Wileman, John (1842-1908)

Family

William was born in the summer of 1842 at Long Clawson, Leicestershire, to parents Joseph Wileman, a master tailor (1851), and Frances Charles.

Before entering the ministry John was an apprentice watchmaker (1861). The family emigrated to Australia between 1882 and 1889.

He married Anne Coxon (1839-1877) on 21 August 1866 at St Chad, Longford, Derbyshire. Birth records identify four children.

• Charles Coxon (1868-1889) – a chemist’s apprentice (1881); died in Queensland, Australia  
• Thomas Albert (b1870)
• John George (1871-1911) – a labourer (1909), died in Queensland, Australia
• Mary Elizabeth (1874-1874)

He married Emma Maria Anderson (1844-1900) on 12 December 1877 at St George, Bloomsbury, London. Census returns and birth records identify three children.

• Edith A (b1879) – married Frederick Barber in 1901     
• Arthur Goodson (1880-1925) – died in Sydney, Australia      
• Edward Anderson (1882-1882)

John died in 1908 in New south Wales, Australia.

Circuits

• 1862 Sleaford
• 1863 Boston
• 1864 Winster
• 1865 Mansfield
• 1867 Church Gresley
• 1869 Derby 
• 1871 Leicester I
• 1873 Earring
• 1874 Cardiff
• 1875 Pembroke Dock
• 1877 Greenock
• 1878 disappears
• 1879 Eccleshall, Staffordshire – Congregational minister
• 1881 Portscatho, Cornwall

References

W Leary, Directory of Primitive Methodist Ministers and their Circuits, 1990

Surman Index id: 30653

Census Returns and Births, Marriages & Deaths Registers