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WANDLESS, William
1879 - 1944 (65 years) Has 2 ancestors and 7 descendants in this family tree.
1848 - 1919 (71 years)-
Name WANDLESS, William Birth 1879 Binchester, County Durham, England 
Gender Male Death 1944 Gateshead, County Durham, England Person ID I2593 Edgoose Last Modified 27 Jan 2026
Father WANDLESS, George, b. 1850, Methley, Yorkshire, England d. 1918, Easington Registration District, County Durham (Age 68 years) Relationship natural Mother ELSTROP, Mary Ann, b. 1848, Black Boy, County Durham, England d. 1919, Easington Registration District, County Durham (Age 71 years) Relationship natural Marriage 1877 Auckland Registration District, County Durham Family ID F1285 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 1 STUBBS, Eleanor, b. 1885, Easington Registration District, County Durham d. 1906, Easington Registration District, County Durham (Age 21 years) Marriage 23 Sep 1905 Register Office, Easington, County Durham, England Children 1. WANDLESS, Gladys, b. 11 Aug 1906, Shotton Colliery Area, County Durham, England d. 15 May 1966, Easington, County Durham, England (Age 59 years)Family ID F202 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 27 Jan 2026
Family 2 WALLACE, Frances, b. 1882, Ludworth, County Durham, England d. 1950, Gateshead Regstration District, County Durham (Age 68 years) Marriage 1910 Sunderland Registration District, County Durham Children 1. WANDLESS, Frederick, b. 1912, Easington Registration District, County Durham d. 1913, Easington Registration District, County Durham (Age 1 year) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]2. WANDLESS, Gilbert, b. 1915, Easington Registration District, County Durham d. 1977, Gateshead Registration District, Tyne & Wear (Age 62 years)3. WANDLESS, Thomas, b. 1919, Gateshead, County Durham, England d. 1985, Gateshead Registration District, Tyne & Wear (Age 66 years)4. WANDLESS, Sybil, b. 18 Aug 1921, Gateshead, County Durham, England d. 2002, Gateshead Registration District, Tyne & Wear (Age 80 years)5. WANDLESS, Geoffrey, b. 27 Mar 1923, Gateshead, County Durham, England d. 1993, Gateshead, County Durham, England (Age 69 years)Family ID F1284 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 27 Jan 2026
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WILLIAM WANDLESS 1879-
The birth of a William WANLESS [sic] was registered in 1879.
(GRO June Q 1879 Auckland [which includes Binchester] 10a 194.
From the 1881 census of Craddock Street, Whitworth, County Durham:
George WANDLESS, head, aged 31, coal miner, born at Methler [Methley?], Yorkshire;
Mary A. WANDLESS, wife, aged 31, born at Gurneywella [=Gurney Villa?], County Durham;
Amy WANDLESS, daughter, aged 8, scholar, born at Eldon, County Durham;
*William WANDLESS, son, aged 2, born at Binchester, County Durham;
Mary J. WHITE, daughter, aged 12, born at Eldon, County Durham.
(RG11/4922/78/28)
1901 census return for 3 Robson Street, Wingate, Co. Durham:
George WANDLESS, head, married, aged 52, underground coal miner (hewer), born at Methley, Yorkshire;
Mary A. WANDLESS, wife, aged 52, born at Black Boy, County Durham;
*William WANDLESS, son, aged 22, underground coal miner (hewer), born Binchester, County Durham;
George WANDLESS, son, aged 18, underground coal miner (hewer), born at Bearpark, County Durham;
John WANDLESS, son, aged 13, underground coal miner (driver), born at Freehold Rainton, County Durham;
Thomas WANDLESS, son, aged 11, school boy, born at Deans Valley, County Durham;
Mary J. WANDLESS, daughter, aged 9, school girl, born at The Chuks Witton Gilbert, County Durham;
William ROBINSON, single, boarder, aged 24, underground coal miner (hewer), born at Durham;
Annie ROBINSON, single, servant general domestic, born at Nettlesworth, County Durham;
William ROBINSON, single, boarder, aged 23, underground coal miner (hewer), born at Newcastle, Northumberland.
(RG13/4686/16)
William WANDLESS, a 26 year old bachelor and coal miner of 6 Dene Street, Shotton Colliery, and son of coal miner George WANDLESS married Eleanor STUBBS at Easington Register Office, County Durham, on 23 September 1905. Eleanor was a 19 year old spinster of Blue House, Haswell Moor, and daughter of night watchman John STUBBS. Witnesses were John WANDLESS (probably William's brother) and Dora STUBBS, Eleanor's younger sister.
(source: Claire Wandless)
(GRO September Q 1905 Easington 10a 851)
Eleanor WANDLESS died in 1906 shortly after giving birth to Gladys and was buried at St. Saviour, Shotton, County Durham, on 20 November aged 21 [sic].
Her death aged 22 [sic] was registered in 1906.
(GRO December Q 1906 Easington 10a 272)
William WANDLESS married Frances WALLACE in 1910.
(GRO June Q 1910 Sunderland 10a 1152a)
Their children William and Mary Ann were born the same year but lived just 3 weeks.
(GRO September Q 1910 Easington 10a 515)
(See deleted entry on 1911 census return)
The 1911 census of Reading Room House, Shotton Colliery, Co. Durham:
*William WANDLESS, head, aged 32, miner hewer, born at Binchester, County Durham;
Frances WANDLESS, wife, aged 28, married 1 year, two children (both deceased), born at Ludworth, County Durham.
(RG14/30004)
They had five more children between 1912 and 1923: Frederick, Gilbert, Thomas, Sybil, and Geoffrey.
The death of a William WANDLESS aged 65 was registered in 1950.
(GRO December Q 1944 Gateshead 10a 892)
(revised 06.11.2012)