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WANDLESS, John
1887 - 1965 (78 years) Has 2 ancestors but no descendants in this family tree.
1848 - 1919 (71 years)-
Name WANDLESS, John Birth 1887 Freehold Rainton, County Durham, England 
Gender Male Death 1965 Durham East Registration District, County Durham Person ID I2910 Edgoose Last Modified 30 Jan 2026
Father WANDLESS, George, b. 1850, Methley, Yorkshire, England d. 1918, Easington Registration District, County Durham (Age 68 years) Mother ELSTROP, Mary Ann, b. 1848, Black Boy, County Durham, England d. 1919, Easington Registration District, County Durham (Age 71 years) Marriage 1877 Auckland Registration District, County Durham Family ID F1285 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family ROWBOTHAM, Annie, b. 1888, Auckland, County Durham, England d. 1959, Sunderland Registration District, County Durham (Age 71 years) Marriage 1907 Easington Registration District, County Durham Family ID F1466 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 27 Jan 2026
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JOHN WANDLESS 1887-1965
The birth of a John WANLESS [sic] was registered in 1887.
(GRO June Q 1887 Houghton 10a 490)
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)
The marriage between John WANDLESS and Annie ROWBOTHAM was registered in 1907.
(GRO December Q 1907 Easington 10a 862)
The 1911 census of 46 King Street, Shotton Colliery, County Durham:
*John WANDLESS, head, aged 23, coal miner hewer, born at Renton, County Durham;
Annie WANDLESS, wife, aged 22, married 3 years, 1 child (living), born at Auckland, County Durham;
George WANDLESS, son, aged 1, born at Wheatley Hill, County Durham;
Maria WILKINSON, niece, aged 14, place of birth not stated.
(RG14/30002)
The death of a John WANDLESS aged 78 was registered in 1965.
(GRO December Q 1965 Durham Eastern 1a 366)
(revised 07.11.2012