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PLOWRIGHT, William
1862 - Aft 1900 (> 39 years) Has 8 ancestors but no descendants in this family tree.
1831 - 1897 (67 years)-
Name PLOWRIGHT, William Birth 1862 Wrangle, Lincolnshire, England 
Gender Male Death Aft 1900 Person ID I7375 Edgoose Last Modified 27 Jan 2026
Father PLOWRIGHT, James, b. 1827, Heckington, Lincolnshire, England d. 1895, Horncastle Registration District, Lincolnshire (Age 68 years) Relationship natural Mother HOOTON, Elizabeth, b. Between 1830 and 1831, Spalding, Lincolnshire d. 1897, Grantham Registration District, Lincolnshire (Age 67 years) Relationship natural Family ID F2677 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family BENSON, Abbie Isabel d. Aft 1900 Marriage 28 Dec 1897 McDonough County, Illinois, USA Family ID F2681 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 27 Jan 2026
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WILLIAM PLOWRIGHT 1862-
The birth of a William PLOWRIGHT was registered in 1862.
(GRO June Q 1862 Boston 7a 367)
From the 1871 census of Wrangle, Lincolnshire:
James PLOWRIGHT, head, married, aged 44, foreman on farm, born at Heckington, Lincolnshire;
Eliza PLOWRIGHT, wife, married, aged 40, born at Spalding, Lincolnshire;
Frederick PLOWRIGHT, son, aged 15, farm boy, born at Fishtoft, Lincolnshire;
*William PLOWRIGHT, son, scholar, aged 9, born at East Vile [sic], Lincolnshire;
Thomas PLOWRIGHT, son, aged 6, scholar, born at East Vile [sic], Lincolnshire;
Mary Jane, PLOWRIGHT, daughter, aged 3, born at East Vile [sic], Lincolnshire.
(RG10/3335/22/7)
From the 1881 census of Wyberton Marsh, Lincolnshire:
James PLOWRIGHT, head, married, aged 53, farm foreman, born at Heckington, Lincolnshire;
Eliza PLOWRIGHT, wife, married, aged 50, born at Spalding, Lincolnshire;
Caroline PLOWRIGHT, daughter, unmarried, aged 23, domestic servant, born at Langrickville, Lincolnshire;
*William PLOWRIGHT, son, unmarried, aged 18, farm servant, born at Wrangle, Lincolnshire;
Mary Jane PLOWRIGHT, daughter, aged 13, scholar, born at Wrangle, Lincolnshire;
Charles PLOWRIGHT, son, aged 7, scholar, born at Wrangle, Lincolnshire;
Edward PLOWRIGHT, son, aged 6, scholar, born at Wrangle, Lincolnshire;
Charles STOW, servant, unmarried, aged 21, farm servant, born at Swineshead, Lincolnshire;
George HARRISON, servant, unmarried, aged 19, farm servant, born at Quadring, Lincolnshire.
(RG11/3212/63/8)
NOTES & QUERIES:
A William PLOWRIGHT born in April 1862 immigrated to the US in 1883. In the 1900 Federal Census of Illinois he was a farmer married to Ebba from Sweden fifteen years his junior.
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