Who suggested that!!! I have walked around graveyards, tripped into newly dug graves, it's easier to read gravestones if you reverse around the churchyard. St James in Harle Syke is full of Whitakers, but mine have been discovered at Haggate, ( thanks to Mrs Halstead). Have ordered a cert. of marriage for Thomas and Eliz. Ellen (as suggested by a member earlier) to see if his 'unmarried' daddy is on it.
Yes I am local, but as I continue to make a fool of myself on this website, a trip up to your meeting may or maynot be in the offing, we shall see