Isaac Robert WHITE

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.

Sources:

  1. Marriage certificate for Isaac Robert White and Elizabeth Bailiff.
  2. Marriage certificate for Isaac Robert White and Harriet Bailiff.
  3. LDS Vital Records Index.
  4. Birth certificate for Lucy Annie White.
  5. 1841 census for Tickhill.
  6. 1851 census for Wroot.
  7. 1861 census for Wroot.
  8. 1871 census for Wroot.
  9. 1881 census for Brampton Bierlow.
  10. 1891 census for Brampton Bierlow.
  11. 1901 census for Barnsley.
  12. GRO birth indexes.
  13. Dennis Lightley.
  14. Death certificate for Isaac Robert White.