Robert was born in 1878[1] in Briestfield, Yorkshire, England. He was the son of Thomas Whitaker and Mary Popplewell; his mother died in 1880 at the age of 26.[2]
In 1881 Robert lived with his father and maternal grandmother in Eastrington, Yorkshire.[3] By 1891 the family lived in Soothill near Batley in west Yorkshire.[4]
Sources
↑ GRO civil registration birth index entry. Robert Stogdale Whitaker. Vol 9b p 787. Jun quarter 1878. Registration district Dewsbury. FreeBMD.org.uk GRO index search gives mother's maiden name Popplewell
↑ GRO civil registration death index entry. Mary Jane Whitaker. Vol 9b p 452. Mar quarter 1880. Registration district Dewsbury. Age 26. FreeBMD.org.uk
↑ "England and Wales Census, 1881," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q27B-SJ3L : 11 December 2017), Robert S Whitaker in household of Mary A Popplewell, Eastrington, Yorkshire,Yorkshire East Riding, England; from "1881 England, Scotland and Wales Census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing p. 12, Piece/Folio 4737/161, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey; FHL microfilm 101,775,326.
↑ "England and Wales Census, 1891," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:7289-HN2 : 7 May 2019), Robert S Whitaker in household of Thomas Whitaker, Soothill, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom; from "1891 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO RG 12, Yorkshire, Yorkshire (West Riding) county, subdistrict, The National Archives of the UK, Kew, Surrey.
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