Person:Benjamin Whitham (8)

1901 census shows Benjamin in Heywood age 49 with Mary 48. 1911 shows Ben with son WILLIAM in Bury area. Mary is in Blackpool in 1911. There is a death record for a Ben who died age 66 in 1917 in Blackpool.

1) Benjamin and Sarah Whitham in1871 census and had a dau Mary A. Census info 1871 for Main St Padiham, Lancashire. Sarah is age 21 and daughter is 4 mths. Benjamin is 19. There is a marriage record for a Benjamin and Sarah Lawson around Sep 1870 in Burnley. The 1891 census shows Sarah Whitham, age 41, listed as mother-in-law with daughter Mary A Briggs, age 20. According to Ben's family, he had 2 daughters with Sarah and then moved in with Mary. 2) Benjamin and Mary b. 1852 +|- 1 Padiham. 1881 census shows Ben as a coal miner in Barnsley 2 Howard St, Worsbrough with son, William, age 5. 1891 census shows Ben and William, age 16, as cotton weavers, Mary age 38, Peter, age 9, born Barnsley, Albert, age 3, born Bradford, Ida, age 1, born Stansfield, Yorkshire. Frank born around 1893.