Johnson Gibson Family History
John OLIVER

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Name John OLIVER Birth 1855 Merrington Co Durham - 1901 Census
Gender Male Baptism 25 Mar 1855 St John the Evangelist Kirk Merrington Co Durham - Parish Records No 272
Death 12 Aug 1912 Merrington Co Durham - Ancestry Wills and Probate
John Oliver of Girk (Kirk) Merrington Spennymoor died 12th Aug 1912 Probate Durham 20th Aug 1912 to Elizabeth Ann Oliver (widow) effects £464
Burial 14 Aug 1912 St John the Evangelist Kirk Merrington Co Durham - Parish Records No 112 aged 57
Find a Grave website Memorial ID 241034327
Birth 1855
Death 12 Aug 1912 (aged 57)
Burial St John the Evangelist Churchyard Kirk Merrington
Person ID I1447 Main Tree Last Modified 10 Apr 2018
Father John OLIVER, b. 1818, Merrington Co Durham d. 1873 (Age 55 years)
Mother Catherine BLAIR, b. 1815, Whitworth Co Durham d. 1893, Merrington Co Durham
(Age 78 years)
Marriage 1840 - FreeBMD Sep 1840 Auckland 24 21
Family ID F581 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Elizabeth Ann HALLIDAY, b. 23 Apr 1864, Durham City Co Durham d. 18 Sep 1941, Kirk Merrington Co Durham
(Age 77 years)
Marriage 1880 - FreeBMD Dec 1880 Stockton 10a 132
Children 1. Edith Halliday OLIVER, b. 1881, Merrington Co Durham d. 1883 (Age 2 years)
2. John Thomson OLIVER, b. 1882, Merrington Co Durham d. 1883 (Age 1 year)
+ 3. John Thomson OLIVER, b. 1884, Merrington Co Durham d. 1928 (Age 44 years)
4. William OLIVER, b. 1886, Merrington Co Durham + 5. Robert OLIVER, b. 1888, Merrington Co Durham 6. George OLIVER, b. 1890, Merrington Co Durham 7. Joseph OLIVER, b. 22 Oct 1892, Merrington Co Durham d. 14 Jan 1961, General Hospital Westgate Road Newcastle upon Tyne Northumberland
(Age 68 years)
+ 8. Edwin OLIVER, b. 2 Sep 1894, Merrington Co Durham d. 1968 (Age 73 years)
9. Elizabeth Ann OLIVER, b. 1897, Merrington Co Durham 10. Margaret OLIVER, b. 1899, Merrington Co Durham + 11. Jane OLIVER, b. 29 Nov 1900, Merrington Co Durham d. 15 Jan 1974 (Age 73 years)
+ 12. Frederick OLIVER, b. 6 Jan 1903, Merrington Co Durham d. 25 Nov 1975 (Age 72 years)
13. Harry OLIVER, b. 7 Apr 1905, Merrington Co Durham d. 10 Aug 1966, Bishop Auckland General Hospital Bishop Auckland Co Durham
(Age 61 years)
14. Norman OLIVER, b. 1909, Merrington Co Durham Family ID F485 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 14 Sep 2025
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Notes - 1861 RG9 3710 8 at Merrington Village son single aged 6 born Co Durham
1871 RG10 4931 23 at Merrington Village son single tailors apprentice aged 16 born Merrington
1881 RG11 4921 50 at Merrington Village son married tailor aged 26 born Merrington
1891 RG12 4072 76 at The Bay Horse Inn Merrington Village Head married tailor and licenced victualler aged 37 born Merrington. Also had John W Oliver nephew single aged 22 norn Thornleymoor Yorkshire
1901 RG13 4648 83 at Half Moon Inn Merrington head married tailor & innkeeper aged 46 born Merrington
1911 RG14 29728 49 at Half Moon Inn Merrington 9 rooms head married publican aged 56 born Merrington
- 1861 RG9 3710 8 at Merrington Village son single aged 6 born Co Durham