Birth | August 17, 1834 37 |
Death of a mother | Elizabeth Clark 1836 (Age 16 months) |
Marriage of a parent | John Wakefield — Ann Bartram — View family 1838 (Age 3) Source: www2.freebmd.org.uk Citation details: Shardlow Vol. 19 p. 463 March-June 1838 |
Birth of a half-sister | Elizabeth Wakefield July 1839 (Age 4) Source: 1851 British census |
Education | 1840 (Age 5) School or college: Infants' School, Melbourne |
Occupation | boy of all work 1849 (Age 14)Employer: Mr. Mathias Scott, Linen & Woollen Drapers Note: Pigot's Commercial Directory of Derbyshire, 1835 |
Death of a sister | Hannah Wakefield 1851 (Age 16) |
Residence | 1851 (Age 16) Source: 1851 British census Text: John Wakefield. 54. Stanton by Bridge. Higler
Ann Wakefield. 53. Melbourne
William Wakefield. 16
Elizabeth Wakefield. 11 |
Occupation | Laborer for brass and iron bedstead manufacturer April 1853 (Age 18)Employer: Peyton & Harlow, Bordesley Works |
Marriage | Sarah Wright — View family October 9, 1853 (Age 19) Text: Parish of Birmingham in the County of Warwick
9 October 1853
William Wakefield, 21, Bachelor, Fitter, Wharf Street
father John Wakefield, fitter
Sarah Wright, 22, Spinster, Wharf Street
father Philip Wright, weaver
Married in the Parish Church of St. Thomas after Banns by Geo. S. Ball, Rector in the presence of Robert Layton and (the mark of) Elizabeth Silks Note: Witnesses Robert Alexander Layton (b. 24 May 1835) and Frances Elizabeth Silk (b.7 May 1832) were wed on 5 Nov. 1854 at St. Martin Church, Birmingham. Layton's parents were George Layton and Sarah Wood. Silk's parents were John Silk and Caroline Edwards. |
Occupation | Stationary Engineer October 15, 1853 (Age 19)Employer: Samuel Whitfield bedstead and safe manufactory |
Birth of a son #1 | Henry “Harry” Wakefield November 11, 1854 (Age 20) |
Death of a son | Henry “Harry” Wakefield December 1854 (Age 20) |
Birth of a daughter #2 | Emily Ann Wakefield April 11, 1856 (Age 21) |
Birth of a daughter #3 | Clara Wakefield December 21, 1859 (Age 25) Source: familysearch.org Publication: www.FamilySearch.org Citation details: Clara Wakefield Patterson death |
Occupation | Engineer between 1855 and 1859 (Age 20)Employer: Peyton & Harlow Bedstead |
Birth of a daughter #4 | Eliza “Lizzie” Wakefield September 27, 1860 (Age 26) Publication: pamphlet, 1999 Text: in this year My Dear Daughter Eliza was given to us on September the 27th 1860 Source: 1861 census Citation details: St. Mark's Parish, Birmingham, Warwickshire Text: William Wakefield 26
Sarah Wakefield. 27. Wife
Emily Wakefield. 4. Daughter
Clara Wakefield. 3. Daughter
Eliza. Wakefield. 5/12. Daughter |
Occupation | 1860 (Age 25) Employer: Thomas Piggott Boiler Works Note: Worked for 8 months and then Mr. Duncan Morrison my dear friend from the Bordesley Works, starting in business for himself on Charlotte street and needing an engineer gave me a letter to Mr. Piggott asking my release to serve him. |
Birth of a son #5 | Frederick William Wakefield April 26, 1863 (Age 28) Source: findagrave.com Citation details: Frederick W. Wakefield Text: Birth
26 April 1863 Birmingham, Metropolitan Borough of Birmingham, West Midlands, England
Death
4 June1934 Vermilion, Erie County, Ohio, United States of America |
Birth of a daughter #6 | Alice Wakefield 1864 (Age 29) |
Occupation | Engineer between 1861 and 1865 (Age 26)Address: Charlotte Street Employer: Mr. Duncan Morrison, Albion Works Source: newspapers.com Citation details: Birmingham Daily Post, Birmingham, West Midlands, England, 18 Feb 1865, p. 1 Text: DIED
On the 16th inst., at Erdington, Duncan Morrison; deeply regretted. Note: Place was newly built and machinery had to be set up and everything to get in good shape for work..... after about 4 years of success Mr. Morrison was taken sick and died. |
Residence | 1861 (Age 26) Source: 1861 census Text: William Wakefield. 26
Sarah Wakefield
Emily. Daughter |
Birth of a son #7 | Ernest Henry Wakefield August 27, 1866 (Age 32) Source: familysearch.org Publication: www.FamilySearch.org Citation details: death of Ernest Henry Wakefield Text: born 27 Aug 1866 Birmingham, England
died Vermilion, Ohio |
Death of a daughter | Alice Wakefield 1866 (Age 31) |
Emigration | April 25, 1867 (Age 32) Publication: www.immigrantships.net Citation details: immigrantships.net/v10/arrivalsv10/nycv10.html Hecla, 25 April 1867 Text: 241 Wm Wakefield laborer Note: Took ship "Hecla" from Liverpool to NY, where was met by wife's sister's husband, Thomas Dunmore. |
Death of a father | John Wakefield 1867 (Age 32) Publication: pamphlet, 1999 Citation details: p. 2 Text: He past away in the fall of 1867 after a life of hard work and a bare living, but he has a long rest before him. |
Occupation | manufacturing laborer June 1867 (Age 32)Employer: Hickok Eagle Works, bookbinding machinery Source: hickokmfg.com Citation details: Accessed 2017 Text: In 1844 William Orville Hickok established the Eagle works and became a manufacturer of bookbinders' specialities. ... Sometime between 1844 and 1850 his ideas began to click. ... By 1853 the Ruling machines were in constant use in every state of the Union. Today our full-service manufacturing facility is successful.... |
Occupation | pipe fitter January 1868 (Age 33)Employer: William Wilkshire |
Occupation | June 1868 (Age 33) Employer: G. Hickok |
Emigration | October 1868 (Age 34) Note: Sailed on City of Paris. |
Occupation | custodian 1869 (Age 34)Employer: Birmingham Free Library Note: Worked for John Davies Mullins, who was married to Harriet Godridge Friend, a cousin of William’s wife. About J. D. Mullins it is written, "[he] has at all times borne the character of an exceedingly strict disciplinarian." Old and New Birmingham, A History of the Town and Its People, by Robert Kirkup Dent, 1880, p. 516. |
Residence | 1871 (Age 36) Source: 1871 census Text: William Wakefield 37
Sarah Wakefield. 37
Emily A. Daughter. 14
Clara. Daughter. 13
Eliza. Daughter. 11
Frederick W. Son. 9
Ernest H. Son. 6
Arthur J. Son. 1 |
Birth of a son #8 | Arthur John Wakefield October 26, 1872 (Age 38) |
Emigration | April 6, 1873 (Age 38) Note: Second emigration. Took White Star Line to NY. |
Occupation | lead pipe fitter May 1873 (Age 38)Employer: Mr. Thomas Dunmore |
Marriage of a child | John Copeland — Emily Ann Wakefield — View family October 25, 1874 (Age 40) Note: Witnesses to marriage were Sarah Copeland and Thomas Taylor. |
Occupation | worked in lead pipe manufacturing company between 1874 and 1876 (Age 39)Employer: Gibson, Roberts, and Price Source: clevelandhistorical.org Citation details: "The W. J. Roberts House: Restoration of a Grand Franklin Boulevard Home Text: Here in Cleveland, Roberts became associated with Samuel Gibson and W. H. Price, and the three started the Gibson, Roberts and Price (later simply Gibson & Price) lead works in the area of the Flats on the east side of the Cuyahoga River at Oxbow Bend, originally known as Cleveland Centre. There the three men built a factory that produced lead piping and other lead products. The business rapidly grew and manufactured products at this location well into the twentieth century when it merged with other companies to become the United Lead Co. |
Occupation | 1877 (Age 42) Address: 262 Race St.
Cincinnati, Ohio Employer: Mr. Hugh McCollum |
Death of a son | Arthur John Wakefield August 27, 1878 (Age 44) Cause: diptheria |
Marriage of a child | Hyatt Meshack Patterson — Clara Wakefield — View family December 30, 1880 (Age 46) Publication: 1917 Citation details: p. 3282 Note: Hyatt Patterson is listed as a widower on 1880 census. |
Occupation | worker in wire mill 1880 (Age 45)Employer: American Steel and Wire Company Source: 1880 census Text: William Wakefield. 47. Working wire mill
Sarah Wakefield. 49. Keeping house
Frederick Wakefield 15. Working wire mill
Clara Wakefield. 22 dressmaker
Eliza Wakefield. 19. Dressmaker
E. Wakefield. 13. At school |
Death of a wife | Sarah Wright August 8, 1882 (Age 47) Source: familysearch.org Publication: www.FamilySearch.org Citation details: Ohio, County Death Records, 1840-2001 Text: Sarah Wakefield
death, 08 Aug 1882
Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio
Harvard St.
Female 50 (estimated),married, white
father's name John Wakefield
Mother's name, Wakefield |
Burial of a wife | Sarah Wright August 10, 1882 (Age 47) Cemetery: Harvard Grove Source: familysearch.org Publication: www.FamilySearch.org Citation details: Ohio, Cleveland Cemetery Records, 1824-2001 Text: Sarah Wakefield, age 56 Source: findagrave.com Text: Sarah Wakefield
unknown - 8 Aug 1882
Lake View Cemetery
Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio Publication: pamphlet, 1999 Text: My Dear Wife Died on the 8th of August 1882 while we were living on Harvard st Newburgh in Harvard st Cemetery we laid her to rest A Loving Mother and Faithfull Wife |
Marriage of a child | James William Mathews — Eliza “Lizzie” Wakefield — View family Type: Religious marriage February 22, 1883 (Age 48)Address: Miles St near Gaylord & Broadway
Newburgh Heights
Cleveland, Ohio Publication: Cuyahoga County Archives Citation details: vol. 26, page 170, page match 71 Note: Ceremony performed by Rev. A. A. Knight. |
Marriage of a child | Ernest Henry Wakefield — Mary Etta Woodworth — View family October 6, 1886 (Age 52) Source: familysearch.org Publication: www.FamilySearch.org |
Marriage of a child | Frederick William Wakefield — Caroline “Carrie” Miller — View family September 21, 1887 (Age 53) Source: familysearch.org Publication: www.FamilySearch.org Citation details: Marriage license Note: Marriage was performed by Rev. William Gaston, pastor of North Presbyterian Church, Cleveland. |
Death of a daughter | Eliza “Lizzie” Wakefield May 14, 1890 (Age 55) Publication: pamphlet, 1999 Text: My daughter Eliza the wife of J. W. Matthews passed from this life May 14 1890 leaving her husband and 3 sons Willie, Ralph and Hyatt amd many that were Dear to her to mourn our loss but she is safe Dying in the Faith of Him who is able to save to the uttermost all those that come to God through Him. She rests in Harvard street Cemetery Newburgh. |
Burial of a daughter | Eliza “Lizzie” Wakefield 1890 (Age 55) Cemetery: Harvard St. Cemetery |
Marriage of a child | Frederick William Wakefield — Mary Poley — View family Type: Religious marriage February 14, 1895 (Age 60)Source: familysearch.org Publication: www.FamilySearch.org Note: Marriage was performed by Rev. William Gaston, pastor of North Presbyterian Church, Cleveland. |
Residence | 1895 (Age 60) Address: 208 Bayne St.
Cleveland Note: Went to live with son F. W. Wakefield and his new wife Mary Poley Wakefield. |
Residence | 1900 (Age 65) Source: 1900 census Text: William Wakefield, lodger |
Death | June 25, 1907 (Age 72) Source: Cleveland Plain Dealer Citation details: June 26, 1907 Text: Wakefield - William, late of Cleveland, resident Vermilion, Ohio, June 25. |
Burial | Address: Cleveland, Ohio Source: findagrave.com |
Family with parents - View family |
father |
John Wakefield Birth: February 3, 1797 29 26 — Stanton by Bridge, Derbyshire, England Death: 1867 — |
mother |
Elizabeth Clark Death: 1836 — |
Marriage: August 12, 1821 — Melbourne, Derbyshire, England |
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17 months elder sister |
Ann Wakefield Birth: about 1822 24 — Stanton by Bridge, Derbyshire, England |
3 years elder brother |
John Wakefield Birth: 1824 26 — |
2 years elder brother |
Thomas Wakefield Birth: about 1825 27 — |
3 years elder sister |
Hannah Wakefield Birth: about 1827 29 — Stanton by Bridge, Derbyshire, England Death: 1851 — Derbyshire |
8 years |
William Wakefield Birth: August 17, 1834 37 — Stanton by Bridge, Derbyshire, England Death: June 25, 1907 — Vermilion, Ohio |
Father’s family with Ann Bartram - View family |
father |
John Wakefield Birth: February 3, 1797 29 26 — Stanton by Bridge, Derbyshire, England Death: 1867 — |
step-mother |
Ann Bartram Birth: October 7, 1797 — Melbourne, Derbyshire, England |
Marriage: 1838 — Shardlow, Derbyshire, England |
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19 months half-sister |
Elizabeth Wakefield Birth: July 1839 42 41 — Melbourne, Derbyshire, England |
Family with Sarah Wright - View family |
William Wakefield Birth: August 17, 1834 37 — Stanton by Bridge, Derbyshire, England Death: June 25, 1907 — Vermilion, Ohio |
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wife |
Sarah Wright Birth: 1831 42 34 — Stockport, Cheshire, England Death: August 8, 1882 — (formerly Newburgh Township), Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio |
Marriage: October 9, 1853 — St. Thomas Parish Church, Birmingham, England |
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13 months son |
Henry “Harry” Wakefield Birth: November 11, 1854 20 23 — England Death: December 1854 — |
17 months daughter |
Emily Ann Wakefield Birth: April 11, 1856 21 25 — Birmingham, England Death: March 1928 — Vermilion, Ohio |
4 years daughter |
Clara Wakefield Birth: December 21, 1859 25 28 — England Death: March 12, 1923 — Atlanta, DeKalb, Georgia |
9 months daughter |
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3 years son |
Frederick William Wakefield Birth: April 26, 1863 28 32 — Birmingham, England Death: June 4, 1934 — Vermilion, Ohio |
20 months daughter |
Alice Wakefield Birth: 1864 29 33 — Death: 1866 — |
3 years son |
Ernest Henry Wakefield Birth: August 27, 1866 32 35 — Birmingham, Warwick, England Death: June 16, 1929 — Vermilion, Erie, Ohio |
6 years son |
Arthur John Wakefield Birth: October 26, 1872 38 41 — England Death: August 27, 1878 — Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio |
Residence | 1851 British census Text: John Wakefield. 54. Stanton by Bridge. Higler
Ann Wakefield. 53. Melbourne
William Wakefield. 16
Elizabeth Wakefield. 11 |
Marriage | marriage license of William Wakefield and Sarah Wright Text: Parish of Birmingham in the County of Warwick
9 October 1853
William Wakefield, 21, Bachelor, Fitter, Wharf Street
father John Wakefield, fitter
Sarah Wright, 22, Spinster, Wharf Street
father Philip Wright, weaver
Married in the Parish Church of St. Thomas after Banns by Geo. S. Ball, Rector in the presence of Robert Layton and (the mark of) Elizabeth Silks |
Occupation | newspapers.com Citation details: Birmingham Daily Post, Birmingham, West Midlands, England, 18 Feb 1865, p. 1 Text: DIED
On the 16th inst., at Erdington, Duncan Morrison; deeply regretted. |
Residence | 1861 census Text: William Wakefield. 26
Sarah Wakefield
Emily. Daughter |
Emigration | Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild Publication: www.immigrantships.net Citation details: immigrantships.net/v10/arrivalsv10/nycv10.html Hecla, 25 April 1867 Text: 241 Wm Wakefield laborer |
Occupation | hickokmfg.com Citation details: Accessed 2017 Text: In 1844 William Orville Hickok established the Eagle works and became a manufacturer of bookbinders' specialities. ... Sometime between 1844 and 1850 his ideas began to click. ... By 1853 the Ruling machines were in constant use in every state of the Union. Today our full-service manufacturing facility is successful.... |
Residence | 1871 census Text: William Wakefield 37
Sarah Wakefield. 37
Emily A. Daughter. 14
Clara. Daughter. 13
Eliza. Daughter. 11
Frederick W. Son. 9
Ernest H. Son. 6
Arthur J. Son. 1 |
Occupation | clevelandhistorical.org Citation details: "The W. J. Roberts House: Restoration of a Grand Franklin Boulevard Home Text: Here in Cleveland, Roberts became associated with Samuel Gibson and W. H. Price, and the three started the Gibson, Roberts and Price (later simply Gibson & Price) lead works in the area of the Flats on the east side of the Cuyahoga River at Oxbow Bend, originally known as Cleveland Centre. There the three men built a factory that produced lead piping and other lead products. The business rapidly grew and manufactured products at this location well into the twentieth century when it merged with other companies to become the United Lead Co. |
Occupation | 1880 census Text: William Wakefield. 47. Working wire mill
Sarah Wakefield. 49. Keeping house
Frederick Wakefield 15. Working wire mill
Clara Wakefield. 22 dressmaker
Eliza Wakefield. 19. Dressmaker
E. Wakefield. 13. At school |
Residence | 1900 census Text: William Wakefield, lodger |
Death | Cleveland Plain Dealer Citation details: June 26, 1907 Text: Wakefield - William, late of Cleveland, resident Vermilion, Ohio, June 25. |
Burial | findagrave.com |
Occupation | Pigot's Commercial Directory of Derbyshire, 1835 |
Occupation | Worked 6 months and quit. Not satisfied with wages.
(from William Wakefield's autobiography) |
Marriage | Witnesses Robert Alexander Layton (b. 24 May 1835) and Frances Elizabeth Silk (b.7 May 1832) were wed on 5 Nov. 1854 at St. Martin Church, Birmingham. Layton's parents were George Layton and Sarah Wood. Silk's parents were John Silk and Caroline Edwards. |
Occupation | Worked for 8 months and then Mr. Duncan Morrison my dear friend from the Bordesley Works, starting in business for himself on Charlotte street and needing an engineer gave me a letter to Mr. Piggott asking my release to serve him. |
Occupation | Place was newly built and machinery had to be set up and everything to get in good shape for work..... after about 4 years of success Mr. Morrison was taken sick and died. |
Occupation | Slater's Royal National Commercial -Warwickshire 1862
Morrison, Duncan, Albion Works, Charlotte St.
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Emigration | Took ship "Hecla" from Liverpool to NY, where was met by wife's sister's husband, Thomas Dunmore. |
Emigration | Sailed on City of Paris. |
Occupation | Worked for John Davies Mullins, who was married to Harriet Godridge Friend, a cousin of William’s wife. About J. D. Mullins it is written, "[he] has at all times borne the character of an exceedingly strict disciplinarian." Old and New Birmingham, A History of the Town and Its People, by Robert Kirkup Dent, 1880, p. 516. |
Emigration | Second emigration. Took White Star Line to NY. |
Residence | Went to live with son F. W. Wakefield and his new wife Mary Poley Wakefield. |
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