John Oliver

  Noted events in his life were:

• source. John Lynch @ genes

• Census. Durham 1841 Census HO/107/302/8 In Winlaton, but actual location illegible Thomas Oliver, age 58, Chain maker Margery Oliver, age 48 John Oliver, age 13 Dorothy Oliver, age 7 Durham 1861 Census RG9/3808: Back Street, Winlaton John OliverHeadM32BlacksmithDurham Winlaton Elizabeth OliverWifeM26Durham Winlaton Catherine OliverDau8Durham Winlaton Mary Ann OliverDau6Durham Winlaton Margery OliverDau4Durham Winlaton Elizabeth OliverDau2Durham Winlaton The 1871 census records the family as living in Church Road at Winlaton, presumably a misprint for Church Street. It records the following John OliverBlacksmith43BlacksmithDurham, Winlaton Elizabeth OliverWife36 Durham, Winlaton Catherine OliverDaughter19 Durham, Winlaton Margery OliverDaughter15 Durham, Winlaton Elizabeth OliverDaughter13 Durham, Winlaton Margaret E. OliverDaughter10 Durham, Winlaton Sarah OliverDaughter8 Durham, Winlaton Thomas OliverSon4 Durham, Winlaton Joseph G OliverSon2 Durham, Winlaton Edward J OliverGrandson4 months Durham, Winlaton In the 1881 census Coffee Johnny is found at 12 Wagtail, Holmside, Durham at the home of his daughter Margery by this time married to Mark Young with three children of her own, Isabell a, Thomas and Catherine. Coffee is registered as a widower and was living there with the three youngest children, Sarah, Thomas and Joseph. Marriage Certificate on file. 14 April 1852 at The Parish Church, Winlaton. John Oliver, 24 , Bachelor, smith of Winlaton. Father Thomas Oliver, a smith. John signed the register. Eliza bethGreener, 19, spinster of Winlaton. Father John Greener, labourer. Witnesses Joshua Whitfield and Zachariah Scott. NOTE: If Elizabeth's age on this certificate is correct, her age in the 1871 census is not.

John married Elizabeth Greener, daughter of John Greener and Mary Rayne, on 14 Apr 1852 in St Pauls Parish Church, Winlaton, Tyne & Wear England. (Elizabeth Greener was born in 1834 in Winlaton, County Durham England, christened on 30 Jun 1837 in St Pauls Parish Church, Winlaton, Tyne & Wear England and died in 1876 in County Durham England ³⁵⁷.)