EDWARD WAINWRIGHT Sr.
(great great grandfather)
Prepared by Roger Leslie Wainwright
last updated June 26, 2004
Born: August 25, 1816
Birth place: in Shelmersdale, Lancashire County, England.
Died: November 22, 1896 in Morgan County, Center Township, Ohio.
Cause of death: Asthma
Married: Alice Molyneux August 14, 1837 in Parrish of Ormskirk at Lancashire.
Alice Molyneux Wainwright, born February 25, 1821 in Bickerstaffe, Lancashire,
England, dies before 1896 in Morgan County, Center Township, Ohio.
Daughter of John Molyneux and Margaret Pilkinton.
Services:
Buried:
Parents: STEPHEN WAINWRIGHT was born about 1786 in Bickerstaffe, Lancashire, England.
Stephen's birth recorded in the Ormskirk Parish Records. He was christened in
Bickerstaff, by Ormskirk, Lancashire, England.
He married (1) ANN LYON October 16, 1808 in Bickerstaffe, Lancashire, England.
She was born 1791 in Ormskirk, Lancashire, England.
He married (2) ALICE about 1827.
Siblings:
Children of STEPHEN WAINWRIGHT and ANN LYON are:
1. THOMAS WAINWRIGHT b, July 30, 1809, Bickerstaffe, Lancashire, England.
2. JOHN WAINWRIGHT, b. December 09, 1810, Bickerstaffe, Lancashire, England.
3. WILLIAM WAINWRIGHT, b. December 13, 1812, Bickerstaffe, Lancashire, England.
4. ELEANOR WAINWRIGHT, b. about. 1814, Ormskirk, Lancashire, England;
married WILLIAM ALLEN, 1832, Westminster Parish, 81. James, Lancashire, England.
5. SARAH WAINWRIGHT, b. 1815, Ormskirk, Lancashire, England.
In the 1881 Census, Sarah is living with her brother James.
6. EDWARD WAINWRIGHT, b. August 25, 1816, Skelmersdale, Lancashire County, England; d. November 22, 1896, Morgan County, Center Twp., Ohio.
7. ELIZABETH WAINWRIGHT, b. about. 1817, Bickerstaffe, Lancashire, England.
8. JAMES WAINWRIGHT, b. October 03, 1818, Ormskirk, Lancashire, England.
Christened 10-28-1818 at Ormskirk, Lancashire, England.
9. ELLEN WAINWRIGHT, b. January 18, 1822, Ormskirk, Lancashire, England;
d. March 21, 1838, Ormskirk, Lancashire, England.
10. STEPHEN WAINWRIGHT, b. July 28, 1823, Ormskirk, Lancashire, England.
Christened 2-10-1822 at Skelmersdale Parish, Lancashire, England.
11. HENRY WAINWRIGHT, b. April 17, 1825, Skelmersdale, Lancashire, England.
Children of STEPHEN WAINWRIGHT and ALICE are:
12. GEORGE WAINWRIGHT, b. October 20, 1827.
13. JOSEPH WAINWRIGHT, b. April 25, 1831.
Children:
1. John Wainwright, born March 30, 1839, Bickerstaffe, Parrish of Ormskirk, Lancashire, England. Dies September 8, 1915, Morgan County, Center Township, Ohio
2. Stephen Wainwright, born February 21, 1841, Aughton by Ormskirk, Lancashire, England. Died December 4, 1917, Keokuk, Iowa. Married Lucena Jane.
3. Edward Wainwright Jr. (my great grandfather), born August 29, 1847, England. Died May 27, 1934, Deep River, Iowa
4. Annette “Ann” E. Wainwright. Born May 7, 1850, Ormskirk, Lancashire, England. Died April 14, 1931. Married James William Garrett in 1869. See another document for their history.
5. Thomas Robert Wainwright, born October 16, 1852, Morgan County, Center Township, Ohio. Died April 15, 1935, Halfway, Polk County, Benton Township, Missouri
6. Margaret S. Wainwright, born about 1856 Morgan County, Centre Township, Ohio. Married William Thomas, December 22, 1872, Muskingum, Ohio.
7. Mary A. Wainwright, born about 1859, Morgan County, Centre Township, Ohio.
8. William R. Wainwright, born 1862, Ohio.
Henry William
(children: Walter E. Wainwright, owned a Music Store in Marrietta, Ohio. Had
daughter from first wife, wife dies and he married the Dean of Women at the Univ of
Wisconsin, where the daughter was going to college. They adopted two siblings:
George and Georgetta. Stayed in contact with his cousin, Thomas.) Two other children
of Henry: Oney and Dave, who stayed in Ohio.
Notes for EDWARD WAINWRIGHT SR.:
In 1852 he had three hundred acres, and had put in thirty acres of wheat. Edward was a farmer in 1860 with a Land worth of $3500, and personal worth of $600 in Morgan County, Ohio.
Death Records...Morgan County, Ohio Volume 2, Page 12.
Edward and family came to the USA around 1851 or 1852. They departed from Liverpool. When Edward married he was a laborer in the Parish of Ormskirk at Skemersdale, England.
In the 1880 Census Edward and Alice and son William 18, and Granddaughter Mary E. Wainwright, 18, (mother b in England, father Ohio) living in Bush Creek, Muskingum, Ohio.
His occupation is listed as farmer. In the 1870 Census Edward and Alice are living in Harrison, Muskingum Co., Ohio. Living with them are Thomas R. age 17, Margaret S. age 14, Mary A. age 11, William age 9 and Elizabeth age 9.
Notes for ALICE ANN MOLYNEUX:
Alice writes home that she and Edward made six hundred gallons of treacle (molasses) and their family is all well and they are doing very well. They have a large stock of horses and cattle and hogs and sheep. In the 1841 Census in Bickerstaffe she is listed as a cotton weaver.
Thomas Wainwright (son of Edward Jr.) said that his father's mother, Alice Molyneaux Wainwright, had two bothers, Molyneaux, who came to the US at about the same time.
At least one descendant settled around What Cheer, as Ray Wainwright (son of Thomas) stayed overnight once at their home.)