James WHITTAKER and Matty PICKUP

[Jebber]

Are you sure that the entry you are referring to of the 23 year old is a Baptism and not a Burial?
I am sure the word on left of the entry says Phthitis.  So I would suggest it was a Baptism done when he was dying and someone was unsure if he had been Baptised as a child.

There is a death registration which exactly fits his name and age in Burnley Union in 1853.

[haney]

Hi Jebber well I'm not sure now LOL.  I thought I could see a small word in the column.  So he died age 23 in 1853, therefore he will not be on the 1861 Census just looked not on the 1861.

Thanks for checking that.  Dianna

[jonwarrn]

From LANCAT
Archdeaconry of Chester Probate Records
Testator's name: James Pickup
Occupation/status: Grocer
Place: Union Row near Love Clough Whalley
Date: 19 Sep 1857

Copy will is on FamilySearch
Daughter Matty Whitaker, wife of James Whitaker
Here
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HY-6X7B-TZ

James Whitaker had left Matty and their ten children and gone to America

EDIT!
Add in full text link, the images can be downloaded (see where transcript is)
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HY-6X7B-TZ?view=fullText&keywords=James%20Whitaker%2CPickup&lang=en&groupId=

[haney]

Hi just checked you were right, it was a burial for James Pickup Whittaker.  Should have my eyes checked.  Thank you.

[heywood]

What a great find, jonwarm and how sad that is too.

[haney]

Hi jonwarrn THAT IS AMAZING Thank you so much.  Now I know Matty's fathers name and what actually happened to James Whittaker. 

Wonder what happened there!  So the last child Margaret was born in 1845 and James the father takes off.

Well now we know why he was not on the census.

Curious why it say's on the 1861 Census that "Matty's husband was a manager at the paint works"

Many thanks Dianna

[Neale1961]

1841 census Whalley, Union Row
James Pickup, 70 grocer
Betty Pickup, 70

[haney]

HI Neale1961 Thanks very much for that.  Now I have Matty's parents, wonderful. 

Will be interesting to see if James Whittaker came back to England.  Shame on him!!  He may have died in America perhaps. Regards Dianna

[maddys52]

Great find jonwarn. Explains why I couldn't find James WHITAKER in England.

I recall seeing earlier a Thomas WHITAKER in the US with parents James and Matty PICKUP. (A banking record on Ancestry) He is in Pawtucket, Rhode Island in the 1870 census.
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MFFH-4HW?lang=en

Also in various later censuses. Interestingly on his death his parents are listed as Thomas and Martha.
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:D61K-M8PZ?lang=en
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L984-9DPQ