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Married three times but who was the first wife?
« on: Monday 04 November 24 12:35 GMT (UK) »
Looking for marriage info on George Whitton, b abt 1814 in Retford Nottinghamshire died 1883 as a result of a tragic accident involving a train.
His second marriage was to Ellen Bell in 1844 in Yorkshire which is where he spent most of his life, his occupation was as a Cordwainer. His marriage certificate clearly shows his Condition as Widower. This where I've come to a grinding halt. Who was his first wife and where & when did he marry her. I've looked through Ancestry with no success so any help is greatly appreciated
Gough Coventry/Knowle/Hampton-in-Arden
Oswin Coventry
Kings Alcester/Feckenham
Northall Killamarsh/Chesterfield

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Re: Married three times but who was the first wife?
« Reply #1 on: Monday 04 November 24 14:20 GMT (UK) »
Just adding, the 1844 Sheffield marriage has his father as Wm Whitton also a Cordwainer.  George is on the 1841 census in Sheffield on his own.
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Re: Married three times but who was the first wife?
« Reply #2 on: Monday 04 November 24 17:40 GMT (UK) »
Wm is on census in Sheffield b abt 1776, occ cordwainer, not bic, with Martha Witton age 10
Berks / Oxon: Eltham, Annetts, Wiltshire (surname not county), Hawkins, Pembroke, Partridge
Dorset / Hants: Derham, Stride, Purkiss, Sibley
Yorkshire: Pottage, Carr, Blackburn, Depledge
Sussex: Goodyer, Christopher, Trevatt
Lanark: Scott (soldier went to Jersey CI)
Jersey: Fowler, Huelin, Scott

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Re: Married three times but who was the first wife?
« Reply #3 on: Monday 04 November 24 17:48 GMT (UK) »
Quote from: LizzieL on Monday 04 November 24 17:40 GMT (UK)
Wm is on census in Sheffield b abt 1776, occ cordwainer, not bic, with Martha Witton age 10

They are a separate household within a property, the other occupants are John & Mary Hogg with their children.  John Hogg married Mary Whitton at Sheffield Cathedral 15 Apr 1823
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Re: Married three times but who was the first wife?
« Reply #4 on: Monday 04 November 24 17:53 GMT (UK) »
Martha married William Proctor in 1849, father William -bot and shoe maker. So looks like two of George's sisters. Martha is 21 in 1849 and b Sheffield, so the move from Retford before 1830, so George's first marriage likely to be in Yorks not Notts
Berks / Oxon: Eltham, Annetts, Wiltshire (surname not county), Hawkins, Pembroke, Partridge
Dorset / Hants: Derham, Stride, Purkiss, Sibley
Yorkshire: Pottage, Carr, Blackburn, Depledge
Sussex: Goodyer, Christopher, Trevatt
Lanark: Scott (soldier went to Jersey CI)
Jersey: Fowler, Huelin, Scott

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Re: Married three times but who was the first wife?
« Reply #5 on: Monday 04 November 24 17:56 GMT (UK) »
There is a burial in Sheffield 24th January 1827 for a Julia (age 55) wife of William Whitton occ Shoemaker - abode Bailey Street, Sheffield
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Re: Married three times but who was the first wife?
« Reply #6 on: Monday 04 November 24 17:59 GMT (UK) »
Marriage Retford 31 Aug 1789 W'm Whitton and Julia Thorpe
Berks / Oxon: Eltham, Annetts, Wiltshire (surname not county), Hawkins, Pembroke, Partridge
Dorset / Hants: Derham, Stride, Purkiss, Sibley
Yorkshire: Pottage, Carr, Blackburn, Depledge
Sussex: Goodyer, Christopher, Trevatt
Lanark: Scott (soldier went to Jersey CI)
Jersey: Fowler, Huelin, Scott

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Re: Married three times but who was the first wife?
« Reply #7 on: Monday 04 November 24 18:03 GMT (UK) »
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Marriage Retford 31 Aug 1789 W'm Whitton and Julia Thorpe

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Re: Married three times but who was the first wife?
« Reply #8 on: Thursday 10 April 25 06:38 BST (UK) »
There is a George Witton bap. 25 February 1810 at St Swithun, East Retford Nottinghamshire.

Parents William Witton and Julia.
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Gervaise Thorpe Whitton bap. 25 December 1807 at St Michael the Archangel, West Retford, of William and Julia Whitton.

Mary Whitton, bap 6 June 1802 West Retford, parents William and Julia

Julia Witton bap 18 June 1797 St Mary,  Kingston Upon Hull Yorkshire  parents William and Julia
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