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ID:895

William Whiting 1835-1910

 

 

Relationship:

Lisas 3rd Great Grandfather

 

 

 

 

 

 

Birth:

6 MAR 1835 Steeple Claydon, Buckinghamshir

 

 

Death:

October 1910 Great Bowden, Leicestershire

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mother:

Mary Jackman (b.1799)/ID:337

 

 

Father:

John Whiting (b.1798) /ID:884

 

 

Siblings:

Caroline Whiting (b.1823) /ID:871

 

 

 

John Whiting (b.1821) /ID:886

 

 

 

Mary Whiting (b.1828)/ID:889

 

 

 

Emma Whiting (b.1831)/ID:876

 

 

 

Sarah Whiting (b.1834)/ID:892

 

 

 

William Whiting (b.1835)/ID:895

 

 

 

Samuel Whiting (b.1838)/ID:891

 

 

 

Sophia Whiting (b.1840)/ID:893

 

 

 

Ann Whiting (b.1846)/ID:869

 

 

Spouse:

Sarah Matthews (b.1827)/ID:439

 

 

Step Children:

Elizabeth Humphreys (b.1854)/ID:334

 

 

 

Edward Humphreys (b.1855)/ID:333

 

 

Children:

Ada M Whiting (b.1861)/ID:867

 

 

 

William Charles Whiting (b.1862)/ID:897

 

 

1836

13 March 1836 - Baptism of William Whiting at Steeple Claydon, Buckinghamshire. 
S:Buckinghamshire Baptism Index

1841

1841 Census for 'Church End, Steeple Claydon, Buckinghamshire'

 

 

Name             

Age   

Est YOB

Gender  

Birth County            

Occupation          

John Whiting       

45    

1796    

Male     

Buckinhgamshire       

Agricultural Labourer

Mary Whiting

40

1801

Female

Buckinhgamshire

 

John Whiting

15

1826

Male

Buckinhgamshire

Agricultural Labourer

Caroline Whiting

15

1826

Female

Buckinhgamshire

Lace Maker

Mary Whiting

12

1829

Female

Buckinhgamshire

Lace Maker

Emma Whiting

10

1831

Female

Buckinhgamshire

 

Sarah Whiting

7

1834

Female

Buckinhgamshire

 

William Whiting

5

1836

Male

Buckinhgamshire

 

Samuel Whiting

3

1838

Male

Buckinhgamshire

 

Sophia Whiting

5 mths

1840

Female

Buckinhgamshire

 

 

1851

1851 Census for 'Church Lane, Steeple Claydon, Buckinghamshire

 

 

Name             

Relationship

Condition

Age   

Est YOB

Gender  

Birth County            

Occupation          

John Whiting   

Head       

Married  

56    

1795    

Male     

Steeple Claydon, Bucks

Agricultural Labourer

Mary Whiting

Wife

Married

52

1803

Female

Winslow, Bucks

Lacemaker

William Whiting

Son

Single

16

1835

Male

Steeple Claydon, Bucks

Agricultural Labourer

Samuel Whiting

Son

 

13

1838

Male

Steeple Claydon, Bucks

Agricultural Labourer

Sophia Whiting

Daughter

 

10

1841

Female

Steeple Claydon, Bucks

Scholar

Ann Whiting

Daughter

 

5

1846

Female

Steeple Claydon, Bucks

Scholar

 

1858

21 November 1858 - Marriage of William Whiting and Sarah Humphreys at St Andrews, Holborn, London

1861

1861 Census for 'The Village, Steeple Claydon, Buckinghamshire'

 

 

Name               

Relationship  

Condition

Age   

Est YOB

Gender  

Birth County            

Occupation          

William Whiting     

Head       

Married   

26     

1835    

Male    

Steeple Claydon, Bucks  

Groom

Sarah Whiting

Wife

Married

33

1828

Female

Buckinghamshire

Dressmaker

Elizabeth Humphreys

Step-daughter

 

7

1854

Female

London

Scholar

Edward Humphreys

Step-son

 

6

1855

Male

London

Scholar

 

1862

9th Nov 1862 - Baptism of daughter, Ada Mary Whiting at Steeple Claydon, Buckinghamshire.
S: Buckinghamshire Baptism Index

 

 

1863

Employment Records from the London & North Western Railway
William joined the Rail service on 17th May 1863. His height is listed as 5' 8 and half inches.

1871

1871 Census for 'Station Road, Winslow, Buckinghamshire'

 

 

Name              

Relationship  

Condition  

Age   

Est YOB

Gender  

Birth County            

Occupation    

William Whiting   

Head       

Married    

36     

1835    

Male    

Steeple Claydon, Bucks  

Pointsman

Sarah Whiting

Wife

Married

42

1829

Female

Stowe, Bucks

Dressmaker

Ada M Whiting

Daughter      

 

9

1862

Female

Steeple Claydon, Bucks  

Scholar

William Whiting

Son

 

8

1863

Male

Steeple Claydon, Bucks  

Scholar

 

1876

Death of daughter Ada Whiting,15, at Winslow, Buckinghamshire

1881

1881 Census for 'Rickley Lane, Little Bowden, Leicestershire'

 

 

Name               

Relationship  

Condition  

Age   

Est YOB

Gender  

Birth County            

Occupation          

William Whiting   

Head       

Married    

46     

1835    

Male    

Steeple Claydon, Bucks  

Railway Signalman

Sarah Whiting

Wife

Married

55

1826

Female

Buckinghamshire

 

William Whiting

Son

 

18

1863

Male

Boltoph Claydon, Bucks  

Warehouseman

 

1891

1891 Census for 'Middle Green, Great Bowden, Leciestershire'

 

 

Name           

Relationship  

Condition  

Age   

Est YOB

Gender  

Birth County            

Occupation          

William Whiting   

Head        

Married   

56    

1835    

Male    

Steeple Claydon, Bucks  

Railway Signalman

Sarah Whiting

Wife

Married

66

1826

Female

Buckinghamshire

 

Ada J Humphreys

Granddaughter

 

9

1882

Female

Shilton, Warks

Scholar

 

1891

24 Nov 1891 - On railway records his pay rate as a 'gatemen'  is listed as 15/- at Castle Ashby & Earls Barton Station having previously been paid 20/- as a signalman. He had been transferred from Market Harborough and was reduced from signalman to gateman owing to old age. 
(for more information on the station visit
http://www.disused-stations.org.uk/c/castle_ashby_and_earls_barton/index.shtml )

16 May 1895 - We know from Railway records that William was sick from work since this date.

 

1901

1901 Census for '1 Woodbine Cottages, The Green, Great Bowden, Leciestershire'

 

 

Name               

Relationship  

Condition  

Age   

Est YOB

Gender  

Birth County            

Occupation          

William Whiting  

Head        

Married    

68    

1838    

Male    

Steeple Claydon, Bucks

Railway Pensioner

Sarah Whiting

Wife

Married

76

1826

Female

Buckinghamshire

 

 

 

1908

21 November 1908 - Burial of wife, Sarah Whiting at Great Bowden, Leicestershire.

1910

11 October 1910 - Burial of William Whiting at Great Bowden, Leicestershire