William was born on 18 July 1868, the son of George Graham and Jane Robson, in the Village of Shotton Colliery. He resided at 14 Percey Street in the Village of Wheatley Hill on 3 April 1881. He was 21 years old, and a Colliery Fireman, living in Station Town, when he married Jane Harrison, age 20, on 23 December 1889. Station Town is a village, 2 miles south of Shotton, in Durham County. He was a Colliery Brakesman in 1903, and a Colliery Engineman in 1906. William was 51 years old, and resided at 33 Cotsford Lane, Horden, when he died on 15 January 1920. The cause of death was listed as Gastritis, and Syncope. His occupation was Colliery Winding Engineman (above ground).
Jane was born on 5 June 1869, the daughter of Leonard Harrison and Ellen Bewick, née Crossgrove, in Wheatley Hill, Wingate. At age 18, she gave birth to a child, Margaret Ellen. She was 20 years old, and still living in the village of Wheatley Hill, when she married William Graham on 23 December 1889. Wheatley Hill is a colliery village, just outside the town of Wingate, 8 miles south east of Durham. The marriage was performed by Rev. John S. Robinson, in the Wesleyan Methodist Chapel, in the town of Haswell, which is 4 miles north west of Horden. Jane was 73 years old, and resided at 70 West Street, Blackhall Colliery, when she died on 14 April 1942. The cause of death was listed as Cerebral Thrombosis. Jane is shown seated on the right in this undated picture.
They had the following children:
