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WESTMORELAND, Abel
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Name WESTMORELAND, Abel Birth 1866 Kirton In Holland, Lincolnshire
Gender Male Death 1871 Boston Registration District, Lincolnshire
Burial 20 Apr 1871 Kirton In Holland, Lincolnshire
Person ID I3126 Edgoose Last Modified 25 Feb 2026
Father WESTMORELAND, John Metcalfe, b. 1841, Kirton In Holland, Lincolnshire
d. 1891, Spalding Registration District, Lincolnshire
(Age 50 years) Mother EDGOOSE, Sarah Lawson, b. Between 1832 and 1833, Newport, Shropshire, England
d. 27 Mar 1874, Kirton In Holland, Lincolnshire
(Age 42 years) Marriage 15 Dec 1861 Skirbeck, Lincolnshire, England
Family ID F419 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Notes - WESTMORLAND, Abel (1866-1871), son of Sarah Lawson EDGOOSE.
The birth of Abel WESTMORLAND (sic) was registered in 1866.
(GRO December Q 1866 [EDGOOSE] Boston 07A 351)
Abel, son of John and Sarah WESTMORELAND, was baptised at Kirton-in-Holland, Lincolnshire, on 24 January 1871.
In 1871 he was living south of Donington Road, Kirton Bank, Lincolnshire:
John WESTMORELAND, head, married, aged 28, brickmaker, born at Kirton;
Sarah WESTMORELAND, wife, married, aged 37, brickmaker's wife, born at Newport, Staffordshire (sic);
Henry WESTMORELAND, son, aged 13, brickmaker's son, born at Kirton;
John WESTMORELAND, son, aged 10, born at Skirbeck, Boston, Lincolnshire;
William WESTMORELAND, son, aged 8, labourer's son, born at Skirbeck, Boston;
Frederick WESTMORELAND, son, aged 6, labourer's son, born at Kirton;
*Abel WESTMORELAND, son, aged 4, labourer's son, born at Kirton;
James WESTMORELAND, son, aged 2, labourer's son, born at Kirton;
Elizabeth EDGOOSE, niece, aged 7, born at Boston Union;
(RG10/3333/33)
He died aged 4 in 1871.
(GRO June Q 1871 Boston 7a 235)
(revised 09.02.2026)
- WESTMORLAND, Abel (1866-1871), son of Sarah Lawson EDGOOSE.

