See also

Family of Samuel SYKES and Elizabeth WHITAKER

Husband: Samuel SYKES

  • Name:

  • Samuel SYKES2,3,4,5,6,7

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Father:

  • Samuel SYKES (1764-1837)

  • Mother:

  • Anne HEMSWORTH (1782-1863)

  • Birth:

  • 1816

  • West Ardlsey, Yorkshire, England6,7

  • Baptism:

  • 18 Aug 1816 (age 0)

  • Woodkirk, Yorkshire, England5,8

  • Residence:

  • 1851 (age 34-35)

  • West Ardsley, Yorkshire, England6

  •  

  • Relationship: Head

  • Residence:

  • 1861 (age 44-45)

  • West Ardsley, Yorkshire, England7

  •  

  • Relationship: Head

  • Death:

  • 5 May 1880 (age 63-64)

  • Yorkshire, England4

Wife: Elizabeth WHITAKER

  • Name:

  • Elizabeth WHITAKER6,7,9,10,11

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Father:

  • Joseph WHITAKER (1792-1862)

  • Mother:

  • Ann JORDAN (1801-1856)

  • Birth:

  • 12 May 1818

  • Leeds, Yorkshire, England6,7,9,10,11,12

  • Baptism:

  • 7 Jun 1818 (age 0)

  • St Peter Leeds10,13

  • Residence:

  • 1851 (age 32-33)

  • West Ardsley, Yorkshire, England6

  •  

  • Relationship: Wife

  • Residence:

  • 1861 (age 42-43)

  • West Ardsley, Yorkshire, England7

  •  

  • Relationship: Wife

  • Death:

  • 12 Nov 1866 (age 48)

  • Yorkshire, England9,14

  • Burial:

  • 17 Nov 1866

  • Woodkirk St Mary, York9,15

  • Probate:

  • 31 May 1867

  • Wakefield14

Child 1: Joseph SYKES

  • Name:

  • Joseph SYKES4,7,16,17,18

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Spouse:

  • Harriet DIXON (1842-1922)

  • Birth:

  • 1841

  • West Ardsley7,16,17

  • Baptism:

  • 4 Jan 1841 (age 0)

  • West Ardsley, Yorkshire, England19

  • Residence:

  • 1861 (age 19-20)

  • West Ardsley, Yorkshire, England7

  •  

  • Relationship: Son

  • Residence:

  • 1881 (age 39-40)

  • Oulton cum Woodlesford, Yorkshire, England16

  •  

  • Marital Status: Married; Relationship to Head: Head

  • Residence:

  • 1891 (age 49-50)

  • Bilton with Harrogate, Yorkshire, England17

  •  

  • Relation to Head: Head

  • Death:

  • 31 Dec 1897 (age 55-56)

  • Harrogate, North Yorkshire, England4,18,20

  • Burial:

  •  

  • Harrogate, Harrogate Borough, North Yorkshire, England18

Child 2: John SYKES

  • Name:

  • John SYKES6,12,21,22,23,24

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Spouse:

  • Susannah Margaret SYKES (1843-1902)

  • Birth:

  • 1842

  • West Ardsley, Yorks6,21,22,24,25

  • Residence:

  • 1851 (age 8-9)

  • West Ardsley, Yorkshire, England6

  •  

  • Relationship: Son

  • Residence:

  • 1881 (age 38-39)

  • Dewsbury, Yorkshire, England22

  •  

  • Marital Status: Married; Relationship to Head: Head

  • Residence:

  • 1901 (age 58-59)

  • Harrogate, Yorkshire, England24

  •  

  • Relation to Head of House: Head

Child 3: Annie Maria SYKES

  • Name:

  • Annie Maria SYKES6,7,21,26,27

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Birth:

  • 1844

  • West Ardlsey, Yorkshire, England6,7,21,26

  • Baptism:

  • 4 Jan 1844 (age 0)

  • Woodkirk St Mary, York28

  • Residence:

  • 1851 (age 6-7)

  • West Ardsley, Yorkshire, England6

  •  

  • Relationship: Daughter

  • Residence:

  • 1861 (age 16-17)

  • West Ardsley, Yorkshire, England7

  •  

  • Relationship: Daughter

  • Death:

  • 1863 (age 18-19)

  • Sheffield, Yorkshire West Riding26,27

  • Burial:

  • 23 Feb 1863

  • Woodkirk St Mary, York26,29

Child 4: Elizabeth Hemsworth SYKES

  • Name:

  • Elizabeth Hemsworth SYKES6,7,30,31,32

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Spouse:

  • Matthew SYKES (1838-1925)

  • Birth:

  • 1847

  • West Ardsley, Yorks6,7,30,31,33

  • Baptism:

  • 15 May 1847 (age 0)

  • Woodkirk St Mary, York32,34

  • Residence:

  • 1851 (age 3-4)

  • West Ardsley, Yorkshire, England6

  •  

  • Relationship: Daughter

  • Residence:

  • 1861 (age 13-14)

  • West Ardsley, Yorkshire, England7

  •  

  • Relationship: Daughter

  • Residence:

  • 1901 (age 53-54)

  • Thornhill, Yorkshire, England31

  •  

  • Relation to Head of House: Wife

  • Residence:

  • 2 Apr 1911 (age 63-64)

  • Thornhill, Yorkshire-West Riding, England30

  •  

  • Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Wife

  • Death:

  • 1921 (age 73-74)

  • Wetherby, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom

Child 5: Fanny SYKES

  • Name:

  • Fanny SYKES4,6,7,25,35

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Birth:

  • 1849

  • West Ardlsey, Yorkshire, England6,7

  • Baptism:

  • 6 Apr 1849 (age 0)

  • Woodkirk, East Ardsley, York, England35

  • Residence:

  • 1851 (age 1-2)

  • West Ardsley, Yorkshire, England6

  •  

  • Relationship: Daughter

  • Residence:

  • 1861 (age 11-12)

  • West Ardsley, Yorkshire, England7

  •  

  • Relationship: Daughter

  • Death:

  • 4 Jun 1937 (age 87-88)

  • Harrogate, North Yorkshire, England4

Child 6: Samuel Walter SYKES

  • Name:

  • Samuel Walter SYKES7,36,37

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Birth:

  • 1852

  • West Ardsley, Yorks7,37

  • Baptism:

  • 25 Dec 1852 (age 0)

  • Woodkirk, St Mary, Yorkshire, England36

  • Residence:

  • 1861 (age 8-9)

  • West Ardsley, Yorkshire, England7

  •  

  • Relationship: Son

  • Death:

  • 1932 (age 79-80)

  • Pateley Bridge, Yorkshire West Riding, England37

Child 7: Matthew Harold SYKES

  • Name:

  • Matthew Harold SYKES4,7,21,27,35,38,39,40

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Spouse:

  • Emmy Lydia PETTITT (1867-1943)

  • Birth:

  • 1854

  • West Ardsley, Yorks7,21,27,38,39,40

  • Baptism:

  • 6 Apr 1855 (age 0-1)

  • Woodkirk, East Ardsley, York, England35

  • Residence:

  • 1861 (age 6-7)

  • West Ardsley, Yorkshire, England7

  •  

  • Relationship: Son

  • Residence:

  • 1891 (age 36-37)

  • Morley, Yorkshire, England39

  •  

  • Relation to Head: Visitor

  • Residence:

  • 2 Apr 1911 (age 56-57)

  • Stockton on Tees, Durham, England40

  •  

  • Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Head

  • Death:

  • 19 Feb 1915 (age 60-61)

  • Stockton-On-Tees, England4,27

Child 8: Henry SYKES

  • Name:

  • Henry SYKES7,36,41

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Spouse:

  • Jane Emmeline BIDDER (1859-1942)

  • Birth:

  • 1856

  • West Ardsley, Yorks7,41

  • Baptism:

  • 4 Jan 1857 (age 0-1)

  • Woodkirk, St Mary, Yorkshire, England36

  • Residence:

  • 1861 (age 4-5)

  • West Ardsley, Yorkshire, England7

  •  

  • Relationship: Son

Child 9: Frank SYKES

  • Name:

  • Frank SYKES7,21,36,42

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Birth:

  • 1859

  • West Ardsley, Yorks7,21

  • Baptism:

  • 22 Apr 1859 (age 0)

  • Woodkirk, St Mary, Yorkshire, England36

  • Residence:

  • 1861 (age 1-2)

  • West Ardsley, Yorkshire, England7

  •  

  • Relationship: Son

  • Occupation:

  • 1881 (age 21-22)

  • -; Solicitor's Clerk

  • Death:

  • 25 Jan 1934 (age 74-75)

  • Huddersfield, West Riding of Yorkshire, England42

  • Probate:

  • 11 Apr 1934

  • London, England42

Note on Husband: Samuel SYKES - shared note

There is a reference in the IGI to a Samuel Sykes of West Ardsley marrying an Elizabeth Whitaker on 25 October 1838, but with no source information given. Free BMD confirms that this marriage was registered in the Wakefield RD in the Dec quarter of 1838 page 637. But which Elizabeth Whitaker? The 1851 census says she was born in Leeds. Certificate ordered 8 Mar 2005 Left £100 in the will of his uncle Isaac Hemsworth. The marriage was not at St John's Wakefield. In the 1851 Census he was at Dunningley as a farmer of 160 acres employing 6 labourers. 1861 Census RG9/3429 Fo ? Pg12 West Ardsley, Upper Green Samuel Sykes, Head, M, 44 Farmer & Malster, Yorks, W.Ardsley Elizabeth do, Wife, M, 42, do, Leeds Joseph do, son U 20 Architect & Surveyor do W.Ardsley Anna Maria do dau U 17, do, do Elizh Hemsworth do dau U 13, Scholar do,do Fanny do dau U 12, Scholar, do,do Samuel Walter do son U 8 Scholar, do,do Matthew Harold do son U 6 Scholar, do,do Henry do son U 4 Scholar, do,do Frank do son U 2, do do Martha Robinson serv dau 26 Governess West Indies Brit Subject Alice Hemingway, Serv U 18 General Servant Yorks Swillington 1871 Cernsus RG10/4629 Fo ? Pg15 West Ardsley, Upper Green Samuel Sykes, Head, Widower, 52 Farmer & Surveyor Yorks West Ardsley Joseph do son U 30 Archetect & Surveyor Yorks West Ardsley Elizabeth H do dau U 25 Yorks West Ardsley Summer W son U 18 Apprentice, Yorks West Ardsley Matthew H do son U 16 Scholar Yorks West Ardsley FRank do son U 12 Scholar, Yorks West Ardsley Fanny Morris U 16 General Servant Manchester

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