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Richard Whittaker 1793–1870 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: bef 6 jan 1793

Birth Location: Oswaldtwistle

Death Date: 1870

Death Location: Oswaldtwistle, Lancashire, England

Father: James Whittaker*

Mother: Nancy Edmundson*

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Richard Whittaker was born in 1793 in Oswaldtwistle, the child of James Whittaker And Nancy Edmundson. Richard Whittaker passed away in 1870 in Oswaldtwistle, Lancashire, England.

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Biography

  • Richard Whittaker was born in 1793 in Oswaldtwistle, the child of James Whittaker And Nancy Edmundson.
  • Richard Whittaker passed away in 1870 in Oswaldtwistle, Lancashire, England.

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Richard Whittaker's Ancestors

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Richard Whittaker
1793–1870
Birth Place: Oswaldtwistle
Parents
James Whittaker*
1762–1843
Church
Nancy Edmundson*
1767–1830
Skipton, Yorkshire, England
Grandparents
James Whitaker
1725–1795
Church, Lancashire, England
Jennet Hargreaves
1731–1809
Oswaldtwistle, Lancashire, England
Richard Edmondson
1734–1807
Barnoldswick, Yorkshire, England
Catherine Mawson
1741–1825
Bolton Abbey, Skipton, Yorkshire, England
Great-Grandparents
John Whitaker
1694–1760
Mary Lord
1697–1774
John Hargreaves
1681–1762
Katherine Bolton
1692–1777
George Mawson
1703–1777
Grace Jackson
1704–1783
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Thomas Whittaker
1670–1752
Elizabetha Emmott
1671–1703
Henery Bolton
1650–1741
Lady Bolton
1653–1694
William Jackson
1665–
Mary Hodgson
1678–1716

Richard Whittaker's Timeline

2 Records

1793
bef 6 jan 1793
Birth of Richard Whittaker in Oswaldtwistle
Oswaldtwistle
1870
1870
Age 77
Death of Richard Whittaker in Oswaldtwistle, Lancashire, England
Oswaldtwistle, Lancashire, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: bef 6 jan 1793
    Event Place: Oswaldtwistle

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1870
    Event Place: Oswaldtwistle, Lancashire, England

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