Any suggestions please

[collin]

I feel sure this is the right one. Whitwood is Castleford area near Pontefract and a coal mining area so probably went where nobody knew him, I will send for the certificate to be sure. Many thanks

[Milliepede]

I think there's a pretty good chance.  Good luck and do post again when you get the certificate

[collin]

Will do, I ordered it today and will be ready on the 21st.

[collin]

The death certificate came today, the baby died of measles and diarrhea on October 14 1869 at Whitwood aged 1 yr 11 months.
It says he was the son of Matthew Rothwell coal miner and was registered by Jane Rothwell.
I am sure this is right so Matthew Rothwell was the alias he was using whilst trying to evade the police for stealing in Barnsley

[iolaus]

Seems to fit, with parents first names plus Matthews job

[collin]

Yes thank you, the pieces fit, in 1879 he was working as a carter which seemed odd when he had always been a miner, then I found he  received a fractured scull in a massive street brawl in Wigan in 1878, so he wouldn't be fit to work in the pit.