William Nevin was born in Northumberland, England.
William was born about 1903. He was the son of Jane Nevin.
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In 1911 he was 8 years old and living in New Row, Alnwick with his mother Jane, grandmother Elizabeth and cousin Elizabeth, daughter of Jane's sister Ellen.
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In 1923 he married Jane Hopper in Alnwick.
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He and Jane had four children Elizabeth in 1923 in Alnwick, John William 1924 in Doddington just north of Wooler, Northumberland, Michael 1927 in Alnwick, and Oswald 1932 in Guiseley Yorkshire.
The electoral registers track them from Guiseley in 1932 to Saltaire then Shipley in 1939 living in Spring Bank Shipley. William is working as a Stone Quarry Man but may previously been working in a Wool Mill.
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Around 1949 the whole family emigrated to Auckland, New Zealand and at this time they had been living in Oxford Street, Whitley Bay, Northumberland.
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He passed away about 1985.
Sources
↑ "England and Wales Birth Registration Index, 1837-2008," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2FDP-5TG : 1 October 2014), William Neavin, 1903; from "England & Wales Births, 1837-2006," database, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : 2012); citing Birth Registration, Alnwick, Northumberland, England, citing General Register Office, Southport, England.
↑ "England and Wales Census, 1911," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XWMB-77R : 11 July 2019), William Nevin in household of Elizabeth Nevin, Alnwick, Northumberland, England, United Kingdom; from "1911 England and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO RG 14, The National Archives of the UK, Kew, Surrey.
↑ "England and Wales Marriage Registration Index, 1837-2005," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVZG-VVPG : 8 October 2014), William Nevin and null, 1923; from "England & Wales Marriages, 1837-2005," database, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : 2012); citing 1923, quarter 1, vol. 10B, p. 640, Alnwick, Northumberland, England, General Register Office, Southport, England.
↑ Ancestry.com. 1939 England and Wales Register [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2018. The National Archives; Kew, London, England; 1939 Register; Reference: RG 101/3725E Ancestry uk Record 61596 #22972704
↑ "New Zealand, Archives New Zealand, Passenger Lists, 1839-1973," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KLYV-MBW : 3 July 2019), William Nevin, 6 Feb 1949; citing ship , Archives New Zealand, Wellington; FHL microfilm 004440312.
↑ Ancestry.com. UK and Ireland, Outward Passenger Lists, 1890-1960 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012. Ancestry uk Record 2997 #145137334
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