Genealogy
Whiston Families
Rodgers Family
Matthew Rodgers, a Stone Mason, was born in Whiston. He married Sarah Cawthorne 16 MAY 1805 in Whiston. Sarah was born in Thorpe Hesley.
According to the History & Directory of Sheffield and Rotherham, dated 1833; Matthew Rodgers owned the Beer House in Whiston.
1851 census Children of Matthew and Sarah Rogers all born in Whiston:
- Thomas Rogers, aged 11, Errand Boy
- Elizabeth Rogers aged 9
- Charles Rogers aged 4
- Matthias Rogers aged 2
- John Rogers aged 1
Living with Sarah in Kimberworth at the time of the census of 1861:
- Frank Rodgers, age 29, Puddler's Forge born Whiston
- Anne Rodgers, age 20 Wife of Frank, born Sheffield
- Ellen Rodgers, age 2, granddaughter, puddler's daughter born Sheffield
- Matthias Rodgers, age 15, Brick Carrier born Whiston
- John Rodgers, age 11, born Whiston
According to the marriage certificate of Matthias, his father Matthew was deceased before 1871, census details suggest, deceased before 1861.
Mathias Rodgers was born in Whiston about 1843. He married Annie Shaw (nee Pierpoint) in Dec 1871 . The marriage took place in a registry office. Witness was John Rodgers and another (unreadable). They were now living at Chemist Lane, Masbrough
Children of Mathias and Annie:
- John c 1871
- Mary Elizabeth c 1874, married Richard Jones.
- George c 1876 in Whiston, married Florence Annie Jenkinson
- Bertha c 1877, married Arthur Norcliffe in 1896
- Lillie c 1883 and
- Matthias c 1884
- Frank born Parkgate 1888
Mary Elizabeth Rodgers, pictured here, married Richard Jones from Rawmarsh, possibly around 1894. They moved away to Sunderland where they had a shop.
Notes re Annie Pierpoint
Annie's father was Henry Pierpoint (blacksmith).
She was a widow, aged 29, when she married Matthias.
Her first husband was unknown Shaw.
Children of Arthur and Bertha(Nee Rodgers):
- Selina c 1897 married Albert Farmery
- Nellie c 1898 marrried Ernest Amies
- Arthur c 1900 married May ?
- Annie c 1901 married ? Sharp
- Horace c 1903 1960 - never married
- Edith c 1905 - 2007 married Thomas Henry
- Gladys c 1909 - married George Harris
Edith died in 2007 at the age of 101.
John Rogers (1850), son of Matthew and Sarah, had married Annie from Masbrough by 1881. He was a Stone Mason, living in Whiston with children:
- Mary Jane aged 8
- Edith Ellen aged 5
- Sydney aged 2
Also with the family was a niece, Edith Annie Rowdon aged 14 from Sheffield.
Listed on the 1891 census for Whiston and the 1901 census for Treeton, is another Rodgers family. (Is there a connection with this family?)
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