John was born in 1853[1] in Church Fenton (or Kirk Fenton), Yorkshire, England. He was the son of John Wrightson and Sarah Cullingworth.
In 1885 John married Matilda Gibson[2] in Eastrington, Yorkshire,[3] where the family lived in 1891[4] and 1901. John was a farm labourer.[5]
Sources
↑ GRO birth index. WRIGHTSON, JOHN. Mother CULLINGWORTH. GRO Reference: 1853 M Quarter in TADCASTER Volume 09C Page 469. GRO.gov.uk
↑ GRO civil registration marriage index entry. John Wrightson and Matilda Gibson. Vol 9d p 139. March quarter 1885. Registration district Howden. FreeBMD.org.uk
↑ Eastrington. Banns of Marriage between John Wrightson and Matilda Gibson, both of this parish, were published as follows: 15 Feb; 22 Feb; 1 Mar 1885. Married 8 Mar 1885. Yorkshire Banns Transcription. findmypast.co.uk. Accessed 17 Jun 2019
↑ "England and Wales Census, 1891," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:75M7-DMM : 7 May 2019), John Wrightson, Eastrington, Yorkshire East Riding, England, United Kingdom; from "1891 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO RG 12, Yorkshire, Yorkshire (East Riding) county, subdistrict, The National Archives of the UK, Kew, Surrey.
↑ "England and Wales Census, 1901," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XS95-CNB : 21 May 2019), John Wrightson, Eastrington, Yorkshire East Riding, England, United Kingdom; from "1901 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing Howden subdistrict, PRO RG 13, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey.
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