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Wilkinson Tordiff                                   1849-1883           (1st Husband)
Wilkinson was born on 4 April 1849, the son of William Tordiff and Hannah Huggins, in Enniskillen, Darlington, Ontario, Canada.
Elizabeth McLaren                               1861-1935
Elizabeth was born on 13 April 1861, in Enniskillen, Darlington, Ontario, Canada. After the early death of Wilkinson in 1883, she remarried in 1891 to Joseph Worfolk, then in 1893, they immigrated to the United States, settling just west of Chicago, in the small city named Oregon, Illinois.
I have identified the following children.
  Mary E. Born Aug 1881   Ontario, Canada  

Birth of Parents
Wilkinson Tordiff b: 4 April 1849         Enniskillen, Darlington, Ontario, Canada
son of William Tordiff and Hannah Huggins

Elizabeth McLaren b: 13 April 1861         Ontario, Canada

Marriage
23 May 1877
Wilkinson Tordiff   (28)
Elizabeth McLaren  (15)
Father: William Tordiff

1881 Census 4 April 1881 Darlington, Durham West, Ontario, Canada
District 128A-3       Page 39
Wilkinson Tordiff
Elizabeth(Wife)
John Copeland 		Age 31
Age 19
Age 55 		Hotel Keeper

Hosteler 		Ontario
Ontario
Ireland 		Episcopal Methodist
Episcopal Methodist
Episcopal Methodist 		4 Apr 1849
13 Apr 1861
abt 1825

Children
Mary E. Tordiff b: Aug 1881               Ontario, Canada
daughter of Wilkinson Tordiff and Elizabeth McLaren

Death
Wilkinson Tordiff Died 5 Aug 1883, Age 33   Caesarea, Ontario, Canada


Joseph Antony Worfolk                           1861-1934           (2nd Husband)
Joseph was born in October 1861, the son of Benjamin Worfolk and Mary Ann Robinson, at Whitby, Ontario, Canada.
I have not identified any children.

Birth of New Husband
Joseph Antony Worfolk b: Oct 1861         Whitby, Ontario, Canada
son of Benjamin Worfolk and Mary Ann Robinson

Marriage
12 Oct 1891                           York, Ontario, Canada
Joseph Antony Worfolk
Elizabeth McLaren
  Note - This marriage is recorded with many errors.
She has used her maiden name, and also Worfolk is recorded as Norfolk.

1900 Census 1 Jun 1900
 Oregon Township, Ogle County, Illinois
District 89, Page 26B     Image 18 of 49
237 Franklin Street		 Years
Married		 Children/
Living		 B I R T H     P L A C E
Person         Father       Mother		 Mo.-Yr of Birth
Joseph A. Worfolk
Elizabeth (Wife)
Mary E. 		Age 38
Age 38
Age 18 		Coal Miner 19
19
1/1 		Canada
Canada
Canada 		England
Scotland
Canada 		England
Canada
Canada 		Oct 1861
Apr 1862
Aug 1881

1910 Census 15 April 1910
 Oregon, Ogle County, Illinois
District 83, Page 16A       Image 15 of 17
309 South Second Street		 Years
Married		 Children/
Living		 B I R T H     P L A C E
Person   Father   Mother
Joseph Worfolk
Elizabeth (Wife) 		Age 49
Age 48 		Piano Factory -
Finisher
 20
20
1/1 		Canada
Canada 		England
Scotland 		England
Canada 		Oct 1861
Apr 1862

1920 Census  
 1 Jan 1920 Oregon, Ogle County, Illinois
District 103 Page 1A, Image 1 of 33
311 South Second Street 		B I R T H     P L A C E
Person         Father       Mother
Joseph A. Worfolk
Elizabeth (Wife) 		Age 59
Age 57 		Piano Factory - Finisher Canada
Canada 		England
Scotland 		England
Canada 		Oct 1861
Apr 1862
They own their home, with no mortgage, They immigrated in 1893, and became citizens in 1897

1930 Census 1 Apr 1930
 Oregon, Ogle County, Illinois
District 1 Page 1A, Image 2 of 48
311 South Second Street 		B I R T H     P L A C E
Person         Father       Mother
Joseph A. Worfolk
Elizabeth (Wife) 		Age 69
Age 67 		Piano Factory - Labourer Canada
Canada 		Canada
Canada 		Canada
Canada 		Oct 1861
Apr 1862

Death
Joseph Antony Worfolk Died 25 Oct 1934       Oregon Township, Ogle County, Illinois

Death
Elizabeth (McLaren) Worfolk Died 11 Jun 1935, Age 74,   Muskegon, Michigan


SPECIAL THANKS  to Andrew Dawrant, of Northwood, England for many of the details provided above. Andrew and Joseph Worfolk are both descendants of Benjamin Worfolk of Knottingley (1767-1842) and his wife, Sarah, nee Sutcliffe.