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Using http://www.cheshirebmd.org.uk/
Cheshire Birth indexes for the years:
Surname Forename(s) Sub-District Registers At Mother's Maiden Name Reference
1872 WILDE Mary Dukinfield Tameside HILLARY DUK/73/75
1874 WILDE John Hillary Dukinfield Tameside HILLARY DUK/78/66
1877 WILDE Lilly Dukinfield Tameside HILLARY DUK/83/93
1880 WILDE May Dukinfield Tameside HILLARY DUK/91/51

Hi, this might be a long shot as I haven't actually sat down and looked at the little bit of data I've got, but my grandfather was christened James Dukinfield Wilde in Australia and his father was James Wilde. Wilde migrated to Australia with his wife and it gets a bit shaky from then. Looks like he did something scurrilous because he changed his name to James Boyd. His son William Boyd then served in the AIF and fought with the Anzacs at Gallipoli and was wounded. He was shipped off to hospital in England and there is a letter from James Wilde where he has written to the authorities asking for whereabouts of his soldier son in which he says the boy's real name is William Wilde and that he is well connected in England but doesn't know it.
If you are interested I could overcome my laziness(!) and give you more detail.
Regards
Patrica Pollard
Melbourne, Australia

Hi, this might be a long shot as I haven't actually sat down and looked at the little bit of data I've got, but my grandfather was christened James Dukinfield Wilde in Australia and his father was James Wilde. Wilde migrated to Australia with his wife and it gets a bit shaky from then. Looks like he did something scurrilous because he changed his name to James Boyd. His son William Boyd then served in the AIF and fought with the Anzacs at Gallipoli and was wounded. He was shipped off to hospital in England and there is a letter from James Wilde where he has written to the authorities asking for whereabouts of his soldier son in which he says the boy's real name is William Wilde and that he is well connected in England but doesn't know it.
If you are interested I could overcome my laziness(!) and give you more detail.
Regards
Patrica Pollard
Melbourne, Australia

Tahnk you very much to all the above - this means I have a lot more to go on!
Thanks for taking the time to look for me - much appreciated

Nicky

1861 census
Oxford Rd., Dunkinfield, Cheshire
Ann Hillary, head, widow, 49, dressmaker, born Yorks, Robert Town?
Eliz'th, dau, 17, cotton winder, born Leeds
Ann, dau, 14, cotton doubler, born Leeds

Here's that marriage on BVRI:

WILDE, James Marriage
Wife: Elizabeth HILLARY
Marriage Date: 29 Oct 1868 Recorded in: Staley, Cheshire, England
Husband's Father: William WILDE
Wife's Father: John HILLARY
Source: FHL Film Dates: 1861 - 1872

I think we're getting somewhere now, thanks to Ann.

possible?
Births Sep 1843
Hillary Elizabeth Leeds 23 350

freebmd version of the above

Marriages Dec 1868
Bromley Robert Ashton 8d 849
Hill Martha Ann Ashton 8d 849
>>>Hillary Elizabeth Ashton 8d 849
>>>Wilde James Ashton 8d 849

given John's middle name this one looks like a good one for the marriage

Cheshire Marriage indexes for the years: 1866 to 1870
Surname Forename(s) Surname Forename(s) Church / Register Office Registers At Reference
WILDE James HILLARY Elizabeth Stayley, St Paul Tameside CE35/5/1

this could be a good one to get the birth cert to give you his mmn.
Births Dec 1874
Wilde John Hillary Ashton 8d 519

The middle name seems to make it the only one possible whereas the others could have different parents. From Chesshirebmd he was born in Dukenfield
Cheshire Birth indexes for the years: 1874
Surname Forename(s) Sub-District Registers At Mother's Maiden Name Reference
WILDE John Hillary Dukinfield Tameside DUK/78/66

Birth of son John Hillery from BVRI:

WILDE, John Hillery Christening
Gender: Male
Birth Date: 6 Dec 1874
Christening Date: 10 Jan 1875 Recorded in: Dukinfield, Cheshire, England
Collection: St John
Father: James Wilde
Mother: Elizabeth
Source: FHL Film 1655859 Dates: 1873 - 1881

Curious! A marriage but it's in Lancashire. From BVRI:

WILDE, James Age: 21 Marriage
Wife: Elizabeth ROGERSON Age: 21
Marriage Date: 24 Jul 1870 Recorded in: Ashton under Lyne, Lancashire, England
Collection: St Michael
Husband's Father: John WILDE
Wife's Father: William ROGERSON
Source: FHL Film 1550977 Dates: 1867 - 1876

There's a James Wilde and Elizabeth Rogerson marrying Sep. Q 1870, Ashton (which covers Dunkinfield) (8d 756)
And a birth of William Rogerson Wilde June Q 1870, Ashton. (8d 422)

1851 census:-

Name: James Wilde
Age: 6
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1845
Relation: Son
Father's Name: William
Mother's Name: Hannah
Gender: Male
Where born: Dukinfield, Cheshire, England
Civil Parish: Dukinfield
Ecclesiastical parish: St John
County/Island: Lancashire
Country: England
Street address:

Occupation:

Condition as to marriage:

Disability:

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Registration district: Ashton Under Lyne
Sub registration district: Dukinfield
ED, institution, or vessel: 1o
Neighbors: View others on page
Household schedule number: 82
Household Members:
Name Age
Hannah Wilde 25
James Wilde 6
Mary Wilde 4
William Wilde 30

Source Citation: Class: HO107; Piece: 2237; Folio: 499; Page: 23; GSU roll: 87249.

Kath. x

There's this one in 1871 but he was a coach driver whereas he was a draper in 1881.
1871 census
22 Ostley St., Dunkinfield, Cheshire
James Wild, head, 26, coach driver, born Dunkinfield
Elizabeth, wife , 27, dressmaker, born Leeds, Yorks
William, son, 1, born Dunkinfield

This looks like James in the 1861 census (he is a Linen Draper's Assistant and in the 1881 census he is a Draper):-

Name: James Wilde
Age: 16
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1845
Gender: Male
Where born: Cheshire, England
Civil Parish: Ashton Under Lyne
Ecclesiastical parish: St Michael
County/Island: Lancashire
Country: England
Street address:

Occupation:

Condition as to marriage:

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Registration district: Ashton Under Lyne
Sub registration district: Ashton Town
ED, institution, or vessel: 10
Neighbors: View others on page
Household schedule number: 29
Household Members:
Name Age
Ralph Andrew 18
Elizabeth Atcherby 15
William Atcherby 18
Alice Barber 3
Hannah Barber 31
Ralph Barber 29
Richard Bennett 75
Eliza A Edy 17
W S Elllas 36
William Foster 23
Charles Harden 30
John Henning 21
James Howard 24
Jane Johnstone 33
Ham Kennerley 45
Mary Kenworthy 21
George C Milnes 42
Mary Morse 14
Elizabeth Newton 22
Martha H Newton 15
Elizabeth Shert 35
Benjamin Simpson 25
Hannah Smith 16
Fanny Sykes 42
John Wild 57
James Wilde 16

Source Citation: Class: RG9; Piece: 2981; Folio: 3; Page: 6; GSU roll: 543059.

Kath. x

This looks like the birth of their youngest daughter on the 1881 census:-

Name: Mary Elizabeth Wilde
Year of Registration: 1880
Quarter of Registration: Jan-Feb-Mar
District: Stockport
County: Cheshire, Lancashire
Volume: 8a
Page: 96

This certificate would give you Elizabeth's maiden name, but I think this could by James and Elizabeth's marriage:-

Name: James Wilde
Year of Registration: 1871
Quarter of Registration: Apr-May-Jun
District: Stockport
County: Cheshire, Lancashire
Volume: 8a
Page: 90

Also on the same page is Elizabeth Oliver.

Kath. x

I have come to a dead end with this James Wilde b.1845 in Dukinfield, Cheshire married to Elizabeth Unknown b.1849c Leeds. They lived in Dukinfield.

I have info for them from 1881 census but have nothing of them before that at all.

Any help would be appreciated.

Thank you
Nicky