William Wiseman

LIFE GOES ON: AN INTRODUCTION

MY GRANDPARENTS - I - MY GREAT-GRANDPARENTS - I - MY GREAT-GREAT-GRANDPARENTS - I - MY GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GRANDPARENTS

THE SIXTEEN FAMILIES

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CORNWELL - I - HUCKLE - I - MORTLOCK - I - MANSFIELD - I - REYNOLDS - I - CARTER - I - ANABLE - I - STEARN

CHRONOLOGY - I - DRAMATIS PERSONAE - I - WHERE PEOPLE CAME FROM - I - CALENDAR

MAP OF ELY - I - MAP OF MEDWAY
MAP OF CAMBRIDGE AND DISTRICT

THE WORKHOUSE

WORLD WAR I - I - WORLD WAR II

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LIFE GOES ON

William Wiseman
born Mildenhall, Suffolk, 1816
died Ely, Cambridgeshire, 1896

on the Page family tree
part of the Wiseman family story

married to Elizabeth Appleyard

father of Alice Wiseman

son of
Benjamin Wiseman
and Rebecca Bacon

William Wiseman (1816-1896). My Father's Mother's Father's Mother's Father. My Great-Great-Great-Grandfather.

William was born in the Suffolk town of Mildenhall, not far from Ely. He was an adult by the time he appears in Ely on the first proper census in 1841, and recently married. The family appear to have spent the rest of their lives in Ely. William died at the age of 80, and was buried in Ely Cemetery.

1816: William Wiseman was born in Mildenhall, Suffolk.

1841: On 4th February, William married Elizabeth Appleyard in the the Lady Chapel of Ely Cathedral. They both gave their address as Ship Lane.

1841 census:

William was twenty-five years old at the time of the 1841 census. he was an agricultural labourer. The Wisemans were living in Hatch's Cottage, Stuntney, Ely, Cambridgeshire.

His wife Elizabeth was 23 years old. They were the only two people in the household. William was born outside of Cambridgeshire, Elizabeth was born in Cambridgeshire.

1851 census:

William was thirty-eight years old at the time of the 1851 census. He was an Agricultural Labourer. The Wiseman family were living in Newnham Road, Ely, Cambridgeshire.

His wife Elizabeth was was 33 years old. There were five children at home on the night of the census. Abraham was 8, Thomas was 6, Susan was 4, Emma was 2, Benjamin was 3 months old.

William was born in Mildenhall, Suffolk. Everyone else in the family was born in Ely, Cambridgeshire.

1853: The birth of William and Elizabeth's daughter Alice, my great-great-grandmother, is recorded in Ely in the fourth quarter. Alice was baptised in the Lady Chapel of Ely cathedral on 22nd October 1854. The family's address was given as Common Muck Hill, Ely.

1861 census: the 1861 census for Ely is lost. William would have been forty eight years old.

1866: The Cambridge Independent Press recorded that an Elizabeth Earith was fined for damaging a celery crop belonging to William Wiseman, an agricultural labourer of Ely Trinity. Five years earlier, a Mary Ann Earith, presumably a member of the same family, was fined for an assault on William's wife Elizabeth.

1871 census:

William was fifty five years old at the time of the 1871 census. He is shown as a labourer (unemployed). The Wiseman family were living in Victoria Street, Ely, Cambridgeshire.

His wife Elizabeth was 48.There were four children living at home on the night of the census. Abraham was 29 and is shown as a labourer, Alice was 17, Benjamin was 12 and James was 4.

William was born in Mildenhall, Suffolk. All the rest of the family were born in Ely, Cambridgeshire. You can see the transcript for the entry here, and the original entry here.

1881 census:

William was sixty-four years old at the time of the 1881 census. He is shown as a labourer. The Wiseman family were living in Broad Street, Ely, Cambridgeshire.

His wife Elizabeth was 60 years old. Two of their sons were living at home, Abraham aged 39 and James aged 14, both of them labourers.

William was born in Mildenhall, Suffolk. All the rest of the family were born in Ely, Cambridgeshire.

1891 census:

William was seventy-five years old at the time of the 1891 census. He is shown as a labourer. The Wiseman family were living in Broad Street, Ely, Cambridgeshire.

His wife Elizabeth was 72 years old. Two of their sons were still living at home, Abraham aged 49, a labourer, and James aged 23, a boilermaker.