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WESTMORELAND, John
1846 - 1913 (67 years) Has 7 ancestors and 9 descendants in this family tree.
Abt 1821 - 1901 (80 years)-
Name WESTMORELAND, John Birth 1846 Quadring, Lincolnshire, England 
Gender Male Death 1913 Boston Registration District, Lincolnshire Person ID I5700 Edgoose Last Modified 31 Jan 2026
Father WESTMORELAND, John, b. 1812, Wigtoft, Lincolnshire, England d. 21 Feb 1878, Mathinnia, Fingal, Tasmania, Australia (Age 66 years) Mother SIVILLS, Bathsheba Elizabeth, b. Abt 1821, Coningsby, Lincolnshire, England d. 23 Dec 1901, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England (Age 80 years) Marriage 27 Feb 1838 Quadring, Lincolnshire, England Family ID F1789 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family MEEDS, Caroline, b. 1848, Boston, Lincolnshire, England d. 1904, Boston Registration District, Lincolnshire (Age 56 years) Marriage 1871 Boston Registration District, Lincolnshire Children 1. WESTMORELAND, John, b. 1873, Boston, Lincolnshire, England d. Yes, date unknown2. WESTMORELAND, Emma, b. 1874, Boston, Lincolnshire, England d. Yes, date unknown3. WESTMORELAND, William, b. 1876, Boston, Lincolnshire, England d. Yes, date unknown [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]4. WESTMORELAND, Abraham, b. 1877, Boston, Lincolnshire, England d. Yes, date unknown5. WESTMORELAND, Susannah, b. 1879, Boston, Lincolnshire, England d. Yes, date unknown6. WESTMORELAND, Mary Ann, b. 1880, Boston, Lincolnshire, England d. Yes, date unknown7. WESTMORELAND, Phoebe, b. 1884, Boston, Lincolnshire, England d. Yes, date unknown8. WESTMORELAND, Grace Kate, b. 1887, Boston, Lincolnshire, England d. 1915, Boston Registration District, Lincolnshire (Age 28 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]Family ID F2260 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 27 Jan 2026
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JOHN WESTMORELAND 1846-1913
From the 1851 census of Coningsby Moor, Lincolnshire:
Bathsheba WESTMORELAND, head, aged 30, married, pauper, born at Coningsby, Lincolnshire;
Emma WESTMORELAND, daughter, aged 7, born at Quadring, Lincolnshire;
*John WESTMORELAND, son, aged 4, born at Quadring, Lincolnshire;
Adam WESTMORELAND, son, aged 3, born at Bicker, Lincolnshire.
(HO107/2108/311/69)
At the time of the 1861 census John WESTMORELAND was a servant to Isaac and his wife Sarah BROTHWELL, a higgler and general carter, of Holbeach Road, Spalding. John was said to be 12 years old and to have been born at Quadring. His mother Bathsheba lived two doors away.
(RG9/2323/96/33)
He has not been traced in the 1871 census.
The marriage between a John WESTMORELAND and Caroline MEEDS was registered in 1871.
(GRO December Q 1871 Boston 7a 857)
At the time of the 1881 census a 36 year old John WESTMORELAND was mate on the vessel 'Sisters' lying at Shoreham in Sussex. He was married and had been born in Spalding, Lincolnshire.
(RG11/1103/98/8)
His wife Caroline was at 3 Pipe Office Lane, Boston, Lincolnshire, with six children.
(RG11/3218/104/4)
He has not been traced in the 1891 census.
The 1901 census of 8 Pipe Office Lane, Boston, Lincolnshire:
*John WESTMORELAND, head, aged 55, dock labourer, born at Spalding,
Lincolnshire;
Caroline WESTMORELAND, wife, aged 50, born at Boston, Lincolnshire;
Phoebe WESTMORELAND, daughter, aged 17, laundry maid, born at Boston, Lincolnshire;
Grace K. WESTMORELAND, daughter, aged 13, born at Boston, Lincolnshire.
(RG13/3046/76/16)
The death of a John WESTMORELAND aged 66 was registered in 1913.
(GRO June Q 1913 Boston 7a 492)
NOTES & QUERIES
According to the National Burial Index a John WESTMORELAND was buried at St. Botolph's, Boston, Lincolnshire, on 24 March 1849 aged 3 years.
(revised 26.08.2009)