William Booth Wilkinson

1876 -

• Name	William Booth Wilkinson
  Birth	24 Dec 1876	14 Thorn Street, Manchester, Lancashire, England   [1, 2]
  	Born at 14 Thorn Street, Manchester.
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	1891	Manchester, Lancashire, England   [3]
  	Apprentice Wire Weaver
  	Age: 14
  Residence	1891	Manchester, Lancashire, England   [1]
  	Age: 14
  	Address: 18 Thorn Street Manchester, Lancashire United Kingdom
  Residence	1901	Manchester, Lancashire, England   [4]
  	Age: 24
  	Address: 22 Thorn Street Manchester, Lancashire United Kingdom
  Occupation	28 Dec 1901	Newton Heath, Manchester, Lancashire, England   [5]
  	Wire weaver (at his marriage).
  Residence	28 Dec 1901
  	Address: 9 Grimshaw Lane Manchester England
  Residence	28 Dec 1901	9 Grimshaw Lane, Newton Heath, Manchester, Lancashire, England   [5]
  	Residence at his marriage (the bride gave the same address).
  Residence	1909/1915	Manchester, Lancashire, England   [6]
  	William Booth Wilkinson is shown in the 1909 rate books to be living at 22 Percival Street. The gross rental value for the year was £9 5s 0d. In the electoral roll for 1911-1912 he is registered at 22 Percival Street and he qualified by being the house occupier. He appears in the registers until 1914-1915. Other registers after this date show him not to be living there.
  	Address: 22 Percival Street Manchester, Lancashire United Kingdom
  Notes	William Booth's birth certificate (media 178) names no father; the informant was "Wm Wilkinson, occupier, 14 Thorn Street". On his 1901 marriage register (media 211) he gave his father as "William Wilkinson (deceased), joiner", the name and trade of his grandfather William Wilkinson.
  Person ID	I2435	Walsh - Wilson Family Tree | Craig
  Last Modified	2 Nov 2026

  
  

  Mother	Sarah Wilkinson,   b. 04 Jun 1850, 40 Bloom Street, Manchester, Lancaster, England
  Family ID	F505778157	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Ann Maria Walton,   b. Abt 1878
  Marriage	28 Dec 1901	Parish Church of St. Anne's, Newton Heath, Lancashire   [7]
  Marriage Witnesses	28 Dec 1901	Parish Church of St. Anne's, Newton Heath, Lancashire   [5]
  	Witnesses: Thomas William Walton; Lydia Wilkinson (the groom's sister).
  Children	1. William Wilkinson,   b. 09 Sep 1904, 22 Percival Street, Newton Heath, Manchester   2. Thomas Wilkinson,   b. 04 Aug 1908, 22 Percival Street, Newton Heath, Manchester d. Bef 1911 (Age < 2 years)
  Documents		Marriage of William Booth Wilkinson and Ann Maria Walton Parish Church of St. Anne's, Newton Heath, Lancashire
  Family ID	F505778171	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	29 Jun 2008

  
  

• Documents » Slide Show		1901 U.K. Census - 22 Thorn Street, Manchester Sarah Wilkinson is shown as a 50 year old widow, and a cardboard box maker. Her daughter, Lydia, is age 21 and a handkerchief hemmer. Her son, William, is age 24 and a wire/weaver.
  		Birth Certificate - William Booth Wilkinson Birth certificate (local certified copy, 19 Jun 2008, FD 299478), St George sub-district, Manchester, entry 37. William Booth, boy, born 24 December 1876 at 14 Thorn Street, Manchester. No father named. Mother Sarah Wilkinson, box maker. Informant "Wm Wilkinson, occupier, 14 Thorn Street, Manchester". Registered 6 February 1877 by Thomas Worthington, registrar.
  		Wedding of Elizabeth Wilkinson Allen to Richard Sadler - 29 June 1895 Married in St. James's Church, Teignmouth Street, Collyhurst. According to Genuki, this church was founded in 1873 and closed in 1971. The witnesses were William (Booth) Wilkinson and Sarah Wilkinson. Elizabeth's father, William Wilkinson, is shown as deceased.
  		1911 English Census - William Booth Wilkinson and Family The 1911 census shows William Booth Wilkinson (age 34, a brass wire weaver in a wire works, born in Manchester) living with his wife Ann Maria Wilkinson (age 32, born in Manchester). They have been married for 9 years, and have had two children - one living, one dead. They are living with their son William Wilkinson, age 6. [It is assumed, therefore, that Thomas Wilkinson died before the 1911 census.] They are living at 22 Percival Street, Manchester: a dwelling with four rooms.

  
  

• Sources

  [S62] 1891 England Census, Class: RG12; Piece: 3246; Folio 36; Page 65; GSU roll: 6098356. (Reliability: 2). [S4901] U.K. General Register Office, 06 Feb 1977 (Reliability: 3). Certificate of birth shows no details for the father. Registration district: St. George, Manchester, 1877. Line 37. Informant was William Wilkinson, described as "occupier" at 14 Thorn Street, Manchester. [S62] 1891 England Census, Class: RG12; Piece: 3246; Folio 36; Page 65; GSU roll: 6098356. [S61] 1901 England Census, Class: RG13; Piece: 3753; Folio: 88; Page: 9. [S4931] St. Anne's, Newton Heath, Lancashire, Certificates junk drawer, scan p. 17 (media 211) (Reliability: 3). [S4916] Gerard Lodge, Manchester Family History Research, E-mail From Gerard Lodge dated 23 July 2008. [S4931] St. Anne's, Newton Heath, Lancashire, 1901 Register - Page 89 - Line 177 (Reliability: 3).