Newton (5) WEDDELL (Snr) ⁴²⁹

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• He resided at 31 years old on 3 Apr 1881 in 20 Dunns Terrace, Byker, Newcastle, Northumberland. ⁴²³ Newton WEDDELL lived at 20 Dunns Terrace, Byker, Northumberland, in 1881. He was 31 years old. At the time of the census, Newton had the unenviable occupation of Laborer, Shipping.

Living in the house also was Jane, his wife, who was 31 years old at the time of the census. She was born in Newcastle, Northumberland, England.

Also living in the house were their children:

Newton WEDDELL, 6;
Hannah WEDDELL, 2;
and Elizabeth WEDDELL, 7 months.

All three children were born in Newcastle.

• The 1891 Census for England was taken on the night of Sunday 5 April 1891. The following information was requested: Name of street, avenue road, etc.; house number or name; whether or not the house was inhabited; number of rooms occupied if less than five; name of each person that had spent the night in that household; relationship of person enumerated to the head of the family; each person's marital status; age at last birthday (sex is indicated by which column the age is recorded in); each person's occupation; whether they are employer or employee or neither; person's place of birth; whether deaf, dumb, blind, or lunatic.

Living at 100 Kirk Street, Byker, Newcastle, on the evening of Sunday 5th April, 1891, were:

Newton, Head, married, 41 years old, General Labourer
Jane A, Wife, married, 41 years old
Newton, Son, single, 16 years old, Fitter and Turner, apprentice
Hannah, Daughter, 12 years old, scholar
Elizabeth, Daughter, 10 years old, scholar
William L, Son, 5 years old, scholar
Mary, Daughter, 1 year old.

All seven members of the Weddell household were born in Northumberland, Newcastle.

Number of rooms occupied (if less than 5) : in the Weddell household, the number of rooms occupied was 3.

• Newton is shown on the marriage certificate of his son, Newton, to Sarah Blair, as a Butcher.

• Newton's son, William, embarked on the R.M.S. "Malwa" on 22 July 1916. ON these records, Newton's address is shown as 143 Harbottle Street, Newcastle-on-Tyne, England.

Newton married Jane Ann LOWREY, daughter of William LOWREY and Elizabeth DONNISON, on 14 Dec 1872. (Jane Ann LOWREY was born on 13 Aug 1849 in Newcastle, Northumberland, England ^{99,423,548,549}, christened on 4 Nov 1849 in All Saints, Newcastle Upon Tyne ⁵⁵⁰ and died on 10 Oct 1912 ^97,99.)