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William Whittaker 1822–1898 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: Abt. 1822

Birth Location: Little Corby, Cumberland, England

Death Date: 23 Sep 1898

Death Location: Chorley, Lancashire, England

Father: John Whittaker

Mother: Ann Gillesby

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In 1822, William Whittaker entered the world in Little Corby, Cumberland, England, born to John Whittaker And Ann Gillesby. William Whittaker passed away in 1898 in Chorley, Lancashire, England.

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Biography

  • In 1822, William Whittaker entered the world in Little Corby, Cumberland, England, born to John Whittaker And Ann Gillesby.
  • William Whittaker passed away in 1898 in Chorley, Lancashire, England.

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William Whittaker's Ancestors

Self
William Whittaker
1822–1898
Birth Place: Little Corby, Cumberland, England
Parents
John Whittaker
1791–1863
Skipton, Yorkshire, England
Ann Gillesby
1799–1869
Wetheral, Cumberland, England
Grandparents
Legandre Whittaker
1762–1848
Hainworth Shaw, Yorkshire, England
Elizabeth Jowett
1771–1799
Cullingworth, Yorkshire, England
William Gillesby
1764–1823
Carlisle, Cumberland, England
Ann Little
1768–1852
Dormanstead, Stapleton, Cumberland County, England
Great-Grandparents
John Whittaker
1738–
Mary Cockshutt
1746–1765
John Jnr
1750–1814
Susannah Dickinson
1752–1819
Archibald Gillesby
1724–1793
Jane Pearson
1726–1774
Thomas Little
1716–1783
Issabel Robson
1739–1808
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Edward Cockshutt
1722–1781
Sarah Stevenson
1724–1788
John Jowitt
1721–1783
Ann Benson
1722–1802
Joseph Dickinson
1707–1758
Susannah Pilling
1709–1774
William Gillesby
1687–1765
Jane Cunningham
1690–1761
Richard Pearson
1686–1753
Ann Wilkinson
1686–1768
William Little
1676–1763
Ann Moreland
1679–1732
Henry ROBSON
1675–1750
Sybil Routledge
1691–1740

William Whittaker's Timeline

2 Records

1822
Abt. 1822
Birth of William Whittaker in Little Corby, Cumberland, England
Little Corby, Cumberland, England
1898
23 Sep 1898
Age 76
Death of William Whittaker in Chorley, Lancashire, England
Chorley, Lancashire, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: Abt. 1822
    Event Place: Little Corby, Cumberland, England
    Record Source: England & Wales, Civil Registration Death Index, 1837-1915

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 23 Sep 1898
    Event Place: Chorley, Lancashire, England
    Record Source: England & Wales, Civil Registration Death Index, 1837-1915

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