James William Wilkinson b. 24 Feb 1869 19 Lower Albion Street, Manchester, England d. 7 Jul 1909 Oahu Insane Asylum, Honolulu, Hawaii: Lucies Family History Site

1869 - 1909 (40 years)

Name	James William Wilkinson
Birth	24 Feb 1869	19 Lower Albion Street, Manchester, England [1, 2, 3]
Christening	07 Mar 1869	St. Augustine's Roman Catholic Chapel, Granby Row, Manchester, Lancashire [4]
	According to Gerard Lodge of Manchester Family History Research, the entry was in Latin. Parents are shown as Joseph Wilkinson and Ann (nee McGuire). Godparents James and Emily Moor.
Gender	Male
Census	3 Apr 1881	Industrial Training Ship Clio, Menai Strait, off Bangor (parish of Llandegfan), Anglesey, Wales [5]
	PROBABLE IDENTIFICATION (see the note "The training ship Clio"). The 1881 census of the Clio lists "J W Wilkinson", scholar, aged 11, born Manchester, Lancashire, "training for the sea", one of 244 boys aboard. The ship was run by the City of Chester and Border Counties Training Ship Society.
Emigration	05 Jun 1888	Honolulu, Hawaii
	Passenger manifest (at Hawaii State Archives) shows on board S.S. Australia from Honolulu to San Francisco
Emigration	28 Aug 1888	San Francisco, California
	Passenger manifest (at Hawaii State Archives) shows on board S.S. Australia from San Francisco to Honolulu.
Occupation	1890	Honolulu, Hawaii
	The Hawaii Directory (1890) shows J. Wilkinson as a fireman on the steamer Mikahala, owned by Inter Island Steam Ship Navigation Co. Honolulu, Hawaii Directory, 1890 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2000. Original data: Honolulu, HI, 1890. Honolulu, HI, USA: The Pacific Press Publishing Company, 1890.
Residence	1896	192 King Street, Honolulu, Hawaii [6]
	Listed at 192 King Street.
Residence	1898	Pauoa Road near Punchbowl, Honolulu, Hawaii [7]
	Chief engineer of the steamer Noeau, Inter-Island Steam Navigation Co.; residence Pauoa Road near Punchbowl. Another listing in the same directory has J. W. Wilkinson as second engineer of the Mikahala.
Imigration	13 Aug 1900	Honolulu, Hawai USA
	Naturalization Petition - Volume 1, Page 17. Filed and admitted 13 Aug 1900. Source Citation: National Archives and Records Administration (NARA); Washington, D.C.; Index to Naturalizations of the US District Court for the District of Hawaii, 1900-1976 (M2074); Microfilm Serial: M2074; Microfilm Roll: 22.
Residence	1902	1236 Kinau Street, Honolulu, Hawaii [8]
	Second engineer on a steamer; residence 1236 Kinau Street (lower Makiki).
Occupation	1903	Honolulu, Hawaii [9]
	Chief engineer (the index also reads "Nonpareil", probably the name of his vessel).
Residence	1904 - 1905	834 Young Street, Honolulu, Hawaii [10]
	Engineer, pumping station; residence 834 Young Street. Albert remembered living on Young Street "near the Dairyman's Association", opposite the government nursery.
Residence	1907 - 1908	Magazine Street corner Spencer Street, Honolulu, Hawaii [11]
	Engineer; residence Magazine Street at the corner of Spencer Street (Makiki).
Occupation	4 Aug 1907	Kalihi Pumping Station, North King Street, Honolulu, Hawaii [12, 13]
	Engineer in charge of the Kalihi pumping station of the Territorial Department of Public Works. On Sunday 4 Aug 1907 George Hailele, a stevedore aged about 26 who had asked James for permission to learn to oil the engine, was killed on his first day when his sleeve caught an oil cup on the crank shaft of the triple-expansion pumping engine. That morning James had shown him how to steady himself - "one hand for yourself, and one for the machinery." James was in the boiler room when it happened. "My first impulse," said Wilkinson, "when I saw the body was to gather it up. Then I reflected that the man was dead, and assistance to him impossible, and that I had better notify the police and the coroner." The Advertiser said the accident was "wholly without fault of his", but that he "was very much affected by the accident". Two years later the Evening Bulletin wrote that his health had been failing ever since. In the family story, as Albert told it on his 1961 tape, James died of a blow to the head while testing a fire hydrant; his death certificate gives general paresis.
Residence	1909	Center Street above Waialae Road, Kaimuki, Honolulu, Hawaii [14]
	Engineer; residence Center Street above Waialae Road, Kaimuki - the house and lot the family bought in 1908, on the side of Mau'umae Hill.
Death	7 Jul 1909	Oahu Insane Asylum, Honolulu, Hawaii [15]
Newspaper Article	09 Jul 1909	Honolulu, Hawaii [16]
	Obituary from the Hawaii Gazette, 9 Jul 1909, page 8-3. "In this city, July 6, 1909, J.W. Wilkinson, a member of the Marine Engineers Benevolent Association and the Oceanic Lodge, No. 3?, F.&A.M. Funeral this Wednesday at 3 o'clock from the Masonic Temple."
Burial	Oahu Cemetery, Honolulu, Hawaii
Notes	1900 Census: Living aboard S.S. Claudine, docked in Kailua/Kona. He was First Engineer. The only other person on board at the time of the census was the engineer, William Lycett born 1875 from Australia. Both James and William Lycett spoke English and Hawaiian. James was born in April, 1869 in England and immigrated to Hawaii in 1888 when he was 19. He was a naturalized citizen. His parents were both born in England. He was married (and it looks like someone noted that he had one child, and then tried to erase or smudge the "1"). At the time of the census he was 31 years old. Census ED5, page 154. Per Allen W. Hoof, Archivist, State of Hawaii (e-mail dated July 2, 2003): SS Claudine was built on the Clyde in 1890 and steamed from Glasgow to Hawaii in the same year. She was registered in Hawaii (number 291 (new)) and ownership was transferred to the Wilder Steamship Company. She carried the Hawaiian annexation delegation to San Francisco following the overthrow of the Hawaiian monarchy in 1893; grounded on a reef outside Honolulu Harbor in 1907; and was scrapped in 1928. We made a phone call and determined that Wilder Steamship Company went out of business in 1905. Since SS Claudine remained in service after that, it is apparent that ownership was transferred to another company, but we have no records of such transactions after 1900. Perhaps that information would be in Lloyd's Register. July 8, 2003: Lloyd's Register confirmed that the S.S. Claudine was a steel screw schooner rigged steamer built by Napier, Shanks & Bell in Glasgow in 1890. It had triple expansion engines with three cylinders, built by Dunsmuir & Jackson, Glasgow. Tonnages and dimensions first recorded: 785 gross tons, 431 net tons, 623 underdeck, 184.0 feet length, 32.0 feet breadth, 15.9 feet depth. Official number 127431, call letters KPWG. 1906-07 transferred to Inter Island Steam Navigation Co., Ltd. 1929-30, listed as broken up. I contacted June Watanabe - who writes the Kokua Line column in the Honolulu Star Bulletin - for her help in getting information from St. Andrew's Cathedral about James William Wilkinson's marrige. June wrote an informtive column on the process on 21 June 2008: http://starbulletin.com/2008/06/22/news/kokualine.html [17] THE TRAINING SHIP CLIO (research of 22 October 2026) CONCLUSION: James is very probably the "J. W. Wilkinson" aboard the Industrial Training Ship Clio in the 1881 census. The identification is circumstantial: no record yet found names him in full as a Clio boy. Every check below points the same way and none points against it. THE SHIP. The Clio was an old wooden warship moored in the Menai Strait off Bangor and run, from 1877 to 1920, as an industrial training ship by the City of Chester and Border Counties Training Ship Society. Boys sent to her were trained for the sea. THE 1881 ENTRY. Census night 3 April 1881: "WILKINSON J W, Scholar, M, 11, Training For The Sea", born Lancashire, Manchester (RG11/5574, folio 123, page 11; FreeCEN transcription RG11/5574A, folio 118, page 1). There were 244 boys aboard, 78 of them born in Manchester. He is the only Wilkinson aboard, and one of very few boys entered by initials rather than full forenames. WHY HE FITS - Born 24 Feb 1869 in Manchester; his mother died in 1875; his father Joseph, organ builder, remarried Elizabeth Pennington at CHESTER on 7 May 1879. In 1881 Joseph was at 28 Lyon Street, Chester, with Elizabeth and a son Henry, WITHOUT James or his brother Joseph (b. 1871). The Clio drew its boys from Chester and the border counties. - He went to sea: by 1888 he was in Honolulu, a fireman on the Inter-Island steamer Mikahala by 1890, and later a chief engineer. - In Honolulu he was styled "J. W. Wilkinson", the same form as the Clio entry (death notices, Pacific Commercial Advertiser, Hawaiian Star and Evening Bulletin, 7 Jul 1909). - The 1900 census (aboard SS Claudine) says he immigrated to Hawaii in 1888, aged 19. THE AGE. On census night James was 12, not 11. Ages on institutional returns were often entered by staff and are frequently a year out. A Carnarvon and Denbigh Herald report (1 Jun 1888, p. 6) notes that boys under twelve could be admitted if the committing board paid a weekly sum. RULING OUT THE OTHERS (FreeBMD birth index, Sep 1866 to Dec 1871, searched 22 Oct 2026; 1881 census searched on Ancestry) - James William Wilkinson, Jun qtr 1869, Manchester 8d 205, is OUR James and the ONLY James Wilkinson of any kind registered in Manchester district 1866-71. Chorlton district has only James E. Wilkinson, Mar qtr 1866 (aged 15 in 1881). - No James Wilkinson born in Manchester about 1867-71 appears anywhere in the 1881 census index except, as "J. W.", on the Clio. - John William Wilkinson, Dec qtr 1868, Manchester 8d 285: in 1881 at home with his parents William and Julia in Little Bolton (Ancestry record 9936611); in 1891 a labourer in Barrow-in-Furness with his father William. Ruled out. - John William Wilkinson, Dec qtr 1870, Manchester 8d 319: a John William Wilkinson aged 4 died Mar qtr 1875, Manchester 8d 270. Probably dead. - Joseph Whitehead Wilkinson, Sep qtr 1869, Chorlton 8c 671: two Manchester-born Joseph Wilkinsons of about that age are at home with family in 1881 (son of Jane, Moss Side; son of Thomas and Susannah, Bradford, Manchester); INFERENCE: one of them is him. A Joseph W. Wilkinson, born Hulme, was an iron dresser near Manchester in 1891. - Joseph William Wilkinson, Dec qtr 1871, Manchester 8d 266: he would have been 9, not 11, in 1881; not placed. - Other J. W. Wilkinsons born 1866-71 were registered outside Manchester (Bury, Salford, Ashton, Oldham, Bolton); the Clio entry says born Manchester. ARRIVAL IN HAWAII (LEAD, NOT CONFIRMED). The Daily Bulletin, Honolulu, 4 Jun 1888, p. 2, lists "Messrs. Wilkinson, Donwell, Carlos Morton" among those who came by the brig Hazard, from New Zealand by way of Jaluit. Whether this is James is not established; the full column has not yet been read. https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn82016412/1888-06-04/ed-1/?sp=2 STILL TO COME - The Clio's admission and discharge registers would settle it (full name, age, parent, committing court). Anglesey Archives (Ifan Roberts, Oct 2026) hold none. Enquiries are out to Gwynedd Archives, Cheshire Archives and the National Maritime Museum's Caird Library (sent 22 Oct 2026). Cheshire Archives replied automatically on 22 Oct 2026 that they are closed while moving to new premises and reopen on 13 Jan 2027 (Chester) and March 2027 (Crewe), so no answer from them before then. Denbighshire Archives hold Clio papers 1880-87 including annual reports. - Emrys Wyn Roberts, "The 'Clio', 1877-1920" (2011, ISBN 9781845241803), ordered October 2026: check its sources for surviving registers and any mention of Wilkinson. - His 1900 naturalization petition (Hawaii, vol. 1, p. 17) may name the ship and date of arrival.
Person ID	I19	Walsh - Wilson Family Tree \| Craig
Last Modified	2 Oct 2017

Father	Joseph Wilkinson, b. 02 Dec 1847, 29 Spear Street, Manchester, Lancashire, England d. 19 Apr 1910, Barton upon Irwell RD, Lancashire (Age 62 years)
Mother	Ann McGuire, b. 10 Aug 1849, 4 Whiteman's Buildings, Manchester, England d. 5 Oct 1875, 11 Medlock Square, Manchester, England (Age 26 years)
Marriage	28 Jul 1867	St. Augustine's Roman Catholic Chapel, Granby Row, Manchester, Lancashire [18]
Documents		Marriage Certificate - Joseph Wilkinson and Ann Maguire In Saint Augustine's Chapel, Manchester, on 28 Jul 1867. Witnesses John Heron and Elizabeth Walker.
Family ID	F849	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family Emilia Katharina Wyser, b. 5 Apr 1873, Niedergosgen, Switzerland d. 21 Nov 1959, Eugene, Oregon (Age 86 years)

Marriage 2 Jun 1895 St. Andrews Cathedral, Honolulu, Hawaii [19]

According to Stuart Ching, the Histographer at St. Andrew's Cathedral in Honolulu, Hawaii (e-mail dated 24 MAY 2008):

I am happy to report that I did find the entry in the St. Andrew's Cathedral register for the marriage of your great grandparents on June 2, 1895. Because the brittle pages of the Cathedral register would be at risk of crumbling, here is a typescript of the marriage entry:

1895 marriage solemnized in the Cathedral Church of S. Andrew.

No: 936 - When married: June 2, 1895

Name and Surname: James William Wilkinson
Age: 26
Condition: Bachelor
Rank or Profession: Machinist

Name and Surname: Lillie Wyser
Age: 21
Condition: Spinster

Residence at the Time of Marriage: Honolulu

Groom:
Father's Name and Surname: Joseph Wilkinson
Rank or Profession of Father: organ builder
Bride:
Father's Name and Surname: Bruno Wyser
Rank or Profession of Father: tanner

Married in the Cath. Church of St. Andrew according to the Rites and Ceremonies of the Church of England by license or after___by me Alexr. Mackintosh

This marriage was solemnized between us, James William Wilkinson Lillie Wyser

In the presence of us,
Thomas Henderson
Mrs. Mary Burn

Notes

Territory of Hawaii Marriages, 1890-1896, Book 2. Marriage performed by A. MacIntosh, witnesses Thos. Henderson, Mary Burn. Marriage at St. Andrews Cathedral, Honolulu.

Children

+	1. Albert Joseph Wilkinson, b. 11 May 1896, Honolulu, Hawaii - Alapai and King Streets d. 7 Feb 1975, Hale Nani Convalescent Hospital, 1677 Pensacola Street, Honolulu, Hawaii (Age 78 years)
+	2. James William Wilkinson, b. 12 Dec 1897, Honolulu, Hawaii d. 03 Aug 1957 (Age 59 years)
+	3. Charles Henry Wilkinson, b. 28 Mar 1905, Honolulu, Hawaii d. 17 Feb 1975, Honolulu, Hawaii (Age 69 years)

Documents

James William Wilkinson - Lillie Wyser Marriage Certificate
License issued 31 May 1895, married 2 Jun 1895 at St. Andrew's Cathedral, Honolulu, Hawaii.

Family ID F10 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Last Modified 8 Nov 2008

Event Map

	Birth - 24 Feb 1869 - 19 Lower Albion Street, Manchester, England
	Emigration - Passenger manifest (at Hawaii State Archives) shows on board S.S. Australia from Honolulu to San Francisco - 05 Jun 1888 - Honolulu, Hawaii
	Occupation - The Hawaii Directory (1890) shows J. Wilkinson as a fireman on the steamer Mikahala, owned by Inter Island Steam Ship Navigation Co. Honolulu, Hawaii Directory, 1890 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2000. Original data: Honolulu, HI, 1890. Honolulu, HI, USA: The Pacific Press Publishing Company, 1890. - 1890 - Honolulu, Hawaii
	Occupation - Chief engineer (the index also reads "Nonpareil", probably the name of his vessel). - 1903 - Honolulu, Hawaii
	Newspaper Article - Obituary from the Hawaii Gazette, 9 Jul 1909, page 8-3. "In this city, July 6, 1909, J.W. Wilkinson, a member of the Marine Engineers Benevolent Association and the Oceanic Lodge, No. 3?, F.&A.M. Funeral this Wednesday at 3 o'clock from the Masonic Temple." - 09 Jul 1909 - Honolulu, Hawaii

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Photos » Slide Show		Lily and James Wilkinson Photo courtesy of Carolyn and James Wilkinson Jr.
		James Wilkinson with his sons James (left) and Albert (right) Photo courtesy of Carolyn and James Wilkinson Jr.
		The Wilkinson Family in Hawaii - Charles, James, Albert, Lily, and James Jr.

Documents » Slide Show		James William Wilkinson Death Certificate (Territory of Hawaii) Died 7 Jul 1909 at Oahu Asylum of general paresis, which is defined as "paralytic dementia; a form of neurosyphilis in which chronic meningoencephalitis causes gradual loss of cortical function, progressive dementia, and generalized paralysis." Onset 1 year. Birthplace shown as Wales, age 40. Date of birth unknown.
		James William Wilkinson - Birth Certificate
		"Fireman Becomes Insane" - Hawaiian Gazette, 8 Nov 1901 The story about how Ah You, a Chinese fireman on the steamer Mikahala, "became suddenly insane from the heat of the furnace" and was led back to his cabin by James Wilkinson. Ah You "gave no more trouble."
		1871 Census - Joseph Wilkinson and Family Census shows Joseph Wilkinson (age 24), an organ builder, living with his wife Ann (age 22) and sons James (2 yrs) and Joseph (2 months) at 9 Altrincham St in Manchester. Living with James Maguire (age 60, a labourer, born Ireland) and Ann Maguire (age 50) - both presumably Ann Wilkinson's parents.
		James Wilkinson - United States Inspector's License to Chief Engineers License 12 (31155) issued by the now-defunct Inspector of Hulls and Inspector of Boilers on 24 Feb 1906
		Census of the Hawaiian Islands - 25 June 1900 - James William Wilkinson The census report shows James Wilkinson, age 31, on the S.S. Claudine. Date of birth shown as Apr 1869, which isn't quite accurate - birth certificate shows 24 Feb 1869. He is shown as being naturalised, and having emigrated to the United States in 1888. He is the 1st Engineer.
		James W. Wilkinson Obituary - Hawaii Gazette 9 Jul 1909, page 8-3. "In this city, July 6, 1909, J.W. Wilkinson, a member of the Marine Engineers Benevolent Association and the Oceanic Lodge, No. 3?, F.&A.M. Funeral this Wednesday at 3 o'clock from the Masonic Temple."
		"Cutting Scrape: Running Amuck [sic] of a Ranchman at a Picnic" The Daily Bulletin, Honolulu, Hawaii - 7 November 1892
		"Hope Led to a Violent Death" Pacific Commercial Advertiser - Honolulu, Hawaii - 5 August 1907
		"Made Insane By Heat - Chinese Fireman Tried to Jump Overboard" The Hawaiian Star - Honolulu, Hawaii - 6 November 1901 - Page 1
		James William Wilkinson - Obituary Pacific Commercial Advertiser - Honolulu, Hawaii - 8 July 1909 - Page 9
		"James W. Wilkinson [has] taken the oath to the Republic" The Daily Bulletin - Honolulu, Hawaii - 7 February 1895 - Page 5
		"The Marine Engineers' Beneficial Association Number 100 have installed the following named officers to serve for the ensuing year: Treasurer - James W. Wilkinson." Evening Bulletin - Honolulu, Hawaii - 14 January 1909, Page 3
		Complete List of Foreigners Who are Now Citizens of the United States James W Wilkinson - By Judge Estee - From 14 June to 1 September 1900 - "The Hawaiian Gazette" - Honolulu, Hawaii - 4 September 1900
		A Cutting Scrape Evening Bulletin - Honolulu, Hawaii - 7 Nov 1892
		With the First Regiment - Hawaiian Star - 12 Feb 1896
		Lillie Wilkinson buys lot 21, block 107, Palolo Valley (Kaimuki) - deed and Trent Trust mortgage - Pacific Commercial Advertiser - 28 May 1908 - Page 6 Real estate transactions, "Recorded May 18, 1908": "John B Freitas and wf to Lillie Wilkinson, D; lot 21, blk 107, Palolo Valley, Honolulu, Oahu. $1750. B 302, p 420. Dated May 16, 1908. / Lillie Wilkinson and hsb (J W) to Trent Trust Co, Ltd, M; lot 21, blk 107, Palolo Valley, Honolulu Oahu. $750. B 301, p 202. Dated May 16, 1908." The deed and mortgage themselves are at the Bureau of Conveyances, Honolulu: deed Liber 302 p. 420; mortgage Liber 301 p. 202. The same two entries appear in short form in the Evening Bulletin, 19 May 1908, p. 6. Newspapers.com image 259144646.
		1881 Census - J.W. Wilkinson on the Industrial Training Ship Clio, Menai Strait 1881 census of Wales, Industrial Training School Ship Clio, moored in the Menai Strait (parish of Llandegfan, Anglesey; registration district Bangor, sub-district Beaumaris). Line 11: J.W. Wilkinson, scholar, 11, born Lancashire, Manchester, "Training for the sea". TNA RG11/5574, folio 123, page 11. Source: 1881 Wales Census (Ancestry). Identified as James William Wilkinson from his age, birthplace and later life at sea; only his initials are given.
		"New Units at Kalihi Pumping Station Begun" - Honolulu Star-Bulletin - 14 Jun 1927 - Page 1 Erection of two new pumping units at the Kalihi water pumping station began on Monday 13 June 1927 under the direction of Honolulu Iron Works engineers: a 4,000,000-gallon high-pressure pump and a 10,000,000-gallon low-pressure pump, both of the horizontal cross-compound type. "It is planned to repair the pump of the vertical triple expansion type, which has been on duty for many years, and use it as a stand-by and to handle lighter loads." That old vertical triple-expansion engine is almost certainly the 1899 steam pump now known as the "Old Man of Kalihi", which the Board of Water Supply still keeps in the Historical Room of the Fred Ohrt Water Museum - and very likely the engine James Wilkinson ran as engineer at the station (directories 1904-05; the George Hailele accident of 4 Aug 1907). This article explains how it survived: instead of being scrapped when the new units arrived, it was repaired and kept as a stand-by inside the enlarged station, whose present building (the plaque says erected 1927) still stands at King Street and Waiakamilo Road. Whether the 1927 building was literally built around the old engine is not stated here and has not been confirmed. Source: Honolulu Star-Bulletin, Tuesday 14 June 1927, page 1 (Newspapers.com image 275154294). Related: Star-Bulletin 13 Sep 1927 p. 1, "Kalihi's High Lift Pump Busy" (image 274847782), the trial run of the new 4,000,000-gallon pump under chief engineer Frederick Ohrt.

Headstones

James William Wilkinson - Grave at Oahu Cemetery
In the Masonic Lodge section

Histories

In His Own Words: Albert Wilkinson's 1961 Tape
Albert Joseph Wilkinson recorded for his grandson Craig on 3 and 4 September 1961: a Honolulu boyhood, 1900 to 1909. The full 69-minute recording with a line-numbered transcript you can click to hear, and exhibits from the newspapers, directories and ship lists: the Kalihi pump, the Sierra and the Hilonian (the ship that would not stay sunk), Mau'umae Hill, Crady Lane, and the death of his father James in 1909.

Sources

[S4] Family Search Website, (http://www.familysearch.com), Family Search Ancestral File v4.19.
February 1872 date of birth (in England) from Family Search website. The website indicates, "Ancestral File is a collection of genealogical information taken from Pedigree Charts and Family Group Records submitted to the Family History Department since 1978. The information has not been verified against any official records. Since the information in Ancestral File is contributed, it is the responsibility of those who use the file to verify its accuracy."
Submitter: Naomi Luika Wilkinson, 45-618 Keole Street, Kaneohe, Hawaii 96744. Microfilm 1394470, submission AF86-000827.
[S54] 1900 United States Federal Census, ED5-B, Sheet 39.
The 1900 United States Census - Census of the Hawaiian Islands shows that James indicated he was born in Apr 1869, and emigrated to the United States (Hawaii?) in 1888. I believe this date of birth is probably more accurate than the one from the Family History website.
[S4901] U.K. General Register Office, 15 May 2008, Manchester Registration District, 1869 Birth, London Road, 198509-1 (Reliability: 3).
James William Wilkinson born 24 FEB 1869 at 19 Lower Albion Street, Manchester. Birth registered 5 APR 1869.
[S4916] Gerard Lodge, Manchester Family History Research (Reliability: 3).
[S63] 1881 England Census, 3 Apr 1881, RG11/5574, folio 123, page 11 (FreeCEN transcription filed as RG11/5574A, folio 118, page 1, Anglesey, Llandegfan, "Menai Straits"): https://www.freecen.org.uk/search_records/6ab8ab46eb9b76f1017b30c7 (Reliability: 2).
WILKINSON J W, Scholar, M, 11, Training For The Sea, Lancashire Manchester
[S5195] Honolulu City Directories, (F. M. Husted), Honolulu City Directory, 1896 (Reliability: 3).
Transcribed from the Ancestry index of this directory; page image not yet checked.
[S5195] Honolulu City Directories, (F. M. Husted), Honolulu City Directory, 1898 (Ancestry image 227 of 839) (Reliability: 3).
"Wilkinson James W, chief engineer str Noeau I I S N Co, r Pauoa Road nr Punchbowl"
[S5195] Honolulu City Directories, (F. M. Husted), Honolulu City Directory, 1902 (Reliability: 3).
Transcribed from the Ancestry index of this directory; page image not yet checked.
[S5195] Honolulu City Directories, (F. M. Husted), Honolulu City Directory, 1903 (Reliability: 3).
Transcribed from the Ancestry index of this directory; page image not yet checked.
[S5195] Honolulu City Directories, (F. M. Husted), Honolulu City Directories, 1904 and 1905 (Reliability: 3).
Transcribed from the Ancestry index of this directory; page image not yet checked.
[S5195] Honolulu City Directories, (F. M. Husted), Honolulu City Directories, 1907 and 1908 (Reliability: 3).
Transcribed from the Ancestry index of this directory; page image not yet checked.
[S4980] Honolulu Advertiser, 5 Aug 1907, Pacific Commercial Advertiser, Mon 5 Aug 1907, p. 1, "Hope Led to a Violent Death" (Reliability: 3).
"Hailele, anxious to do likewise, applied yesterday morning to Engineer James W. Wilkinson for permission to learn to oil the engine ... Engineer Wilkinson was very much affected by the accident, though it was wholly without fault of his."
[S59] Honolulu Star Bulletin, 5 Aug 1907, Evening Bulletin, Mon 5 Aug 1907, p. 3, "Caught By Oil Cups On Crank Shaft" (Reliability: 3).
"Although no fault of his, engineer Wilkinson was very much affected by the accident. Earlier in the day the engineer had cautioned the young man regarding his careless way of approaching the moving crank when oiling up."
[S5195] Honolulu City Directories, (F. M. Husted), Honolulu City Directory, 1909 (Reliability: 3).
Transcribed from the Ancestry index of this directory; page image not yet checked.
[S59] Honolulu Star Bulletin, 7 Jul 1909, Evening Bulletin, Wed 7 Jul 1909, p. 5, "J. W. Wilkinson Died This Morning" (Newspapers.com clipping 207283419) (Reliability: 3).
"James William Wilkinson, who until recently has been the engineer in charge of the Kalihi pump, died at 2 o'clock this morning after a lingering illness. Mr. Wilkinson's health has been failing ever since the accident at Kalihi pump, in which one of the helpers, a native boy, was killed. He has been under the physician's care for some months. A wife and three children are left to mourn their loss. Mr. Wilkinson was a member of the Marine Engineers' Association and of Oceanic Lodge No. 371 F. & A. M. The funeral services will be held in the Masonic Temple at 3 o'clock this afternoon under the auspices of Oceanic Lodge, R. H. Bemrose, Master."
[S4962] Nanette N. Napoleon, Nanette N. Napoleon Report (Reliability: 3).
[S59] Honolulu Star Bulletin, 21 Jun 2008 (Reliability: 3).
[S4901] U.K. General Register Office (Reliability: 3).
[S4902] Stuart Ching - Historiographer, St Andrew's Cathedral - Honolulu, Stuart Ching - E-mail dated 24 May 2008 (Reliability: 3).