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Not sure if the 1910 US census will give more details, it was on familysearch, but to view you need an ancestry sub - maybe someone else could check it out?

you're very welcome!



sylvia

Have Just re- read through all the above info and have discovered that you where able to find Maretta and James in the 1911 Census so have now sorted that part of the Family.

Many Thanks Jax , Sylvia and Flip for your help it is much appreciated,

The American info about Whitaker certainly sounds very Promising.

Sorry had an appointment now back,
Whitaker is certainly an enigma,
What intrigues me is that Annice has Changed the place she was Born in Both 1891 and 1901 to Yorkshire, When In Fact She was Born in Foulridge which is on the outskirts of Colne in Lancashire


I am glad to find that a Marretta is in the 1891 Census as she was the only Parkinson married to a Houghton I could find that fitted with the 2 GrandChildren in 1911. However could neither find her or James Houghton in 1911.

I had supposed The Whittaker born in 1887 was Annice's but obviously not.
Whitham Parker certainly sounds interesting.

I wonder if he went over first with the intention of Annice and the family joining him later, OR if the marriage had broken down.




sylvia

That death certificate that Flip found is VERY interesting!!!


Whittaker Parkinson

New Bedford, Mass.

Single, married, etc:- Unknown

Date of Birth:- Unknown

Age:- between 57 and 60 years of age

Occupation:- Weaver

Where:- Mill

Name of Father:- Unknown

Birthplace of Father:- England

Name of Mother:- ----- Whittaker

Birthplace of Mother:- England

Informant:- John W. Catlow

Address:- 171 Dean Street

Date:- Oct 11 1911

Date of death:- Oct 9 1911

Cause of Death:- Accidental Poisoning by Illuminating Gas

Place of Burial:- Oak Grove Cemetery, New Bedford

jax

If a married woman had a baby 10 years after her husband died ..... the baby would have the husband's name UNLESS the father agreed to his name being on the birth certificate ....................... so yes, any of the younger children could have born of another father

YET, Annice does not seem to have had another child after Edwin in 1892


I wonder if this is her death ........ Nelson is where Edwin was born


Mar 1940 (>99%)

Parkinson Annice 84 Nelson 8e 771





sylvia

How about this one in 1901

1901 England Census
about Whitham Parker Name: Whitham Parker
Age: 46
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1855
Relation: Head
Gender: Male
Where born: Colne, Lancashire, England

Civil parish: Rochdale
Ecclesiastical parish: Rochdale St Mary
County/Island: Lancashire
Country: England

Street Address:

Occupation:

Condition as to marriage:

Education:

Employment status: View image

Registration district: Rochdale
Sub-registration district: Wardleworth
ED, institution, or vessel: 1
Neighbors: View others on page
Household schedule number: 177
Piece: 3839
Folio: 17
Page Number: 26
Household Members: Name Age
Whitham Parker 46


He is a cotton weaver and married

There's this one in 1910??

Whitker Parkerson
Birthplace: England
Relationship to Head of Household:
Residence: Plainfield, Windham, Connecticut
Marital Status: Single
Race : White
Gender: Male
Immigration Year: 1901
Father's Birthplace: England
Mother's Birthplace: England
Family Number: 813
Page Number: 39
Household Gender Age
Fred Thurston M 36y
Lena Duquette F 35y
Whitker Parkerson M 55y

I can't view the original - but found on familysearch

And this death record - original image available - this one is a weaver.

https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-266-11901-180249-4?cc=1463156

Now I dont know much about Baptisms as I have only been to one...but does the father have to be there? or back then did they care?

I know my gt uncle was baptised after his mother married but she used her maiden name and a made up father (luckerly it was'nt one of her brothers names)

I also have a 3x gt grandmother baptising one child in june 1837 with her first husbands name and six months later another child with my 3x gt grandfathers name so I doubt whether the first husband was around at the time

So if he did do a bunk in 1889 could the younger children be fathered by an unknown person?

The only death for a Whittaker Parkinson that I can see on freebmd is this one ...... which must be that Whittaker born in 1887 to James and Jane


Deaths Mar 1940 (>99%)

Parkinson Whittaker 53 Manchester 8d 923




sylvia

I cannot find him on the Ellis Island site .... yet he said he was going to New York

IF that parentage given in the family tree is correct, then this is the entry in the Parish Register


Marriage: 20 Aug 1840 St Bartholomew, Colne, Lancashire, England
Hartley Parkinson - (X), full age Weaver Bachelor of Colne
Mary Whittaker - (X), minor Spinster of Colne
Groom's Father: Joseph Parkinson, Weaver
Bride's Father: William Whitaker, Weaver
Witness: Henry Hays, (X); James Ellis
Married by Banns by: Thos Hayes, Offg Minr
Register: Marriages 1837 - 1841, Page 206, Entry 411
Source: LDS Film 1471065




sylvia

Wonder whether he came back then went back to the US maybe under just the inital of "W" rather than Whitaker?

Marriages Mar 1906 (>99%)
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HOUGHTON James Burnley 8e 403
Parkinson Maretta Burnley 8e 403


1911 census
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Person: HOUGHTON, Maretta
Address: 16 Carry Bridge Colne

Yrs married Sex Age Birth Year Occupation Where born Image
HOUGHTON, James Head Married M 27 1884 Weft Fork Fnishier Lancs Colne VIEW
HOUGHTON, Maretta Wife Married5 years F 27 1884 Cotton Weaver Lancs Colne

you may be interested in these records from lancashire Online Parish Clerks .............. www.lan-opc.org.uk


Baptisms: 26 Oct 1879 St Bartholomew, Colne, Lancashire, England
Annie Parkinson - Child of Whitaker Parkinson & Annie
Born: 6 Nov 1878
Abode: Colne Waterside
Occupation: Weaver
Baptised by: Alexr MacPhee
Register: Baptisms 1876 - 1890, Page 45, Entry 359
Source: LDS Film 1471024

Baptisms: 9 May 1891 St John the Evangelist, Great Marsden, Lancashire, England
George Parkinson - Child of Whittaker Parkinson & Annice
Born: 23 May 1884
Abode: Great Marsden
Occupation: Weaver
Baptised by: G. W. Coleman, Vicar
Register: Baptisms 1890 - 1895, Page 27, Entry 212
Source: LDS Film 1471098

Baptisms: 9 May 1891 St John the Evangelist, Great Marsden, Lancashire, England
Laura Parkinson - Child of Whittaker Parkinson & Annice
Born: 1 Jan 1891
Abode: Great Marsden
Occupation: Weaver
Baptised by: G. W. Coleman, Vicar
Register: Baptisms 1890 - 1895, Page 27, Entry 211
Source: LDS Film 1471098

Baptisms: 10 Sep 1892 St John the Evangelist, Great Marsden, Lancashire, England
Edwin Parkinson - Child of Whittaker Parkinson & Annice
Born: 14 Jun 1892
Abode: Great Marsden
Occupation: Weaver
Baptised by: G. W. Coleman, Vicar
Register: Baptisms 1890 - 1895, Page 55, Entry 440
Source: LDS Film 1471098




wonder why they didn't have them all baptized?????

according to a Public Family tree on ancestry, the Whittaker comes from his mother


will have to trace this out to see if the tree is accurate :-D


Whitaker Parkinson

Birth 1855 in Colne, Lancashire, England


Parents

Hartley Parkinson 1818 – 1889
Birth 1818 in Colne, Lancashire, England
Death 1889 in Burnley, Lancashire, England


Mary Whitaker
Birth 1824 in Colne, Lancashire
Death ??




sylvia

uh oh


Whittaker Parkinson born ca 1887, Haslingen might NOT belong to Whittaker and Annice


I went looking for him after he wasn't on the 1891 or 1901 Censuses ......... couldn't find a death BUT did find this .........................


1891 Census

Name: Whittaker Parkinson
Age: 4
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1887
Relation: Son
Father's Name: James Parkinson
Mother's Name: Jane Parkinson
Gender: Male
Where born: Haslingden, Lancashire, England

Civil parish: Haslingden
Ecclesiastical parish: St James
Town: Haslingden
County/Island: Lancashire
Country: England

Registration district: Haslingden
Sub-registration district: Haslingden

James Parkinson 38 b.ca 1853, Rawtenstall, Lancashire, Carter
Jane Parkinson 37 b.ca 1854, Barendale, Lancashire
Martha Alice Parkinson 15
Mancy Ann Parkinson 13
George W Parkinson 10
Isabella Parkinson 7
Whittaker Parkinson 4
Mora Parkinson 1

Address:- 8 Deardengate Croft





sylvia

I see in 1911 she says she is married but it has been crossed out

He's not there in 1901


1901 Census

Name: Annice Parkinson
Age: 45
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1856
Relation: Head
Gender: Female
Where born: Whitemoor, Yorkshire, England

Civil parish: Colne
Ecclesiastical parish: Colne St Bartholomew
County/Island: Lancashire
Country: England

Registration district: Burnley
Sub-registration district: Colne

Annice Parkinson 45 Widow, Cotton Weaver
Annie Parkinson 22 b.ca 1879, Colne, Cotton Weaver
Emily Parkinson 20 b.ca 1881, Colne, Cotton Weaver
Maretta Parkinson 17 b.ca 1884, Colne, Cotton Weaver
George Parkinson 16 b.ca 1885, Colne, Weft Fork Maker
Laura Parkinson 10 b.ca 1881, Colne
Edwin Parkinson 8 b.ca 1893, Helson, Lancashire, Blind <<<<<<<<< this is Nelson on the image

Address:- 51 Blucker Street





sylvia