Wilson, James (1851-1922)

Family

James was born on 19 March 1851 at Methley, Yorkshire, to parents George, who worked the land, and Mary. He was baptised on 27 April 1851 at St Oswald, Methley.

Before entering the ministry James was a coal miner (1871)

The 1881 census return records James as a widower, but I have not been able to unambiguously identify his wife. I have also not been able to identify any subsequent family in Australia, Can anyone point me in the right direction?

James died in 1922 at Balwyn, Victoria, Australia

Circuits

• Sunderland
• 1878 Huddersfield
• 1881 York
• 1882 Halifax I
• 1883 Silsden
• 1886 Bradford I
• 1889 Pickering
• 1890 Benalla – Australia
• 1892 Ballarat I
• 1894 Laanecoorie
• 1897 Maryborough
• 1898 Geelong
• 1901 Hobart
• 1902 disappears

References

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

Census Returns and Births, Marriages & Deaths Registers