Completed John Wilkinson
Posted: Tue Jan 13, 2026 5:35 pm
John Wilkinson
10/10/1877- 20/4/1916 (38)
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Dob
10/10/1877 Dudley
WILKINSON John
1877 Tipton
Sandwell Register Office TIP/103/147
Baptism 24/10/1877
Staffordshire Dudley Port
Church name Methodist New Connexion
Register type Parish Register
Birth date 10 Oct 1877
Baptism date 24 Oct 1877
Person forename John
Person sex M
Father forename Samuel
Mother forename Elizabeth
Father surname WILKINSON
Person abode Dudley Port, Tipton
Parents
Samuel Wilkinson & Elizabeth ??
Parents Marriage ??
1891 11 Caroline Street, Longton, Staffordshire.
Samuel Wilkinson (38, Bricklayer, born Dudley Port), his wife Elizabeth (32, born Longton), and their 7 children: Timothy (14, Apprentice Bricklayer, born Longton), John (13, Scholar, born Dudley Port), Florence (11, Scholar, born Longton), William (9, Scholar, born Longton), Alfred J. (5, Scholar, born Longton), Samuel (3, born Longton), and Hannah (3 months, born Longton).
Marriage 18/4/1897 St John Longton Staffordshire
Staffordshire Longton
Church name St John
Register type Parish Register
Register entry number463
Marriage date 18 Apr 1897
Groom forename John
Groom surname WILKINSON
Groom age 20
Groom condition bachelor
Groom occupation Bricklayer
Groom abode 10 May Place, Foley
Bride forename Martha Jane
Bride surname ALCOCK Bride age19
Bride condition spinster
Bride abode 5 Foley St
Groom father forename Samuel
Groom father surnameWILKINSONGroom father occupation Bricklayer
Bride father forename Thomas
Bride father surname ALCOCK
Bride father occupation Potter
Witness 1 Eli WILLIAMS
Witness 2 Florence WILKINSON
In June quarter 1897 John Wilkinson married Martha Jane Alcock (in Stoke-on-Trent); a daughter, Ellen Louise, was born in December quarter 1897. Sadly, Martha died in December quarter 1899 and their child Ellen Louise was ‘adopted’ by her maternal grandmother who shared the same name. In 1901, 3-year-old Ellen was living with her grandmother Ellen Louise Alcock at 49 Victoria Road, Fenton. No further trace is found of the young Ellen Louise until she marries in Canada in 1920.
1901 10 May Place, Fenton, Staffordshire.
Samuel Wilkinson (50, Bricklayer, born Dudley Port), his wife Elizabeth (43, born Longton), and their 7 children: John (24, widower, Bricklayer, born Longton - actually Dudley Port), William (19, Apprentice Bricklayer, born Longton), Florence (21, born Longton), Alfred J. (15, Apprentice House Painter, born Longton), Samuel (13, born Longton), Hannah (11, born Longton), and George (9, born Longton).
By 1903, widower John Wilkinson and Mary Ellen Rose had set up home together as man and wife, they never married but between 1904 and 1911 had 5 children. It is possible that they never married because Mary was still married to William Rose. On the 1911 Census, 41 year-old William Rose was an inmate of the County Lunatic Assylum at Cheddleton, Staffs. He had been a Groom, and had been born in Stone, this matches the detail for Mary's husband on the 1901 census. The Census says "lunatic at 33" - about the time that John and Mary began living together around 1903.
1911 32 Arthur Street, Longton, Staffordshire.
John Wilkinson (34, Bricklayer, born Dudley Port), his wife Mary Ellen (40, born Longton), Mary’s 2 children from her first marriage: Frederick John Rose (16. Mould Runner (Pottery), born Longton) and Helen Elizabeth Rose (12, born Longton), and John and Mary’s 5 children: Samuel John (7, born Stoke), William Timothy (6, born Stoke), Florence Mary (4, born Longton), Monica (3, born Longton) and George Thomas (3 months, born Longton).
Mary had given birth to 11 children, 4 of whom had died. It is not known if these 4 children were Rose or Wilkinson.
WW1 Records
Private 14064 John Wilkinson
Killed in Action Mesopotamia on Thursday, 20th April 1916, age 38.
Commemorated on Panel 34 of Basra Memorial, Basra, Iraq.
7th Bn., North Staffordshire Regiment. 39th Brigade of 13th Division.
Formerly 16035 North Staffordshire Regiment.
Unmarried husband of Mary Ellen Wilkinson (Rose), of 22 Edward Street, Longton, Staffs.
Born: Dudley Port, Enlisted: Longton, Staffs., Resident: Longton, Staffs.
Dod Killed in Action Mesopotamia on Thursday, 20th April 1916, age 38.
Burial- No known grave
www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/864078/
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/130 ... -wilkinson
Commemorated Tipton Library Memorial
& on Panel 34 of Basra Memorial, Basra, Iraq.
Any other info
John left no instructions on how to distribute this money, so it was advertised as "awaiting claim" in the London Gazette in July 1918. There is no evidence that any claim was made. If unclaimed the money would eventually be gifted to the Royal Patriotic Fund for charitable use.
John’s “unmarried wife”, Mary Ellen Rose, was awarded a Dependant’s Pension (rather then Widow’s Pension) of £1/4/6d (1 pounds, 4 shillings and 6 pence) per week for herself and her five children with John. Mary’s 2 children with William Rose were beyond the pension eligibility cut-off point of 16 years of age, but regardless would have been excluded because they were not John’s children. Mary’s eldest son, Frederick John Rose, served as Pte 14180 with the 8th North Staffs, serving abroad from July 1915 to the end of the war.
10/10/1877- 20/4/1916 (38)
https://www.tiptonremembers.net/index.p ... inson-john
Dob
10/10/1877 Dudley
WILKINSON John
1877 Tipton
Sandwell Register Office TIP/103/147
Baptism 24/10/1877
Staffordshire Dudley Port
Church name Methodist New Connexion
Register type Parish Register
Birth date 10 Oct 1877
Baptism date 24 Oct 1877
Person forename John
Person sex M
Father forename Samuel
Mother forename Elizabeth
Father surname WILKINSON
Person abode Dudley Port, Tipton
Parents
Samuel Wilkinson & Elizabeth ??
Parents Marriage ??
1891 11 Caroline Street, Longton, Staffordshire.
Samuel Wilkinson (38, Bricklayer, born Dudley Port), his wife Elizabeth (32, born Longton), and their 7 children: Timothy (14, Apprentice Bricklayer, born Longton), John (13, Scholar, born Dudley Port), Florence (11, Scholar, born Longton), William (9, Scholar, born Longton), Alfred J. (5, Scholar, born Longton), Samuel (3, born Longton), and Hannah (3 months, born Longton).
Marriage 18/4/1897 St John Longton Staffordshire
Staffordshire Longton
Church name St John
Register type Parish Register
Register entry number463
Marriage date 18 Apr 1897
Groom forename John
Groom surname WILKINSON
Groom age 20
Groom condition bachelor
Groom occupation Bricklayer
Groom abode 10 May Place, Foley
Bride forename Martha Jane
Bride surname ALCOCK Bride age19
Bride condition spinster
Bride abode 5 Foley St
Groom father forename Samuel
Groom father surnameWILKINSONGroom father occupation Bricklayer
Bride father forename Thomas
Bride father surname ALCOCK
Bride father occupation Potter
Witness 1 Eli WILLIAMS
Witness 2 Florence WILKINSON
In June quarter 1897 John Wilkinson married Martha Jane Alcock (in Stoke-on-Trent); a daughter, Ellen Louise, was born in December quarter 1897. Sadly, Martha died in December quarter 1899 and their child Ellen Louise was ‘adopted’ by her maternal grandmother who shared the same name. In 1901, 3-year-old Ellen was living with her grandmother Ellen Louise Alcock at 49 Victoria Road, Fenton. No further trace is found of the young Ellen Louise until she marries in Canada in 1920.
1901 10 May Place, Fenton, Staffordshire.
Samuel Wilkinson (50, Bricklayer, born Dudley Port), his wife Elizabeth (43, born Longton), and their 7 children: John (24, widower, Bricklayer, born Longton - actually Dudley Port), William (19, Apprentice Bricklayer, born Longton), Florence (21, born Longton), Alfred J. (15, Apprentice House Painter, born Longton), Samuel (13, born Longton), Hannah (11, born Longton), and George (9, born Longton).
By 1903, widower John Wilkinson and Mary Ellen Rose had set up home together as man and wife, they never married but between 1904 and 1911 had 5 children. It is possible that they never married because Mary was still married to William Rose. On the 1911 Census, 41 year-old William Rose was an inmate of the County Lunatic Assylum at Cheddleton, Staffs. He had been a Groom, and had been born in Stone, this matches the detail for Mary's husband on the 1901 census. The Census says "lunatic at 33" - about the time that John and Mary began living together around 1903.
1911 32 Arthur Street, Longton, Staffordshire.
John Wilkinson (34, Bricklayer, born Dudley Port), his wife Mary Ellen (40, born Longton), Mary’s 2 children from her first marriage: Frederick John Rose (16. Mould Runner (Pottery), born Longton) and Helen Elizabeth Rose (12, born Longton), and John and Mary’s 5 children: Samuel John (7, born Stoke), William Timothy (6, born Stoke), Florence Mary (4, born Longton), Monica (3, born Longton) and George Thomas (3 months, born Longton).
Mary had given birth to 11 children, 4 of whom had died. It is not known if these 4 children were Rose or Wilkinson.
WW1 Records
Private 14064 John Wilkinson
Killed in Action Mesopotamia on Thursday, 20th April 1916, age 38.
Commemorated on Panel 34 of Basra Memorial, Basra, Iraq.
7th Bn., North Staffordshire Regiment. 39th Brigade of 13th Division.
Formerly 16035 North Staffordshire Regiment.
Unmarried husband of Mary Ellen Wilkinson (Rose), of 22 Edward Street, Longton, Staffs.
Born: Dudley Port, Enlisted: Longton, Staffs., Resident: Longton, Staffs.
Dod Killed in Action Mesopotamia on Thursday, 20th April 1916, age 38.
Burial- No known grave
www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/864078/
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/130 ... -wilkinson
Commemorated Tipton Library Memorial
& on Panel 34 of Basra Memorial, Basra, Iraq.
Any other info
John left no instructions on how to distribute this money, so it was advertised as "awaiting claim" in the London Gazette in July 1918. There is no evidence that any claim was made. If unclaimed the money would eventually be gifted to the Royal Patriotic Fund for charitable use.
John’s “unmarried wife”, Mary Ellen Rose, was awarded a Dependant’s Pension (rather then Widow’s Pension) of £1/4/6d (1 pounds, 4 shillings and 6 pence) per week for herself and her five children with John. Mary’s 2 children with William Rose were beyond the pension eligibility cut-off point of 16 years of age, but regardless would have been excluded because they were not John’s children. Mary’s eldest son, Frederick John Rose, served as Pte 14180 with the 8th North Staffs, serving abroad from July 1915 to the end of the war.
