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ID:866 Isaiah Whitehouse 1857-1941 aka Isaiah Bentley, Isaiah Stackhouse
Gaz’s 2nd Great Grandfather
Birth	14 December 1857	‘The Swan’ at Staunton, Newent, Gloucester
Death	September 1941	Walsall, Staffordshire
Mother	Elizabeth Whitehouse (b.1831) /ID:863
Father	John Bentley (abt 1830)/ID:1125
Step-father	Isaac Bentley (b.1811) /ID:107
Siblings	Mary Bentley (b.1850)/ID:1136
	Charles Bentley (b.1853) /ID:106
	Sarah Bentley (b.1855) /ID:108
	Isaiah Whitehouse (b.1857) /ID:866
	Samuel Bentley (b.1860)/ID:1138
	Abraham Bentley (b.1861) /ID:104
	William Bentley (b.1863) /ID:110
Half Sibs	Amy Jane Bentley (b.1868) /ID:105
	Thomas Bentley (b.1870) /ID:109
Spouse	Jane Phillips (b.1859) /ID:516
Children	Christina Stackhouse (b.1881) /ID:687
Spouse	Alice Smith (b.1857) /ID:649

Occupations	Coal Miner (1881)
	Labourer (1883)
	Coal Miner (1891)
	Ordinary Agricultural Labourer (1901)
	Wagonner on a Farm (1911)

1857

Isaiah Whitehouse was born 14 December 1857 at The Swan Inn, Staunton in the Parish of Corse, His father was John Bentley and his mother was Elizabeth Whitehouse. His father is listed as a traveller on his older sisters baptism record two years previously when she was also born in Corse. We believe the couple were unmarried which was quite common in the traveller community. Isaiah had older sisters Mary , born in 1850 and Sarah born in 1855 as well as an older brother Charles born in 1953.

Left :The Swan Inn at Staunton today where Isaiah was born.

1861

1861 Census for Court 4, Shortacre, Walsall, Staffordshire

Name	Relationship	Status	Age	Est YOB	Gender	Birth County	Occupation
Joseph Bentley	Head	Married	52	1809	Male	Lane End, Staffs	Labourer at Iron Works
Eliza Bentley	Wife	Married	62	1799	Female	Lane End, Staffs
Elizabeth Whitehouse	(Grand)daughter	Unmarried	32	1829	Female	Lane End, Staffs
Mary Whitehouse	Granddaughter		11	1850	Female	(Sutton) Coldfield, Warks
Charles Whitehouse	Grandson		8	1853	Male	(Sutton) Coldfield, Warks
Sarah Whitehouse	Granddaughter		5	1856	Female	(Sutton) Coldfield, Warks
Isaiah Whitehouse	Grandson		3	1858	Male	(Sutton) Coldfield, Warks
Samuel Whitehouse	Grandson		6mths	1860	Male	Sutton, Warks

1864- Isaiahs mother Elizabeth marries Isaac Bentley.

1871

1871 Census for Encampment on common, Norton Canes, Staffordshire

Name	Relationship	Status	Age	Est YOB	Gender	Birth County	Occupation
Isaac Bentley	Head	Married	60	1811	Male	Lichfield, Staffordshire	Besom Maker
Elizabeth Bentley	Wife	Married	40	1831	Female	Lane End, Staffs
Charles Bentley	Son	Married	28	1843	Male	Mill Green, Staffs	Besom Maker
Sarah Bentley	Daughter		16	1856	Female	Gloucestershire
Isaiah Bentley	Son		14	1858	Male	Gloucestershire
Abraham Bentley	Son		10	1861	Male	Sutton, Warks
William Bentley	Son		8	1863	Male	Walsall, Staffs
Amy Jane Bentley	Daughter		2	1869	Female	Walsall, Staffs

We know that a few years later Isaiah met Jane Phillips, who had previously been married to traveller Joseph Stackhouse and had a son William, born in 1876, who in 1881 was living with his father and grandmother on Pelsall Common, indicating that he and Jane had separated earlier. We have been unable to find Jane on a 1881 census but there is a possible marriage for Isaiah in 1879 in Liverpool. This is the area where Isaiah and Jane had their daughter Christina baptised in 1883.

1881

1881 Census for 'Pelsall Common, Pelsall, Staffordshire'

Name	Relationship	Status	Age	Est YOB	Gender	Birth County	Occupation
Isaac Bentley	Head	Married	70	1811	Male	Lichfield, Staffs	Hawker
Isaiah Bentley	Son		24	1857	Male	Gloucestershire	Coal Miner
Abraham Bentley	Son		12*(22)	1869	Male	Sutton, Warks	Coal Miner
William Bentley	Son		20	1861	Male	Walsall Wood, Staffs	Coal Miner
Amy Bentley	Daughter		13	1868	Female	Walsall Wood, Staffs	Scholar
Thomas Bentley	Son		11	1870	Male	Birmingham, Warks	Scholar

In 1883 Isaiahs daughter Christina was baptised at St Chysostum, near Everton. It looks as though they were about to put Bentley on as the parents surname but then changed it to Stackhouse, enforcing our belief that the possible marriage details may be misleading and they hadn't, in fact, married. We have not been able to find a marriage record confiming both of there names. Isaiah is listed as a Labourer.

1891

1891 Census for 'Stokes Lane, Norton Canes, Staffordshire'

Name	Relationship	Status	Age	Est YOB	Gender	Birth County	Occupation
Isaiah Whitehouse	Head	Married	33	1858	Male	Staunton Swan, Gloucs	Coal Miner
Jane Whitehouse	Wife	Married	32	1859	Female	Norton Canes, Staffs
Christina Whitehouse	Daughter	Female	7	1884	Female	West Derby, Liverpool

By 1901, Isaiah is listed as a widower. We have found a possible entry in the indexes for Janes death,  named as Jane Bentley, born about 1860 who died in West Derby, Liverpool in Jan 1901. (There are no other entries that fit as a Whitehouse or Stackhouse). 
Isaiah,43, lived with his daugher, Christina, now 20, and her husband, Henry Taylor,21, a Coal Miner,  in Stokes Lane, Norton Canes. They had married in 1900 and Isaiah had been present at the wedding in Rushall. They also have a son John Henry (aka Jack) who is 4 months old. Isaiah is working as an Agricultural Labourer.
This census is extra interesting as it shows my own 2nd Great Grandfathers family living a few doors away from my husbands!

1901

1901 Census for 'Stokes Lane, Norton Canes'

Name	Relationship	Status	Age		Est YOB	Gender	Birth County	Occupation
Henry Taylor	Head	Married	21	1880		Male	West Ham, London	Coal Miner - Rock Upper
Christina Taylor	Wife	Married	20	1881		Female	Liverpool, Lancashire
John H Taylor	Son		4 mths	1901		Male	Norton Canes, Staffs
Isaiah Whitehouse	Father in Law		43	1858		Male	Staunton, Glocs	Ord Agr Labourer

1903 - Marriage of Isaiah Whitehouse and Alice Smith (registered as Taylor) at St James, Norton Canes, Staffordshire.

1911

1911 Census for 'Stokes Lane, Norton Canes, Staffordshire'

Name	Relationship	Status	Age	Est YOB	Gender	Birth County	Occupation
Isiah Whitehouse	Head	Married	52	1859	Male	Staunton, Glocs	Waggoner
Alice Whitehouse	Wife	Married	54	1857	Female	Woodford, Essex
George Gray	Stepson	Single	19	1892	Male	Nottingham, Notts	Pony Driver in Coal Pit

The couple continued their life together in Norton Canes until Alice passed away in 1925, aged 68.

The photo below we believe was taken in 1920's and know it is the Taylor/Whitehouse family. We have yet to work out the different faces on the photo but are pretty sure that the older gentleman in Isaiah.

In 1939 Isaiah, lived with his grandson, Henry Taylor and Henrys wife, Ivy at 79, Norton East Road, Norton Canes.

1939

1939 Registry for '79 Norton East Road, Norton Canes, Staffordshire '

Name	Status	DOB	Gender	Occupation
Henry Taylor	Married	14/04/1903	Male	Colliery Hewer
Ivy L Taylor	Married	08/08/1903	Female	Arc Lamp Carbon Finisher
Undisclosed Record
Undisclosed Record
Isiah Whitehouse	Widow	14/12/1856	Male	Retired

Recent photo of 79, Norton East Road,
Norton Canes.

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saiah sadly passed away in 1941 at the age of 84. His death was registered in Walsall.
We are still trying to find out where Isaiah's burial took place.