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MINORS, Louisa Woodworth
1851 - 1936 (85 years) Has 4 ancestors and 14 descendants in this family tree.
1821 - 1883 (64 years)-
Name MINORS, Louisa Woodworth Birth 18 Aug 1851 Truro, Cornwall, England 
Gender Female Death 28 Dec 1936 Truro Registration District, Cornwall Person ID I1098 Edgoose Last Modified 27 Jan 2026
Father MINORS, John, b. Between 1819 and 1821, Truro, Cornwall, England d. 1883, Truro Registration District, Cornwall (Age 64 years) Relationship natural Mother .........., Mary Ann, b. Between 1817 and 1818, Truro, Cornwall, England d. 1894, Truro Registration District, Cornwall (Age 77 years) Relationship natural Family ID F715 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family WICKS, Charles William, b. 26 Apr 1850, Truro, Cornwall, England d. 6 Mar 1932, Truro Registration District, Cornwall (Age 81 years) Marriage 31 Aug 1874 Truro St. Paul, Cornwall Children 1. WICKS, Arthur Charles Reginald, b. 1875, Truro, Cornwall, England d. 1966, Droxford, Hampshire, England (Age 91 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]2. WICKS, Claude Percival Oscar, b. 1876, Truro, Cornwall, England d. 1950, Pancras Registration District, London (Age 74 years)3. WICKS, Ethel Gazelle Lamarchent, b. 20 Dec 1877, Truro, Cornwall, England d. 6 May 1949, Ridgetown, Ontario, Canada (Age 71 years)4. WICKS, Ernest Bertram (Bertie), b. 1879, Truro, Cornwall, England d. 1940, Redruth Registration District, Cornwall (Age 61 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]5. WICKS, Sydney B. Harcourt, b. 1881, Truro, Cornwall, England d. 1955, Truro, Cornwall, England (Age 74 years)6. WICKS, Margaret Gwendoline, b. 28 Jan 1882, Truro, Cornwall, England d. 15 Oct 1965, Falmouth, Cornwall, England (Age 83 years)7. WICKS, Cora Alberta, b. 17 Nov 1883, Truro, Cornwall, England d. 1932, Truro Registration District, Cornwall (Age 48 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]8. WICKS, Archie Clifton, b. 1885, Truro Registration District, Cornwall d. 1888, Truro Registration District, Cornwall (Age 3 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]9. WICKS, Harold Norman, b. 20 Apr 1887, Truro, Cornwall, England d. 1890, Truro Registration District, Cornwall (Age 2 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]10. WICKS, Christobelle May Irene, b. 1889, Truro, Cornwall, England d. 1959 (Age 70 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]Family ID F714 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 27 Jan 2026
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LOUISA WOODWORTH WICKS nee MINORS 1851-1936
No trace of the birth of a Louisa MINORS can be found in the GRO indexes from Q1 1850 to Q4 1853, nor for a Louisa MINERS from Q1 1850 to Q4 1852. According to Kenneth Haward WALKER she was born on 18 August 1851 and died on 28 December 1936.
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From the 1851 census of St. Dominic Street, St. George's, Truro, Cornwall:
John MINORS, head, aged 31, married, carpenter, born at Truro, Cornwall;
Mary A. MINORS, wife, aged 32, married, born at Truro, Cornwall;
Edwin [sic] MINORS, son, aged 5, born at Truro, Cornwall;
William MINORS, son, aged 3, born at Truro, Cornwall.
(HO107/1910/387/50)
Louisa, daughter of John and Mary Anne MINORS from St. Dominick Street, was baptised at Truro St. George, Cornwall, on 5 September 1851.
(www.cornwall-opc-database.org)
The 1861 census of Kenwyn Street, Kenwyn, Truro, Cornwall:
John MINORS, head, aged 40, carpenter, born at Truro;
Mary Ann MINORS, wife, aged 42, born at Truro;
Edward J. MINORS, son, aged 15, carpenter's son, born at Truro;
William MINORS, son, aged 13, carpenter's daughter (sic), born at Truro;
*Lousia (sic) MINORS, daughter, aged 10, scholar, born at Truro;
THOMAS Minors, son, aged 9, born at Truro;
Elizabeth Jane MINORS, daughter, scholar, born at Truro;
Caroline Ann MINORS, daughter, aged 3, scholar, born at Truro;
Sarah MINORS, mother, aged 68, widow, born at Redruth, Cornwall.
(RG9/1559/67/11)
The 1871 census of Kenwyn Street, Kenwyn, Truro, Cornwall:
John MINORS, head, aged 51, carpenter, born at Truro;
Mary A. MINORS, wife, aged 53, born at Truro;
*Louisa MINORS, daughter, aged 19, dressmaker, born at Truro;
Thomas MINORS, son, aged 18, carpenter, born at Truro;
Elizabeth MINORS, daughter, aged 15, machinist, born at Truro;
Caroline MINORS, daughter, aged 13, tailoress, born at Truro.
(RG10/2284/36/17)
Charles WICKS married Louisa MINORS in 1874.
(GRO September Q 1874 Truro 5c 229)
Charles William WICKS, a bachelor of full age, a bookbinder from St. George and son of George WICKS, bookbinder, married Louisa MINORS, a spinster of full age from St. George and daughter of John MINORS, carpenter, at Truro St. George, Cornwall, on 31 August 1874. Bride and groom signed their names. Witnesses were John MINORS, Elizabeth MINORS, and Caroline MINORS.
(www.cornwall-opc-database-org)
The 1881 census return for Pydar Street, Truro St. Mary Cornwall:
Charles WICKS, head, aged 30, bookbinder, born at Truro, Cornwall;
*Louisa WICKS, wife, aged 30, bookbinder's wife, born at Truro;
Arthur WICKS, son, aged 6, scholar, born at Truro;
Claude WICKS, son, aged 5, scholar, born at Truro;
Ethel WICKS, daughter, aged 4, scholar, born at Truro;
Bertie WICKS, son, aged 3, scholar, born at Truro;
Sydney WICKS, son, aged 1, born at Truro, Cornwall.
(RG11/2311/65/16)
The 1891 census of 70 Pydar Street, Truro, Cornwall:
Charles WICKS, head, aged 39, bookbinder, born at Truro;
*Louisa WICKS, wife, aged 39, born at Truro;
Arthur WICKS, son, aged 15, printer compositor, born at Truro;
Claude WICKS, son, aged 14, tailor's apprentice, born at Truro;
Ethel WICKS, daughter, aged 13, scholar, born ay Truro;
Bertie WICKS, son, aged 12, scholar, born at Truro;
Gwendoline WICKS, daughter, aged 9, scholar, born at Truro;
Cora WICKS, daughter, aged 7, scholar, born at Truro;
Christable (sic) WICKS, daughter, aged 2, born at Truro;
Sidney WICKS, son, aged 10 months, born at Truro.
(RG12/1829/159/5)
The 1901 census of 13 Richmond Hill, Kenwyn, Truro, Cornwall:
Charles WICKS, head, aged 49, employed as a bookbinder, born at Truro;
*Louisa WICKS, wife, aged 49, born at Truro;
Bertie WICKS, son, aged 22, (illegible) warehouse, born at Truro;
Gwendoline WICKS, daughter, aged 19, mother's help, born at Truro;
Cora WICKS, daughter, aged 17, book keeper, born at Truro;
Christobelle WICKS, daughter, aged 12, born at Truro;
Irene ROSCORLA, granddaughter, aged 3, born at Clapham, London.
(RG13/2222/89/19)
The 1911 census of 13 Richmond Hill, Truro, Cornwall:
Bertram WICKS, head, aged 32, single, traveller in hardware, worker, born in Truro;
Charles Wicks, father, aged 59, married 35 years, bookbinder, worker, born in Truro;
*Louisa WICKS, mother, aged 59, married, 10 children of whom 8 living; born in Truro;
Chrissie WICKS, sister, aged 22, single, born in Truro;
Ethel ROSCORLA, sister, aged 33, married 16 years, 4 children of whom 3 living, born in Truro;
Melville CRISPIN, nephew, aged 4, born in Truro.
(RG14/13855)
Note: The name of only one of Louisa's two deceased children has been traced.
The death of a Louisa W. WICKS aged 85 was registered in 1936.
(GRO December 1936 Truro 5c 130)
She died on 28 December 1936.
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NOTES & QUERIES:
Charles William WICKS is recorded as having married Louisa MINORS at Truro St. George on 31 August 1874 and Louisa, daughter of John PHILLIPS at Truro St. Paul on the same day. [Where was this recorded?]
(revised 28.11.2017)