Author talk:William King Westly

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Census
Name: 	William King Westley Age: 	75 Estimated birth year: 	1796 Relation: 	Head Gender: 	Male Where born: 	Russia Civil Parish: 	Leeds Ecclesiastical parish: 	St George County/Island: 	Yorkshire Country: 	England Registration district: 	Leeds Sub-registration district: 	West Leeds ED, institution, or vessel: 	52 Household schedule number: 	20 Piece: 	4565 Folio: 	106 Page Number: 	4 Household Members: Name 	Age William King Westley 	75 Jane Sowray 	44
 * 1871 England

Name: 	William Westley Age: 	35 Estimated birth year: 	abt 1816 Relation: 	Head Gender: 	Male Where born: 	British Subject, St Peterdurgh Civil Parish: 	Leeds Ecclesiastical parish: 	St George Phillimore Ecclesiastical Parish Maps: Town: 	Leeds Occupation: Retired Engineer Registration district: 	Leeds Sub-registration district: 	West Leeds ED, institution, or vessel: 	02p Neighbors: Household schedule number: 	168 Piece: 	2321 Folio: 	582 Page Number: 	46 Household Members: Name 	Age William Westley 	35 Mary Allen 	31
 * 1851 England

Looking at the place of birth, and the subject written upon, I think that is probably a slam dunk. Noting 1) in that time, middle names were quite unusual, and that in FreeBMD that there are only 300+ deaths, 260+ marriages in their whole system, and none are showing as W &emsp;&emsp;}} K &emsp;&emsp;}} except for William King Westl(e)y — billinghurst  sDrewth  05:19, 18 September 2019 (UTC)

Probate
Name: 	William King Westly, Mechanical engineer Death Date: 	15 Aug 1875 Death Place: 	14 Coventry Place, Leeds Probate Date: 	6 Sep 1875 Probate Registry: 	Wakefield
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