Elijah McNair

1843 - 1914  (71 years)

• Name	Elijah McNair
  Birth	8 Feb 1843	Leeds, Yorkshire, England   [1, 2]
  	Relation to Head of House: Son Indexed as MacNair Fact Flags: Preferred
  Gender	Male
  *AKA	Elijah McNair Wilton
  *AKA	Elijah Wilton
  Census	30 Mar 1851	Leeds, Yorkshire, England   [3]
  	Age: 7y
  	Address: Front Street
  	Relation to Head of House: Son Living with father Indexed as McNair
  Census	7 Apr 1861	Leeds, Yorkshire, England   [4]
  	Age: 18y
  	Address: 27 Siddal Place, Holbeck
  	Relation to Head of House: Son Unmarried. Living with mother. Named as Elijah McN Wilton Wood Turner
  Occupation	7 Apr 1861	Leeds, Yorkshire, England
  	Wood Turner
  	Age: 18y
  Census	2 Apr 1871	Leeds, Yorkshire, England   [5]
  	Age: 27y
  	Address: 2 Walkers Yard, Holbeck
  	Relation to Head of House: Boarder (Half-Brother-in-Law) Machine Smith Listed as Elijah McNair Wilton Lodger with Horn family. Elizabeth Horn is his half-sister Married but wife not with him
  Occupation	2 Apr 1871	Leeds, Yorkshire, England
  	Machine Smith
  	Age: 27y
  Census	3 Apr 1881	Leeds, Yorkshire, England   [6]
  	Age: 35y
  	Address: 95 Park Lane
  	Relation to Head of House: Lodger Listed as Elijah Wilton Unmarried Machine Turner
  Occupation	3 Apr 1881	Leeds, Yorkshire, England
  	Machine Turner
  	Age: 25y
  Census	5 Apr 1891	Leeds, Yorkshire, England   [7]
  	Age: 45y
  	Address: Mill Hill
  	Relation to Head of House: Boarder Iron Turner. Single. Indexed as Elizah Wilton
  Occupation	5 Apr 1891	Leeds, Yorkshire, England
  	Iron Ore Miner
  	Age: 45y
  Census	31 Mar 1901	Leeds, Yorkshire, England   [8]
  	Age: 58y
  	Address: Salvation Army Shelter
  	Listed as Elijah Wilton Machine Turner Fitter. Married - wife not with him
  Occupation	31 Mar 1901	Leeds, Yorkshire, England
  	Machine Turner Fitter
  	Age: 58y
  Census	2 Apr 1911	Settle, Yorkshire, England   [9]
  	Age: 68y
  	Address: Settle Union Workhouse
  	Married As Elijah Wilton Living in the workhouse No other Wiltons in the institution
  Reference Number	BR 0214a
  Death	Between Jul 1914 and Sep 1914	Leeds, Yorkshire, England   [10, 11]
  	Age: 71y
  	As Elijah Wilton died at the Union Infirmary, Leeds 36 Lisbon St., Leeds This is interesting because it reads as though the Infirmary was at 36 Lisbon St., but it wasn't. It was at Beckett Street. Checked 36 Lisbon St. in 1911 but didn't appear to exist. Fact Flags: Preferred
  Burial	7 Aug 1914	Leeds, Yorkshire, England   [10]
  	Age: 71y
  	Beckett Street Cemetry (Non-conformist) Entry No. 63540 Grave No. 18054
  Person ID	I768	Simpson
  Last Modified	26 Oct 2024

  
  

  Father	James McNair,   b. Abt 1791, Scotland d. 12 May 1860, Dewsbury, Yorkshire, England (Age 69 years)
  Mother	Hannah Wilton,   b. Abt 1813, Melmerby, Yorkshire, England d. 31 Oct 1871, Holbeck, Leeds, Yorkshire, England (Age 58 years)
  Marriage	Aft 1841  [12]
  	Suspect they never actually married.
  Family ID	F81	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Annie Anderson,   b. Abt 1852, Blairgowrie, Perthshire, Scotland
  Marriage	3 Jan 1870	Leeds, Yorkshire, England   [13, 14, 15]
  	Address: St Stephen, Burmantofts
  	Listed as Elijah MacKnair Wilton on cert and PR Occupation: Mechanic His address: Mill Street Her Address: Windsor Place
  Notes	Not been able to find any children. Searched GRO 1870 - 1900 using Wilton and mother's maiden name as Anderson and not found any matches. [23/03/2019] 1843 - Born - Indexed as MacNair 1851 - Census - Indexed as McNair - living with father, mother, siblings 1861 - Census - Indexed as Wilton - living with mother and brother 1870 - Marriage - Indexed as Wilton - Wife = Annie Anderson 1871 - Census - Indexed as Wilton - living with sister, says married, but no wife 1881 - Census - Indexed as Wilton - Lodger, single 1891 - Census - Indexed as Wilton - single 1901 - Census - Indexed as Wilton - married but no wife 1911 - Census - Indexed as Wilton - in workhouse - married but no wife 1914 - Burial - Indexed as Wilton With the exception of his birth and first census, he is always Wilton. McN, MacNair, McNair are used as middle names in 1861, 1870, 1871
  Family ID	F228	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	31 Jan 2021

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 8 Feb 1843 - Leeds, Yorkshire, England Census - Age: 7y,Address: Front Street - 30 Mar 1851 - Leeds, Yorkshire, England Census - Age: 18y,Address: 27 Siddal Place, Holbeck - 7 Apr 1861 - Leeds, Yorkshire, England Occupation - Wood Turner,Age: 18y - 7 Apr 1861 - Leeds, Yorkshire, England Marriage - Address: St Stephen, Burmantofts - 3 Jan 1870 - Leeds, Yorkshire, England Census - Age: 27y,Address: 2 Walkers Yard, Holbeck - 2 Apr 1871 - Leeds, Yorkshire, England Occupation - Machine Smith,Age: 27y - 2 Apr 1871 - Leeds, Yorkshire, England Census - Age: 35y,Address: 95 Park Lane - 3 Apr 1881 - Leeds, Yorkshire, England Occupation - Machine Turner,Age: 25y - 3 Apr 1881 - Leeds, Yorkshire, England Census - Age: 45y,Address: Mill Hill - 5 Apr 1891 - Leeds, Yorkshire, England Occupation - Iron Ore Miner,Age: 45y - 5 Apr 1891 - Leeds, Yorkshire, England Census - Age: 58y,Address: Salvation Army Shelter - 31 Mar 1901 - Leeds, Yorkshire, England Occupation - Machine Turner Fitter,Age: 58y - 31 Mar 1901 - Leeds, Yorkshire, England Census - Age: 68y,Address: Settle Union Workhouse - 2 Apr 1911 - Settle, Yorkshire, England Death - Age: 71y - Between Jul 1914 and Sep 1914 - Leeds, Yorkshire, England Burial - Age: 71y - 7 Aug 1914 - Leeds, Yorkshire, England  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  There was a hope that Elijah might have had a son, Robert, who would turn out to be connected to Lesley Holdsworth, but this is not the case (23/03/2019)

  
  

• Sources

  [S5636] Birth Cert - MacNair - Elijah, 4 Jul 2024. [S3242] BMD - Birth Index, 1 Jan 1980, 1843 JFM Leeds 23 346. GRO Checked [S362] 1851 Census - HO 107/2319 F210 P07 - Mackney, Thomas, 1 Jan 1980. [S363] 1861 Census - RG 9/3362 F144 P30 - Mackney, Thomas, 1 Jan 1980. [S364] 1871 Census - RG 10/4523 F063 P10 - Wilton, Elijah, 1 Jan 1980. [S371] 1881 Census - RG 11/4536 F109 P01 - Wilton, Elijah, 1 Jan 1980. [S372] 1891 Census - RG 12/3708 F036 P30 - McNair, Elijah, 1 Jan 1980. [S373] 1901 Census - RG 13/4241 F081 P02 - Wilton, Elijah, 1 Jan 1980. [S788] 1911 Census - RG 14/25737 SN9999 - McNair, Elijah, 6 Mar 2010. [S1692] Burial Cert - McNair, Elijah (as Wilton), 6 Nov 2016. [S3241] BMD - Death Index, 29 Apr 2009, 1914 JAS Leeds 9b 385. [S370] Birth Cert - Mackney, Thomas, 18 Oct 2014. Hannah is listed as McNair on Thomas' birth cert [S2062] Marriage Cert - Wilton, Elijah - Sanderson, Annie (Church), 23 Mar 2019. [S60] BMD - Marriage Index, 30 Jan 2017, 1870 JFM Leeds 9b 377. BMD entry is recorded as Elijah Macknair Wilton [S2061] Marriage Entry - Wilton, Elijah - Anderson, Annie, 23 Mar 2019.