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William Wanless
 1820 - 1881

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• Birth	Abt 1820	Chilton Moor, Houghton-Le-Spring, Durham, England   [1]
  Christened	18 Mar 1821	Houghton-le-Spring, Durham, England   [2]
  Gender	Male
  Census	1841	Colliery Row, Houghton-le-Spring, Durham, England
  	with mother, age 20 (rounded down), blacksmith
  Residence	May 1845 to Feb 1847	Charters Haugh, Durham, England
  	May 1845: marriage Feb 1847: dauu Margaret's christening
  Residence	Aug 1850	Bishop Auckland, Durham, England
  	Railway Terrace
  	Birth of son Robert.
  Census	1851	Blue Row, Bishop Auckland, Durham, England
  	HO 107/; folio 310, Village of Blue Row, Railway Terrace William WANLESS head 36 blacksmith DUR Houghton-le-Spring Margaret WANLESS wife 30 DUR Chester-le-Street Margaret WANLESS dau 4 DUR Chester-le-Street Robert WANLESS son 7mo DUR St.Andrew Auckld Thomas H. Newton visitor, married, 30**, colliery agent, DUR Chester-le-Street ** age is obscured --2 houses prior live George (25) & Jane Hann, he b. Chester-le-Street - maybe a brother of Margaret?
  Census	1861	Helmington Row, Durham, England
  	Wheat Bottom Lane William Wanless or Wandless, Head, married, 40, Blacksmith, Colliery Row Margaret W, Wife, married, 40, County Durham Margaret W, Daughter, 14, Scholar, Colliery Row Robert W, Son, 10, Scholar, Bishop Auckland
  IMMI	1865	USA
  	Arrived in New York from Liverpool on 16 May 1865, per passenger manifest.
  Census	1870	Springfield, Sangamon Co, Illinois
  	This LOOKS like the same family as shown in the passenger manifest, but Wm should only be about 50-53: (page 314, line 12) Wandless, Wm 60 blksmith, (all b. England), US citizen, (all parents of foreign birth) , Eliza 38 keeps house , Jno. 16 school , Marg't 14 school , Thos. 11 school
  NATU	5 Nov 1871	Sangamon Co, Illinois   [3]
  	Vol. 2, Page 35 On the 5th day of Nov 1871 before the Clerk of the Circuit Court of Sangamon County...personally appeared Wm Wanless of said county, who was born in England, aged about 54 years, and on oath did declare it was his intention to become a citizen of the United States and to renounce forever all allegiance and fidelity to...the Queen of Great Britain & Ireland of which he is now a subject. [obtained from IRAD]
  Census	1880	Vigo Twp, Knox Co, Indiana, USA
  	Age 63, with son Robert; see his entry.
  Occupation	1841-1880  [4, 5]
  	blacksmith
  Died	Aft 1880	(probably) Indiana or Kentucky, USA
  Person ID	I164	8: Percival Wanlis & Grace Tomson
  Last Modified	14 Apr 2008
  Father	Robert Wanless,   b. Oct 1788, Eighton Banks, Lamesley, Durham, England ,   d. Nov 1839, Colliery Row, Houghton-le-Spring, Durham, England
  Mother	Alice Mould,   b. Abt 1796, Tanfield, Durham, England ,   d. Est 1855, (probably) Tanfield, Durham, England
  Married	4 May 1811	Chester-Le-Street, Durham, England
  Family ID	F12	Group Sheet
  Family 1	Margaret Hann,   b. Abt 1821, Chester-Le-Street, Durham, England ,   d. Bef 1865
  Married	17 May 1845	Chester-Le-Street, Durham, England   [6]
  Children	1. Margaret Wanless,   b. 1846, Chester-Le-Street, Durham, England ,   d. Yes, date unknown   2. Robert Wanless,   b. 6 Aug 1850, Bishop Auckland, Durham, England ,   d. 14 Aug 1919, Providence, Webster Co, Kentucky, USA   3. John Wanless,   b. Abt 1855, England (Probably Durham) ,   d. Yes, date unknown   4. Margaret Wanless,   b. Abt 1858, England (Probably Durham) ,   d. Yes, date unknown   5. Thomas Wanless,   b. Abt 1860, England (Probably Durham) ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Last Modified	28 Apr 2002
  Family ID	F88	Group Sheet
  Family 2	Eliza Graham,   b. 1823-1832, England ,   d. 1870-1880, (probably) Illinois or Indiana
  Married	1851-1865	England (Probably Durham)
  Last Modified	05 Apr 2003
  Family ID	F103	Group Sheet

• Histories	Marriage cert: William Wanless & Margaret Hann 1845, Chester-le-Street, Durham, England

• Notes

  Link to parents based on location (where Wm lived at marriage is abt 3 miles from where Robert's family lived, and a Wm of the right age & same profession (blacksmith) is shown with that family in the 1841 census, plus in 1861 Wm gives his birthplace as Colliery Row, where this family lived when he was growing up), and based on father Robert's profession being "overman" or "overlooker" as stated in siblings William's and Mark's & Robert's marriage records. Passenger manifesto [in Colleen's file; arrival date & place were obtained from Robert's naturalization certificate] shows: NY Passenger Lists of Vessels Arriving in New York - M237 roll 251 16 May 1865 George A. Lewis master of the SS Virginia - passengers boarded at Liverpool and Queenstown - burthen weight 2416 tons William Wanless 44 m lab. (all from England, all going to US) Eliza 42 f wife Robert Graham 17 m lab. William " " 16 m lab. Robert Wanless 14 m lab. John " " 10 m child Margaret " " 7 f child Thomas " " 5 m child Mike " " 21 m lab. Margaret " " 18 f spinster -- Is Eliza William's 2nd wife then? Are the Graham boys Eliza's brothers or sons from an earlier marriage or what? Who is Mike/Michael Wanless born abt 1844? Why are there 2 Margarets? Based on the passenger manifest, other possible children of William include: Mike/Michael/Mark b. abt 1844 -- not in 1851-61 census with Wm & Margaret & born before their marriage, so probably not their child John b. abt 1855 - not on 1861 census with Wm & Margaret Margaret b. abt 1858 - ditto Thomas b. abt 1860 - ditto --The oldest male is probably not William's son, but another relative. Mike could be Wm's nephew Mark Wanless, s/o Robert W and Ann Spedding, b. 1845. He is with his parents in 1861 and married in West Rainton in 1873; is it possble he went to the US in between for awhile? And the younger children don't make sense - they're not shown in the 1861 census with Wm & Margaret, so are they Eliza's and actually have (or had before she married Wm) a different surname, perhaps Graham? Or are they adopted nephews & nieces of William? I'm leaving them linked to Margaret until we have an answer for this puzzle. No marriage match turned up at DCC site or FreeBMD for Wm 1861-1865 to Eliza. I can't find a Robert & Wm Graham of the right age together in the 1861 Co. Durham census. However, in 1851 there is this family: 1851, Wheat Bottom, Crook & Billy Row, DUR Joseph Graham, head, 29, blacksmith & innkeeper, DUR New Raby Eliza C., wife, 28, DUR Willington Betsy Graham, dau, 9, scholar, DUR Willington Joseph, son, 7, DUR Willington Robert, son, 3, DUR Byers Green William, son, 2, DUR Brancepeth Margaret, dau, 7 months, DUR Brancepeth -- Note that Robert, Wm, and Margaret would be abt 18, 17, and 15 in 1865 - which matches pretty closely the ages for Robert & Wm, but Margaret Wanless (maybe she's a Graham) in the manifest is 18. Joseph would be abt 22 - could he be Mike? Naturalization: declarations of intent, which usually contain more useful info, are not listed pre-1874 in LDS catalog. Might be on FHL 1255850, US Circuit Court, Illinois Southern District - this film covers Sangamon co and covers decs from 1856 onward. Perhaps also 1255854 Items 1-2, although this does not say it covers declarations, just "nat. records". IRAD said they couldn't find anything more on Wm (no further or prior nat. papers).

• Sources

  [S13] Census, 1851 English census says age 36, which means abt 1815; 1880 census Soundex card says age 63, meaning abt 1817 (Reliability: 3). [S4] Parish register. 18 Mar 1821 William s/o Robert & Alice Wandlass, Chilton Moor, pitman [S25] Sangamon Co Naturalizations - index, (SANGAMON COUNTY GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY. Naturalizations, Declarations of Intent, Sangamon County, Illinois. Springfield, Ill. the society, 1986. 71p.), page 67 (Reliability: 3). [S40] Marriage record. [S13] Census, 1841 Colliery Row, Durham & 1880 Indiana (Reliability: 3). [S40] Marriage record, Chester Le Street Reg. District (Reliability: 3). Married by banns in the Parish Church of Chester le Street parish by Edwd. C. Wilshere, Curate. 17 May 1845. William Wanlass, of full age, bachelor, occupation: Smith, lives Charters haugh, father Robert Wanlass an overman. Margaret Hann, of full age, spinster, lives Charters haugh, father William Hann an engine man. Signed William Wanlass and Margaret (her mark) Hann. Witnesses: William Curry and John Burnish, parish clerk. -- In this record, the residence looks like Chanters haugh, but no such place exsts. Charters Haugh is/was near Fatfield, about 3 miles from Colliery Row where William presumably grew up.