James Henry WIGMORE b. 17 May 1868 Marylebone, Middlesex, England d. 28 Jan 1950 Eastbourne, Sussex, England: Sulston One Name Study
   

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James Henry WIGMORE

Male 1868 - 1950  (81 years)


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  • Name James Henry WIGMORE 
    Nickname Jim 
    Born 17 May 1868  Marylebone, Middlesex, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Christened 21 Oct 1868  Morpeth, Northumberland, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    • Cites birth date as May 17th 1868. Christened with 2 siblings.
    Gender Male 
    Died 28 Jan 1950  Eastbourne, Sussex, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Person ID I51  Sulston
    Last Modified 16 Jan 2017 

    Father James William WIGMORE,   b. 12 Oct 1842, Mitcham, Surrey, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 2 Jan 1887, Kilburn, Middlesex, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 44 years) 
    Mother Elizabeth STRATFORD\WILKINS,   b. Abt 1841, Reepham, Norfolk, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 3 Aug 1915, Eastbourne, Sussex, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 74 years) 
    Married Abt 1863 
    Family ID F37  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Mary Ann (Polly) ISAAC,   b. 10 Nov 1867, Marylebone, Middlesex, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 19 Jan 1950, Eastbourne, Sussex, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 82 years) 
    Married 28 Jan 1894  Hendon, Middlesex, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    • Witnesses were A WIGMORE and L WIGMORE.
    Notes 
    • Witnesses A.WIGMORE, L.WIGMORE.
    Children 
     1. Florence Sara WIGMORE,   b. 16 Apr 1895, Cricklewood, Middlesex, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 23 Feb 1982  (Age 86 years)
    Last Modified 5 Feb 2022 
    Family ID F32  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • No GRO birth found. GRO ref: not Bermondsey 1869 (son of Charles & Kezia), not Bradfield 1866. NB newspaper report of golden wedding said he was from Kilburn. He was a horse bus driver in London and drove one of the first London motor buses.
      In 1871 & 1881 with parents.
      At marriage by banns age 25, coachman, bachelor, 4 Oak Grove, Cricklewood (parish of Hendon), signed name, father deceased. Witnesses A and L Wigmore (Arthur and Lou?)
      In 1901 census, at 51 Howard Road in Willesden with wife and Flo; in same household, his mother, his sister Louisa and 3 children of sister Elizabeth.
      Moved to Eastbourne in 1906.
      In 1907 at 2 Tower Road in Eastbourne, in 1908, 1909 at 4 Jubilee Terrace .
      In 1911 census with wife & child in Eastbourne, living in Seaside. By 1915, he was at 13 Ringwood Rd.
      Died aged 81.
      Eastbourne had the first municipal bus company in the country.

  • Sources 
    1. [S15] Census info.

    2. [S6] IGI.

    3. [S8] GRO certificate.