Hannah Wilson
Daughter of John and Sarah Wilson, baptised in Nether Wasdale chapel, Cumberland on the 27th of February 1792
Married John Nicholson on the 4th of November 1815 in Eskdale Chapel, Cumberland
Children
Sarah, baptised on the 13th of October 1816 in Irton, Cumberland
Mary, baptised on the 17th of April 1820 in Eskdale (died 1872) from Foarge
Jane, baptised on the 8th of March 1823 in Eskdale, Cumberland from Sword House
John, baptised on the 21st of January 1826 in Irton, Cumberland from Seedhill4
Wilson, baptised on the 22nd of September 1829 in Seathwaite, Lancashire
Isaac, baptised on the 25th of May 1833 in Seathwaite, Lancashire
Hannah, baptised on the 30th of April 1837 in Seathwaite, Lancashire
Died on the 21st of January 1865 at Park Gate, Church Coniston, Lancashire aged 733
In 1820 John described himself as a labourer at Foarge but by 1823 he was farming at Sword House5, with his brother Joseph working for him. John and Joseph then both moved to Santon Bridge where Joseph was to remain for the rest of his long life but John moved on to farm at Undercragge near Seathwaite in the Duddon Valley (1829). He then gave up farming to become a slate quarryman, living at Low Mosshouse (1833, 1837) and Holinghouse (1841) and then, by 1851 returning to agricultural labouring. In 1851 the family is living at Catbank at Coniston (though on the day of the census John is visiting his niece Dinah at Gatehouse, Eskdale).
Notes
1 Marriage witnessed by Lanty Wilson, Hannah's older brother.
2 A trust agreement of 1820 implies that John Nicholson of Randlehow was about to marry a Hannah Tyson of Netherwasdale. I have not yet found a record of the marriage, nor of the death of Hannah Nicholson née Wilson. Further research has shown that Hannah Tyson died a spinster in 1840, so the marriage did not take place. The proposed marriage was probably to John Nicholson.
3 Death certificate. Described as wife of John Nicholson, John Nicholson of Park Gate, Church Coniston was the informant. Hannah's husband John died in 1860 according to Joan Shrewsbury but I have not yet traced the death or burial. The informant could be her son but the wording would imply her husband.