William
John
Wilson
Born in County Antrim, Ireland
Ancestors 
Son of John Wilson
and Agnes (Stewart) Wilson
Brother of
Isaac Wilson, Samuel Wilson, Rosetta (Wilson) Preston, Mary Jane Wilson, James Wilson, Nancy Wilson, Margaret (Wilson) Stewart, Sarah Wilson and Stewart Wilson
Husband of
Margaret (Gordon) Wilson
— married
23 Nov 1906 in Rasharkin, County Antrim, ireland
Died
at age 86
in Ballymena, County Antrim, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
Profile last modified
| Created 11 Nov 2019
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Biography
William John Wilson was born in 1858[1] probably at the family farm at Tamlaght, Rasharkin, County Antrim, Ireland. He was the son of John Wilson and Nancy Stewart.
In the 1901 Ireland census, William John Wilson was age 41, living at Tamlaght, Rasharkin, County Antrim with his widowed father John Wilson (74), a farmer, and siblings James Wilson (28), M Jane Wilson (30), Nannie Wilson (28) and Maggie Wilson (26).[2]
William John Wilson of Tamlaght, Rasharkin married Maggie Gordon of Fernagh, Rasharkin on 23 November 1906 at Rasharkin, County Antrim, Ireland.[3] The witnesses were William John's sister Agnes Wilson and his cousin William Killough.
William John and Maggie Wilson do not appear to have had any children.
William John Wilson's father John Wilson died in 1908 at Tamlaght, Rasharkin, County Antrim. William John registered his death.
In the 1911 Ireland census, William John Wilson was age 54 (sic), a farmer living at Tamlaght, Rasharkin, County Antrim with his wife Maggie Wilson (37). Also Thomas Kirkwood (13), farm servant.[4]
William John's wife Maggie Wilson died in 1921.
William John Wilson died age 86 on 10 July 1945 in the Ballymena district, County Antrim.[5] He was buried in the family grave of his father John Wilson at Rasharkin Presbyterian Church.[6]
Sources
- ↑ Information provided by M. Wilson, 11 Nov 2019, researched at Public Record Office of Northern Ireland
- ↑ 1901 Ireland census: http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1901/Antrim/Killoquin_North/Tamlaght/946718/
- ↑ Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, Ireland. Civil Records. https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie. Marriage:
- Party 1 Name WILLIAM WILSON
- Party 2 Name MAGGIE GORDON
- Date of Event 23 November 1906
- Group Registration ID 2070490
- SR District/Reg Area Ballymoney
- ↑ http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1911/Antrim/Killoquin__Upper/Tamlaght/130390/
- ↑ General Register Office Northern Ireland. https://geni.nidirect.gov.uk. Death Registration Number: D/1945/19/1004/18/424
- ↑ Family recollection from M. Wilson, 11 Nov 2019.
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with William by comparing test results with other carriers of his ancestors' Y-chromosome or mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with William:
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