John
Whitehead
Born in Bury, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom
Ancestors 
Son of John Whitehead
and Elizabeth (Oram) Whitehead
Brother of
Lucy Oram (Whitehead) Clegg, Robert Kay Whitehead, Susanna Whitehead, Elizabeth Ann Whitehead and Emma (Whitehead) Scott
Husband of
Eliza Ellen (Allanson) Whitehead
— married
4 Jul 1838 in Middleton, St Leonard, Lancashire, England
Descendants 
Father of
Edmund Whitehead, Walter Whitehead, Henry Whitehead, Betsey Whitehead, John H Whitehead, Susan Emma Whitehead, Eliza Ellen Whitehead, Annie Whitehead and Alice Whitehead
Died
at age 82
[location unknown]
Profile last modified
| Created 7 Nov 2015
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Biography
This profile is part of the Whitehead Name Study.
John Whitehead was a prominent industrialist who owned cotton bleaching and dying mills in Lancashire, England. He was born on 19 May 1815 in Bury, Lancashire.[1] He married Eliza Ellen Allanson on 4 July 1838 and they had nine children.[2] He died on 16 April 1898.
Sources
- ↑ "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NFZG-G88 : accessed 22 February 2016), John Whitehead in entry for John Whitehead, 14 Jun 1815; citing , reference item 1 p 151; FHL microfilm 1,545,464.
- ↑ "England, Cheshire, Marriage Bonds and Allegations, 1606-1900," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F1SQ-26Y : 9 March 2018), John Whitehead, 30 Jun 1838; citing , , Cheshire Record Office, Chester; FHL microfilm .
See also:
- Memoir of John Kay of Bury, by John Lord, limited edition of 300 copies, 1903; some material from The Kays of Cobhouse Bury, by Peter Cameron, quoted in http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=sjpainter&id=I0007
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with John by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with John:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with John by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with John:
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~3.12%
Paul Hancock
:
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~1.56%
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