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John NEWTON

1872 – 1965 · Finghall, Leyburn, North Yorkshire
Partner: Jane METCALFE
Father: Isaac NEWTON · Mother: Ann CAYGILL
👶 Birth04 Nov 1872Finghall, Leyburn, North Yorkshire 📍 Birth Civil Registration Index
🏛️ Secret ballot introduced
⛪ Baptism05 Nov 1872St Andrew Parish Church, Finghall, North Yorkshire 📍 Baptism Records 📎 View
🏠 Lived1881 (9)Finghall Post Office/Newton Cottage, West Moor Lane, Finghall, Leyburn, North Yorkshire 📍 1881 Census 📎 View
💼 Occupation1881 (9)Scholar 1881 Census
🏠 Lived1891 (19)Finghall Post Office/Newton Cottage, West Moor Lane, Finghall, Leyburn, North Yorkshire 📍 1891 Census 📎 View
🏛️ Free elementary education
💼 Occupation1891 (19)Block Clerk 1891 Census
💒 Marriage24 Mar 1897 (25)Jane METCALFE
Hawes Parish Church, Hawes, North Yorkshire 📍 Marriage Certificate 📎 View
🏛️ Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee
💼 Occupation1897 (25)Railway Man Marriage Certificate
🏠 Lived1899 (27)28 Abbey Street, York, North Yorkshire 📍 Baptism Records
🏛️ Second Boer War
🏠 Lived1901 (29)36 Cleveland Street, Micklegate, York, North Yorkshire 📍
with Jane METCALFE 1901 Census 📎 View
🏛️ Death of Queen Victoria — Edward VII accedes
💼 Occupation1901 (29)Railway Guard 1901 Census
🏠 Lived1911 (39)65 Russell Street, York, North Yorkshire 📍
with Jane METCALFE 1911 Census 📎 View
🏛️ National Insurance Act
🏠 Lived1921 (49)65 Russell Street, York, North Yorkshire 📍 1921 Census 📎 View
🏛️ Irish Free State established
💼 Occupation1921 (49)Station Inspector for North Eastern Railway Co, York 1921 Census
🏠 Lived1937 (65)109 Bishopthorpe Road, York, North Yorkshire 📍 Probate Index
🏠 Lived1939 (67)123 Bishopthorpe Road, York, North Yorkshire 📍 1939 NHS Register 📎 View
🏛️ Second World War
💼 Occupation1939 (67)Retired Assistant Station Master 1939 NHS Register
💼 Occupation1947 (75)Retired Assistant Station Master Probate Index
🏛️ Indian independence and partition
📝 Will21 Jun 1948 (76)Appointed sons as Executors. Left his house to Sidney Isaac and residue equally to both sons Will 📎 View
🏛️ National Health Service launches · Empire Windrush arrives
✝️ Death15 Dec 1965 (93)123 Bishopthorpe Road, York, North Yorkshire 📍 Probate Index
⚖️ Probate09 Mar 1966 (94)York, North Yorkshire 📍
Effects £8800 Executors: John Newton & Sidney Isaac Newton Grant of Probate 📎 View 📎 View
🏛️ England wins the World Cup
Children with Jane METCALFE
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b. 1898, 28 Abbey Street, York, North Yorkshire · d. 1976, Broadway, 28 Masham Road, Bedale, North Yorkshire · m. Phyllis Grace SCAWBY
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b. 1902, York, North Yorkshire · d. 1966, The City General Hospital, York, North Yorkshire · m. Alice Mary JENNINGS
Notes
Notes from Ken Starkie:

In 1950 Margaret Brickland and her mother Ann Ingelson met John Newton. He became Station Master at York. He has two married sisters who were widows living at Finghall.
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