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    I am looking for the birth of william whitaker.Probably born dewsbury wakefield area about 1835.He married ellen townend in 1857 at Crofton parish church.William was a police officer aged 22 and living in dewsbury at the time.His father George was a gamekeeper.I cant find him on any census either so I am a bit stuck.
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    Well teek10 I am totally mystified.
    Where did you find William Whitaker with his father George because I can't find him?
    I can find a William baptised Dewsbury in 1840 with a mother Ellen and no named father and this same William and Ellen on 1851. I can find a William with a father James but I can't find a William with a father George who should be together in 1841 and possibly 1851 together with wife of George and mother to William..... so where did you last see them please.

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    Hi Lola,
    someone found that info on Crofton parish registers.That seems to be only record of him.Dont know where to look now .Checked 41,51,61 and 71 census,no sign of him.
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    Can you tell me why you think he was born in Dewsbury.
    How do you know that William Whitaker who married Ellen at Crofton is yours?
    Do you know the names of any of their children?
    Have you found George the gamekeeper in any census?
    Sorry for all the questions but I can't know where to start without them.
    Might his age be a bit out? Have you got a death for him and if so where?
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    Dont know for sure but he was serving in the police force in dewsbury.Cant find his father george either.However I have just found his wife in 1861 census,living back home with her parents in Crofton.She has her son john william with her but no husband.

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    WEll that's good.
    I have the marriage. Ellen was 18. Can't read the witnesses names- look like Jane Marclew? and Joseph Lew??????.
    If that John William is definitely yours and you can trace forwards from him then it seems the marriage wa s the correct one. So William Whitaker must have died soon after marriage. Need his death!
    Looked for dewsbury baptisms. A George Whitaker and Hannah had a brood of 6 children baptised all on 9thOct 1836 and some were born 182o and 1825etc but no William and that father was a clothier. There were other Dewsbury churches so will check those. Might William have been baptised elsewhere and moved later to dewsbury. Have you looked ion 1841 for a George whitaker, gamekeeeper with a small son called Willaim?
    How far would Burley be from Dewsbury?
    Been through all the William whitakers in Dewsbury in 1841. None have a father George.
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    Hi Trevor,

    Could this be him?

    1861, Moor Top, Rawdon. RG9; Piece: 3215; Folio: 81; Page: 27

    George Whittaker 48, head, Gamekeeper, Addingham
    Elizebeth Whittaker 57, wife, London
    James Whittaker 17, son, Lbourer, Burley NR Otley
    John Wm Whittaker 7 MO, grandson, Idle Bradford
    William Whittaker 26, son, MARRIED, Warehouseman, Burley NR Otley
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    What else can you tell us about John William Whitaker born 1860? Did he have siblings, did he marry, do you know name of wife and when he married, any children?
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    1871, Scout Bottom, Newchurch, Lancashire, all born Crofton. RG10; Piece: 4135; Folio: 86; Page: 12. Ellen is enumerated as married in 1861 and 71, but widowed in 1881.

    Ellen Whitaker 32, married,
    John William Whitaker 12
    George Frederick Whitaker 8
    Maude Mary Whitaker 5
    Frank Henry Whitaker 3
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    1881, Haw Park Place, Walton Wakefield. All born Crofton. RG11; Piece: 4572; Folio: 5; Page: 3

    Ellen Whittaker 42, Widow
    William Whittaker 21
    Fred Whittaker 18
    Harry Whittaker 14
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