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PLOWRIGHT, William
1849 - Yes, date unknown Has 6 ancestors and 5 descendants in this family tree.
1826 - 1893 (68 years)-
Name PLOWRIGHT, William Birth 1849 Spalding Registration District, Lincolnshire 
Gender Male Death Yes, date unknown Person ID I7472 Edgoose Last Modified 27 Jan 2026
Father PLOWRIGHT, Charles, b. 1823, Pinchbeck, Lincolnshire d. 1887, East Retford Registration District, Nottinghamshire (Age 64 years) Relationship natural Mother HARMOND, Venusta, b. Between 1825 and 1826, Spalding, Lincolnshire d. 1893, Market Harborough, Leicestershire, England (Age 68 years) Relationship natural Marriage 31 Mar 1847 Spalding, Lincolnshire Family ID F2708 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Marriage 1866 Wakefield, Yorkshire, England Children 1. PLOWRIGHT, Amelia, b. 1866, Morley, Yorkshire, England d. 1945, Barnsley Registration District, Yorkshire (Age 79 years)2. PLOWRIGHT, Charles William, b. 1869, Leeds, Yorkshire, England d. 1924, Rotherham Registration District, Yorkshire (Age 55 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]3. PLOWRIGHT, John Bryden, b. 1873, Wigglesworth, Yorkshire, England d. 1940, Upper Agbrigg, Yorkshire, England (Age 67 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]4. PLOWRIGHT, Annie Florence, b. 1879, Barnby Upon Don, Yorkshire, England d. 1963, Staincross, Yorkshire, England (Age 84 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]5. PLOWRIGHT, Ernest, b. 28 May 1889, Chapeltown, Yorkshire, England d. 1971, Staincross, Yorkshire, England (Age 81 years)Family ID F2717 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 27 Jan 2026
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WILLIAM PLOWRIGHT 1849-
The birth of William PLOWRIGHT was registered in 1849.
(GRO March Q 1849 Spalding 14 615)
From the 1851 census of Boston Road, Pinchbeck, Lincolnshire:
Louisa [sic] PLOWRIGHT, head, married, aged 25, agricultural labourer's wife, born at Spalding, Lincolnshire;
Elizth Ann PLOWRIGHT, daughter, aged 4, born at Spalding, Lincolnshire;
*Willm PLOWRIGHT, son, aged 2, born at Spalding, Lincolnshire;
Elizth HARMAND, mother, married, aged 65, nurse, born at Scredington, Lincolnshire.
(HO107/2096/36/1)
From the 1861 census of the GN Railway Station, Great Ponton, Lincolnshire:
Charles PLOWRIGHT, head, married, aged 37, signalman on GN Railway, born at Pinchbeck, Lincolnshire;
Vinister PLOWRIGHT, wife, married, aged 35, born at Spalding, Lincolnshire;
*William PLOWRIGHT, son, aged 12, scholar, born at Spalding, Lincolnshire.
(RG9/2348/39/22)
The marriage between William PLOWRIGHT and Jane BRYDEN was registered in 1866.
(GRO June Q 1866 Wakefield 9c 63)
The 1871 census of the Police Barracks, Wakefield, Yorkshire:
*William PLOWRIGHT, married, aged 24, police constable, born at Spalding, Lincolnshire.
(RG10/4623/13/17)
From the 1881 census of Barnby on Don, Yorkshire:
*William PLOWRIGHT, head, married, aged 34, police constable, born at Spalding, Lincolnshire;
Jane PLOWRIGHT, wife, married, aged 34, born at Morley, Yorkshire;
Charles W. PLOWRIGHT, son, aged 12, scholar, brn at Leeds, Yorkshire;
John B. PLOWRIGHT, son, aged 8, scholar, born at Wigglesworth, Yorkshire;
Annie F. PLOWRIGHT, daughter, aged 1, born at Barnby Don, Yorkshire.
(RG11/4694/68/12)
The 1891 census of 15 Langset Road, Ecclesfield, Yorkshire:
*William PLOWRIGHT, head, married, aged 43, police officer, born in Lincolnshire;
Jane B. PLOWRIGHT, wife, married, aged 43, born in Yorkshire;
John B. PLOWRIGHT, son, single, aged 18, grocer, born in Yorkshire;
Annie F. PLOWRIGHT, daughter, aged 11, born in Yorkshire;
Ernest PLOWRIGHT, son, aged 1, born in Yorkshire.
(RG12/3789/49/22)
The 1901 census of 3 Milton Road, Hoyland Nether, Yorkshire:
*William PLOWRIGHT, head, married, aged 53, school attendance officer, born at Pinchbeck [sic], Lincolnshire;
Jane PLOWRIGHT, wife, married, aged 53, born at Morley, Yorkshire;
Ernest PLOWRIGHT, son, aged 16, born at Chapeltown, Yorkshire.
(RG13/4322/71/35)
From the 1911 census of 5 Milton Road, Hoyland Nether, Barnsley, Yorkshire:
*William PLOWRIGHT, head, married, aged 62, school attendance officer, West Riding Education Authority, born at Spalding, Lincolnshire;
Jane PLOWRIGHT, wife, married, aged 62, married 44 years, 5 children all living, born at Morley, Lincolnshire;
Ernest PLOWRIGHT, son, single, aged 22, waggon repairs at pit surface, born at Chapeltown, Yorkshire;
Nellie ROWE, servant, single, aged 18, born at Hoyland Common, Yorkshire.
(RG14/27620)
Untraced with certainty after 1911 census.
(revised 09.05.2013)