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WESTMORELAND, John William Metcalf
1897 - 1955 (57 years) Has 18 ancestors but no descendants in this family tree.
1862 - 1900 (38 years)-
Name WESTMORELAND, John William Metcalf Birth 16 Sep 1897 Kirton, Lincolnshire 
Gender Male Death 2 Jan 1955 Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England Person ID I3877 Edgoose Last Modified 27 Jan 2026
Father WESTMORELAND, William, b. 1862, Skirbeck, Lincolnshire, England d. 1922, Lincoln Registration District, Lincolnshire (Age 60 years) Relationship natural Mother STEVENSON, Hephzibar Ann, b. 1862, Kirton, Lincolnshire d. 1900, Boston Registration District, Lincolnshire (Age 38 years) Relationship natural Marriage 29 Jun 1893 Boston Registration District, Lincolnshire Family ID F1283 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family GILSON, Martha Ellen, b. 27 Mar 1897, Boston Registration District, Lincolnshire d. 1976, Lincoln Registration District, Lincolnshire (Age 78 years) Family ID F3068 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 27 Jan 2026
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Birth - 16 Sep 1897 - Kirton, Lincolnshire 
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WILLIAM WESTMORELAND 1897-
The birth of a John William Metcalf WESTMORELAND was registered in 1897.
(GRO December 1897 [PEARSON] Boston 7a 424)
No trace of the birth registration of a William WESTMORELAND 1893-1899.
The 1901 census of Kirton End, Kirton, Lincolnshire:
William WESTMORELAND, head, aged 37, agricultural labourer, born at Kirton;
Rose WESTMORELAND, daughter (sic), aged 18, housekeeper, born at Kirton;
Gertrude WESTMORELAND, daughter (sic), aged 13, scholar, born at Kirton;
Ada WESTMORELAND, daughter (sic), aged 10, scholar, born at Kirton;
Laura WESTMORELAND, daughter, aged 6, scholar, born at Kirton;
Lilly (sic) WESTMORELAND, daughter, aged 5, scholar, born at Kirton;
*William WESTMORELAND, son, aged 3, born at Kirton;
Georgina WESTMORELAND, daughter, aged 2, born at Kirton.
(RG13/3040/76/16)
From the 1911 census of the Sea Bank, Kirton Marsh, Kirton, Lincolnshire:
William WESTMORELAND, head, widower, aged 50, agricultural labourer, born at Boston, Lincolnshire;
Rose WESTMORELAND, daughter (sic), aged 29, single, housekeeper, born at Frampton, Lincolnshire;
Lily WESTMORELAND, daughter, aged 16, born at Kirton, Lincolnshire;
*William WESTMORELAND, son, aged 14, farm servant, born at Kirton, Lincolnshire;
Georgina WESTMORELAND, daughter, aged 11, at school, born at Kirton, Lincolnshire.
(RG14PN19548/RG78PN1174/RD415/SD1/ED2)
A John W. M. WESTMORELAND married Martha E. GILSON in 1921.
(GRO June Q 1921 Lincoln 7a 1173)
From the 1939 Register of 193 Ancor Street, Lincoln C. B., Lincolnshire:
*John W. WESTMORELAND, born 16 September 1897, railway lengths engineer maintenance, married;
Martha E. WESTMORELAND, born 27 March 1897, unpaid domestic duties, married.
(RG101/6423H/005/1-2 TLAK)
The death of John W. M. WESTMORELAND aged 57 was rgistered in 1955.
(GRO March Q 1955 Lincoln 3b 349.
"WESTMORELAND John William Metcalf otherwise John William of 19 1/2 Anchor-street Lincoln died 2 January 1955 at The County Hospital Lincoln Administration Lincoln 15 March to Martha Ellen WESTMORELAND widow.
Effects £523 8s."
(National Burial Index 1955)
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