Family Card - Person Sheet
Family Card - Person Sheet
NameWilliam Justice Homer LINDSAY, 2C2R
Birth17 Sep 1897, Sedgley, Staffordshire, England
Death11 Jan 1953, Sunderland, Durham
OccupationRoyal Field Artillery, Electrician’s Labourer
FatherReverend William LINDSAY (1860-<1939)
MotherAnn Mary Leake HOMER (1868-1946)
Spouses
Birth4 Oct 1895, South Hylton, Durham
Death1973, Sunderland, Durham
Marriage1920, Sunderland, Durham
ChildrenDonald H. (1920-)
 Gilbert H. (1923-)
 William Henry Homer (1925-1981)
 (Private)
Notes for William Justice Homer LINDSAY
In the October to December, 1897 birth index, William Justice H. Lindsay, Dudley district, Staffordshire, volume 6c page 83.

In the 1901 census Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, north west district, 8 Balmoral Road.
Head William Lindsay, married, age 40, Unitarian Minister, born Ireland?.
Wife Ann M. Lindsay, age 33, born Sedgley.
Son John F.A.H. Lindsay, age 4, born Sedgley.
Son William J.H. Lindsay, age 3 born Sedgley.
Son Victor K.H. Lindsay, age 1, born Nottingham, Nottinghamshire.
1 servant

In the 1911 census 33 Neale Street Sunderland, Durham, Sunderland North district.
Wife Ann Mary Leake Lindsay, married 16 years, 5children born alive, 4 still living age 43, born Gornal, Staffordshire.
Son John Frederick Augustus Homer Lindsay, age 14, school, born Sedgley.
Son William Justice Homer Lindsay, age 13, school, born Sedgley.
Son Charles Henry Homer Lindsay, age 7, school, born Nottingham.
Daughter Margorie Homer Lindsay, age 3, born Sunderland, Durham.
The home had 6 rooms.
[The first line of the form, where William Lindsay’s name would appear is blank.]

Massachusetts Passenger Lists
Departed Glasgow, Scotland arrived October 22 1914, Boston, Massachusetts on the Pomeranian
William J. H. Lindsay, age 17, single, clerk, English, last permanent residence Sunderland, nearest relative mother Ann Lindsay, 33 Neale Street, Sunderland, destination Dover, Rev. William Lindsay, 100 ???? Street, dover, New Hampshire

UK WWI Service Medal and Award Rolls
British War Medal and Victory Medal
L/40974, Lance Bombadier William Justice Homer Lindsay, Royal Field Artillery, Driver

British Army WWi Medal Rolls Index Cards
William J. H. Lindsay, L/40974 Royal Field Artillery Driver, Victory and British Medals
Correspondence: sent to 32 Wilson Street, Millfield, Sunderland, December 1934

In the April to June 1920 marriage index William J. H. Lindsay and Sarah A. Bennell, Sunderland, Durham, volume 10a, page 1837

In the 1921 census 47 Williams Street, Sunderland
Head William J. H. Lindsay, age 23 years 9 months, married, born Sedgley, Staffordshire, lampoon (above ground) — Murton Colliery, South Hutton Coal Co., Minton So Durham
Wife Sarah Ann Lindsay, age 23 years 8 months, married, born South Hylton, Durham, home duties
Son Donald H. Lindsay, age 7 months, born South Hylton, Durham

1939 England and Wales Register
32 Wilson Street, Sunderland, Durham
1. William J. H. Lindsay, born September 17 1897, married, electricians labourer
2. Sarah A. Lindsay, born October 4 1895, married, unpaid domestic duties
3. Donald H. Lindsay, born November 4 1920, single, apprentice fitter and turner, shipyard
4. record officially closed
5. William H. H. Lindsay, born August 9 1925, single, butcher’s errand boy.

In the March 1953 death index William J. H. Lindsay, died age 56, Sunderland, Durham, volume 1a, page 1050

From a newspaper clipping - newspaper indicated
Lindsay - At General Hospital, Sunderland, on January 11, aged 56 years, William Justice Homer, the beloved husband of Sarah A. Lindsay. Internment at Bishopwearmouth Cemetery Thursday, Jan. 15 at 3 etc

Findagrave.com
William Justice Homer Lindsay
Birth 1897
Death 11 Jan 1953 (aged 55–56)
Burial Bishopwearmouth Cemetery, Bishopwearmouth, Metropolitan Borough of Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, England
Memorial ID 250150094
Notes for Sarah Ann (Spouse 1)
In the April to June 1973 death index Sarah Ann Lindsay born October 5 1895 died Sunderland Durham, age 77, volume 1a, page 2426. [The death date varies 1 day from the 1939 England and Wales Register]
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