Born: | c. 1825, Wroot, Lincolnshire | |
Father: | George WHITE | |
Mother: | Sarah | |
Christened: | 9th January 1825, Wroot, Lincolnshire | |
Married: | (1) Elizabeth BAILIFF, 25th October 1847, Wroot, Lincolnshire | |
(2) Harriet BAILIFF, 28th September 1868, Leeds, Yorkshire | ||
Children: | (with Elizabeth BAILIFF) | |
Anne Elizabeth WHITE, born c. 1849 | ||
Jane Eliza WHITE, born 1850 | ||
Thomas WHITE, born c. 1851 | ||
Betsey Helen WHITE, born 1853 | ||
Robert WHITE, born c. 1855 | ||
Charles Henry WHITE, born 1858 | ||
George WHITE, born 1859 | ||
Ann Elizabeth WHITE, born 1861 | ||
Lucy Annie WHITE, born 1862 | ||
Charles Henry WHITE, born c. 1866 | ||
(with Harriet BAILIFF) | ||
Emily WHITE, born 1870 | ||
Eleanor WHITE, born 1872 | ||
Frances Clara WHITE, born c. 1879 | ||
Died: | 1st December 1901, Barnsley, Yorkshire | |
Buried: | 4th December 1901, Christ Church, Brampton Bierlow, Yorkshire | |
Isaac Robert White was born in Wroot, Lincolnshire, around 1825, the son of George White and Sarah, whose maiden name is unknown. In 1847 he married Elizabeth Bailiff in Wroot, where he worked as a blacksmith. They had ten children, several of whom died in infancy. After Elizabeth's death, Isaac married Harriet Bailiff, who was almost certainly Elizabeth's younger sister. Harriet gave her father's name as Robert on their marriage certificate, while Elizabeth's father was John Bailiff. However both Harriet and Elizabeth are known from census returns to have been born in Tickhill, Yorkshire. In the 1841 census there is a Harriet of the right age living in Tickhill with father John, and the same family appears in Wroot in the 1851 census. It is likely that Harriet gave false information at the time of her marriage because between 1835 and 1907 it was illegal to marry one's deceased wife's sister. (Isaac's age is also given as 33 rather than 43 on the certificate.) This may also be the reason that Isaac and Harriet were married in Leeds rather than Wroot, and why they subsequently moved to the Wath-upon-Dearne area. There Isaac continued to work as a blacksmith, having a smithy close to Brampton church.
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