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Cheers Alviegal I have sent a message to Roy Green.

Cameron

Have found this by googling. No idea if the person who posted it has any more information or if they are still around, but it may be worth looking into.

Roy Green is trying to trace relatives of Jonas Arthur Whitaker.
It is believed that his son was Donald Brigg Whitaker who was born in Canada early 1900.

His grandmother was probably Zillah Whitaker formerly Zillah Bailey. She was buried in the Keighley area of Yorkshire about 5 August 1933. Roy has a funeral announcement giving the address 4, Garden Terrace, Middleton, Higher Heysham, West Yorks.


http://webspace.webring.com/people/mw/whittakergen_notts/help.htm

Afraid there's a tree on ancestry with this information.


Jonas Arthur Bradley Whitaker
Birth 1883 in Keighley West Yorkshire
Death 1910 in Yorkton, Saskatchewan, Canada


Parents

Charles B. Whitaker
1852 –

Zillah Bailey
1851 –





Maude Beacham
Birth 1883
Death



Parents

Henry Beacham

Sarah
1888 –





Donald Brigg Whitaker
Birth Nov 12th 1908 in Yorkton Canada
Death Aug 14th 1985 in Durrington, England, United Kingdom



Marriage to Florence Rosina Crouch
1937 23 Jan Age: 28
Worthing Registry office


So it does not appear to be the correct Maud BUT they do not appear to know very much about her and do not appear to have her marriage certificate so could perhaps be wrong about her parents. They have also put an obviously incorrect year of birth for Maud's mother, Sarah.

if she left you any cash, can we have a share please :-D

Brilliant Alviegal and Ann!! I think there was "confusion" Ann re your earlier finding of Maud returning in 1924? From Alviegal's Maud is returning in 1911 which fits as she then marries ACC in 1915.
Sorry Alvie Maud does not put her profession down at all, just a widow.
I wonder what happened to Donald???
Poor woman, her first husband dies in Canada and her second husband dies in Peru! I now will get a copy of her will and see who she left what to.
Thank you all again so much.
Cameron

a worsted twister? doesn't that sound really awful :-D

Not sure Ann. This one is returning to Keighley but obviously can't be the one we are looking for. 53 Redford Street, Keighley and she is a worsted twister.


UK, Incoming Passenger Lists, 1878-1960 about Maud Whitaker
Name: Maud Whitaker
Birth Date: abt 1886
Age: 51
Port of Departure: Montréal, Québec, Canada
Arrival Date: 16 Oct 1937
Port of Arrival: Liverpool, England
Ports of Voyage: Montreal
[Quebec]
Ship Name: Duchess of Richmond
Search Ship Database: View the 'Duchess of Richmond' in the 'Passenger Ships and Images' database
Shipping Line: Canadian Pacific Line
Official Number: 160631


and this one is returning with a David (no age given) not a Donald!!



UK, Incoming Passenger Lists, 1878-1960 about Mrs Whitaker
Name: Mrs Whitaker
Birth Date: abt 1888
Age: 23
Port of Departure: Montréal, Québec, Canada
Arrival Date: 17 Sep 1911
Port of Arrival: Glasgow, Scotland
Ports of Voyage: Montreal
Ship Name: Saturnia
Search Ship Database: View the 'Saturnia' in the 'Passenger Ships and Images' database
Shipping Line: Donaldson Line
Official Number: 129489



Does your Maud have an occupation on her marriage certificate Cameron?

hmm - then I was right and you were wrong then :-D surely there wouldn't be two Maude Beechams from Keighley who married a Whittaker?

This is that Maud in 1911. She was a Teacher of Music and emigrated in 1907.


1911 Census of Canada about Maude Whittaker
Name: Maude Whittaker
Marital Status: Widowed
Age: 23
Birth Date: Jan 1888
Birthplace: England
Relation to Head of House: Head
Immigration Year: 1907
Tribal: English
Province: Saskatchewan
District: Mackenzie
District Number: 210
Sub-District: Yorkton
Sub-District Number: 29
Place of Habitation: Betts Ave
Neighbors: View others on page
Household Members:
Name Age
Maude Whittaker 23
Donald Whittaker 2

Name: Jonas Arthur Bradley Whitaker
Event Type: Baptism
Father: Charles Whitaker
Mother: Zillah Whitaker
Baptism Date: 16 Oct 1882
Archive Location: Bradford
Parish or Chapel: Keighley
Reel Number: Cullingworth, Denholme, East Morton, Hainworth, Keighley, Sandbeds; BNC 6


Name: Jonas A. Whitaker
Birth Date: 1882
Age at Death: 28
Death Date: 10 Nov 1910
Burial Place: Yorkton, Saskatchewan, Canada
URL: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-...

we heard you the first time :-D

Sorry folks I have to shoot off, thank you all so far. I will get back to anyone tomorrow.
Grateful thanks yet again,
Cameron

Sorry folks I have to shoot off, thank you all so far. I will get back to anyone tomorrow.
Grateful thanks yet again,
Cameron

Must be wrong Maud(e) as she married Alexander in 1915 and she died in 1942 in Bradford! Cameron

The Index of The History of Craven by Rev. Thomas Dunham Whitaker
www.yorkshirecdbooks.com/Indexes/CravenIndex.html Cached
Bailey (Baley, Bayley), Lancashire, (5) ... Tonson, Jonas, Topfield, Elizabeth, ... Arthur, Benjamin Christopher,

Jonas Arthur Bradley Whitaker

Surnames: Jonas Arthur Bailey Whitaker Jonas was married to MAUDE BEACHAM. Jonas died in Yorkton Canada in 1910 and MAUDE returned to England in 1924

Yea have this thanks, cameron

FreeBMD shows following birth registered:
Maud Beacham Mar 1888 Keighley V.9a P.189 (Note Beacham with an A rather than as recorded on census with two Es)

1891 Census:
Yorkshire Farnhill Kildwick
Head: William Daffern (wid)b.1847 Railway signalman
Dau: Fanny (s) b.1876
Dau: Annie (s) b.1879
Son: Richard (s) b.1881
Son: Henry (s) b.1886
Son: Arthur (s) b.1888
Serv: Emily A Beecham (mar) b.1858 Goole, Housekeeper
Boarder: Maud Beecham (s) b.1888 Keighley

By 1901 the location was the same but the situation had changed:

Head: William Daffern (mar)
Wife: Emily A Daffern (mar)
Dau: Fanny
Dau: Annie
Son: Henry
Son: Arthur
Step-dau: Maud Beecham.

Hi Ann, "wrong" Maud Whitaker re her birth in 1888, my Maud was born a Beecham.

Cameron

wotcha - Happy New Year to you too!!! :-D