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WEST, William
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Name WEST, William Birth Abt 1797 Middleton, Northamptonshire, England
Gender Male Death 1882 Kettering Registration District, Northamptonshire
Person ID I138 Edgoose Last Modified 27 Jan 2026
Family LATIMER, Mary, b. Abt 1801, Corby, Northamptonshire, England
d. Between 1875 and 1878 (Age 74 years) Marriage 7 Jul 1823 Cottingham, Northamptonshire, England
Children 1. WEST, William, b. Between 1824 and 1825, Middleton, Northamptonshire, England
d. 1887, Kettering Registration District, Northamptonshire
(Age 63 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]2. WEST, Mary, b. Between 1828 and 1829, Middleton, Northamptonshire, England
d. 1875, Kettering Registration District, Northamptonshire
(Age 47 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]3. WEST, Sarah, b. Between 1832 and 1833, Middleton, Northamptonshire, England
d. 1894, Kettering Registration District, Northamptonshire
(Age 62 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]4. WEST, Job, b. 3 Nov 1832, Middleton, Northamptonshire, England
d. 20 Mar 1910, Kettering Registration District, Northamptonshire
(Age 77 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]5. WEST, David, b. 1836, Middleton, Northamptonshire, England
d. 23 Oct 1895, Leicester, Leicestershire
(Age 59 years)6. WEST, Jabez Thomas, b. 1840, Middleton, Northamptonshire, England
d. 1908, Uppingham Registration District, Rutland
(Age 68 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]Family ID F83 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 27 Jan 2026
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Notes
WILLIAM WEST circa 1797-1882
From the 1841 census of the hamlet of Middleton, Northamptonshire:
*William WEST, aged 45, agricultural labourer, born in Northamptonshire;
Mary WEST, aged 40, born in Northamptonshire;
William WEST, aged 16, born in Northamptonshire;
Mary WEST, aged 12, born in Northamptonshire;
Sarah WEST, aged 10, born in Northamptonshire;
Job WEST, aged 8, born in Northamptonshire;
David WEST, aged 5, born in Northamptonshire;
Jabis WEST, aged 5 months, born in Northamptonshire.
(HO107/797/7/6/11)
From the 1851 census of Middleton, Northamptonshire:
*William WEST, head, aged 54, farmer of 60 acres employing 2 men, born at Middleton, Northamptonshire;
Mary WEST, wife, aged 50, farmer's wife, born at Corby, Northamptonshire;
William WEST, son, aged 26, farmer's son, at home, born at Middleton, Northamptonshire;
Mary WEST, daughter, aged 22, farmer's daughter, at home, born at Middleton, Northamptonshire;
Job WEST, daughter, aged 18, farmer's son, at home, born at Middleton, Northamptonshire;
David WEST, son, aged 14, scholar, born at Middleton, Northamptonshire;
Jabez Thos. WEST, aged 10, scholar, born at Middleton, Northamptonshire.
(HO107/1744/587/13)
The 1861 census of the Grocer's Shop, High Street, Middleton, Northamptonshire:
*William WEST, head, aged 65, farmer of 70 acres employing 5 men and boys, born at Cottingham, Northamptonshire;
Mary WEST, wife, aged 60, farmer's wife, born at Corby, Northamptonshire;
Mary WEST, daughter, aged 32, Farmer's daughter, born at Middleton, Northamptonshire;
Sarah WEST, daughter, aged 29, farmer's daughter, born at Middleton, Northamptonshire;
Job WEST, son, aged 28, farmer's son, born at Middleton, Northamptonshire;
Jabez Thomas WEST, son, aged 20, farmer's son, born at Middleton, Northamptonshire.
(RG9/958/51/19)
The 1871 census of farmhouse and shop, Middleton, Northamptonshire:
*William WEST, head, aged 75, farmer of 93 acres employing 2 men and 1 boy, born at Cottingham, Northamptonshire;
Mary WEST, wife, aged 70, farmer's wife, born at Corby, Northamptonshire;
Jabez Thomas WEST, son, aged 30, farmer's son, born at Middleton, Northamptonshire;
Mary WEST, daughter, aged 42, farmer's daughter, born at Middleton, Northamptonshire.
(RG10/1506/49/16)
From the 1881 census of the High Street, Middleton, Northamptonshire:
*William West, head, aged 85, widower, retired farmer, born at Cottingham, Northamptonshire;
Sarah WEST, daughter, aged 49, unmarried, grocer, born at Middleton, Northamptonshire.
(RG11/1579/9/11)
The death of William WEST aged 86 was registered in 1882.
(GRO March Q 1882 Kettering 3b 126)
(revised 10.04.2015)

