Whitham ...



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Whitham, AlbertRef 524-631
[1891-1918]
Son of Mary Ann & John Whitham of Leeds.

Born in Hawksclough.

He was a printer.

During World War I, he served as a Gunner with the 465th Battery 65th Brigade Royal Field Artillery.

He was killed in action [1st January 1918] (aged 27).

He was buried at Fins New British Cemetery, Sorel-le-Grand, France [Grave Ref III E 33].

He is remembered in the book Royd Regeneration.

Whitham, AlbertRef 524-618
[1913-1943]
Son of Susannah & Samuel Whitham of Todmorden.

In [Q1] 1939, he married Marion Hey in Todmorden.

They lived in Todmorden.

During World War II, he served as a Private with the 7th Battalion King's Own Royal Regiment (Lancaster).

He died 9th April 1943 (aged 30).

He was buried at Karachi War Cemetery, Pakistan [Grave Ref 10 D 4].

He is remembered in the Todmorden Garden of Remembrance

Whitham, BriceRef 524-2
[1842-1931]


Question: Can anyone connect this man with Seth Whitham?

 

Born in Halifax [5th September 1842].

He was a farmer of 16 acres [1871] / a farmer of 12 acres [1881] / a woolsorter [1891] / a farmer [1901] / a farmer (own account) [1911] / a retired farmer [1921].

In [Q4] 1867, he married Hannah Sutcliffe [1848-1915] in Halifax.


Hannah was born in Halifax
 

Children:

  1. Leonard [b 1869] who was a cabinet maker [1891, 1901]
  2. Fred Sutcliffe [b 1871] who was a worsted overlooker  [1891]
  3. Mary Alice [b 1873] who was a worsted weaver [1891,  1901], a worsted coatings weaver [1911]
  4. Willie [b 1875] who was a glass silverer [1891]
  5. Sarah Elizabeth [b 1878] who was a monitress [1891], a  board school teacher [1901], a Council elementary school teacher  [1911], a Council school teacher [1921]
  6. Seth [b 1881] who was a brewer's clerk [1901]
  7. Edgar [b 1883] who was a cabinet maker [1901, 1911], a  dairy farmer (employer) [1921]
  8. Lucy [b 1884] who was a tailoress [1901]
  9. Ada [b 1888] who was a passer of work at underclothing  maker [1911]

The 1911 census shows that they had had 10 children of whom 8 were still alive at that time.

They lived at

  • Middle School Croft, Ovenden [1871]
  • Illingworth Moor, Ovenden [1881]
  • 8 Burton Street, Ovenden [1891]
  • Fish Pond, Holmfield [1901, 1911, 1921]

Hannah died Q2 1915 (aged 67).

Brice died 2nd November 1931 (aged 89).

They both died in Halifax

Whitham, Elizabeth AnnRef 524-624
[1841-1905]
Elizabeth Ann was born in Heptonstall, the illegitimate daughter of
Sally Farrar who married William Whitham.

On 27th April 1861, Elizabeth Ann married (1) Ishmael Nutton at Halifax Parish Church.


On the marriage record, she gave William Whitham as her father's name
 

Ishmael died 17th March 1876.

In [Q3] 1888, Elizabeth married (2) James Hainsworth Leeming in Halifax.


On the marriage record, she gave James Wrigley as her father's name.

It is possible that James Wrigley – who lived next door to her mother who was staying with the Farrar family at Lily Hall, Heptonstall in 1841 – was her father

 

She was buried at Christ Church, Pellon

This & associated entries use material contributed by Roger Beasley

Whitham, GeorgeRef 524-3
[1822-1???]
Born in Stansfield.

He was a warehouseman [1861].

He married Elizabeth [1818-1???].


Elizabeth was born in Killwick, Yorkshire
 

Children:

  1. Mary [b 1842] who was a worsted weaver [1861]
  2. Ann [b 1847] who was a worsted twister [1861]
  3. Thomas [b 1849] who was a worsted doffer [1861]
  4. Sarah [b 1852] who was a worsted spinner [1861]
  5. Martha [b 1857]
  6. Elizabeth [b 1859, 1861]

They lived at 23 Milner Royd, Sowerby [1861]

Whitham, GeorgeRef 524-1044
[1824-1905]
Born in Leeds [10th May 1824].

He was a woollen salesman / a stuff warehouseman [1851, 1861, 1871] / a cloth warehouseman [1881] / a stuff warehouseman [1891] / living on own means [1901].

In [Q2] 1849, he married Martha Ellis [1826-1912] in Leeds.


Martha was born in Leeds [20th May 1826]
 

Children:

  1. Clara L. [b 1850]
  2. Alfred E. [b 1852] who was a stuff merchant's clerk [1871]
  3. Annie M. [b 1857]
  4. John Edwin

They lived at

  • Belgrave Place, Bradford [1851]
  • 36 Belgrave Street, Bradford [1861]
  • 35 Lilley Street, Manningham, Bradford [1871]
  • 24 Alexandra Road, Headingley [1881]
  • 28 Alexandra Road, Burley [1891]
  • 38 Lily Street, Bradford [1901]

Living with them [in 1881] was widowed sister-in-law Ruth Wooler [b 1807].

George died 11th October 1905.

Martha died 22nd September 1912.

The couple were buried at King Cross Methodist New Connexion Chapel

Whitham, GreenwoodRef 524-849
[1837-1905]
Son of Sally Whitham; reputed father
William Greenwood

Born 31st August 1837.

Recorded as Greenwood Greenwood [1851], had changed his surname to Whitham [1861].

He was a cotton weaver [1891, 1901].

On 7th April 1866, he married Hannah Roberts [1843-1???].


Greenwood's father was not named on the marriage records
 


Hannah, of Walsden, was the daughter of John Roberts, warper
 

They lived at

  • Lower East Lea, Stansfield [1891, 1901]
  • East Lea, Todmorden 1905

Greenwood was a widower [1901].

He died 29th January 1905.

Probate records show that he left effects valued at £96 17/-.

Administration was granted to HM Treasury

This & associated entries use material contributed by Jeffrey Knowles

Whitham, JamesRef 524-829
[1788-18??]
He was a farmer [1837] / a farmer of 27 acres.

He married Betty [1787-18??].

Children:

  1. Joseph
  2. Grace [b 1829]

This & associated entries use material contributed by Jeffrey Knowles

Whitham, JamesRef 524-2854
[1801-1878]
Of Luddendenfoot.

He married Sarah.

Children:

  1. child
  2. child
  3. child
  4. child
  5. child
  6. child
  7. child
  8. John [1836-1888]
  9. Jane [1840-1920]
  10. Eliza [1850-1921]

Members of the family were buried at Butts Green Baptist Chapel, Warley

Whitham, JohnRef 524-297
[18??-1???]

In [Q2] 1850, he married Sarah Heyworth [1825-1859] in Rochdale.


Sarah was the daughter of
Henry Heyworth
 

Child: Robert [1860-27th March 1866] who was buried with his mother.

They lived at Center Rock, Todmorden [1866].

Sarah died 16th October 1859 (aged 34)  and was buried at Cloughfoot Independent Congregational Chapel with her parents


Details of John's death / burial place are not yet known
 

Whitham, John EdwinRef 524-883
[1864-1946]
Son of George Whitham, woollen salesman.

Born in Manningham, Bradford [11th September 1864].

He was an office boy (corn mill) [1881] / an accountant's clerk [1891] / a chartered accountant [1901, 1903] / a chartered accountant (employer) [1911].

In [Q3] 1891, he married (1) Laura Myers [1867-1902] in Leeds at Woodhouse Wesleyan Chapel, Leeds.


Laura, of Hyde Park, Headingley, was born in Leeds [28th June 1867], the daughter of Charles Myers, contractor
 

Children:

  1. John Harold
  2. Marguerite [b 1895]
  3. Elsie Mary [1896-5th January 1940] who married [Halifax  Q3 1923] George S. B. Grayson
  4. Eleanor [b 1898]
  5. Charles Myers [b 1899]

Laura died in Halifax [Q1 1902] (aged 34).

In 1903, he married (2) Harriet Marsh Turney [1866-19??] at St Stephen's Church, Copley.


Harriet, of Copley, was born in Sowerby Bridge, the daughter of Dr Thomas Henry Turney
 

They lived at

  • 7 Heath Mount, Halifax [1901, 1911]
  • 12 Hyde Park Gardens, Halifax [1918]

Laura died 28th March 1902.

John Edwin died 16th April 1946.

Members of the family were buried at King Cross Methodist New Connexion Chapel

This & associated entries use material contributed by Roger Beasley

Whitham, John HaroldRef 524-147
[1892-1918]
Son of
John Edwin Whitham.

Born in Halifax [Q3 1892].

He was a Private at Canterbury Barracks, Kent [1911].

He went to Canada and served 3 years in France with the Canadian Contingent. He transferred and he served as a Lieutenant with the Royal Air Force.

John Harold was killed in a flying accident [26th November 1918].

The Halifax Courier [7th December 1918] reported his death with a photograph. He was piloting a two-seater plane bringing Captain & Prince Antoine d'Orleans & Breganza MC ADC, (third son of the Duke of Orleans) to London, when it crashed in fog at Old Southgate, Palmers Green, London. The Prince was severely injured and died 2 days later.

John was buried at King Cross Methodist New Connexion Chapel

He is remembered in the Halifax Town Hall Books of Remembrance

This & associated entries use material contributed by Roger Beasley

Whitham, JosephRef 524-827
[1818-18??]
Son of
James Whitham.

He was a weaver of Rawtonstall [1837] / a hand loom weaver, [1851] / a railway labourer, [1861] / a plate layer [1871].

On 22nd December 1837, he married Sarah Wadsworth.


Sarah, a weaver of Rawtonstall, was the daughter of Zachariah Wadsworth
 

Children:

  1. Martha [b 1839]
  2. Nicholas [b 1840]
  3. Samuel [b 1841]
  4. James [b 1844]
  5. Sarah [b 1847]
  6. John [b 1850]
  7. Richard [b 1853]
  8. Benjamin [b 1856]
  9. Hannah [b 1860]

They lived at

  • Green House, Rawtonstall [1841]
  • Rawtonstall [1851, 1861]
  • Springside, Stansfield [1871]

Sarah's father was living with them [1841-1871]

This & associated entries use material contributed by Jeffrey Knowles

Whitham, MarshallRef 524-207
[1893-1915]
Son of Caroline Whitham of 15 Longfield Terrace, Todmorden.

He was a member of Todmorden Unitarian Sunday School.

During World War I, he served as a Private with G Company 6th Battalion Lancashire Fusiliers.

He was killed in the Dardanelles [3rd June 1915] (aged 22).

The Todmorden Advertiser & Hebden Bridge Newsletter [23rd July 1915] reported a Memorial Service held at Todmorden Unitarian Church for Marshall and William Bailey, both of whom had been scholars at the Sunday School.

He was buried at Skew Bridge Cemetery, Turkey.

He is remembered on Todmorden War Memorial, and on the Memorial at Todmorden Unitarian Church

This & associated entries use material contributed by Roger Beasley

Whitham, SamuelRef 524-916
[1???-18??]
He was a
chartist in Todmorden.

Recorded in 1843, when he was appointed to the General Council for the National Charter Association

Whitham, SamuelRef 524-311
[1888-1917]
In [Q2] 1911, he married Susannah Fielding in Todmorden.

They lived at 9 Frith's Terrace, Todmorden.

During World War I, he served as a Private with the 2nd Battalion Leinster Regiment.

He died 17th June 1917 (aged 29).

He is remembered on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium [Grave Ref 44], and in the Todmorden Garden of Remembrance

Whitham, Samuel SpencerRef 524-528
[1882-1918]
He was employed by the
Todmorden Industrial & Co-operative Society.

In [Q4] 1904, he married Florence Fanny Fielden in Todmorden.

Children:

  1. child who died young [before 1911]
  2. child

They lived at 497 Rochdale Road, Walsden.

During World War I, he served as a Private with the 1st Battalion Durham Light Infantry.

He was killed in action in France / Flanders [21st March 1918].

He was buried at Morchies Military Cemetery, France [Grave Ref D 48].

He is remembered on Todmorden War Memorial, on the Memorial at Todmorden Co-operative Society, on the Memorial at Oddfellows' Hall, Todmorden, and on the Memorial at Todmorden Unitarian Church

Whitham, SethRef 524-2589
[1860-1895]


Question: Can anyone connect this man with Brice Whitham?

 

Born in Halifax.

He was a worker in a worsted factory living with his widowed mother Betty  Whitham [b 1817] (charwoman) at Middle School Croft, Ovenden  [1871] / a police constable lodging with widowed Ann Pease at 16 Penn  Street, Halifax [1881] / innkeeper of the Station Hotel, Halifax [1895].

In 1892, he married Miranda Rothery [1862-1946] in Bradford.


Miranda came from Halifax
 

Seth died in 1895.

In 1911, Miranda married William Hitchen in Halifax.

Seth and Miranda are mentioned in the List of Local Wills: 1895

This & associated entries use material contributed by Roger Beasley

Whitham, SutcliffeRef 524-961
[1835-1911]
Born in Wadsworth.

He was a cotton weaver [1901].

He married Grace Cockroft [1841-1910].


Grace was born in Sowerby
 

Children:

  1. Elizabeth [b 1861] who was a woollen weaver [1901]
  2. Mary [1870-1898] who married Albert Robertshaw

Daughter Mary died in child birth; Sutcliffe & Grace brought up their grandson Cyril

This & associated entries use material contributed by Derrick Habergham

Whitham, Wilbert SpencerRef 524-305
[1898-1917]
Son of Ann & Willie Whitham of 10 Butterworth Street, Todmorden.

During World War I, he served as a Private with D Company 10th Battalion Durham Light Infantry.

He died 10th April 1917 (aged 19).

He was buried at Hibers Trench Cemetery, Wancourt, France [Grave Ref D 17].

He is remembered on Todmorden War Memorial, on the Memorial at Todmorden Unitarian Church, and on the Memorial at Oddfellows' Hall, Todmorden

Whitham, WilfredRef 524-962
[1906-1940]
Son of Margaret & Arthur Whitham.

In [Q2] 1931, he married Benedetta Fusco in Halifax.

They lived at Lee Mount, Halifax.

During World War II, he served as a Private with the 7th Battalion King's Own Royal Regiment (Lancaster).

He died 29th May 1940 (aged 34).

He was buried at Outtersteene Communal Cemetery Extension, Bailleul, France [Grave Ref 5 A 54]

Whitham, WilliamRef 524-626
[1792-1837]
He was a glazier of Heptonstall [1822].

In 1822, he married Sally Farrar at St Thomas à Becket, Heptonstall.

Children:

  1. Hannah [b 1828]
  2. Farrar [b 1831] who died young
  3. John [b 1833] who died young
  4. James [b 1837]

The children were born & baptised in Heptonstall.

The family lived at Lily Hall, Heptonstall [1837].

William died in 1837 (aged 45).

He was buried at Heptonstall Church [27th August 1837]

This & associated entries use material contributed by Roger Beasley

Surname

Whitham surnameRef 524-1
Entries for people with the surname Whitham are discussed in this SideTrack.


Unattached BMDs for Whitham

Marriage 1863

 



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