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WRIGHT THOMASON & FRANCES ANN SPENCE

Thornley Village

WRIGHT and FRANCES were married in December 1874. They had a son and two daughters, named Jonathan, MARY and Ethel. There are possibly more children.

Personal Details
- WRIGHT THOMASON
  
  Hauling Coal
  
  WRIGHT was born on May 3rd, 1851 in Low Green, Hindley, Wigan, Lancashire.¹
  - Birth Notes
    - Wright Thomason
      Year of Registration: 1851
      Quarter of Registration: Apr-May-Jun
      District: Wigan
      County: Greater Manchester, Lancashire
      Volume: 21
      Page: 937
  He died about November 1930 in Stanley, Co. Durham.²
  FRANCES ANN SPENCE
  FRANCES was born about May 1857 in Scruton, Yorkshire.³
  - Birth Notes
    - Ann Spence
      Year of Registration: 1857
      Quarter of Registration: Oct-Nov-Dec
      District: Bedale
      County: Yorkshire - North Riding
      Volume: 9d
      Page: 429
      
      ***This record is for Ann Spence rather than Frances but is the nearest fit to the census records from 1871 onward, which report birth in Bedale area. However age consistently reported as x4, would place birth April 1856 to March 1857. Thus Q4 1857 is rather late unless Frances was fuzzy re her age.
      
      There are Fanny Spence birth records further south or in Lincolnshire.
      
      It should be noted that Frances's brother had birth registered at Knottingly, confirmed on 1851 census, but from 1871 onward usually gave Masham or Bedale as birthplace, though no matching registrations can be found.
  She died about February 1914 in Newcastle upon Tyne ?.⁴
  - Death Notes
    - Listed as Step Daughter of Thomas Johnston in 1871 census.

Children
- Jonathan THOMASON
  Jonathan was born in 1876. He died about May 1935 in Newcastle upon Tyne ?.⁵
  MARY RACHEL THOMASON
  
  Mary Rachel Thomason
  
  MARY was born on January 8th, 1878 in Wolsingham, Co Durham.⁶
  - Birth Notes
    
    Birth indexed as Mary Rachael
    
    Cousin Mary Thomason, daughter of uncle, Thomas Thomason, has birth registered in same district in same quarter year.
    
    Marriage cert gives age as 28 as at 12 Nov 1907. This would be consistent with birth between 13 Nov 1878 and 12 Nov 1879.
    It looks as if a year of age was mislaid before marriage.
    
    Patrick may have subtracted a few more years.
  She died from cancer, Liver, about August 1948 in Epsom, Surrey.⁷
  - Death Notes
    
    Died 1948 Jul-Sep
    Surrey Mid. E. v 5g P 143
  Ethel THOMASON
  Ethel was born in 1881. She died at the age of 80 in 1961.

Family Timeline

¹ Birth Certificate
² Reg Lanchester Q4 v10a p338
³ Census
⁴ Reg Newcastle T. Q1 v10b p33
⁵ Reg Q2 Newcastle T. v10b p195
⁶ Reg Weardale Q1 1878 v10a p287
⁷ Family Knowledge