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My Whittaker Family of Blackburn : Page 1 1841-1871

by Carole

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George Whittaker - born c1796 Blackburn or ?Yate Bank, married Betty.

1841 Census
HO.107/502/17 Folio 37/p.19: Blackburn: Grimshaw Park, Cooks Folly.
All answered "yes" born in this county (Lancashire)

Name
Age Occupation

George Whittaker 45 (Hand?) Loom Weaver

Betty Whittaker 45 -

John Whittaker 20 Power Loom Weaver

Richard Whittaker 15 Power Loom Weaver

George Whittaker 15 Power Loom Weaver

Mary Whittaker 13 Power Loom Weaver

Henry Whittaker 8 -

Also on Cooks Folly, 6 houses further along, is the PICKUP Family.
?possibly William, father of Joseph & grandfather of Sarah Pickup who later married Henry Whittaker.
Folio 37/p.20, Cooks Folly: All "yes" born in this county (Lancashire)

Name
Age Occupation

William Pickup
45 Hand Loom Weaver

James Pickup 20 Hand Loom Weaver

Alice? (or Ann?) Pickup 15 Hand Loom Weaver

Richard Pickup 10 -

1851 Census
HO107/2258/ Folio 473 / p.48 Ecclesiastical District of St.Mary, Blackburn.
Schedule No. 145: 34 Friday Street

Name
Age Rel. Condition Occupation Where born

George Whittaker 57 Head mar Shop Keeper Blackburn

Betty Whittaker 58 Wife mar - - do -

Richard Whittaker 27 Son unm Cotton Power Loom Weaver - do -

Mary (?May) Whittaker 22 Daur unm Cotton Power Loom Weaver - do -

Henry Whittaker 18 Son unm Cotton Power Loom Weaver - do -

Marriage of my gr-gr-grandparents Henry WHITTAKER & Sarah PICKUP
1859 July 4th, After Banns.

Blackburn Registration District, Cert No. 486. Solemnised at the Parish Church of Blackburn in the County of Lancaster.
Henry Whittaker, age 26, Bachelor, Weaver. Residence: Friday Street, GP. Father: George Whittaker, Grocer
Sarah Pickup, age 23, Spinster, Weaver. Residence: Cooks' Folly, GP. Father: Joseph Pickup, Collier
Henry signed his own name. Sarah signed with her mark (X).

In the presence of: James Gibson (his mark X) & Jane Pickup (her mark X)

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1861 Census
RG 9/3097 : Folio 114 page 17 Blackburn, Park Ward, Ecclesiastical District of Christ Church.
Sched numbers 102 & 103 at same address 40 Friday Street:

Schedule no 102: 40 Friday St. Grocer Shop

Name
Age Rel. Condition Occupation Where born

George Whittaker 67 Head mar Grocer Retired Blackburn

Betty Whittaker 68 Wife mar - Blackburn

Schedule no 103: 40 Friday St.

Henry Whittaker 28 Head mar Grocer Blackburn

Sarah Whittaker 24 Wife mar Cotton Weaver ?ChurchParish

Birth of my great-grandad Joseph Whittaker

3rd February 1870 at 38 Friday Street.
Blackburn Registration District, Cert No.319. Joseph, boy
Father: Henry Whittaker, Grocer. Mother Sarah Whittaker, formerly Pickup.
Registered 9th Feb 1870 by Henry Whittaker, Father

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1871 Census

No RG10/4175 p.14. Blackburn, Municipal Ward: Park. Ecclesiastical District: Christ Church : Friday Street

Sch.52: 36 Friday St =

No-one listed
Age Rel. Occupation Where born

Sch.53: 38 Friday St =

Auld Lang Syne
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Henry Whittaker 38 Head Grocer & Beerhouse Keeper Blackburn

Sarah Whittaker 36 Wife - Oswaldtwistle

Mary Whittaker 9 Dau Scholar Blackburn

Elizabeth Whittaker 8 Dau Scholar - do -

George Whittaker 6 Son Scholar - do -

Richard Whittaker 2 Son - - do -

Joseph Whittaker 1 Son - - do -

Whittaker Yates 17 (unm) Boarder Loomer in Cotton Factory - do -

Nos. 40, 42 & 44 = no-one listed
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