Biographies – Wrexham History

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Sophia Parsonage and her Daughters

Sophia Thomas was born about 1819 in London. Her baptism has not been found but in 1841 there is a Sophia Thomas of the right age employed as a servant for the Duke of Cambridge [more] [more]

Eugen SCHREIBER

Eugen Schreiber was born in Germany on 16 April 1851, he was baptised at Neckarwestheim, Neckarkreis, Wuerttemberg, his father was Gottfried Joseph Schreiber and his mother was Marie Ragine Pauline Zinsstag. By 1881 he had [more]

William OWEN 1839-1890 – Red Lion, Chester Street

William Owen was born about 1839 in Erbistock, his father was also named William Owen, a farmer from Dudleston, and his mother Hannah was from Brymbo. The whole family came to Wrexham to live. On [more]

Thomas LEADBEATER – THE CLOCKMAKER

Thomas Leadbeater was born in Sandbach about 1808. The Leadbeater family and their many relations were clockmakers for generations in Cheshire. In 1838 he married Harriet Griffiths who was from Gresford. They were in Wrexham [more]

James JONES – Printer of Wrexham

JAMES JONES was born in Wrexham about 1849 and was the son of Gomer Jones and Mary Jones who were both from Minera. Gomer was a book binder. The family moved from Holt Street to [more]

William John CHESTERTON

WILLLIAM JOHN CHESTERTON was born in Hereford about 1839; he was the son of Edward Chesterton a Glover, and Harriet Farrington. A brother named George was born in 1841 and another son Edward in late [more]

Edward HUGHES 1879-1905

Edward Hughes was born about 1879 in Wrexham; he was the son of Noah Hughes a tailor and Maria Jones. Noah had been born about 1841, his father Edward was also a tailor in Denbigh. [more]

Charles MOORE 1852-1920

Charles Moore was born in Aldergate, Middlesex about 1852. At the age of 19 he was at the Cavalry Barracks in Maidstone, he travelled to Ireland with the Army and in 1877 he married Ellen [more]

Henry Allen Jones

HENRY ALLEN JONES 1846 – 1898 HENRY ALLEN JONES 1877 – 1951 Henry Allen Jones senior had been born about 1846 in Llangollen; he was the son of Edward Jones and Elizabeth. When Henry was [more]

Centenary Memorial Tablet – Reginald HEBER 1783-1826

Many have passed the Centenary Memorial Tablet located on the former railway bridge on Vicarage Hill in Wrexham without a second glance. Mounted in 1926 for the centenary of the writing of the Missionary Hymm [more]