William H Wear per GreatGram Oakey’s OBIT

FreeBMD Births 1855 BC# FC 215887
Registration district Lanchester
1855 Birth in the sub district of Lanchester in the County of Durham
no 189
22 feb 1855, 97 Lead Gate, Iveston; William, boy
father James Wear, Blacksmith (journeyman);
mother Ann Wear formerly Magden
informant Ann WEar, mother 97 Lead Gate, Ivenston; 13 mar 1855

1861UKC James Wears and Family; England > Durham >Benfieldside > 2> pg 52 of 80 @ancestry.com; Source Citation: Class: RG 9; Piece: 3731; Folio: 77; Page: 53; GSU roll: 543178.
Civil Parish: Benfieldside; County/Island: Durham; Country: England
Registration District: Durham; Sub-registration District: Lanchester
ED, institution, or vessel: 2; Household Schedule Number: 207
Piece: 3731; Folio: 77; Page Number: 53
John Wears 39
Ann Wears 39
Hannah Wears 5
James Wears 3
James Wears 33 brother; blacksmith
William Wears 6
Lenord Wears 1 6 Months
Cathrine Wears 11 Months
William Hunter 37
John Hunter 6
Mary Jane Hunter 4

1871UKC James Wear and Family; England Census; Durham > Benfieldside > District 2 > 104; image 104 of 123 @ancestry.com; Source Citation: Class: RG10; Piece: 4957; Folio: 88; Page: 101; GSU roll: 848027.Source information:   RG10/4957; Registration district: Durham; Sub-registration district: Lanchester ED, institution, or vessel: 2; Folio: 88; Page: 101; Household schedule number: 443
on 1871UKC different wife... possible remarriage? Ann dead in 1858
James Wear 43 Snotley, Northamptonshire, England Head Benfieldside Durham
Sarah Wear 42 Allandall, Northamptonshire, England Wife Benfieldside Durham
William Wear 16 Neston (IVeston?), Durham, England Son Benfieldside Durham
John Wear 6 Benfieldside, Durham, England Son Benfieldside Durham
George Wear 4 Benfieldside, Durham, England Son Benfieldside Durham
James Wear 1 Benfieldside, Durham, England Son Benfieldside Durham
birthplace listed as Neston instead of Iveston (bad transcription) on 1871UKC

FreeBMD Marriages Mar 1880 MC#MXC890679
Mason Isabella Lanchester 10a pg 358
(age 26, spinster, Benfieldside Edge, Read. Black Hill, father William Mason, coal miner)
Wear William Lanchester 10a pg 358
(age 25 bachelor, coal miner; 2 Plantation Row, Black Hill; father James Wear, Blacksmith)
27 mar 1880 married in the register office

1881UKC Wm Wear & fam; 7 Twin Coal Row Black Hill, Benfieldside, Durham, FHF 1342188, RG11, piece 4944, folio 67, pg 50; Durham > Benfieldside > District 2; image 51 of 91 @ancestry.com; Dwelling: 7 Twin Coal Row Black Hill; Source: FHL Film 1342188; PRO Ref RG11 Piece 4944; Folio 67; Page 50
William WEAR M 26 M Leadgate, Durham, England
Isabella WEAR M 26 F Okenshaw, Durham, England
Jane A. WEAR 1 m F

IMM Pennsylvania, Passenger and Crew Lists, 1800-1962 T840 - Philadelphia, 1883-1945 007; image 368-369 of 475 @ancestry
Source Citation: The National Archives at Washington, D.C.; Washington, D.C.; Series Title: Passenger Lists of Vessels Arriving at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Record Group Title: Records of the Immigration and Naturalization Service, 1787-2004; Record Group Number: 85; Series: T840
Name: Isabella Wear; Gender: Female
Arrival Age: 30; Birth Date: abt 1856; Birth Place: England
Last Residence: England
Departure Place: Liverpool, England
Arrival Date: 31 May 1886
Arrival Place: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Ship: British Princess
pg 368
traveling with
Wm Wear age 31; Last legat settlement America; YES been to US before
Jane age 5
pg 369
Rebecca Wear age 3
Ethel Wear 3 mos
Rebecca Wear age 23 (is this Rebecca Mason?)

The Scranton tribune. (Scranton, Pa.), 23 April 1898.
Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress. <http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84026355/1898-04-23/ed-1/seq-9/>
2nd column, under Priceburg:
“Mr and Mrs William Weir have issued invitations for the marriage of the daughter Jane Ann to James Oakey of Maple Street, on Wednesday May 4 1898”

1900FCI Wm “Weir” & fam; United States Federal Census > Pennsylvania > Lackawanna > Dickson City > District 18; image 14 of 71 @ancestry.com; “rented” their “house”; Source Citation: Year: 1900; Census Place: Dickson City, Lackawanna, Pennsylvania; Roll: T623 1418; Page: 7B; Enumeration District: 18; Albert St.

The Scranton tribune. (Scranton, Pa.), 15 March 1902.
Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress. <http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84026355/1902-03-15/ed-1/seq-12/>
The Scranton tribune., March 15, 1902, Page 12, Image 12
About The Scranton tribune. (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910
Image provided by: Penn State University Libraries; University Park, PA
Column 6, under Priceburg:
“Mr&Mrs William Wear and Mr&Mrs James R Oakey attended the Littlejohn-Lee wedding at Providence on Wednesday night”
(POSS Littlejohn, James lic#23683 yr1902 vol 59 pg 383 Lea, Emma
from http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~palackaw/marriages/marriage235.html)

1910FCI JA Oakey&Littlejohn; PA; Lackawanna; Dickson City; 1st ward; ED 20; pg 58B, visit 706, image 76 of 77 @ancestry.com; Source Citation: Year: 1910; Census Place: Dickson Ward 1, Lackawanna, Pennsylvania; Roll: T624_1356; Page: 38B; Enumeration District: 20; Image: 781.
William W/M/Heer? age 55 b England
Esabelle wife age 54 b England, had 6 children, then 0? still living? or could it be a 2 over it? (just Jane Ann and Rebecca)
on same page as J A Oakey and Littlejohn family,
James A Oakey 30
Jeanie Oakey 29
Thelma Oakey 10
Beatrice A Oakey 8
James H Oakey 3
Joan Oakey 20 cousin
NDN
George Littlejohn,
  Age: 29 State: PA; Birth Place: Scotland Visit: 0706
  Color: W Enumeration District: 0020
  County: Lackawanna, Dickson City
  Relation: Head of Household
  Other Residents:
Wife Rebacah 27, England
Son William J 06, Pennsylvania
Son Stanley 04, Pennsylvania
Son George NR, Pennsylvania

Death certificate #4099282; file #74500, registered #71
PLace of death Dickson City, Lackawanna; date of death 14 july 1917
William Wear male white married b 22 feb 1856, England; age 62 yr 4 mo 24 days; Miner
cause of death Cirrhosis of the liver duration 10 yrs, ?toxia? meningitis contributing, duration 6 mos
burial Priceburg, PA 18 july
father James Wear b England; mother Ann Magden b England
James A Oakey, Dickson City, informant
and
Pennsylvania, Death Certificates, 1906-1963, 1917 072921-076000; image 1669 of 3261 @ancestry.com
Source Information: Ancestry.com. Pennsylvania, Death Certificates, 1906-1963 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014.
Original data: Pennsylvania (State). Death certificates, 1906–1963. Series 11.90 (1,905 cartons). Records of the Pennsylvania Department of Health, Record Group 11. Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.
Name: William Wear
Gender: Male; Race: White
Age: 62; Birth Date: 22 Feb 1855; Birth Place: England
Death Date: 14 Jul 1917; Death Place: Dickson, Lackawanna, Pennsylvania, USA
Father Name: James Wear; Father Birth Place: England
Mother Name: Ann Madgen; Mother Birth Place: England
Certificate Number: 74500

News1920 SherriffsSale_WmWear_Oakey_Littlejohn.pdf
The Tribune (Scranton, Pennsylvania)
15 Oct 1920, Fri
Page 23
SHERIFF’S SALES of Valuable Real Estate on Friday Nov 5, 1920
….expose to public sale…
ALSO no2 …. on the southwesterly side of Storrs Avenue…being a part of the same land conveyed to William Wear by deed from Thomas Grier, Trustee dates the 5th june 1900… Improved with 2 two0story frame dwellings and other outbuildings. Seized and taken in execution at the Suit of Frederick Fuller, Executor of the last will and Testiment of Caroline C Eaton deceased vs Jane A Oakey, James Oakey, Rebecca Little John, George Litllejohn and Benjamin Jarvis Guardian Ad Litem for
Thelma Oakey,
Beatrice A Oakey,
James H Oakey,
Margaret H Oakey,
and Harry Oakey,
and William J Littlejohn,
Stanley Littlejohn,
George Littlejohn,
Isabelle Littlejohn,
Janet Littlejohn,
and James Littlejohn.
Debt $2100. SHerriff to collect $2100 with interest from Mar 8th 1917. Jugement No 138 June Term 1920. Lev Fa to November Term 1920, writ issued Oct 13th 1930.



News1920 SherriffsSale_WmWear_Oakey_Littlejohn.pdf
The Tribune (Scranton, Pennsylvania)
15 Oct 1920, Fri
Page 23
SHERIFF’S SALES of Valuable Real Estate on Friday Nov 5, 1920
….expose to public sale…
ALSO no2 …. on the southwesterly side of Storrs Avenue…being a part of the same land conveyed to William Wear by deed from Thomas Grier, Trustee dates the 5th june 1900… Improved with 2 two0story frame dwellings and other outbuildings. Seized and taken in execution at the Suit of Frederick Fuller, Executor of the last will and Testiment of Caroline C Eaton deceased vs Jane A Oakey, James Oakey, Rebecca Little John, George Litllejohn and Benjamin Jarvis Guardian Ad Litem for
(Oakey & Littlejohn children here)
Debt $2100. SHerriff to collect $2100 with interest from Mar 8th 1917. Jugement No 138 June Term 1920. Lev Fa to November Term 1920, writ issued Oct 13th 1930.