John Hill WILTON

  General Notes:

Sourced from "Wilton Family Web Site"

http://www.jcwilton.com// (no longer exists)

1851 census
HO107/1902 F287 P1
Landazzard, Liskeard, Cornwall
John Wilton, Head, Mar, 51, Farm Labourer, Cornwall Liskeard
Mary do, Wife, Mar, 51, , Cornwall Quithick
Elizabeth do, Daur, U, 16, , Cornwall Liskeard
Hannah do, Daur, , 11, , Cornwall Liskeard
Richard do, Son, , 9, , Cornwall Liskeard
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John Wilton Junr, Head, Mar, 28, Farm Labourer, Cornwall Liskeard
Jane do, Wife, Mar, 34, , Cornwall Liskeard
Jane Ann do, Daur, , 5, , Cornwall Liskeard
John Hill do, Son, , 3, , Cornwall Liskeard
Charles Mathew do, Son, , 1, , Cornwall Liskeard

The Cornish Times, Friday, August 3, 1928. Liskeardian`s
Sudden Death.
Inquest on Mr. J.H. Wilton.
Local Preacher`s Last Appointment.
Whilst on his way to conduct the services at Upton Cross Wesleyan
Chapel on Sunday, Mr. John Hill Wilton, aged 80 years, a retired G.W.R.
ganger, who resided with his daughter, Mrs. F.T. Lukey, of Ivey-terrace,
Liskeard, dropped dead suddenly near Pendowrie. He left home by car with
other preachers, and alighted at Tokenbury, and commenced to walk the
remaining two miles to Upton Cross, but only reached Pendowrie, when he
fell suddenly in front of Miss Emily Evans, of Downgate, who was also
walking to Upton Cross. She rendered what assistance she could, and went
to Pendowrie for help.
The morning service at the chapel had to be cancelled, and Mr. H.
Davey preached in the evening, when he moved a vote of sympathy and
condolences with Mr. Wilton`s relatives, which the congregation supported
by standing, and the hymn, 'Rejoice for a brother deceased' was sung.
The Inquest.
The Launceston Coroner (Dr.W.F. Thompson) held an inquest in the
Sunday Schoolroom on Monday afternoon.
Mrs. F.T. Lukey, deceased`s daughter, gave evidence of
identification, and said her father was 80 last January. He lived with
her and enjoyed very good health, and she never remembered him having to
see a doctor, except once, in connection with an insurance policy. On
Saturday he was quite well as usual, and on Sunday morning he got down
before she did, and fed the chicken before breakfast. It was about 9.40
a.m. when he left home. She went to chapel at Liskeard, and heard the
news when she got back.
He had a very reserved manner, and never said a great deal, and
would rather complain to the neighbours if he was feeling unwell than to
her. He had just come back from a holiday at Bideford and St. Austell,
which he said he enjoyed very much. He felt a great deal better, and said
he should go there again next year.
Miss Emily Evans said she was walking from Downgate on Sunday
morning with the intention of attending Upton Cross Church. When she
reached Pendowrie she saw an old gentleman walking in front of her, and
from his back she thought she recognised him. She hurried up to try and
overtake him, when all of a sudden he staggered, went limp, and fell on
his back in the road. She rushed up as she thought he had fainted. He was
breathing heavily, and as there was no one in sight she shifted him to
the side of the road, and ran back to Pendowrie for help. When she got
back again there were several others there, and she thought he was dead.
In reply to the Coroner, P.C. Mallett said that he arrived on the
scene about 11.25, and Mr. Wilton was quite dead.
The Coroner, in summing up, said that it looked as if Mr. Wilton had
had a seizure. If he had died from sudden heart failure there would have
been no movement of the mouth, so he thought it was a bad seizure of an
important part of the brain. If he had heart trouble they would have
noticed it before. He had gone over the allotted span by ten years, and
had died, doing God`s work, quietly and without pain, which could not
possibly have been better.
He returned a verdict of death from natural causes, probably a
seizure.
A Veteran Railwayman.
The sad occurrence evoked widespread sympathy for Mr. Wilton`s
relations in Liskeard and district. Mr. Wilton was a well known figure,
especially to the older inhabitants, among whom he had lived and worked
throughout his long life, and was esteemed by all for his integrity and
uprightness of character. Born at Blackwater, near Dobwalls, he spent his
early years at Tokenbury Corner, and it was a striking coincidence that
he should have died within a half-a-mile of the spot where he was brought
up. He spent 45 years in the service of the Great Western Railway
Company as a permanent way man in the Liskeard section, and was engaged
on the line when the noteworthy change from the broad to the narrow gauge
was effected.
His wife predeceased him nearly twenty years ago. An attached member of
the Wesleyan Connexion, he had been a local preacher in the Liskeard
circuit for the past thirty years. He was one of the founders of the
Co-operative Society in Liskeard, and for several years its president.
He was interred in Liskeard Cemetery on Wednesday, when several of
his old comrades on the railway attended. The relatives present were --
Mrs. Lukey, daughter; Mr. J. Wilton (St. Austell), son; Mr. A. Dolbear
(Tavistock), and Mr. T. F. Lukey, sons-in-law; Mrs. M. Wilton and Mrs. B.
Wilton, daughters-in-law; Mr. F.G. Lukey, Mr. W. Dolbear, and Mr. Sydney
Dolbear, the misses E. and N. Dolbear, grandchildren; and Mr. J. Willis.
Representing the Railway Company were Messrs. J.H.Rule, A.Finnamore,
W.S.Davey, Liskeard; J.Turpin, Plymouth, late permanent way inspector;
F.W.Harris, Lostwithiel (late stationmaster at Brent), F.W.Pulleyblank,
Burngullow; S.Rowe, Torpoint; and S.Sowdon, Common Moor.
The flower-covered coffin of plain oak was borne by Messrs.
E.Abbott, E.Beech, R.Fursman, W.Harvey, J.H.Hodge, and J.R.Toms; others
present including Messrs. J.H.Edgecumbe, T.A.Veale, H.Poad, R.Oliver,
T.J.Sargent, R.C.Buscomb, J.W.Lower, E.Pendray (Trevelmond),
W.Honeycombe, W.Ford, S.Stanlake, W.Retallack, A.Snell, E.J.Salter,
E.Libby, R.Broad, A.H.Philp, H.Wakeham, J.S.H.Hunkin, G.Lang,
O.S.Manaton, F,Mutton, C.Metters, F.Sherriff, H.H.Coleridge, J.Bidgood,
and W.Elliott, with a number of ladies.
At the Wesleyan Chapel a feature of the service was the singing of
two Hymns, favourites of the deceased, who had selected them for the
service he was so tragically prevented from conducting at Upton Cross --
'My God, the spring of all my joys.' and the most appropriate hymn of
Mrs. Cousin, 'The sands of time are sinking.' Rev. J.R. Goodridge
officiated.
Rev. A. Adlington, in an address, made touching allusion to the
sudden passing of their brother, but apart from that, he said, there was
nothing for tears. He died whilst going about his Master`s business. It
was not as if a breadwinner had been taken, or one with a family
dependent upon him. He had finished his life`s work, and died as he would
have wished, on Christian service. Honest, industrious, God-fearing, he
left a name behind that stood for all that was best in the home and in
the community. Might others come forward to fill his place in the
glorious company of local preachers.
As the cortege left the chapel, Mr.A.W.Venning, the organist, played
'O rest in the Lord.' At the Cemetery the committal prayers were recited
by Rev. J.B.Goodridge.
Wreaths were sent by Mr. and Mrs. Lukey and family, Mr. and Mrs.
J.Wilton, Mr. A. Dolbear, Mrs. M. Wilton, Mrs. Perry, Mr. and Mrs. J.
Dennis, Mr. and Mrs. E. Loram, the Staff of the Co-operative Society, and
neighbours at Ivey-terrace.


1881 British Census
Dwelling: Looe Mills
Census Place: Liskeard, Cornwall, England
Source: FHL Film 1341549 PRO Ref RG11 Piece 2286 Folio 71 Page 21

Marr Age Sex Birthplace
JohnWILTON M 33 M Liskeard, Cornwall, England
Rel: Head
Occ: Lab On Railway
Genefer WILTON M 33 F Blisland, Cornwall, England
Rel: Wife
Annie WILTON 9 F Liskeard, Cornwall, England
Rel: Daur
William C. WILTON 7 M Liskeard, Cornwall, England
Rel: Son

John married Jenefer Axworthy ROWE, daughter of John ROWE and Mary AXWORTHY. (Jenefer Axworthy ROWE was born circa 24 Oct 1847 in Blisland, Cornwall, England and died in 1909 in Liskeard, Cornwall, England.)