Steven Whitfield
Honor Code SignatorySigned 14 Jun 2020 | 215,650 contributions | 5,483 thank-yous | 3,034 connections
Signed 14 Jun 2020 | 215,650 contributions | 5,483 thank-yous | 3,034 connections
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Steven Whitfield
Born 1950s.
Ancestors 
Son of Alan Whitfield
and Barbara (Hatton) Whitfield
Brother of
Beth (Whitfield) Guest and Andrew Whitfield
Father of
[private daughter (1980s - unknown)], [private daughter (1980s - unknown)] and [private son (1990s - unknown)]
Profile last modified
| Created 14 Jun 2020
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Biography
Steven Whitfield is an England Orphan Trailblazer
Steven Whitfield has completed the England Project's Post 1700 Orphan Trail I.
Steven Whitfield has completed the England Project's Pre-1700 Orphan Trail II.
Steven Whitfield participated with The Mighty Oaks during the 2022 Connect-a-Thon, and added 1608 connections.
Steven contributed to the England Project’s presentation for WikiTree Day 2022.
I was born in Warrington, Cheshire, went to school in Manchester, studied law in Birmingham and Chester and went on to qualify as a solicitor in Warrington.
After a few months in practice, I decided that another 40 years of conveyancing, divorces and litigation weren't what I wanted out of life and I left my job to work for Eurocamp, a tour operator, on a campsite in France. I ended up working for Eurocamp in various roles for the next 30 years until we were taken over; and I retired.
One of the hobbies I took up on finishing work was researching our family history, which I have found fascinating. Wikitree's Orphan Trail introduced me to a range of resources that I never knew existed and disciplines that will help me to record my findings for cousins and future generations. Thanks to Wikitree's collaborative approach, I am able to carry on developing my knowledge and pass on some of my experience to others.
Sources
- Paternal relationship is confirmed by a GEDmatch test match between Steven Whitfield Gedmatch KX2748265 and his father Alan Harry Whitfield GEDmatch EJ6596882. Estimated number of generations to MRCA = 1, based on sharing 3570.2 cM across 48 half-match segments.
- Maternal relationship is confirmed by an AncestryDNA match between Steven Whitfield and his mother Barbara Hatton. Estimated number of generations to MRCA = 1, based on sharing 3,484 cM across 26 segments.
- Paternal relationship is confirmed by an AncestryDNA match between Mark Hunter and his third cousin Steven Whitfield. Their most recent common ancestors are John Whitfield and Isabella Hutchinson. Predicted relationship from AncestryDNA: 4th - 6th Cousin based on sharing 70cM across 4 segments
Digital afterlife statement: When I have become unable to continue my work here on WikiTree, through physical or mental illness, or die, I do not want any of my Profiles deleted. I give permission for the Profiles I am Profile Manager of to be transferred to one of my family members, any of the other WikiTreers who have collaborated with me, or WikiTree administration, the best distribution for each Profile to be determined at the time. My profile should be taken over by my wife or one of my children; or one of my WikiTree friends or relatives if they decline Whitfield-2424 10:36, 28 March 2024 (UTC)
Only the Trusted List can access the following:
- Steven's formal name
- e-mail address
- exact birthdate
- birth location
- images (2)
- private siblings' names
- private children's names (3)
- spouse's name and marriage information
DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships by comparing test results with Steven or other carriers of his ancestors' Y-chromosome or mitochondrial DNA. Y-chromosome DNA test-takers in his direct paternal line on WikiTree:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships by comparing test results with Steven or other carriers of his ancestors' Y-chromosome or mitochondrial DNA. Y-chromosome DNA test-takers in his direct paternal line on WikiTree:
- Steven Whitfield: Y-Chromosome Test, haplogroup G-FGC52601, Ancestry member steve58whit
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100.00%
100.00%
Steven Whitfield:
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch KX2748265 [compare], Ancestry member steve58whit
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50.00%
Alan Whitfield
:
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch PH6289215 [compare]
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Living DNA, GEDmatch EJ6596882 [compare]
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50.00%
100.00%
Barbara (Hatton) Whitfield :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch AX1236059 [compare]
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~0.78%
~6.25%
Nick Ashbrook :
23andMe
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~0.78%
Mark Hunter :
AncestryDNA
Have you taken a DNA test? If so, login to add it. If not, see our friends at Ancestry DNA.
Genealogist-to-Genealogist (G2G) Forum posts about Steven:
- Steven Whitfield is a Wonderful WikiTreer May 1, 2024.
- Steven Whitfield is a Wonderful WikiTreer May 1, 2024.
- Steven Whitfield is a Wonderful WikiTreer Feb 14, 2024.
- Steven Whitfield is a Wonderful WikiTreer Dec 28, 2023.
- Steven Whitfield is a Wonderful WikiTreer Dec 27, 2023.
- Steven Whitfield is a Wonderful WikiTreer May 4, 2023.
Featured Female Poet connections: Steven is 17 degrees from Anne Bradstreet, 24 degrees from Ruth Niland, 29 degrees from Karin Boye, 32 degrees from 照 松平, 20 degrees from Anne Barnard, 41 degrees from Lola Rodríguez de Tió, 27 degrees from Christina Rossetti, 19 degrees from Emily Dickinson, 35 degrees from Nikki Giovanni, 23 degrees from Isabella Crawford, 21 degrees from Mary Gilmore and 21 degrees from Elizabeth MacDonald on our single family tree. Login to find your connection.
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Categories: England Project | Warrington, Lancashire | Stockton Heath, Cheshire
We all did a great job this weekend, thank you. We hope you had fun. The total for the event was 88,908 profiles. The Mighty Oaks added 8,292 profiles to the tree. We appreciate your input and support for the event and look forward to working with you all again next time.
Thanks again for this weekend, from your colleagues and the Mighty Oaks Team Captains
Janet, Joan and Maddy
WikiTree Team page:Mighty Oaks Other links can be found on our page, as well as a list of the Team members
G2G Chat click here We'll be using the same Discord server as always. If you're not already on Discord, just send Joan a Private Message, and she will add you.
Looking forward to working with you any questions just ask
Joan, Janet, and Maddy Co-Captains for the Mighty Oaks
I am not a member of the England Project, but just wanted to alert you to this profile I created in case the Project is interested in it. Branwell-94, John Richard Branwell, is a well-known person from Penzance. He built Penlee House, which is now the museum, and he is related to the Bronte sisters through their mother Maria Branwell (second cousin once removed). I was researching him because I am travelling to Penzance in a couple of months researching my own family history, and he is a distant relative of mine. I am the profile manager, and I also adopted the profiles of his parents, but am happy to pass them onto the Project if you decide that. If not, I will take care of it. Danielle
Thanks for the work you have done on John Richards Branwell and for contacting me to let me know about him.
Within the England Project, we have a small team of members who manage and protect the profiles of notable people born in England (or people contributing significantly to English history). John Branwell doesn't fall within the criteria for management by this team, so I would suggest that you continue to look after his profile and those of his parents.
I wish you well with your ongoing family history research and hope you enjoy your forthcoming trip to Penzance.
Best wishes Steve
We all did a great job this weekend, thank you. We hope you had fun. The total for the event was 98,937 profiles added to the tree.. The Mighty Oaks contributed 8,1442 of those. Thank you for working with us and congratulations on being one of our top scorers.
If you open up your contribution or tracker list you can review your work and possibly do some tidying up, on the profiles.
Thanks again for this weekend, you rock, appreciate your input and support for the team.
Joan, Janet, Maddy and Fran
Welcome to England's Mighty Oaks Team once again. Thanks for signing up, we appreciate you joining us for the January 2024 Connect A Thon (CAT}
Please check out the page and the links, Mighty_Oaks
Any questions just ask.
Happy New Year
Joan, Janet, Maddy, and Fran Co-Team Captains
We all did a great job this weekend, thank you, a job well done, we hope you had fun. The grand total for the event was 77,293 profiles sourced. The Mighty Oaks contributed 7,332 of those.
If you open up your contribution or tracker list you can review your work and possibly do some tidying up, on the profiles.
Thanks again for this weekend, you rock
Joan, Janet, Maddy and Fran
Hi Steve
The Connect-a-Thon was fun, we hope you enjoyed yourself and are recovering. Thank you for helping, it is appreciated.
Our teams did really well. Our big Mighty Oaks Team came first overall, and our Little Mighty Oak Branches Team was in the top 5 on the Normalised Score. The combined score of our two teams was 11,109. A total of was 95,575 new profiles added by all during the thon.
Check your personal figures here - https://wikitree.sdms.si/Challenges/ConnectAThon/TeamAndUser.htm (gives you a target for the next event).
The next Thon, towards the end of the year will be a Source-a-Thon, And watch G2G for the WikiTree Games sometime in August.
Thanks again for a great weekend, we look forward to working with you again soon.
Joan, Janet, Maddy, & Fran (Co Captains)
Pleased to be able to help.
Bristol has been a county in its own right since 1373 (when it was in Gloucestershire).
It remained a distinct county until 1974 when it was a district within the County of Avon (until 1996).
I hope that this is useful
Best wishes Steve
Thanks, Jason
We work to the England Profile Standards which are in the link below.
https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Space:England_Project_Profile_Standards
If you have any questions, feel free to contact me.
Regards Steve
Thank you for joining the Mighty Oaks for the Connect-a-Thon. The 65 members who joined our teams were awesome. Our two teams added 12,905 profiles over the weekend. The Branches Team came second and the Roots Team came forth in the overall scores. Both teams were also in the top ten in the normalised scores. I hope you enjoyed it and will be joining us in April when we do it all over again.
Joan, Maddy, Janet & Fran.
Thanks to you and the other team captains for leading the teams and for everything you do 'behind the scenes'
Steve
I can not thank you enough!
Sheri (Greene) Richard
In 1944 Stockport was in Cheshire (right on the border with Lancashire). After a reorganisation of counties in 1974, it was placed into Greater Manchester). I know Stockport quite well - my daughter used to swim there several times a week.
The birthplace recorded in Pauline's profile before I changed it was Newton Heath, Greater Manchester, England, United Kingdom, which I changed to Newton Heath, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom. Newton Heath is to the east of Manchester, about 6 miles north of Stockport. I have found Pauline's birth registration record, which I have added to her profile, but this is only a record of where her birth was registered (in Manchester) rather than her place of birth.
If Pauline was born in Stockport, you should change the birth location to Stockport, Cheshire, England. Her birth address will be on her birth certificate if you have that.
Best wishes Steve
Now if only I could confirm his father or mother names . Regards , Michel Letour .
On behalf of the England Project, I would like to thank you for all your contributions towards the project's goals. Every single contribution you make helps improve English profiles!
I'd also like to share our annual Newsletter with you. You can read it here: England Project Newsletters. We hope you enjoy reading a bit about what has gone on in 2022 and what our Project has achieved.
The England Project Leaders like to touch base with each of our members every 6 months just to make sure everything is going well. There's no need to reply to this message unless you have something you'd like to let us know about (e.g. if you would like to change your team choices or provide other feedback). We will be in touch with you again in the middle of next year when we do our annual check-in with project members.
On behalf of all the Leaders, I wish you a peaceful and productive 2023.
Best wishes,
Amelia, England Project Leader
Jon Trumbull
I actually spent my youth growing up in Warrington for over 30 years.. Went to Bewsey Jnr and Evelyn St sec modern until finishing in 1969 witch I remember very well as the Moon Landing took place. Having returned to Warrington on my visits it has all been modernised now. My Mother was born Partington Bucklow and Lymm area, having met my father who was in the Irish Guards during WW2 Thanks for showing interest in my profile. Hit many brick walls so to speak although having taken 2 Dna’s Has been a huge guidance for me.
Great to see you've made progress through DNA tests - they can be a great help.
Best wishes Steve
edited by L. Embleton
Thanks for your message. I am working through a long list of these types of error - all assistance is appreciated! Regards Steve
I noticed you changed the death place of Robert Gumbleton (-1820) to just Southwark, Surrey, England, omitting the "St Thomas' Hospital" that I originally put in. Is this a general policy that places should be the generic, rather than specific, in which case I'll bear that in mind in future? It's easy enough to mention the hospital in the biographic text. Many thanks and best wishes, Stephen
Thanks for your message. The guidelines for the location fields are in this help page. https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Help:Location_Fields
The recommendation is that a place such as a hospital is omitted from the location field. The best place to record it is in the biography. (I checked that the hospital was in the biography before amending the death field.)
Best wishes Steve
Many thanks. I'll try to remember that in future. I'll also try and read the Help pages!
Best wishes,
Stephen
We all did a great job this weekend, thank you for participating. The grand total for the event was 57,577 profiles sourced. The Mighty Oaks contributed 7693 of those.
See: https://wikitree.sdms.si/Challenges/SourceAThon/2022/TeamAndUser.htm to open up your contribution list so you can review your work and possibly some tidying up.
Thanks again for this weekend, we look forward to working with you again.
Joan, Janet, Maddy and Fran
edited by Frances (McHugh) Weidman
Hopefully we will all see an impressive reduction in the county stats in a week or so! It was a great team effort.
Steve
came from London and now all the Lenden family I have connection with are in New Zealand or Australia Can you please explain it to me Regards Patrecia Hughes
You have set up a 'tag' for Lenden (probably when you set up your Wikitree account) so that you receive a notification whenever anyone creates or makes a change to a profile for someone with the surname Lenden.
I made a formatting change to Elizabeth Violet Lenden's place of birth a couple of days ago so you were notified. I have no personal connection to her; I was just tidying up a minor error.
Feel free to contact me is you have any more questions about this.
Regards Steve
Thanks for the message.
I've have no personal connection to the Garnocks. I am the team leader for Lancashire and have been working through a list of profiles in which Merseyside was recorded as the county before Merseyside was created.
Best wishes Steve
edited by Steven Whitfield
Hi Steven,
The Connect A Thon was fun, we hope you enjoyed yourself and are recovering! Thank you for joining us, it is much appreciated. Our combined score was 11718. Considering the heatwave in England we did really well. You did a great job! The total overall figure was 87,731 new profiles added (some 3,000 more than last time) and numerous connections made.
Check your personal figures here - https://wikitree.sdms.si/Challenges/ConnectAThon/TeamAndUser.htm (gives you a target for the next event)
Thanks again for your contributions; we look forward to working with you again during the Source-a-Thon in 3 months!
Fran and Carol
Thanks for the email, for captaining our team and for all that you are doing behind the scenes. It's very much appreciated.
Best wishes Steve
On behalf of the England Project, I would like to thank you for all your contributions towards the project's goals over the past year. Every English profile we improve helps!
The England Project Leaders are currently doing our six-monthly check-in with all project members.
Are you happy to with your current project team choices? Are there other teams you would like to join or become more active in?
We also welcome any feedback on things you would like to see the project do more of in the future.
I look forward to hearing from you. Please respond to this message by posting a reply below or sending me a private message.
Many thanks!
Ian, England Project Leader
The Connect A Thon was fun, we hope you enjoyed yourself and are recovering. Thank you for joining us, it is appreciated. Our combined score was 13,335 51 more than the last CAT so well done. You are a star!
The total overall figure was 84,388 new profiles added and numerous connections made. The total figure was down 1,451 on the January Thon
Check your personal figures here - https://wikitree.sdms.si/Challenges/ConnectAThon/TeamAndUser.htm (gives you a target for the next event given your score this time, you will be busy...)
Thanks again for last weekend, we look forward to working with you again in 3 months.
Joan, Janet Maddy & Fran
You have updated the file on my Great Grandfather John George William Westfallen. Is he in your family tree? Kind regards, Lorraine
Thanks for your message.
I have no personal connection to the Westfallen family. I am just making connections of other profiles to the main tree.
As part of this, I will be adding John's parents later today.
Regards Steve
A cousin researched this many years ago. All the best, Lorraine
I have just added John's parents. Hopefully the profiles tally with your information. Good luck with uploading your tree. With best wishes Steve
Well, the Connect A Thon was fun, we hope you enjoyed yourself and have fully recovered. Thank you for joining us. It is appreciated. Combined score 13,284 this is 113 more than the last CAT so well done. The total overall figure was 85,839 profiles connected. Check your personal figures here - https://wikitree.sdms.si/Challenges/ConnectAThon/TeamAndUser.htm
Thanks again for last weekend, we look forward to working with you again
Janet & Fran
Steve
Hi Steven
We would love to have you join the Mighty Oaks for the Connect-A-Thon. The event will start on Friday, January 14, at 8 AM (EST) / 1pm GMT and run until Monday, January 17, at 8 AM (EST). You do not need to participate full time
If you are interested in joining us then please answer the G2G post here Connect-A-Thon Registration remember to mention you would like to join the Mighty Oaks
Look forward to working with you again
Janet & Joan Co-Leaders for the Mighty Oaks
Hi Steven
Well, it was a fun event, hope you are recovering. Congratulations on being our top scorer. The combined score for our was 9,296. The total overall figure was 56,972 profiles sourced.
Check your personal figures here - https://wikitree.sdms.si/Challenges/SourceaThon/TeamAndUser.htm
Thanks again for this weekend, you rock
Janet & Fran
With everyone's efforts over the last few days , the tree is undoubtedly in better shape than it was a few days ago. It'll be interesting to see the stats next week Steve
Hi Steven
We would love to have you join the Mighty Oaks for the Source-A-Thon. The marathon starts Friday, October 1 at 8 AM (ET) and ends Monday, October 4, 8 AM (ET) but you don't need to participate the whole time
If you are interested in joining us then please answer the G2G post here Source-A-Thon Registration remember to mention you would like to join the Mighty Oaks
Look forward to working with you again
Janet & Joan Co-Leaders for the Mighty Oaks
I would like to thank you for all your contributions towards the goals of the England Project during the past six months. We've achieved a huge amount during this period and we couldn't have done it without you and our other project members.
As the England Project Leaders, we are completing our six monthly check-in with all project members.
Are you happy to stay in your current project teams? Which teams are you most active in? Are there other teams you would like to join or become more active in?
Also, do you have any feedback on what the project is doing well and anything we could do better in the future?
Please respond to this message by posting a reply below or sending me a private message. I look forward to hearing from you.
Many thanks!
Amelia, England Project Leader
Hi Steven
Thank you for joining the Mighty Oaks for the Clean-A-Thon and congratulations on your work during the CAT what an amazing result for the Mighty Oaks we fixed 32,841 suggestions.
Altogether the teams fixed a grand total of 233,558 profile suggestions. We hope you had fun while cleaning the tree.
For the template to add to your profile go to https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Template:Clean-a-Thon you will need to amend it to this year. See the Mighty Oaks page
See you later in the year for the Connect-A-Thon
Janet & Joan
Co-Leaders for the Mighty Oaks
Hi Steven,
We would love to have you join the Mighty Oaks for the Spring Clean-A-Thon
If you are interested in joining us then sign up here Clean-A-Thon Registration please mention you would like to join the Mighty Oaks
Look forward to working with you again
Janet & Joan Co-Leaders for the Mighty Oaks
It's that time of the year again: check-in time! As England Project Leaders, we like to check in with you every six months or so to see how things are progressing. Back in May, we didn't ask for a response due to the rapid emergence of Covid-19 because we understood that people's lives were changing rapidly. While we are still living in a Covid world, we do need to hear back from you this time around
First of all, how are you doing? What are you currently working on? Are you happy with the team(s) you're in, or would you like to change things up?
Secondly, we're looking for some feedback on the Google Group and our Discord server. Do you use either or both of these? If you don't use either, why not? Do you have any suggestions on how we can improve participation and collaboration, either generally or for you personally?
Looking forward to hearing from you,
Lizzie, Amy, Joan
England Project Leaders
Thank you for your participation in October’s 2020 Source-a-thon. Your contributions helped us to clear over 57,000 profiles that needed sourcing. This makes our Shared Tree all that much better.
Keep up the great work!
Pippin Sheppard WikiTree’s Appreciation Team
Hi Steven
We all did a great job this weekend, thank you for participating. A job well done the grand total for the event was 57,577 profiles sourced. The Mighty Oaks contributed 8,877 of those. Maddy lead all the way and ended with a fab score of 1,130. Making her no 6 on the individual scoreboard
See: https://wikitree.sdms.si/Challenges/SourceaThon/TeamAndUser.htmClick on tracking to open up your contribution list so you can review your work and possibly some tidying up.
Thanks again for this weekend, you rock
Joan & Janet
June Houghton, St Helens
Thanks for all the work you accomplished during our Connect-A-Thon 2020. It is amazing how many more profiles were created and added to our Shared Tree. You have every right to be pleased with your efforts!
Kind regards,
Pippin Sheppard ~ WikiTree’s Appreciation Team
Hi Steven
Thank you for joining the Mighty Oaks for the Connect-A-Thon (CAT). Congratulations on your work during the CAT what an amazing result for the Mighty Oaks we added 12,615. Altogether the teams add a grand total of 60,128 new profiles to wikitree. We hope you had fun while building the tree.
See you next year or before for the Source-A-Thon
Janet & Joan
Co-Leaders for the Mighty Oaks
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