This looks like the death of one of Benjamin and Ada's children. From this it would appear taht Benjamin and Ada were both born in England


Pennsylvania, Philadelphia City Death Certificates
Name: Bertha Howarth
Event Type: Death
Event Date: 05 Jan 1906
Event Place: Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Gender: Female
Race: White
Age: 19
Birth Year (Estimated): 1887
Birth Date: 1886
Birthplace: England
Marital Status: Single
Father's Name: Benjamin Howarth
Father's Birthplace: England
Mother's Name: Ada Whittaker
Mother's Birthplace: England
Residence Place: Philadelphia, Pa.
Cemetery: Mt. Peace
Burial Place: Philadelphia, Pa.
Burial Date: 08 Jan 1906
GS Film number: 1319420 , Digital Folder Number: 004008792 , Image Number: 00085 , Reference ID: cn 577

Marriage of Benjamin & Ada in West Yorkshire England

Marriages Sep 1884
HOWARTH Benjamin Bradford Y. 9b 106
Whitaker Ada Bradford, Y. 9b 106


Birth for Bertha

Births Sep 1886
HOWARTH Bertha Bradford, Y. 9b 146

Immigration records

Philadelphia Passenger Lists 1800-1948

Name: Ada Howarth
Gender: Female
Birthdate: abt 1866
Arrival Date: 28 May 1890
Port of Arrival: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Age on Arrival: 24 Years
Ship: Lord Gough

traveling with her are Bertha 3yrs and Harry 1yr

Yorkshire Parish Records
Benjamin Howarth
BIRTH DATE: 27 Dec 1863
PARISH: Bradford, St Peter (Bradford Cathedral)
BAPTISM DATE: 25 Dec 1865
MOTHER'S NAME: Mary Ann Howarth

Mary Ann is listed as a spinster living in Manningham Yorkshire

Yorkshire Parish Records
Benjamin Howarth (occ Mechanics labourer)
age 20
Of 15 Cemetery Road Manningham
MARRIAGE OR BANN DATE: 23 Aug 1884
PARISH: Bradford, St Peter (Bradford Cathedral)
SPOUSE'S NAME: Ada Whitaker (occ weaver)
Age 19
Of 39 Montimer Street manningham
SPOUSE'S FATHER'S NAME: James Whitaker (occ Overlooker of weavers)
There is no father shown for Benjamin on the register.

This might be Your Howarth Family

1871 census
NAME: Benjamin Howorth
AGE: 7
ESTIMATED BIRTH YEAR: abt 1864
RELATION: Grandson **
GENDER: Male
WHERE BORN: Bradford, Yorkshire, England
CIVIL PARISH: Manningham *
ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH: St Philip
TOWN: Bradford
COUNTY/ISLAND: Yorkshire
COUNTRY: England
REGISTRATION DISTRICT: Bradford

John Howorth 66 b Lingg Cranding Nr Halifax, Yorkshire, England, occ outdoor labourer
Mathilda Howorth 22
Benjamin Howorth 7 **
Herbert Northrop 27
Mary Ann Northrop 27 ** (Benjamin's mother ?? ) b Bradford, Yorkshire, England
Albert Northrop 1


England and Wales, Marriage Registration Index
Name: Mary Ann Howarth
Event Type: Marriage
Registration Quarter: Oct-Nov-Dec
Registration Year: 1868
Registration District: Bradford
County: Yorkshire
Event Place: Bradford, Yorkshire, England
Volume: 9B
Page: 200
Line Number: 212
Souse's Name: Hubert Northrop

it would appear that the surname varies Howorth and Howarth

1861 Census
Mary Ann Howorth
AGE: 17
ESTIMATED BIRTH YEAR: 1844
RELATION: Daughter
FATHER'S NAME: John Howorth
MOTHER'S NAME: Elizabeth Howorth
GENDER: Female
WHERE BORN: Manningham, Yorkshire, England
CIVIL PARISH: Bradford
TOWN: Manningham
COUNTY/ISLAND: Yorkshire
COUNTRY: England

John Howorth 57
Elizabeth Howorth 53
Henry Howorth 31
Hannah Howorth 28
Sarah Howorth 24
William Howorth 21
Mary Ann Howorth 17
Matilda Howorth 12

Mary Ann's parents poss, married abt 1829

England and Wales Census, 1881
Name: Ada Whitaker
Age (Original): 15
Gender: Female
Birth Year: 1866
Birthplace: Bradford, Yorkshire, England
Relationship to Head of Household: Daughter
Marital Status: Single
Occupation: Wool Comber (Wstd)
Address: 5 Bridge Cottages (M)
Event Place: Manningham, Yorkshire (West Riding), England
Record Type: Household
Affiliate Publication Number: RG11
Piece/Folio: 4467 / 39
Page Number: 27

James Whitaker Head M 55 Cowling, Yorkshire, England
Deborah Whitaker Wife F 51 Thornton, Yorkshire, England
Albert Ed Whitaker Son M 18 Bradford, Yorkshire, England
Emily Whitaker Daughter F 17 Bradford, Yorkshire, England
Ada Whitaker Daughter F 15 Bradford, Yorkshire, England
Frank Whitaker Son M 14 Bradford, Yorkshire, England
Lilly Whitaker Daughter F 12 Bradford, Yorkshire, England
Clara Whitaker Daughter F 9 Bradford, Yorkshire, England
GS Film number: 1342069

1881 England Census

Name: Ben Northrop
Age: 17
Estimated birth year: abt 1864
Relationship to Head: Son
Father: Herbert Northrop
Mother: Mary A. Northrop
Gender: Male
Where born: Bradford, Yorkshire, England
Civil Parish: Manningham
County/Island: Yorkshire
Country: England
Street address: 15 Cemetery Rd
Occupation: Dyers Laborer
Registration district: Bradford
Household Members:
Name Age
Herbert Northrop 37, Dyers Laborer, no birth place listed
Mary A. Northrop 37 Clayton Yorkshire
Ben Northrop 17**
William Northrop 8
Edward Northrop 5
Jo Northrop 9, reads Joe on image

children all born Bradford

On the 1881 for Benjamin it looks like the transcriber missed a line and has put Herbert/Huberts place of Birth as Mary Ann's place of Birth.

On the 1871 his place of birth is Clayton Yorkshire.

1891 Census
Name: Herbert Northrop
Age: 47
Estimated birth year: abt 1844
Relation: Head
Spouse's Name: Mary A Northrop
Gender: Male
Where born: Clayton, Warwickshire*, England
Civil Parish: Manningham
Ecclesiastical parish: St Phillips
Town: Manningham
County/Island: Yorkshire
Country: England
Address: 15 Cemetery Road
Household Members:
Name Age
Herbert Northrop 47
Mary A Northrop 47
William Northrop 18
Edward Northrop 15

*Warwickshire is carried down the page from previous entry and continues down the page for other entries. Census writers error.


In 1901
Mary Ann Northorp Widow with son Edward
Address: 15 Cemetery Road

In 1911
Mary Ann Northorp Widow with son Edward
Mray Ann lists 6 children 3 living 3 deceased
Address: 51 Four Lane Ends Bradford