Christopher Whitehead (b 1818) parents

[keyboard86]

Hi could I just ask, as the couple married in 1847 have you located them in the 1851 census, as their is this Christopher in 1851?:-

Christopher Whitehead 31 Married occ Game Keeper b Burley
Samuel Whitehead 18 (Brother in Law/Visitor) occ Rover (Worsted) b Burley
Residing at Lane Top, Burley
Census Ref HO107/2284/325/30

Keyboard86

[Craclyn]

When you get the marriage cert post the locations and names of the fathers and of the witnesses on this thread then we can try to get you further back from there.

[gliesian66]

Hi could I just ask, as the couple married in 1847 have you located them in the 1851 census, as their is this Christopher in 1851?:-

Christopher Whitehead 31 Married occ Game Keeper b Burley
Samuel Whitehead 18 (Brother in Law/Visitor) occ Rover (Worsted) b Burley
Residing at Lane Top, Burley
Census Ref HO107/2284/325/30

Keyboard86

Yes. I saw that one.  But I don't know what most of that means.   Could you please explain it?

What is Occ?

Could samuel be Mary's brother?
What is rover/worsted?

[GenesA]

Occ means occupation. It looks like Samuel is Mary's brother which confirms that her maiden name was Whitehead

[GenesA]

Rover definition-

Loaded cotton yarn onto bobbins, giving the yarn a twist, (Roving) after the Carding and Combing processes.

http://rmhh.co.uk/occup/q-r.html#R

'Worsted' means he was a seller of woollen cloth

[keyboard86]

Hi again, Mary 14 and Samuel 9 are shown with a John 40 & Sarah 35 Whitehead and other siblings in 1841 at Burley Lodge, Otley Census Ref HO107/1314/ 5/7 / 7

Also a William Whitehead 45 occ Farmer is with a Mary 45 at Menton, Otley, Census ref HO107/1314/ 8/4/ 3, on the next page are Thomas 25 Christopher 20 William 12 Sarah 8 Martha 10 Margaret 7 and Elizabeth 25 with a William & Grace Shepherd also at Menston, Otley Census Ref HO107/1314/ 8/5 / 5

Keyboard86

[Craclyn]

I think keyboard86 may have hit on gold with that find of Christopher with Samuel as a visitor. Note that they are also living next door to another Whitehead family in 1851.

If you look for Samuel 1832 in the 1841 census you will find him at Otley Lodge with probable parents John and Sarah. Probable siblings: William, Mary, Ann, John, Sarah and Susannah. Mary in that census has birth year 1827.

[Craclyn]

My post crossed with yours keyboard86. Apologies for the duplicate info and congrats on a fascinating find.

[GenesA]

Could this be John and Sarah's marriage?

https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N2KL-D42

John Whitehead married Sarah Manners on September 15th 1823 in Otley, Yorkshire