: 21 Jul 2002 8:26PM GMT
Classification: Query
Edited: 12 Dec 2004 9:34PM GMT
Surnames: MAWSON
Interested in your English MAWSONs. Did they originate in Lancashire/Cumbria?
Dave

Mawson from Yorkshire, England

Margaret Marion (View posts)
Posted: 22 Jul 2002 11:18PM GMT
Classification: Query
Edited: 30 Jul 2003 5:00PM GMT
Surnames: mawson
My Mawson's are from Yorkshire, in particular the parish of Adel in West Yorkshire.

Thomas Jackson Thwaites

Jim Millican (View posts)
Posted: 24 Aug 2002 4:49PM GMT
Classification: Query
Edited: 30 Jul 2003 11:12PM GMT
Surnames: thwaites
We had a wonderful time at the reunion and if you wish, you can email me directly at jtm2@apk.net and I can send you some pictures. On the subject of Thomas Jackson Thwaites, I looked in my data base and saw no Thomas Jackson Thwaites. Could you help out and supply me with that line?

William Wensley

Harry Ferguson (View posts)
Posted: 20 Dec 2002 2:36AM GMT
Classification: Query
Edited: 30 Jul 2003 11:14PM GMT
Surnames: Wensley, Wilde, Wheelhouse
Looking for information of William Wensley, Locomotive Enginger married a girl named Wilde, and her sister married a Marshall Wheelhouse ; lived in Campbellton New Brunswick, Canada, then moved, living in Kansas City in 1914. Born ca 1845 to 1855, appears he lived in Ontario before moving to New Brunswick. ... Thanks, Harry Wensley Ferguson.

Wensley families of Belleville, Collingwood and Haliburton

Jeff Wensley (View posts)
Posted: 20 Dec 2002 7:03PM GMT
Classification: Query
Edited: 30 Jul 2003 11:17PM GMT
Surnames: WENSLEY
Hi, Harry! There are many individuals with the name William Wensley. Therefore, can you provide more specific details on your William (e.g., middle name, place of birth, census data, etc.)? I know of at least 5 William Wensleys that lived in Ontario during the 1800's, but none were born between 1845 and 1855. Are you sure about the birth date? In the 1800's, there were four main groups of Wensleys in Ontario. They lived at Belleville, Wensley (near Vennachar), Collingwood, and Dysart/Halliburton. The first three groups were definitely related. The Halliburton group appears to be a separate branch. If your William was born in Ontario, then he was likely a member of one of these families. If he came from England, then that's a different matter. It's interesting that you mentioned the railroad business. I know of several Wensleys who later moved to Revelstoke, British Columbia, which has been a major railroading town for many years.

Re: WILLIAM WENSLEY, New Brunswick, Canada

Harry Wensley Ferguson (View posts)
Posted: 20 Dec 2002 11:31PM GMT
Classification: Query
Edited: 30 Jul 2003 11:16PM GMT
Surnames: Wensley, Wilde, Wylde, Wild
Thanks for the information. I did further checking. Upon the death of my GG Mother in 1914, the newspaper states that she has a sister married to William Wensley living in Kansas City. THe only other mention of a William Wensley in this area (Campbellton, New Brunswick) is an article about the Railway stating that one of the early engineers on the run was William Wensley. The railway opened here in 1876. I may have been out in my date of birth for William Wensley as My GG Mother was born in 1841 and so her sister may have been older or younger. My gg grandmother lived, I believe in Brockville, Ontario for awhile and then Quebec before moving to New Brunswick. Sorry, this is all the information I have and I know its not much - but for years I have been searching to no avail. THe lady that William Wesley married had the last name of Wilde or Wylde or Wild. Thanks... Harry Wensley Ferguson..

Re: WILLIAM WENSLEY

Jeff Wensley (View posts)
Posted: 21 Dec 2002 11:11PM GMT
Classification: Query
Edited: 30 Jul 2003 11:18PM GMT
Surnames: Wensley, Wilde, Wylde, Wild, Ferguson
Hello again, Harry! I do not have a lot of details on some of these Williams, but here's what I do have:

o WILLIAM WENSLEY (1820-1884) - Born in Somerset, England but died in Belleville, Ontario. Can't be your William because final location is not Kansas.

o WILLIAM HOOK WENSLEY (1831-1898) - Born Somerset, England and died in Collingwood, Ontario. No match!

o WILLIAM WENSLEY - b. about 1865, Collingwood, Ontario (refer to 1871 Ontario Census; too young to be your William).

o WILLIAM RUFUS T. WENSLEY (1873-1948) - Born and died in Belleville, Ontario.

o WILLIAM WENSLEY (1874-1933) - Born Denbigh, Ontario and died at Heward, Saskatchewan. Again, the dates & locations don't match your William.

o WILLIAM K. WENSLEY (1901-a few years ago) - Born Wensley, Ontario and died at Lac Vert, Saskatchewan. No match.

None of these Williams appears to match your William...but there may be a few more of them out there than I know about. I do not have any individuals in my database with the surname Wilde (or variations)...but the 1871 Ontario Census offers some additional clues. If you go online at http://www.archives.ca/02/02010803_e.html and do a search on Wilde, you will find 15 families listed for Ontario. Two of them lived in Addington County and one lived in Hastings North County. Wensley (Vennachar), Ontario is located in the County of Lennox & Addington. Belleville, where another group of Wensleys lived, is in Hastings North County. Therefore, members of the Wilde family were definitely living in close proximity to members of the Wensley family in Ontario in 1871. Perhaps try following up on these clues. I had a quick look at the 1901 Census data for Campbellton but don’t see any Wensleys there at that time. (Note: There were some Fergusons...Andy (b. 1863) & Catherine (b. 1875)and family. Any relation?) Have you tried looking for your William in the New Brunswick census data? If you can find him there, then this should at least give you his birth date and possibly his birth location. If you can keep me posted on what you find, then I can cross reference your data with mine to see if there is a match.

Warwick Thwaites & Irene Bull

Posted: 3 Sep 2003 4:37AM GMT
Classification: Query
Edited: 7 Oct 2003 4:33PM GMT
Surnames: thwaites, bull, coward
I am searching for Thwaites for a friend in Kentucky. His father was Earle Warwick Thwaites born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada 1 Jan. 1930. The grandfather was Warwick Thwaites born in Lancashire, England 1906. His wife was Irene Bull born in England (perhaps Coventry or Bristol); married in Winnipeg in 1928. The great-grandfather was Charles Henry Walmsley Thwaites born in London in 1875; married Maud Mary Coward; died in Winnipeg. The great-great-GRANDMOTHER was Annie Mary Thwaites from Penrith, Cumbria. Any help would be greatly appreciated by Randy Thwaites of Paris, KY. USA.

Mary Ann Mawson m. Robert Thexton

Ann Hale (View posts)
Posted: 21 Nov 2003 1:21PM GMT
Classification: Query
Edited: 24 Nov 2003 11:31PM GMT
Surnames: mawson, thexton, tippett
I have a gt gt grandmother born Mary Ann Mawson and birth registered at Ulverston. She married a Robert Thexton in the 1840s at Cartmel Priory. I have copy of her marriage certificate but no names of parents mentioned. Robert and Mary Ann had at least 5/6 children. One of whom was my gt grandmother Agnes who married a Thomas Tippett. The family had by then moved to Burnley. Mary Ann's eldest son (John ) l think was killed in a gunpwder explosion in the Cartmel Fells. I think he was called Joihn Mawson Thexton and born before Mary Ann and Robert married.
Do you have any links please ?
Ann Hale

Mary Thexton

David Walley (View posts)
Posted: 23 Nov 2003 7:38PM GMT
Classification: Query
Edited: 24 Nov 2003 11:38PM GMT
Surnames: thexton, tippett
Sorry - no links.
However, I did a little research and found in the 1881 Census staying in Tunstal, Lancashire, a Mary THEXTON, head of household, widow, age 68, born Preston Patrick, Westmorland, occupation Grocer & Draper. Also in the same place is Agnes THEXTON, daughter, unmarried, age 28 (year of birth assumed to be 1853), born Burton in Lonsdale, York, occupation Grocer & Draper.
Could they be your family?
I could find no trace of any Agnes Tippett in the 1901 Census which seems strange.
Good luck
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