Person:Benjamin Whitham (9)

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Benjamin Whitham
b.1851 Burnley, Lancashire, England
d.1926 Burnley, Lancashire, England
Parents and Siblings
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m. 11 Jul 1846
  1. Mary Ann Whittam1847 - 1879
  2. Benjamin Whitham1851 - 1926
  3. James Whitham1858 - 1945
  4. John Thomas Whitham1862 -
Spouse and Children
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m. 16 Feb 1873
  1. Harriet Amanda Whitham1873 - 1874
  2. James Robert Whitham1874 - 1948
  3. Sarah Alice Whitham1878 -
  4. Hubert Whitham1878 - 1948
  5. Jane Elizabeth Whitham1880 - 1948
  6. Walter Whitham1882 - 1949
  7. Lena Whitham1886 - 1975
  8. Hilda Whitham1890 - 1986
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Facts and Events
Name Benjamin Whitham
Alt Name Benjamin Whittam
Unknown[3] Benjamin Witham
Gender Male
Birth[2][3] 1851 Burnley, Lancashire, England
Marriage 16 Feb 1873 Habergham Eaves, Lancashire, EnglandHoly Trinity
to Arabella Harker
Death? 1926 Burnley, Lancashire, England
Burial[1] 1926 Burnley, Lancashire, EnglandBurnley Cemetery grave A12695

Library at Burnley was searched for the street directories for 1925/7...Found Benjamin snr. Benjamin jnr  lodging with Mr and Mrs J.R.Haworth at 35 Wynotham Street Burnley. Burial record for 1926 has the same addess. Mrs. Haworth was his daughter, Lena.

Benjamin's occupation in 1907 shown as Refreshment House Keeper on daughter's marriage record. A Burnley Express newspaper article in Dec 1925 about a reunion with his borther James after 42 years, indicates Benjamin was well-known in the Whittlefield district where he had lived for a long time and that he had been the proprietor of a refreshment house in Sandygate.

On 1881 census and children's birth records, he is shown as a weaver.

References
  1. ↑ Lancashire OnLine Parish Clerk Project.
  2. ↑ England. 1911 Census Schedules for England and Wales, Isle of Man and the Channel Islands. (Kew, Richmond, Greater London TW9 4DU, United Kingdom: The National Archives (abbreviated TNA), formerly the UK General Register Office.)).
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Lancashire, England. Lancashire Births, Marriages and Deaths.
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