John William TWAITS

  Noted events in his life were:

• Census, 1841, Great Dunham, Norfolk. with parents

• Census, 1851, East Bradenham, Norfolk. The Street with widowed mother working as a farm boy

• Marriage Banns, 1858, Leeds, Yorks. Parish Church St Andrews Leeds 11 October 1858
John Twaites 21 bachelor gas maker Leeds Parish James Twaites labourer
Elizabeth Downs 21 spinster St Andrews John Downs gas maker
Witnesses John Downs Emma rawson

• Census, 1861, Leeds, Yorks. 13 Newton Street gas maker's carter with wife Elizabeth and son Arthur living with Elizabeth's parents

• Census, 1871, Leeds, Yorks. Back Newton Street railway porter with wife and Arthur, Lewis, Julia and John

• Census, 1881, Leeds, Yorks. 82 Samuel Street Browns Buildings Market Official with wife and Julia, John W, Harry and Walter plus granddaughter Clara Thwaits aged 1 born Leeds

• Census, 1891, Leeds, Yorks. 29 Enfield Place market keeper with wife and Harry and Walter

John married Elizabeth DOWNS in 1858 in Leeds, Yorks. (Elizabeth DOWNS was born in 1837 in Sporle, Norfolk and died on 7 Dec 1891 in Leeds, Yorks.)