|Mary
|Wilks
|c.1784
|Rothwell
|Yorks

John
Wilks

Grace
Wilkes
b.1789
Cork
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Joseph
Smith
b.1811
Methley

Mary
Smith
b.1813
Methley

Thomas
Smith
b.1815
Methley

Esther
Smith
b.1817
Methley

from Edward on ancestry.com (there was at least one mistake in that collection, so treat with caution):

Name: William Wilkes ; Sex: M
Occupation: Victualler & Contractor ; Residence: Swillington
Marriage 1 Mary Fitzgerald
Married: 15 DEC 1784 in Cork Cathedral, Eire 1
Sources: St Finbaur registers, Co Cork, Eire, By Licence

Name: Mary Fitzgerald ; Sex: F
Death: AFT. 1840 in Rothwell, Leeds
Children
Joseph Wilkes
William Wilkes
Grace Wilkes b: BEF. 20 FEB 1789 in Cove, Cork, Ireland

Name: Grace Wilkes
Sex: F
Birth: BEF. 20 FEB 1789 in Cove, Cork, Ireland 1
Death: 16 FEB 1864 in Kingston Place, Leeds
Father: William Wilkes
Mother: Mary Fitzgerald
Marriage 1 Robert Pollock b: 24 MAY 1784 in Wakefield, Yorks
Married: 4 JUN 1808 in Rothwell, Leeds
Children
Robert Pollock
Joseph Pollock
George Pollock
Julia Pollock
Elizabeth Pollock
Margaret Pollock
Caroline Pollock
Thomas Pollock b: 1823 in Wallworth, London
John Pollock b: 1823
Sources: Census Return for 1851

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from John:

. . . the link between Grace and her 'grandfather' is somewhat speculative. The story passed down in our family is that Mary Fitzgerald was the daughter of Pierse/Pierce Fitzgerald, a radical (i.e.anti-English) poet in Cork during the 18th century. (See, for example, http://www.goireland.com/genealogy/scripts/Family.asp?FamilyID=125). I've tried to validate this, but without success. One of the attachments below states it's true, but I'd like to see some official documentation. We went over to Cork a few years ago - and I even went to Pierse's grave high on a hillside east of Cork - but there was nothing else there that fitted in. As you'll see, some of the other information is pieced together from the usual online sources, but I'm quite cautious in 'accepting' this.

• Fitzgeralds (.rtf)
• Will of William Wilkes (.doc)
• Letter to Grace Wilkes (.doc)

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This is the only Mary Fitzgerald on IGI that fits, but it was probably a fairly common name.....:

MARY FITZGERALD
Christening: 23 OCT 1755 St Mary Shandon, Cork, Cork, Ireland
Father: GARRETT FITZGERALD Mother: ANN CATHROW

There were very many Wilkes in Ireland and none that match, was he English? They moved to Swillington/Rothwell, near Leeds. The only Yorkshire born William Wilkes ages between 20-30 in 1784 on IGI were:

William Wilks
Christening: 03 FEB 1752 Hampsthwaite, Yorkshire, England

WILLIAM WILKS
Christening: 01 NOV 1754 Farnham, Yorkshire, England
Father: THOMAS WILKS Mother: ANN
- this could fit with the Mary above, Farnham is north of Leeds

WILLIAM WILKS
Christening: 26 JUN 1760 Newton Upon Ouse, Yorkshire, England
Father: JOHN WILKS