John Lister was the son of John Lister & Mary born July 22nd 1870 at South bank, Eston, Yorks.
John's birth certificate
He was still living at home at the time of the 1881 census with his parents at Wellington St, Normanby.
In 1891 John was still living at home at Eston, Middlesbrough & working as a blast furnace lime filler.
In 1901 John was living at North St, Normanby with his widowed mother Mary
(60) & his sister Maria (27) & a boy Tom, listed as ‘son’
of Mary, aged 9. John was a moulder of pig iron.