Personal History
William Wouldhave was born in Liddle Street, North Shields in 1751 and baptised in Christ Church then in the parish of Tynemouth. The boundaries have since changed and both are now in North Shields, England. He was apprenticed as a house painter before moving to become parish clerk in South Shields, County Durham. Wouldhave married with Hannah Crow on 1 March 1775 at the parish church of St Hilda, South Shields. After his death a memorial was erected and that stone still exists (2010) in the former graveyard of St Hilda’s Church, South Shields.
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