Harry Whittaker (1915 - 1981)

Born 2 Aug 1915 in Barnsley, Yorkshire, England

Ancestors

Husband of Greta Verdun (Bedford) Whittaker — married 1949 in Staincross, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom

Descendants

Died 1981 at about age 65 in Wakefield registration district, Yorkshire, England

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Biography

Harry Whittaker was born in Barnsley, Yorkshire, England.

Harry was born on 2 Aug 1915^[1][2].

He married Greta Verdun Bedford in Q1 1949 in Staincliffe Registration District, Yorkshire^[3]

He died in Q2 1981^[2].

Research Notes

• The date of birth given in the death index, 2 August 1915, also ties with the 1939 census when Harry is living in Finchley.
• His parents were Annie Ridge (1889 - 1924) and Harold Whittaker (1887 - 1976).
• He may have been born in Darton, a village within the Barnsley area where his father originated from and was living in 1939.

Sources

1. ↑ Harry Whittaker, Q3 1915, Barnsley, vol 9c, p399, General Registry office, England and Wales
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} Harry Whittaker, Q2 1981, Wakefield, vol 5, p1530, from www.freebmd.org.uk, accessed 2 February 2024
3. ↑ Harry Whittaker, Greta V Bedford, England & Wales, Civil Registration Marriage Index, reference Q1 1949, Staincross, vol2d, p1036, General Registry Office, England and Wales.