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Born 1893 , Bolton Lancs. Died 1944 in France. Looking to trace ancestors for the above W J Makin. Suspect he could be Author of books in his later life. Would be grateful for comments. Feel there is a strong connection with Bolton in my tree but not yet established it. Thankyou.

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MAKIN, WILLIAM JAMES
Died 26/08/1944

Aged 48

Daily Sketch.
War Correspondent

Son of James and Elsie Makin; husband of Norline Makin, of Kenilworth, Cape Province, South Africa. F.R.G.S., F.R.S.A.

1939

29-41 Green Park Hotel Half Moon Street , City of Westminster, London, England


William James Makin 29 Dec 1894 Male Journalist Married Visitor 154 47

First name(s) William James
Last name Makin
Sex Male
Age 42
Birth year 1895
Birth place England
Origin country England
Year 1937
Destination country United States
Arrival year 1937
Place New York, New York, United States
County New York
State New York
Country United States
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Category Travel & migration
Subcategory Migration

William James Makin
Arrival Date: 5 Jul 1937
Birth Date: abt 1895
Birth Location: England
Birth Location Other: Manchester, England
Age: 42
Gender: Male
Ethnicity/ Nationality: English
Place of Origin: England
Friend's Name: Messrs Dutton
Port of Departure: Southampton, England
Port of Arrival: New York, New York
Ship Name: Europa
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INSCRIPTION on War Grave

HUSBAND OF NORLINE AND FATHER OF JUDITH, VIRGINIA AND ROGER. IN LOVING MEMORY


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England & Wales Marriages 1837-2005

First name(s) WILLIAM J
Last name MAKIN
Marriage quarter 2
Marriage year 1929
Registration month -

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WILLIAM J MAKIN married one of these people
Norline R Boon
Spouse's last name Boon
District Chelsea
District number -
County London
Country England
Volume 1A
Volume as transcribed 1A
Page number 875
Record set

Name: William J Makin
Gender: Male
Birth Date: abt 1893
Birth Place: Manchester, England
Age: 28
Arrival Date: 18 Apr 1921
Port of Arrival: San Francisco, California
Ship Name: Siberia Maru
Port of Departure: Yokohama, Japan
Destination: Manchester, England
Last Residence: India
Occ journalist

Contact in uk mrs E Makin 65 Worde Street Manchester

Makin, William J

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(1893-1944) UK journalist and author who was in active service during World War One, a prolific writer of magazine fiction beginning in the 1920s, his first work of genre interest being "The Black Laugh" in Strange Tales of Mystery and Terror for January 1932. At least one of his Jonathan Jow tales, the novel-length "The Monster of the Loch" (20 January-3 March 1934 Pearson's Weekly) with Leslie Arliss (1901-1987), is sf, and features a plesiosaur (see Loch Ness Monster); it is included in The Exploits of Jonathan Jow (coll of linked stories 1936). The Return of Doctor X (1939), a Vampire movie, was based on his "The Surgeon's Secret" (12 January 1935 Thriller; vt "The Doctor's Secret" 30 July 1938 Detective Fiction Weekly).

Makin's confused but inventive Scientific Romance, Murder at Full Moon (1937), features a Mad Scientist who believes there is superior life on the Moon, and who has invented a Machine capable of harnessing moonlight, with which he causes tidal waves, earthquakes and other Disasters. [JC]
William James Makin

born Bolton, Lancashire: 29 December 1893 [Chorlton, Lancashire, where the birth was registered, has also been given]

died near Chartres, France: 26 August 1944

works

The Exploits of Jonathan Jow (London: Pearson's, 1936) [coll of linked stories: hb/]
Murder at Full Moon (London: Eldon Press Limited, 1937) [hb/]

links

Internet Speculative Fiction Database external link

www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/makin_william_j

Was his mum actually Emily not Elsie


Name: James William Makin
Gender: Male
Marriage Age: 22
Event Type: Marriage
Birth Year: abt 1865
Marriage Date: 29 Aug 1887
Marriage Place: Hulme, Holy Trinity, Lancashire, England
Parish as it Appears: Hulme, Holy Trinity
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Father: John Thomas Makin
Spouse: Emily Hutchinson
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He had a sister Elsie

James William Makin
Age in 1911: 45
Estimated birth year: abt 1866
Relation to Head: Head
Gender: Male
Birth Place: Manchester, Lancashire, England
Civil Parish: South Manchester
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County/Island: Lancashire
Country: England
Street address: 36 Upper Medlock St, Manchester
Marital status: Married
Occupation: Milk Dealer
Registration district: Chorlton
Registration District Number: 464
Sub-registration district: Hulme
ED, institution, or vessel: 10
Piece: 23875
Household Members:
Name Age
James William Makin 45
Emily Makin 45
Albert Edward Makin 20
James William Makin 17 occ engineers clerk
Elsie Makin 9

View England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1966, 1973-1995

Name: William James Makin
Death Date: 26 Aug 1944
Death Place: London, England
Probate Date: 13 Feb 1945
Registry: Llandudno

Of 51 Linden Lea London N2
Probate to Catherine Mary Spriggs Spinster. Effects over £11000

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Name
William James Makin
Father's Name
J W Makin
Mother's Name
Emily Makin
Spouse's Name
Norline Makin
Death Date
Aug 1944
Death Place
Normandy, France



Name
James William McKin
Gender
Male
Parish as it Appears
S Philip Hulme
Spouse
Emily Mckin
Child
James William Mckin
Reference Number
M320/4/1/6
Item Number
2
Archive Roll
811
Household Members

NameAge
NameJames William Mckin
NameEmily Mckin
NameJames William McKin




Name
James William Makin
Gender
Male
Marriage Age
22
Event Type
Marriage
Birth Year
abt 1865
Marriage Date
29 Aug 1887
Marriage Place
Hulme, Holy Trinity, Lancashire, England
Parish as it Appears
Hulme, Holy Trinity
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Hulme, Holy Trinity, Lancashire, England
Father
John Thomas Makin
Spouse
Emily Hutchinson
Reference Number
GB127.M320/2/2/4
Household Members

NameAge
NameJames William Makin
NameJohn Thomas Makin
NameEmily Hutchinson
NameJohn Briggs Hutchinson

If he was actually James William not Wm James and served WW1 -
British Army Service Records

James William Makin
First name(s) James William
Last name Makin
Age 20
Birth year 1894
Birth town Manchester
Birth county Lancashire
Birth country England
Service number 82500
Regiment Royal Horse & Field Artillery
Year 1914
Series WO 363
Series description Wo 363 - First World War Service Records 'Burnt Documents'
Archive The National Archives
Record set British Army Service Records
Category Military, armed forces & conflict
Subcategory First World War
Collections from Great Britain, UK None

Address given as Father's house - 36 Upper Medlock Street, Hulme

He was a Clerk when he attested August 1914

Served BEF (British Expeditionary Force) to France 2.12.15 - 3.5.16 other wise at home - i.e. British soil

Discharged June 1916, no longer physically fit for War Service

NOK - Father - James William Makin (perhaps why he was known as William James)
Awarded 1914/15 Star and British War Medal and Victory Medal

Name: Norline Rebecca Maye
Death Date: 9 Aug 1983
High Court: Western Cape High Court
High Court Provincial Division: Cape Town, The Western Cape, South Africa
Estate Number: 6154/1983
Will: NO
Customary Law: NO
Spouse: Makin
Pre-Deceased Spouse Name: William J

Name: Norline Rebecca Maye Boon
Arrival Age: 26
Birth Date: abt 1903
Port of Departure: Durban, South Africa
Arrival Date: 18 Apr 1929
Port of Arrival: Plymouth, England
Ports of Voyage: East London; Cape Town; Algoa Bay
Ship Name: City of Alexandria
Shipping Line: Ellerman and Bucknall Steamship Company Ltd
Official Number: 143068
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they had a child born 1936 in hampstead london
living in south africa in 1999

1901 England, Wales & Scotland Census
36, Upper Medlock Street, South Manchester, Chorlton, Lancashire, England

First name(s) Last name Relationship Marital status Sex Age Birth year Occupation Birth place
James W Makin Head Married Male 35 1866 Dairy Man & Coal Dealer Manchester, Lancashire, England
Emily Makin Wife Married Female 35 1866 - Manchester, Lancashire, England
Albert E Makin Son Single Male 10 1891 - Manchester, Lancashire, England
James W Makin Son Single Male 7 1894 - Manchester, Lancashire, England

EDIT - 1911 census says James and Emily married for 23 years. 4 children born to marriage, 3 still living 1 had died

Name: Mother's Maiden Surname: Order:
MAKIN, ALBERT EDWARD HUTCHINSON Order
GRO Reference: 1890 S Quarter in MANCHESTER Volume 08D Page 267 Order

MAKIN, JAMES WILLIAM HUTCHINSON Order
GRO Reference: 1894 M Quarter in CHORLTON Volume 08C Page 926 Order

MAKIN, ELSIE HUTCHINSON Order
GRO Reference: 1901 J Quarter in CHORLTON Volume 08C Page 917 Order

and the child who died -

MAKIN, JAMES ERNEST HUTCHINSON Order
GRO Reference: 1889 M Quarter in CHORLTON Volume 08C Page 863 Order

Name: Age at Death (in years): Order:
MAKIN, JAMES ERNEST 0 Order
GRO Reference: 1889 J Quarter in MANCHESTER Volume 08D Page 242 Order

James Wm - birth reg'd March Qtr would fit a birth from mid November 1893 to end March 1894 (6 weeks allowed to register a birth). Looks like he was a year out in his birth year on the 1939 register and also out is age at death.

DUCIE SCHOOLS ARE IN THE TRADITION

The boys boast among their old pupils Robert Donat, a signed picture of him holds place of honour, —T. H. Hewlett. M.P. for the Exchange Division of Manchester, William James Makin, a . famous journalist who was killed during the war, and Milton Hayes, author of the “Green Eye of the Little Yellow God."
08 February 1945 - Manchester Evening News - Manchester, Lancashire, England

brother
Name: Albert Edward Makin
Baptism Date: 23 Jul 1890
Baptism Place: Manchester, St George, Lancashire, England
Parish as it Appears: Manchester
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Father: James William Makin
Mother: Emily Makin
Reference Number: GB127.M364/1/2/1

Name: Albert Edward Makin
Death Age: 80
Birth Date: 2 Jul 1890
Registration Date: Dec 1970
Registration district: Blackpool
Inferred County: Lancashire
Volume: 10b
Page: 1386

1939
61 Beresford Road , Manchester C.B., Lancashire, England

Albert E Makin 02 Jul 1890 Male Grocery & Provision Dealer Married 161 1
Eveline Makin 24 Jul 1899 Female Unpaid Domestic Duties Married 161 2

grandparents
1871 England, Wales & Scotland Census

Boundary Lane, Chorlton on Medlock, Chorlton, Lancashire, England
Relationship Marital status Sex Age Birth year Occupation Birth place
John T Makin Head - Male 34 1837 - Lancashire, England
Mary J Makin Wife - Female 34 1837 - Lancashire, England
Anne W Makin Daughter - Female 14 1857 - Lancashire, England
Abraham Makin Son - Male 12 1859 - Lancashire, England
John Makin Son - Male 9 1862 - Lancashire, England
James W Makin Son - Male 5 1866 - Lancashire, England
Samuel Makin Son - Male 3 1868 - Lancashire, England

1881 England, Wales & Scotland Census

42, Duke Street, Hulme, Chorlton, Lancashire, England

John Thos Makin Head Married Male 44 1837 Warehouseman Salesman Manchester, Lancashire, England
Mary Jane Makin Wife Married Female 44 1837 - Manchester, Lancashire, England
John Makin Son Single Male 19 1862 Warehouseman Salesman Manchester, Lancashire, England
James Wm Makin Son Single Male 15 1866 - Manchester, Lancashire, England
Samuel Makin Son Single Male 9 1872 Scholar Manchester, Lancashire, England
David Makin Son Single Male 9 1872 Scholar Manchester, Lancashire, England
Ann Makin Mother Widow Female 80 1801 Nurse (Sms) Yorkshire, England #######
James Wm Crossley Nephew Single Male 24 1857 General Servant (Wrehsman) Manchester, Lancashire, England

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John
Last name Makin
Gender Male
Birth year -
Birth place -
Baptism year 1837
Baptism date 31 May 1837
Residence Salford, Lancashire, England
Place Salford
County Lancashire
Country England
Father's first name(s) John Williams
Father's last name Makin
Mother's first name(s) Anne
Mother's last name

John Williams
Last name Makin
Name note -
Marriage year 1835
Marriage date 13 Jul 1835
Marriage place Manchester
Spouse's first name(s) Ann
Spouse's last name Jenkinson
County Lancashire
Country England
Record set England Marriages 1538-1973

Baptism: 1 Jun 1836 Christ Church, Salford, Lancashire, England
Anne Makin - Daughter of John William Makin & Anne
Born: 27 Mar 1836
Abode: Salford
Occupation: Silk Manufacturer
Baptised by: H. Stowell
Register: Baptisms 1831 - 1854, Page 22, Entry 171
Source: LDS Film 1786366

Baptism: 31 May 1837 Christ Church, Salford, Lancashire, England
John Makin - Son of John William Makin & Anne
Born: 19 Apr
Abode: Salford
Occupation: Silk Manufacturer
Baptised by: H. Stowell
Register: Baptisms 1831 - 1854, Page 29, Entry 227
Source: LDS Film 1786366

Baptism: 5 May 1839 Christ Church, Salford, Lancashire, England
Llewellyn Makin - Son of John William Makin & Anne
Abode: Salford
Occupation: Silk Manufacturer
Baptised by: Hugh Stowell
Register: Baptisms 1831 - 1854, Page 41, Entry 322
Source: LDS Film 1786366

Baptism: 8 Jun 1842 Christ Church, Salford, Lancashire, England
Frank Makin - Son of John William Makin & Ann
Born: 22 Feb
Abode: Salford
Occupation: Silk Manufacturer
Baptised by: Hugh Stowell
Register: Baptisms 1831 - 1854, Page 62, Entry 495
Source: LDS Film 1786366

[received]: 4 May 1847 Christ Church, Salford, Lancashire, England
Eleanor Makin - Daughter of John William Makin & Ann
Abode: Salford
Occupation: Silk Manufacturer
Notes: Baptized 1 Feb Born Jany? 19
Baptised by: Hugh Stowell
Register: Baptisms 1831 - 1854, Page 104, Entry 825
Source: LDS Film 1786366

[received]: 3 May 1848 Christ Church, Salford, Lancashire, England
Henry Makin - [Child] of John Williams Makin & Ann
Born: 18 Apr
Abode: Crescent
Occupation: Silk Manufacturer
Baptised by: W. M. Colles Curate
Register: Baptisms 1831 - 1854, Page 119, Entry 947
Source: LDS Film 1786366

[received]: 28 Feb 1851 Christ Church, Salford, Lancashire, England
Kate Makin - Daughter of John Williams Makin & Ann
Born: 31 Dec 1850
Abode: Crescent Salford
Occupation: Silk Manufacturer
Baptised by: Hugh Stowell
Register: Baptisms 1831 - 1854, Page 155, Entry 1235
Source: LDS Film 1786366

As Eric is hoping for a link with this man, I've done a bit of checking.

I think these may be Eric's direct ancestors

Marriages Jun 1897 (>99%)
Jump Rachel Prescot 8b 1209
Makin Benjamin Prescot 8b 1209