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Dorothy Wanlass - was born on 18 Mar 1786 in Hawick, Kirkharle, Northumberland, England
Ralph Wanless - was born on 18 Mar 1799 in (probably) Bath Co, Virginia
Martha Anne Wanless - was born on 18 Mar 1877 in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Northumberland, England
Charles William "Will" Wanless - was born on 18 Mar 1881 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, USA
Edgar Archibald Wanless - was born on 18 Mar 1898 in Viola, Vernon, Wisconsin

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Tree #50: William Wanless & Ann English

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William Wanless married Ann English in Chester le Street, Durham in 1817. He started out as a coalminer, but shortly became a gardener. They had 2 sons, then moved to Bishopwearmouth and had 2 more sons. William died in 1825 around the time their last son was born. A year later, Ann remarried to Thomas Smith and had more children; they moved to Iveston by 1851. Their descendants lived in Bishopwearmouth and Darlington.

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Site upgraded (questionably!)

We had to make a semi-emergency move to a new server last week and I finally got around to upgrading the TNG software that runs the trees on this site. I was shocked to discover […]

GRO Birth Index 1837-1911 updated with mother’s maiden surnames

Updated the GRO Birth Index for 1837 to mid-1911 with mother’s maiden surnames, which are now supplied on the main GRO site.

Thomas Wanless & Ann Marshall moved to tree 52

Moved the 45-person tree of Thomas Wanless & Ann Marshall from the catch-all database (tree 100) into tree 52 (John Wanless and Ann Harpley/Hartley). We’re 90% sure Thomas is a son of John and added […]