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Dorothy Wanlass - was born on 18 Mar 1786 in Hawick, Kirkharle, Northumberland, England
Ralph Wanless - was born on 18 Mar 1799 in (probably) Bath Co, Virginia
Martha Anne Wanless - was born on 18 Mar 1877 in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Northumberland, England
Charles William "Will" Wanless - was born on 18 Mar 1881 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, USA
Edgar Archibald Wanless - was born on 18 Mar 1898 in Viola, Vernon, Wisconsin

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Tree #38: Thomas Wanless & Isabella Ferguson

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Thomas Wanless (b. abt 1756-1761) married Isabella Ferguson in 1803 in Lesbury, Northumberland, England. They had 2 known children: Isabella b. 1803 at Lesbury and John b. abt 1821 at Alnmouth. Isabella married George Donkin / Duncan and lived in Morpeth. John married Charlotte Turner and this database mostly follows their descendants in Amble, Morpeth, Willington Quay, and Essex. We would like to locate more children for Thomas & Isabella between 1809 and 1821 in the Lesbury / Alnmouth area. We suspect this line may link up with several families in the Amble / Warkworth area.

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Site upgraded (questionably!)

We had to make a semi-emergency move to a new server last week and I finally got around to upgrading the TNG software that runs the trees on this site. I was shocked to discover […]

GRO Birth Index 1837-1911 updated with mother’s maiden surnames

Updated the GRO Birth Index for 1837 to mid-1911 with mother’s maiden surnames, which are now supplied on the main GRO site.

Thomas Wanless & Ann Marshall moved to tree 52

Moved the 45-person tree of Thomas Wanless & Ann Marshall from the catch-all database (tree 100) into tree 52 (John Wanless and Ann Harpley/Hartley). We’re 90% sure Thomas is a son of John and added […]