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PLOWRIGHT, James William
1882 - 1953 (71 years) Has 8 ancestors and 2 descendants in this family tree.
1863 - Aft 1911 (> 49 years)-
Name PLOWRIGHT, James William Birth 1882 Spalding Registration District, Lincolnshire 
Christening 13 Aug 1883 Pinchbeck, Lincolnshire Gender Male Death 1953 Buckrose Registration District, Yorkshire, England Person ID I7571 Edgoose Last Modified 27 Jan 2026
Father PLOWRIGHT, John, b. 1855, East Retford, Nottinghamshire, England d. Between 1901 and 1911 (Age 46 years) Relationship natural Mother KING, Martha Ann, b. 1863, Holbeach Registration District, Lincolnshire d. Aft 1911 (Age > 49 years) Relationship natural Marriage 1879 Holbeach Registration District, Lincolnshire Family ID F2741 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family REANEY, Eleanor Clarice Minerva, b. 1882, Sheffield, Yorkshire d. 1959, Greenwich Registration District, London (Age 77 years) Marriage 2 Dec 1901 Heeley, Sheffield, Yorkshire, England Children 1. PLOWRIGHT, Frances Clarice Minerva, b. 1903, Sheffield, Yorkshire d. 1965, Greenwich Registration District, London (Age 62 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]2. PLOWRIGHT, Dorothy Martha, b. 1909, Sheffield, Yorkshire d. 1914, Ecclesall Bierlow, Yorkshire, England (Age 5 years)Family ID F2744 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 27 Jan 2026
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Christening - 13 Aug 1883 - Pinchbeck, Lincolnshire 
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JAMES WILLIAM PLOWRIGHT 1882-1953
The birth of James William PLOWRIGHT was registered in 1882.
(GRO September Q 1882 Spalding 7a 377)
James William, son of John and Martha PLOWRIGHT of Wales near Pinchbeck, Lincolnshire, was baptised at Pinchbeck on 11 or 13 [indistinct alteration] August 1883. His father John PLOWRIGHT was a labourer.
(PR)
From the 1891 census of River Glen Side, Pinchbeck, Lincolnshire:
Martha PLOWRIGHT, head, married, aged 29, charwoman, born at Penny Hill, Holbeach, Lincolnshire;
Mary PLOWRIGHT, daughter, aged 11 [?], scholar, born at Pinchbeck, Lincolnshire;
John Robt. PLOWRIGHT, son, aged 10, born at Pinchbeck, Lincolnshire;
*James W. PLOWRIGHT, son, aged 8, born at Pinchbeck, Lincolnshire;
Martha Ann PLOWRIGHT, daughter, aged 5, born at Pinchbeck, Lincolnshire.
(RG12/2559/36/7)
From the 1901 census of 13 Staveley Rd., Ecclesall, Sheffield, Yorkshire:
*James W. PLOWRIGHT, boarder [with the MILNES family], single, aged 21, policeman, born at Pinchbeck, Lincolnshire.
(RG13/4355/70/3)
The marriage between James William PLOWRIGHT and Eleanor Clarice Minerva REANEY was registered in 1901.
(GRO December Q 1901 Ecclesall B. 9c 644)
James William PLowright, bachelor, aged 21, son of John Robert PLOWRIGHT, married Elinor Clarice Minerva REANEY, spinster, aged 20, daughter of Joseph Talford REANEY, at Christ Church, Heeley, Sheffield, on 2 December 1901.
(Sheffield & District FHS)
The 1911 census of 180 Alexander Road, Heeley, Sheffield, Yorkshire:
*James William PLOWRIGHT, head, aged 31, married, police constable, born at Pinchbeck, Lincolnshire;
Eleanor Clarice Minerva PLOWRIGHT, wife, aged 29, married 9 years, 2 children both living, born at Sheffield, Yorkshire;
Frances Clarice Minerva PLOWRIGHT, daughter, aged 7, born at Sheffield, Yorkshire;
Dorothy Martha PLOWRIGHT, daughter, aged 1, born at Sheffield, Yorkshire.
(RG14/27801)
The death of a James W. PLOWRIGHT aged 72 was registered in 1953.
(GRO September Q 1953 Buckrose 2a 12)
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1939 Register: Untraced
(revised 18.07.2017)