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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 45701 people with the Wilkinson surname? In that year Wilkinson was ranked number 62 for popularity in the UK. |
Wilkinson records on Ancestry
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Origins and History
New to Family History? Check out our Getting Started page. Check out House Of Names to investigate the origins of the Wilkinson surname or get a copy of the Wilkinson family Crest (a great gift idea!).
"WILKINSON. 'Son of Wilkin' q.v. John Wylkynson or Wilkinsoune was a resident of Vddynston in 1498 (REG., 478, 479), Schir William Wilkinsone had a special respite and protection in 1504 (Trials, i, p. 42), and Robert Wylkynsone was vicar of Ardrossan in 1537 (LCD., p. 100). From this comes MACQUTLKAN, a name met with in Kintyre. WILKINSON. 'Son of Wilkin' q.v. John Wylkynson or Wilkinsoune was a resident of Vddynston in 1498 (REG., 478, 479), Schir William Wilkinsone had a special respite and protection in 1504 (Trials, i, p. 42), and Robert Wylkynsone was vicar of Ardrossan in 1537 (LCD., p. 100). From this comes MACQUTLKAN, a name met with in Kintyre. "(The surnames of Scotland. George Fraser Black, 1866-1948)
DNA
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for the Wilkinson Family History
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Wilkinson Genealogy that will form part of your family tree. Although records vary from country to country, they are normally the most formal record of a person's relations. From the sources below you will be able to find a birth record and, from that, a birth certificate can be ordered which lists the names of the mother and father, taking you back another generation in your tree. A marriage certificate may also list the names of the respective fathers of the bride and groom which may then help you to find them earlier in life on a census record enabling you to fill out more detail in the Wilkinson family tree.
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| Did you know that there are currently 54908 people with the Wilkinson surname in the UK? Wilkinson is now ranked number 73 for popularity in the UK. |
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Miscellaneous Wilkinson Databases
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Some Famous People with the surname of Wilkinson
| Tom Wilkinson |  | Thomas Jeffrey "Tom" Wilkinson OBE (born 12 December 1948) is an English actor. |
| Kevin Wilkinson | | Kevin Wilkinson (11 June 1958 - 17 July 1999) was a musician based in Swindon, Wiltshire, England. |
| Morton S. Wilkinson | | Morton Smith Wilkinson (January 22, 1819 ? February 4, 1894) was an American politician. |
| James H. Wilkinson | | James Hardy Wilkinson (27 September, 1919 ? 5 October, 1986) was a prominent figure in the field of numerical analysis, a field at the boundary of applied mathematics and computer science particularly useful to physics and engineering. |
| James Wilkinson | | James Wilkinson (March 24, 1757 ? December 28, 1825) was an American soldier and statesman, who was associated with several scandals and controversies. |
| John Wilkinson | | John "Iron-Mad" Wilkinson (1728 ? 1808) was an English industrialist who suggested the use of cast iron for many roles where other materials had previously been used. |
| Jonny Wilkinson | | Jonathan Peter Wilkinson OBE (born 25 May 1979 in Frimley, Surrey) is an English rugby union player and member of the England national team. |
| Jemima Wilkinson | | Jemima Wilkinson (November 29 1752 - July 1 1819) was a charismatic American evangelist who preached total sexual abstinence and the Ten Commandments to her congregation of "Universal Friends. |
| Gary Wilkinson | | Gary Wilkinson (born April 7, 1966) is an English professional snooker player. |
| John Gardner Wilkinson | | Sir John Gardner Wilkinson (October 5, 1797?October 29, 1875) was a well-known English traveller, writer and pioneer Egyptologist of the 19th century. |
| Howard Wilkinson | | Howard Wilkinson (born 13 November 1943 in Sheffield) is a former English football player and manager. |
| Colm Wilkinson | | Colm Wilkinson, (also known as C. |
| Alfred Robert Wilkinson | | Alfred Robert Wilkinson VC (5 December 1896-18 October 1940),was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces. |
| Thomas Wilkinson | | Thomas Wilkinson VC (1831-22 September 1887) was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces. |
| Thomas Wilkinson | | Thomas Wilkinson VC (1 August, 1898 - 14 February 1942) of Widnes was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces. |
| Thomas Orde Lawder Wilkinson | | Thomas Orde Lawder Wilkinson VC (June 29, 1894, Bridgnorth, England - July 5, 1916), was a Canadian soldier who was posthumously awarded the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces. |
| Geoffrey Wilkinson | | Sir Geoffrey Wilkinson (14 July 1921 ? 26 September 1996) was a Nobel laureate English chemist who pioneered inorganic chemistry and homogeneous transition metal catalysis. |
| Ellen Wilkinson | | Ellen Cicely Wilkinson (8 October 1891 ? 6 February 1947) was the Labour Member of Parliament for Middlesbrough and later for Jarrow on Tyneside. |
| Nevile Wilkinson | | Major Sir Nevile Rodwell Wilkinson, KCVO (26 October 1869?22 December 1940) was a British officer of arms, British Army officer, and a dollhouse designer. |
| Wallace G. Wilkinson | | Wallace Glenn Wilkinson (December 12, 1941?July 5, 2002) was a Kentucky businessman who made a fortune with college bookstores, and Governor of Kentucky, 1987-1991. |
| Laura Wilkinson | | Laura Ann Wilkinson (born November 17, 1977 in Texas) is a former American diver. |
| Dan Wilkinson | | Daniel Raymon Wilkinson nicknamed "Big Daddy" (born March 13, 1973 in Dayton, Ohio) is a former American football defensive tackle that played for the Cincinnati Bengals, Washington Redskins, Detroit Lions, and Miami Dolphins of the National Football League. |
| Kate Wilkinson | | Kate Wilkinson (October 25, 1916, San Francisco, California ? d. |
| Theodore S. Wilkinson | | Theodore Stark "Ping" Wilkinson (December 22, 1888 ? February 21, 1946) was a Vice-Admiral of the United States Navy during World War II. |
| Bud Wilkinson | | Charles Burnham "Bud" Wilkinson (April 23, 1916 ? February 9, 1994) was a Hall of Fame American football coach for the University of Oklahoma. |
| Alex Wilkinson | | Alexander Wilkinson (born 13 August 1984 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia) is an Australian football (soccer) player. |
| Tom Wilkinson | | Tom Wilkinson was a football quarterback for several teams in the Canadian Football League. |
| Gavin Wilkinson | | Gavin Wilkinson (born 5 November 1973) is a former New Zealand footballer and current coach and General Manager of the USL First Division Portland Timbers. |
| Neil Wilkinson | | Neil Wilkinson (born 12 October, 1985 in Bridlington, Humberside) is a professional footballer. |
| Jack Wilkinson | | Jack Lloyd Wilkinson (born September 12, 1985 in Beverley, England) is an English footballer. |
| Len Wilkinson | | Leonard Litton Wilkinson (5 November 1916, Northwich, Cheshire?3?September 2002, Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria) was an English cricketer who played in 3 Tests from 1938 to 1939. |
| Chris Wilkinson | | Christopher "Chris" Wilkinson (born 5 January 1970 in Southampton, Hampshire) is a former tennis player from England. |
| John Wilkinson | | John Wilkinson (1853?) was an Australian politician, elected from 1889 to 1895 as a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly, for the electoral district of Albury. |
| Naomi Wilkinson | | Naomi Wilkinson (born 30 June 1974, in Bristol) is a British television presenter. |
| Amanda Wilkinson | | Amanda Nichole Wilkinson (born January 17, 1982 in Belleville, Ontario, Canada) is a well known country singer. |
| Ernest L. Wilkinson | | Ernest L. |
| Martha Wilkinson | | Martha Wilkinson was the First Lady of Kentucky from 1987 to 1991. |
| James Wilkinson | | James Wilkinson (30 November 1854 ? 11 January 1915) was an Australian politician. |
| John Alexander Wilkinson | | John Alexander Wilkinson (September 14 1789 ? September 17 1862) was a judge and political figure in Upper Canada. |
| Gerris Wilkinson | | Gerris Vernard Bowers Wilkinson (born April 5, 1983 in) is an American football linebacker for the New York Giants in the National Football League. |
| John Wilkinson | | John Wilkinson OBE has been chairman of Salford City Reds rugby league club since 1982. |
| Denys Wilkinson | | Sir Denys Haigh Wilkinson FRS (born 5 September 1922 in Leeds, Yorkshire) is a British nuclear physicist. |
| Richard Wilkinson | | Richard G. |
| June Wilkinson | | June Wilkinson (born 27 March 1940 in Essex) is an English model and actress, known for her appearances in "Playboy" magazine and in films of the 1960s. |
| Andrew Wilkinson | | Andrew Wilkinson (1697?1784) was a British politician and racehorse breeder. |
| Spenser Wilkinson | | (Henry) Spenser Wilkinson (1 May 1853 in Hulme, Manchester ? 31 January 1937 in Oxford) was the first Chichele Professor of Military History at Oxford University. |
| Andy Wilkinson | | Andrew Gordon "Andy" Wilkinson (born 6 August 1984) is an English footballer who plays as a defender for Stoke City. |
| Mandy Wilkinson | | Mandy Wilkinson born 1970 prematurely in Manchester. |
| Norman Wilkinson | | Norman Francis Wilkinson (born February 16, 1931 in Alnwick, England) is an English former footballer. |
| Eugene P. Wilkinson | | Eugene P. |
| Ben Wilkinson | | Alister Benjamin Wilkinson (born 25 April 1987), more commonly known as Ben Wilkinson, is an English footballer who plays as a midfielder for Chester City. |
| Lisa Wilkinson | | Lisa Wilkinson (born 19 December 1959 in Sydney, New South Wales) is an Australian journalist and television personality, and currently a co-host of the Nine Network's breakfast television program "Today", along with Karl Stefanovic. |
| Henry Wilkinson | | Henry Wilkinson was a first class cricketer who played 51 first class games from 1903 to 1912. |
| William Wilkinson | | William Herbert Wilkinson (March 12, 1881 in Thorpe Hesley, Rotherham, Yorkshire ? June 4, 1961 in Winson Green, Birmingham, Warwickshire). |
| Matthew Wilkinson | | Matthew Wilkinson (born November 16, 1985 in London, England) is a British figure skater who competes for South Africa. |
| Tom Wilkinson | | Thomas "Tom" Wilkinson (born in Lincoln, England) is an English former footballer. |
| Paul Wilkinson | | Paul Wilkinson (born 30 October 1964, Louth, Lincolnshire) is a retired English football striker currently working as the reserve team manager for Cardiff City. |
| John Wilkinson | | John Wilkinson (born 24 August 1979 in Exeter, England) is a professional soccer player who plays for the Singapore Armed Forces Football Club (SAFFC) and the Singapore national football team. |
| Bluey Wilkinson | | Arther George "Bluey" Wilkinson (born 27 August 1911 Millthorpe, Australia - died 27 July 1940) was an international speedway rider. |
| Richard Wilkinson | | Richard Wilkinson is a first class cricketer. |
| Frank Wilkinson | | Frank Wilkinson was a first class cricketer. |
| Dale Wilkinson | | Dale Wayne Wilkinson (born March 18 1960, in Pocatello, Idaho) is a retired American professional basketball player. |
| Norman Wilkinson | | Norman Wilkinson (9 June 1910 in Tantobie, England ? 1975) was an English footballer. |
| Isaac Wilkinson | | Isaac Wilkinson (baptised 6 May 1695 - 31 January 1784) was an English industrialist, one of the founders of the iron industry and pioneer of the Industrial Revolution. |
| Steve Wilkinson | | Steve Wilkinson (born 1 September 1968 in Lincoln) is a former professional football player who played as a striker for five different clubs in The Football League. |
| Moses Wilkinson | | Moses 'Daddy' Wilkinson or Old Moses was an African American slave, and Methodist preacher in Nova Scotia, and Sierra Leone. |
| David Wilkinson | | David John Wilkinson (born April 24, 1959) is considered to be one of the foremost experts and authors on Ambiguity and leadership. |
| Julia Wilkinson | | Julia Rose Wilkinson (born June 12, 1987) is a Canadian backstroke, medley, and freestyle swimmer. |
| Alexa Wilkinson | | Alexa Wilkinson is an American singer-songwriter, guitarist and trumpet player with two albums to her name: 2007's "Lullaby Appetite", partly co-written by Josh Kelley, and "Lions", released in 2008. |
| Alexander Wilkinson | | Colonel William Alexander Camac Wilkinson DSO, MC and Bar, GM (6 December 1892 ? 19 September 1983) was a highly decorated British Army officer and English cricketer. |
| William Cleaver Wilkinson | | William Cleaver Wilkinson, D. |
| Jack Wilkinson | | John "Jack" Wilkinson was an English rugby league footballer of the 1940s, '50s and '60s, and coach of the 1960s. |
| Ed Wilkinson | | Edward Henry Wilkinson (June 20, 1890 to April 9, 1918) was a Major League Baseball player. |
| Daniel Wilkinson | | Daniel Wilkinson (died November 21, 1885) was the last person to be executed by Maine. |
| Bill Wilkinson | | William Carl Wilkinson (born August 10, 1964 in Greybull, Wyoming) is an American former baseball pitcher. |
| Douglas Wilkinson | | Douglas Wilkinson (born January 7, 1974) is an independent filmmaker, living and working in Ottawa, Canada. |
| Jack Wilkinson | | Jack Wilkinson (17 September 1931 - 10 April 1996) was an English footballer. |
| Neil Wilkinson | | Neil Wilkinson (born 16 February 1955) is an English former footballer. |
| Rhian Wilkinson | | Rhian Wilkinson (born May 12, 1982 in Pointe-Claire, Quebec) is a British-Canadian female soccer player, who currently plays for Team Str?mmen. |
| Cassandra Wilkinson | | Cassandra Wilkinson is an Australian author and president and co-founder of FBi Radio. |
| John Wilkinson | | Dr John Wilkinson (1961 ?) is an English scientist who program led the first European degree course (Bachelor of Science with Honours) for herbal medicine at Middlesex University in the UK in 1994. |
| Philip Wilkinson | | is an internationally known artist from Nottingham, England. |
| Fred Wilkinson | | Fred Wilkinson (born 1889 in Bury, England) was a footballer who played in the Football League for Blackpool, Watford and Stoke. |
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