Person:John Whalley (5)

This could be the John Whalley living in Kirkham in 1841. Source Citation: Class: HO107; Piece 496; Book: 14; Civil Parish: Kirkham; County: Lancashire; Enumeration District: 14; Folio: 10; Page: 12; Line: 20; GSU roll: 306886.
John Whalley, 40, farmer, born Lancashire Alice Whalley, 55, born Lancashire

Now that Alice Whalley seems too old to be a wife.

In the 1851 census, this may be Alice living with her sister
Source Citation: Class: HO107; Piece: 2269; Folio: 214; Page: 5; GSU roll: 87295-87296, Kirkham, Lancashire
Jane Greenwood, 76, widow, born Treales, Lancashire, Bakehouse
Alice Whalley, 67, widow, born Kirkham, Lancashire

No John Whalley (or soundex Whalley) was found in the 1851 census having been born in Kirkham, with a birth date near 1800.
And there were 4 John Whalleys who died in Fylde district (which includes Kirkham) between 1841 and 1851 (from FreeBMD database).

However here is another possibility for this John Whalley
Source Citation: Class: HO107; Piece 496; Book: 8; Civil Parish: Kirkham; County: Lancashire; Enumeration District: 16; Folio: 7; Page: 6; Line: 3; GSU roll: 306886.
John Whalley, 45, Cabinet maker, born Lancashire
Margaret [last name illegible, but not Whalley], 55, occupation F. S.?
This latter John Whalley may be the John Whalley, 52, born Manchester, who is a journeyman carpenter in Maidstone, Kent, in 1851