Dave's Family History

William Jones Woodburn

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Name William Jones Woodburn Birth 16 Jan 1877 Millom, Cumberland, England [1, 2, 3, 4]
- Indexed as WoodburnE
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Baptism 18 Feb 1877 Millom, Cumberland, England [5]
Address: The Hill - Father was a Miner
Gender Male Census 3 Apr 1881 Millom, Cumberland, England [4]
Age: 4y Address: Hill Village - Relation to Head of House: Son
Census 31 Mar 1901 Millom, Cumberland, England [3]
Age: 24y Address: Castle Terrace - Ag Lab
Living with sister, Elizabeth Ann, and her husband Thomas Tyson
Occupation 31 Mar 1901 Millom, Cumberland, England Ag Lab Age: 24y Census 23 Apr 1910 Nanticoke, Luzerne, Pennsylvanie, USA [6]
Age: 33y - Married 8 yrs
Children: 3, all living - But where are they? Came across with mother in 1905
Emmigrated: 1905
Miner, Coal Miner
Naturalized: Alien
Brother-in-law, Matthew living with them
Also a Louie Jones, Border, born in Wales Age 30
Ancestor Count 10 Descendant Count 18 Naturalization 5 Oct 1911 Nanticoke, Luzerne, Pennsylvanie, USA [7]
Age: 34y Address: 56 West Broad Street - Described as being white, 5' 8" tall.
Weight 154 lbs (11st) with brown hair and blue eyes.
Crossed from Liverpool to New York on the 'Oceanic' in October 1905
Reference Number B 0272a _UID 6042BA457F344856B84F8695C4E282367277 Death 20 Nov 1917 Whitehaven, Luzerne, Pennsylvania, USA [1]
Age: 40y Cause: Pulmonary Tuberculosis - Miner
Length of residence in Whitehaven 2 months 6 days
Possibly a sanitorium
Prior to that - Nanticoke
Both parents give - but no mention of wife
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Person ID I540 Dave Last Modified 2 Jun 2025
Father William Jones Woodburn, b. Between Jul 1843 and Sep 1843, Millom, Cumberland, England d. 19 Mar 1927, Bootle, Cumberland, England
(Age 83 years)
Mother Elizabeth Wilson, b. Abt 1846, Pennington, Lancashire, England d. Apr 1900, Millom, Cumberland, England
(Age 54 years)
Marriage 10 Jun 1865 Millom, Cumberland, England [8, 9]
Address: Holy Trinity Church - Name of Elizabeth's father not given in PR entry
Family ID F139 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Margaret Lacey, b. 18 Nov 1877, Cumberland, England d. 24 Nov 1948, Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne, Pennsylvania, USA
(Age 71 years)
Marriage Between Apr 1903 and Jun 1903 Whitehaven, Cumberland, England [10]
Children 1. Florence Elizabeth Woodburn, b. Between Jan 1904 and Mar 1904, Whitehaven, Cumberland, England 2. Julia Ann Woodburn, b. 30 Mar 1905, Gosforth, Cumberland, England d. 10 Feb 1980, McLean, Virginia, USA
(Age 74 years)
3. William Woodburn, b. Abt 1908, Pennsylvania, USA 4. Harold Donald Woodburn, b. 16 Apr 1912, Nanticoke, Luzerne, Pennsylvanie, USA d. 1 Jan 1991, Pennsylvania, USA
(Age 78 years)
5. Living Family ID F585 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 25 Aug 2016
- Indexed as WoodburnE
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Sources - [S1604] Death Cert - Woodburn, William Jones, 23 Apr 2016.
- [S3242] BMD - Birth Index, 17 Mar 2010, 1877 JFM Bootle 10B 699.
GRO Checked - [S266] 1901 Census - RG 13/4900 F164 P11 - Woodburn, Elizabeth, 1 Jan 1980.
- [S267] 1881 Census - RG 11/5196 F040 P14 - Woodburn, William (1843), 1 Jan 1980.
- [S339] Millom Parish Register Transcripts (Mine, Various dates), 1 Jan 1980.
- [S1598] 1910 Census - Pennsylvania - Woodburn, William J, 23 Apr 2016.
- [S1894] Naturalisation - Woodburn, William Jones, 1 Aug 2017.
- [S60] BMD - Marriage Index, 17 Mar 2010, AMJ 1865 Bootle 10B 901.
- [S4353] Marriage Entry - Woodburn, William Jones, 18 Feb 2022.
- [S60] BMD - Marriage Index, 17 Mar 2010, 1903 AMJ Whitehaven 10B 1283.
- [S1604] Death Cert - Woodburn, William Jones, 23 Apr 2016.