Hi vhaila
Is his name Robert Whitworth, the one thats on the 1881 census married to a Mary Ann. If so on the 1871 census he says he comes from Ovington in Yorkshire.
1881 
Robert Whitworth head mar 37 gen lab Lancs Sothers Green???
Mary Ann    "         wife mar 32               Yorks Middlesbrough
John           "         son u/m 12 scholar    Yorks Ardsley
Mary Jane   "        dau u/m 9        "           "           "
George        "       son u/m 7         "           "     Middlesbrough
living at 11 Ash Street, Middlesbrough, Yorks
Rg11/ 4852
folio 56
page 11
1871
Robert Whitworth head mar 27 blast furnace charger? Yorks Ovington
Mary A         "        wife mar 22                                       Yorks Middlesbrough
John            "        son u/m 3                                           Yorks Ardsley
living at East Ardsley, Yorks
Rg10/ 4630
folio 21
page 36
ricky