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Robert Wanless
Male 1788 - 1839

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  • Birth  Oct 1788  Eighton Banks, Lamesley, Durham, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Christened  12 Oct 1788  Lamesley, Durham, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Gender  Male 
    Residence  1812  Mount, Washington, Durham, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Residence  1818-1820  Colliery Row, Houghton-le-Spring, Durham, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Residence  1821  Chilton Moor, Houghton-Le-Spring, Durham, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation  1811-1826  Colliery Row, Houghton-le-Spring, Durham, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    pitman (coal miner) 
    • He was later cited in 1845 and 1849 (in his children's marriage records) as an "overman" and "overlooker". An overman, or oversman, was the person who, beneath the 'viewer', had the charge of the working of the colliery. He would set the pit to work each morning. By 1846 things had improved somewhat, his wages were now 26s (𵖫0p) to 28s (𵖬0p) per week with a house, garden and coals free. In later years the overman held a rank between that of a 'fireman' and the 'undermanager'. He would be responsible for a particular section of the work in a mine e.g. haulage, salvage or the production of several districts etc.
    Residence  1823-1829  Colliery Row, Houghton-le-Spring, Durham, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation  1838  [3] 
    • pitman (coal miner) - possibly in Shildon, Co. Durham where his son Robert married
    Died  Nov 1839  Colliery Row, Houghton-le-Spring, Durham, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Buried  21 Nov 1839  Houghton-le-Spring, Durham, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Person ID  I48  8: Percival Wanlis & Grace Tomson
    Last Modified  14 Apr 2008 
     
    Father  Robert Wanless,   b. 1768, The Mount, Washington, Durham, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 10 Dec 1798, Galloping Green, Lamesley, Durham, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Mother  Mary Parkin,   b. Est 1763,   d. 7 May 1800, Galloping Green, Lamesley, Durham, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married  15 Mar 1788  Lamesley, Durham, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID  F182  Group Sheet
     
    Family  Alice Mould,   b. Abt 1796, Tanfield, Durham, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Est 1855, (probably) Tanfield, Durham, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married  4 May 1811  Chester-Le-Street, Durham, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Robert Wanless,   b. 24 Feb 1812, Mount, Washington, Durham, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 11 Jan 1879, Newfield, Bishop Auckland, Durham, England Find all individuals with events at this location
     2. Mary Wanless,   b. 1816, Shiney Row, Penshaw, Durham, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Apr 1818, Colliery Row, Houghton-le-Spring, Durham, England Find all individuals with events at this location
     3. Mary Wanless,   b. 1818, Colliery Row, Houghton-le-Spring, Durham, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     4. William Wanless,   b. Abt 1820, Chilton Moor, Houghton-Le-Spring, Durham, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Aft 1880, (probably) Indiana or Kentucky, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
     5. Alice Wanless,   b. 1823, Colliery Row, Houghton-le-Spring, Durham, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Est 1899
     6. Mark Wanless,   b. 1826, Colliery Row, Houghton-le-Spring, Durham, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 6 Apr 1861, Houghton-le-Spring, Durham, England Find all individuals with events at this location
    Last Modified  08 Feb 2002 
    Family ID  F12  Group Sheet
     
  • Notes 
    • Why we think this Robert is the s/o Robert & Mary instead of the previously-thought Thomas & Margaret:
      1) His age at death matches the 1788 Lamesley christening to R & M
      2) The death is believed to be him because it was at Colliery Row, which is where several of his children were born and where his wife lived 3 yrs after his death in the 1841 census.
      3) The 1812 birth of his son Robert says the father is a native of Lamesley, which matches the 1788 christening.
      4) All the data for the other Robert (s/o Thomas W & Margaret Towers) proved to fit him better than this Robert (see his entry).

      Likely the Robert who witnessed his brother Wm's marriage in 1820 in Houghton-le-Spring.
     
  • Sources 
    1. [S4] Parish register, see chr. rec. (Reliability: 3).

    2. [S4] Parish register.
      12 Oct 1788 Wandless, Robert son of Robert of Eighton Banks

    3. [S29] Marriage record/certificate, 1838 mrg cert of son Robert states his father Robert was a coal miner (Reliability: 3).

    4. [S23] Burial record.

    5. [S23] Burial record.
      Robert Wanless living in Colliery Row buried 21 Nov 1839 aged 51
      -- age is right for a 1788 birth, and Alice appears to be a widow in the 1841 census

  

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