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Index of Deceased starting with ‘W’

 

This lists all known fatalities from the flood, by surname; some of these are mentioned in the claims, others are not. Links to the claims for loss of life are in red; supplementary references are in grey and based on current research on the Flood victims by Karen Lightowler.

 

Name Age Residence Found Interred Claim
             
Wallace, Emma 47 Cotton Mill Row 12 Mar 1864, Cotton Mill Row General Cemetery 79, 5168
             
Waters, William 22 Hillsborough
             
Watson, Caroline 6 Malin Bridge 12 Mar 1864, Owlerton Wadsley
— Name is Caroline Oakley Watson, aged 9 yr 11mth (headstone).
             
Watson, George 3 Malin Bridge 12 Mar 1864, Owlerton Wadsley
— Name is George Henry, aged 4 (headstone).
             
Watson, Sarah Ann 30 Malin Bridge 12 Mar 1864, Hillsborough Wadsley 6
— Aged 32 (headstone).
             
Webster, Peter 30 Neepsend Gardens 12 Mar 1864, Neepsend Gardens Burngreave 4831
— Aged 29/31 (headstone/burial record).
             
Webster, Peter 1.5 Neepsend Gardens 12 Mar 1864, Neepsend Gardens Burngreave
— Name is Joseph Edward, originally recorded by Jackson as Peter. Aged 10mth/1.5 Aged 24/30 (headstone/burial record).
             
Webster, Robert 3.5 Neepsend Gardens 12 Mar 1864, Neepsend Gardens Burngreave
— Aged 4/3.5 (headstone/burial record).
             
Webster, Sarah 30 Neepsend Gardens 12 Mar 1864, Neepsend Gardens Burngreave
— Aged 24/30 (headstone/burial record).
             
Willett, Priscilla 16 Long Croft 19 Mar 1864, Cotton Mill Row Burngreave 88
— Surname spelt Willits in burial record, Willets in Flood Claim and Willetts for family member in 1861 census. Aged 13 (burial record).
             
Winter, Thomas 70 Owlerton 12 Mar 1864, Club Mill Chesterfield 1014
             
Wolstenholme, William 72 Malin Bridge 12 Mar 1864, Malin Bridge Wadsley
— Aged 74 (monumental inscription for Owlerton Methodist Chapel). Recorded by Jackson as buried in Wadsley but should be Owlerton.
             
Wright, George 33 Bacon Island 30, 3532, 5477, 5729
— Aged 34, body not found (headstone).
             
Wright, Rebecca 29 Bacon Island 14 Mar 1864, Kilnhurst Kilnhurst 30, 5477

 

 
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