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John Wanless - was born on 24 May 1720 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia Co, Pennsylvania, USA John Wanless - was born on 24 May 1878 in St. Clement, Dundee, Angus, Scotland

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Tree #33: Thomas Wanlass & Isabella Pearson of Alston, Cumberland & Newcastle, NBL

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Thomas Wanless (b. abt 1799, North Shields, Northumberland, England), a miner, married Isabella Pearson in 1820 at Alston, Cumberland. They lived there until the mid-1830s, when they moved to Newcastle-upon-Tyne, where Thomas became a glass silverer & plater. Of their children, this database follows primarily the descendants of (1) their son Hugh Wanless (1828-1901), who emigrated to Kentucky, USA in 1850 and raised a family in Louisville, and (2) Hugh's twin brother Joseph (1828-1911), who emigrated to Tennessee in 1856 and moved to Minnesota before settling in La Crosse county, Wisconsin by 1880; some of his descendants use the Wanlass spelling and others use Wanless.

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This genealogy site hosts the family histories of all forms of the Wanless name. If you are a Wanless, Wandless, Wanlass, Wanliss, Wandlass, or Wanlace, you will probably find your family represented here. If not, we want to know about you! Step in, relax, explore the site, and learn about the fascinating people who bear this surname in all its forms.

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GRO Birth Index 1837-1911 updated with mother’s maiden surnames

Updated the GRO Birth Index for 1837 to mid-1911 with mother’s maiden surnames, which are now supplied on the main GRO site.

Thomas Wanless & Ann Marshall moved to tree 52

Moved the 45-person tree of Thomas Wanless & Ann Marshall from the catch-all database (tree 100) into tree 52 (John Wanless and Ann Harpley/Hartley). We’re 90% sure Thomas is a son of John and added […]

George Wandless & Ann Lax moved to the Lumley-area tree

Moved the family of George Wandless & Ann Lax from the Strays tree into tree 35. Realized that Ann Lax Wandless was the Ann Wandless who married Thomas Turnbull, because their son William Turnbull b. […]