William Garlick/Whittaker FMFFF (40)

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Name - "official" name and what they were known as
William Whittaker Garlick
Date and place of birth
About 1800, Lancashire (maybe Hollinworth, Oldham?)
11 October 1799 Hollinwood
Names of parents
Not known
Thomas Whittaker Garlick and Alice Andrews
Date and place of baptism - if applicable
Not known
11 November 1799 St Mary hollinwood Oldham Lancs
Details of each of his or her marriages - if any
None found
20 September 1819 St Mary the Virgin, Prestwich to Elizabeth Davenport
Occupation(s) - if any
Plumber (1841) Housepainter on son's marriage cert.
Addresses where they lived (including county if in UK) - and please list which censuses you have or haven't found him/her on (if s/he lived in census
c 1822 Tinker Lane Hollinwood Oldham
1833 Great Ancoats St Manchester
Sudell St Manchester
Oldham Rd Manchester
1841 George Leigh St Ancoats Manchester
1843 Lancaster Gaol
Date, place and cause of death
before 10 August 1854,
Date and place of burial.
10 August 1854 St Mary Hollinwood
Details of will / administration of their estate - if applicable
Not known
Memorial inscription - if any
Not known

Notes: William Garlick/Whittaker had four known children, probably more, with Elizabeth (unknown). The four children were baptised with the surname GARLICK and use this surname until some time between 1841 and 51, when they all start using the surname Whittaker. (Because their father was bankrupt and in gaol?)

A Betty Garlick married a JAMES Whittaker in 1816 at St Margaret's Hollinwood. This is probably irrelevant now.

There was another William Whittaker of the same age in the area who was a house painter. He is not my William Whittaker as I have tediously proved, his son who has the same name as my 2 x GGF (Edward/Edmund) married someone else.

Any thoughts on this would be very welcome. Obviously I cannot get any further back until I know whether his surname was really Garlick or Whittaker.

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