Wrexham Cemetery – Page 2 – "Wrexham History"

Thomas BELLIS 1831-1896

Thomas Bellis was born in Ruabon about 1831. He was the son of Thomas Bellis who was an Innkeeper, his mother was Mary, and both were from Ruabon. His elder brother Richard was a moulder [more]

William JONES 1848-1921

William Jones was born about 1848 in Wrexham. In 1870 he married in Wrexham to Sarah Ann Dawe who was born in 1846 in Sheppey, Maidstone, Kent and was the daughter of Richard Dawe and [more]

Edwin HARRISON 1847-1920 – Solicitor’s Clerk

EDWIN HARRISON was born in Hanmer in 1847, he was the son of Job Harrison from Holt and Mary Orford of Wrexham and had at least six siblings. As a child he lived in Bowens [more]

John ROBERTS 1861-1904

JOHN ROBERTS was born in Leeswood, he was a coalminer and late in 1881 he married Emma Martha Dew who had been born in Caergwrle and was the daughter of John Dew and Sarah Roberts. [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]

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]

Robert Henry DONE – Mayor of Wrexham 1893 – 1894

Robert Henry Done was the 32nd Mayor of Wrexham in 1893 to 1894, He was born on New Year’s Day in 1856, and was the son of Robert & Mary Done who was married on [more]

Edward JUDSON 1831-1889

Edward Judson was born in Trefonen, near Oswestry about 1831, he was the son of Richard Judson, a butcher. On 28th September 1857 he married Maria Lee in Walton on the Hill, West Derby. Maria [more]