See also

Family of Thomas Jesson and Margaret Mary Westwood

  • Husband:

  • Thomas Jesson (1865-1950)

  • Wife:

  • Margaret Mary Westwood (1877-1959)

  • Marriage:

  • Q3 1947

  • Fulham "Registration District", London, England1

Husband: Thomas Jesson

  • Name:

  • Thomas Jesson2 1 3

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Father:

  • -

  • Mother:

  • -

  • Occupation:

  •  

  • railway porter then a goods guard4 5 6 7 8

  • Birth:

  • 25 Jun 1865

  • Leicester, Leicestershire, England9 2 10 11 4 5 6 7 8

  • Census:

  • 2 Apr 1871 (age 5)

  • 31 Crafton Street, Leicester, Leicestershire, England10

  •  

  • son attending school and living with his parents Charles and Sarah, brothers Solomon and William, and sisters Mary Ann and Maria. Born in Leicester

  • Census:

  • 3 Apr 1881 (age 15)

  • 26 Humberstone Road, Leicester, Leicestershire, England11

  •  

  • an unmarried servant working as an errand boy and living with Clement and Ellen Bryan and family, an assistant, and two other servants. Born in Leicester

  • Census:

  • 5 Apr 1891 (age 25)

  • 55 Stockport Road, Bredbury, Cheshire, England4

  •  

  • married head of the household working as a railway porter and living with his wife Elizabeth, daughter Mary, and his widowed mother-in-law Mary M Horn. Born in St. Margarets Leicestershire

  • Census:

  • 31 Mar 1901 (age 35)

  • 15 St. Albans Road, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England5

  •  

  • married head of the household working as a railway goods guard and living with his wife Elizabeth, daughters Mary and Margaret, sons Charles and Thomas, and a boarder. Born in Leicester.

  • Census:

  • 2 Apr 1911 (age 45)

  • 35 William Street, Ashton under Lyme, Lancashire, England6

  •  

  • married head of the household working as a railway goods guard and living in four rooms with his wife Elizabeth, sons Charles and Thomas, and daughter Margaret. Born in Leicester Leicestershire

  • Witness:

  • 21 Oct 1917 (age 52)

  • Thomas Jesson witnessed the marriage of Percy Thomas Westwood and Amelia Rose Davison on Sunday on 21 October 1917 in Holy Trinity Church, Sheen Park, Richmond, Surrey, England

  • Census:

  • 19 Jun 1921 (age 55 yrs 11 mns)

  • 1 Cooke Street, Audenshaw, Lancashire, England7

  •  

  • married head of the household working as a railway goods guard for G> C. Railway at Guide Bridge and living in three rooms with his wife Elizabeth, sons Charles and Thomas, daughter Margaret, and daughter-in-law Eliza. Born in Leicester Leicestershire

  • Census:

  • 29 Sep 1939 (age 74)

  • 1 Cooke Street, Audenshaw, Lancashire, England8

  •  

  • a married and retired goods guard living with his wife Catherine. Born on 25th June 1865

  • Death:

  • Q2 1950 (age 84)

  • Ashton "Registration District", Lancashire, England9 3

Wife: Margaret Mary Westwood

  • Name:

  • Margaret Mary Westwood9

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Father:

  • William Richard Westwood (1850-1931)

  • Mother:

  • Margaret Mary Horne (1855-1940)

  • Birth:

  • 10 Feb 1877

  • Richmond, Surrey, England12 13 14 15 16 17

  • Census:

  • 3 Apr 1881 (age 4)

  • 5 Alfred Cottages, Albert Road, Richmond, Surrey, England13

  •  

  • daughter living with her parents William and Margaret, brothers William and Alfred, and a visitor Elizabeth M Horn aged 22. Born in Richmond Surrey

  • Census:

  • 5 Apr 1891 (age 14)

  • 6 Marsh Gate Road, Richmond, Surrey, England14

  •  

  • daughter living in three rooms with her parents William and Margaret, and brothers William, Alfred, Henry, Leonard, Percy and Ernest. Born in Richmond Surrey

  • Census:

  • 31 Mar 1901 (age 24)

  • 69 Sheen Road, Richmond, Surrey, England15

  •  

  • daughter living with her parents William and Margaret, and brothers Henry, Percy and Jesse. Born in Richmond Surrey

  • Census:

  • 2 Apr 1911 (age 34)

  • 69 Sheen Road, Richmond, Surrey, England16

  •  

  • unmarried daughter working as mothers help and living in four rooms with her parents William and Margaret and brother Jesse. Born in Richmond Surrey

  • Witness:

  • 21 Oct 1917 (age 40)

  • Margaret Mary Westwood witnessed the marriage of Percy Thomas Westwood and Amelia Rose Davison on Sunday on 21 October 1917 in Holy Trinity Church, Sheen Park, Richmond, Surrey, England

  • Census:

  • 29 Sep 1939 (age 62)

  • 69 Sheen Road, Richmond, Surrey, England17

  •  

  • an unmarried mother's help living with her mother Margaret. Born on 10th February 1877. Married a Jesson at a later date

  • Death:

  • Q1 1959 (age 81)

  • Ashton "Registration District", Lancashire, England18

Note on Husband: Thomas Jesson

Thomas previously married Elizabeth Mary Horn (c1859-1924) on 3rd January 1886 in Holy Trinity Church Richmond and Catherine Cox (1860-1944) in Ashton-under-Lyme registration district in the third quarter of 19309 19 20 21 22

Sources

1.

England and Wales Marriage Index 1837 - 2005, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). Fulham 1947 quarter:3 volume:5c page:1565. Cit. Date: 1 September 2019.

2.

England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). leicester 1865 quarter:3 volume:7a page:176. Cit. Date: 24 August 2025.

3.

England and Wales Death Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Ashton 1950 quarter:2 volume:10b page:55. Cit. Date: 25 August 2025.

4.

England and Wales Census 1891, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG12 piece:2792 folio:95 page:37 schedule:224. Cit. Date: 25 August 2025.

5.

England and Wales Census 1901, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG13 piece:3191 folio:9 page:10 schedule:55. Cit. Date: 25 August 2025.

6.

England and Wales Census 1911, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG14 piece:24341 class:RG78 piece:1396 registration district:468 sub-district:3 enumeration district:2 schedule:317. Cit. Date: 25 March 2025.

7.

England and Wales Census 1921, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive series:RG15 piece:19269 registration district:468 sub-district:1 enumeration district:2 schedule:159. Cit. Date: 25 March 2025.

8.

UK 1939 Register, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG101 piece:4702A page:13 line:6 letter code:NTLA. Cit. Date: 25 August 2025.

9.

Richard Huggett personal communication. email dated 29th August 2019 filed under William Westwood (1758-1826). Cit. Date: 1 September 2019.

10.

England and Wales Census 1871, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG10 piece:3273 folio:28 page:3 schedule:15. Cit. Date: 23 August 2025.

11.

England and Wales Census 1881, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG11 piece:3164 folio:75 page:18 schedule:599. Cit. Date: 25 August 2025.

12.

England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Richmond Surrey 1877 quarter:1 volume:2a page:357. Cit. Date: 1 September 2019.

13.

England and Wales Census 1881, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG11 piece:845 folio:79 page:22. Cit. Date: 1 September 2019.

14.

England and Wales Census 1891, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG12 piece:621 volume:84 page:32. Cit. Date: 1 September 2019.

15.

England and Wales Census 1901, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG13 piece:675 folio:96 page:16. Cit. Date: 1 September 2019.

16.

England and Wales Census 1911, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG14 piece:3595 class:RG78 piece:135 registration district:41 sub-district:1 enumeration district:15 schedule:5. Cit. Date: 1 September 2019.

17.

UK 1939 Register, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG101 piece:1378H page:2 line:7 letter code:CNEQ. Cit. Date: 1 September 2019.

18.

England and Wales Death Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Ashton 1959 quarter:1 volume:10b page:166. Cit. Date: 1 September 2019.

19.

Ancestry Surrey, England, Church of England Marriages and Banns, 1754-1937, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk). Richmond Holy Trinity marriages 1870-1886 page:237 entry:474. Cit. Date: 25 August 2025.

20.

England and Wales Death Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Ashton under Lyme 1924 quarter:1 volume:8d page:575. Cit. Date: 25 August 2025.

21.

England and Wales Marriage Index 1837 - 2005, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). Ashton under Lyme 1930 quarter:3 volume:8d page:1871. Cit. Date: 25 August 2025.

22.

England and Wales Death Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Ashton under Lyme 1944 quarter:2 volume:8d page:609. Cit. Date: 25 August 2025.