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Curious about this Reyrolles man

Posted by Norman on 16/5/2025, 6:54 pm

Ive had this piece from a Reyrolles Document many years and wonder if Mr Wilkinson is a Local man.
Any Reyrolle's ex employees recognise him?
There were quite a few of families with that surname in Hebburn. Maybe Wilkinson Ave was named after him ?

Re: Curious about this Reyrolles man

Posted by Sheila on 17/5/2025, 8:52 am, in reply to "Curious about this Reyrolles man"

Nice to read about another local hero from WW2 Norman.
We were given one of the new council houses in Wlikinson Avenue. (Only four houses). We were told the name was from a Labour MP called Helen Wilkinson. Seeing that Hebburn was usually a Labour council, perhaps that was correct, but it could be wrong.

Re: Curious about this Reyrolles man

Posted by Norman on 17/5/2025, 9:11 am, in reply to "Re: Curious about this Reyrolles man"

I think it probably was called after Ellen Wilkinson Sheila. There is also a housing estate in Felling named after her.

Re: Curious about this Reyrolles man

Posted by Tony Scott on 17/5/2025, 1:56 pm, in reply to "Re: Curious about this Reyrolles man"

Ellen Wilkinson was the MP for Jarrow & was an organiser of the 1936 Jarrow March.

Re: Curious about this Reyrolles man

Posted by Malcolm on 17/5/2025, 9:20 am, in reply to "Curious about this Reyrolles man"

I did a quick check through the BMD records, there appears to be only one possible candidate: Noel D Wilkinson, born March 1919, registered South Shields.
The only marriage I can find is a Noel D Wilkinson, getting married in March 1946 in Blandford, Dorset.

There IS a child, born in 1948, in Sunderland...

So if that birth date is correct, he IS a local lad.

Re: Curious about this Reyrolles man

Posted by Norman on 17/5/2025, 10:11 am, in reply to "Re: Curious about this Reyrolles man"

Thanks Malcolm,
I also managed to find his birth but not his marriage BUT that all ties up with what is said on the pic ie congrats on recent marriage.
Maybe one of our amateur genealogists can find a bit more on him?

Re: Curious about this Reyrolles man

Posted by Jackie W on 17/5/2025, 3:57 pm, in reply to "Curious about this Reyrolles man"

Re: Curious about this Reyrolles man 1939 Register

Posted by Jackie W on 17/5/2025, 4:08 pm, in reply to "Re: Curious about this Reyrolles man"

Re: Curious about this Reyrolles man

Posted by Jackie W on 17/5/2025, 4:26 pm, in reply to "Re: Curious about this Reyrolles man"

This photo appears in a public tree on Ancestry so assuming ok to post. The poster hasn’t been on for over a year or could be more. Noel Douglas Wilkinson 1918-2011 He died in North Vancouver according to that tree

Re: Curious about this Reyrolles man

Posted by Norman on 17/5/2025, 4:30 pm, in reply to "Re: Curious about this Reyrolles man"

Great detective work Jackie.
Norman

Re: Curious about this Reyrolles man 1911 Family in Hebburn

Posted by Jackie W on 17/5/2025, 4:40 pm, in reply to "Re: Curious about this Reyrolles man"

Re: Curious about this Reyrolles man 1911 Family in Hebburn

Posted by Norman on 17/5/2025, 5:42 pm, in reply to "Re: Curious about this Reyrolles man 1911 Family in Hebburn "

It looks like in 1911 the Wilkinson family were living in Coleridge Ave, South Shields Jackie.
Coleridge in Hebburn is a square.

Re: Curious about this Reyrolles man 1911 Family in Hebburn

Posted by Jackie W on 17/5/2025, 10:29 pm, in reply to "Re: Curious about this Reyrolles man 1911 Family in Hebburn "

I thought you’d like to see that one Norman. By 1921 they were at 26 Shortridge Street, South Shields

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