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Member Since: April 2004 Posts: 46 048 Send Message	SylviaInCanada	Report	27 Mar 2015 03:28
	this is the correct 1911 Census ...... ...... interesting that there are apparently two families called Whitwam, with husbands called Fred / Alfred, and wives called Hannah Maria :-) although I am sure that November does have this ................ I'm posting it merely for clarity of the helpers 1911 Census Name: Sir Joseph Whitman Age in 1911: 9 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1902 Relation to Head: Son (Child) Gender: Male Birth Place: Huddersfield, Yorkshire, England Civil Parish: Longwood County/Island: Yorkshire-West Riding Country: England Street address: 2 Upper Hurst Mount Longwood Huddersfield Occupation: School Registration district: Huddersfield Registration District Number: 495 Sub-registration district: Lockwood ED, institution, or vessel: 27 Piece: 26350 Fred Whitman 44 b.ca 1867, Huddersfield, Plasterer Hannah Maria Whitman 36 b.ca 1875, Huddersfield, Weaver (woollen) John Alfred Whitman 18 Ida Whitman 13 Sir Joseph Whitman 9 Amy Whitman 6 John Cromie 61 Elizabeth Ann Cromie 65
	Researching: My brother, photo taken in September 1991 just a couple of weeks before he died. ............................................................ To help us and to get better results, please post as much detail as you can, especially name, date(s) and place. Also say what you already know.
Member Since: April 2004 Posts: 46 048 Send Message	SylviaInCanada	Report	27 Mar 2015 03:10
	might it be like the name Squire ......... which was a very common forename in parts of Lancashire?
	Researching: My brother, photo taken in September 1991 just a couple of weeks before he died. ............................................................ To help us and to get better results, please post as much detail as you can, especially name, date(s) and place. Also say what you already know.
Member Since: July 2008 Posts: 7 051 Send Message	PollyPoppet	Report	27 Mar 2015 00:17
Member Since: July 2008 Posts: 7 051 Send Message	1901 England, Wales & Scotland Census Household Information Street Quebec Street Parish Elland Town City County Yorkshire, Yorkshire (West Riding) Country England Ecclesiastical District Elland St Marys Enumeration District 9 Municipal Ward East Parliamentary Borough Elland Registration District Halifax Category Census, Land & Surveys Record set 1901 England, Wales & Scotland Census Collections from Great Britain Person 1 First Name Alfred Last Name Whitwam Birth Year 1877 Age 24 Birth Town Lindley Birth County Yorkshire Birth Place England Relationship To Head of Household Head Gender Male Occupation Teamster Woollen Mill Condition Married Archive Reference RG13 Folio 171 Page 8 Piece Number 4127 Person 2 First Name Hannah M Last Name Whitwam Birth Year 1878 Age 23 Birth Town Lindley Birth County Yorkshire Birth Place England Relationship To Head of Household Wife Gender Female Occupation Woollen Weaver Condition Married Archive Reference RG13 Folio 171 Page 8 Piece Number 4127
Member Since: July 2008 Posts: 7 051 Send Message	PollyPoppet	Report	27 Mar 2015 00:14
Member Since: July 2008 Posts: 7 051 Send Message	1911 England, Wales & Scotland Census Household Information Address 23 Quebec St Elland Parish Elland County Yorkshire, Yorkshire (West Riding) Country England Ecclesiastical District Enumeration District 8 Registration District Halifax Registration District Number 496 SubDistrict Number 2 Category Census, Land & Surveys Record set 1911 Census for England & Wales Collections from Great Britain Person 1 First Name Alfred Last Name Whitwam Birth Year 1877 Age 34 Where Born Lindley Near Huddersfield Relationship To Head of Household Head Gender Male Condition Married Year Of Marriage Years Of Marriage Occupation Lurryman Land Military Info Census Reference RG14PN26407 RG78PN1525 RD496 SD2 ED8 SN194 Archive Reference RG14 Folio Page Piece Number 26407 Person 2 First Name Hannah Maria Last Name Whitwam Birth Year 1878 Age 33 Where Born Buckencliffe Near Huddersfield Relationship To Head of Household Wife Gender Female Condition Married Year Of Marriage 1899 Years Of Marriage 12 Occupation Cloth Weaver Military Info Census Reference RG14PN26407 RG78PN1525 RD496 SD2 ED8 SN194 Archive Reference RG14 Folio Page Piece Number 26407 Person 3 First Name Harold Last Name Whitwam Birth Year 1903 Age 8 Where Born Yorks Elland Relationship To Head of Household Son Gender Male Condition Year Of Marriage Years Of Marriage Occupation School Military Info Census Reference RG14PN26407 RG78PN1525 RD496 SD2 ED8 SN194 Archive Reference RG14 Folio Page Piece Number 26407
Member Since: July 2008 Posts: 7 051 Send Message	PollyPoppet	Report	27 Mar 2015 00:11
Member Since: July 2008 Posts: 7 051 Send Message	his parents marriage England & Wales marriages 1837-2008 First Name ALFRED Last Name WHITWAM Gender Male Year 1899 Spouse Image Quarter 2 Country England County Yorkshire District HUDDERSFIELD District Number Registry Number Volume 9A Page 549 Line Number 377 Entry Number Category Births, Marriages & Deaths Record set England & Wales marriages 1837-2008 Collections from Great Britain married Hannah maria sutcliffe
Member Since: March 2015 Posts: 6 Send Message	November	Report	26 Mar 2015 23:49
Member Since: March 2015 Posts: 6 Send Message	On his birth records it says Sir Joseph Whitwam, born in Huddersfield, parents Fred & Hannah Maria, He had bother John, sisters Ida & Amy, he married Emma (nee) Castledine in 1924, he died in 1976 We have never found out how he came to get the title of Sir on his birth, wedding & death certificate. Can any one help with any info please. :-)

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