Genealogy
Whiston Families
Rotheram/Rotherham
Bartholomew Rotheram, b.1739 Barnby Dun, (son of Francis), was of the parish of Rotherham when he married in 1765 at Mansfield, Notts. to Anne Lockwood, daughter of Edward Lockwood of Mansfield, shoemaker. Children born in Rotherham:
- John c.11 JAN 1767 m. 17 MAR 1794 at Chesterfield to Frances WILD.
- Ann c.05 OCT 1768
- Jeremiah c.06 JUN 1770
- Sarah c.07 JUN 1772
- Robert c.06 NOV 1774
- Sarah c.25 AUG 1776
- Hannah b.13 JUL 1778 c.28 AUG 1778
- Mary b.02 JUN 1780 c.16 JUL 1780
- Hannah b.16 JUN 1782 c.28 JUL 1782
- George b.30 APR 1784 c.30 MAY 1784
- William b.07 AUG 1786 c.23 AUG 1786
- Francis b.05 AUG 1788 c.05 NOV 1788
Bartholomew Rotheram was a member of the Feoffees of the Common Lands of Rotherham. in 1764, he was schoolmaster of the Charity School in Rotherham and lived in the School House. In 1796, Ann Rotheram of Sheffield,was a widow and John Rotheram of Rotherham, was a schoolmaster. Source Doncaster Archives
Children of John Rotheram b.1767 , and Frances (Nee Wild), born Whiston:
- Frances b.02 OCT 1796 c.10 JUN 1802
- Ann b.28 DEC 1799 c.10 JUN 1802 Whiston
- Audington Otto c.27 OCT 1801
- John Bartholomew c.10 JUN 1802 Whiston m. Ann. Child Frances Ann c.10 AUG 1831 Rotherham
- Sally b.02 JAN 1804 c.08 JAN 1804 Whiston
- Samuel Swallow c.25 JUL 1806 Whiston
On 23rd March, 1846, John Bartholomew Rotheram(1807-1871) acquired an Irish Patent for an improved thrashing machine which he invented and manufactured. A millwright and machine maker in 1854 he was living at Canklow House.
Sarah Rotheram m.27 NOV 1836 to George Taylor at Whiston.
Children of George and Mary Rotheram:
- George c.27 MAR 1842 Whiston
Edward Richard Rotherham, Machine maker, son of J.W.B.? Rotherham, schoolmaster, was aged 30 when he married Oct 20 1839 at Sheffield, to Elizabeth Hibberd (Hubbard) Walker, b.1820 daughter of George Walker, carpenter. In 1841 they were living at Guilthwaite. Children born Whiston:
- John (1842-1893)
- Fanny Mary c.06 AUG 1844 Whiston
- Edward¹ c.21 JAN 1847 Whiston m1. 1865 Martha Favell(b.1849). m2 1889 Jane Binch (b.1851 Kent)
- Charles Machin b.1850 c.1857 m.1877 Alice Hines (b.1858 Bardney,Lincs c.1909)
- Robert Albert b.1855 c.1857 ² m. 1879 Lucy Tyers (b.1858 Whitwell d.1924
Edward¹ Rotherham, b.1847 Whiston m1. Martha. In 1881 they were living at 129 Queen St Swinton Rotherham.Children
- Edward William b.1870 Whiston
- Albert b.1873 Whiston
- Mary Elizabeth b.1875 Whiston
- Florence b.1877 Swinton
- Ernest b.1880 Swinton
Living at Whiston in 1881 Robert Rotheram, Joiner (Journeyman), and Lucy (Nee Tyers). 1911 census records they had 11 children, 5 died:
- Edward H. (1879-1954)m.1908 Mary A, Woodward, son Robert E, b.1914
- Rosa b.1880
- Harold 1883-1970) m.Mary M.M.Brown b.1885. Children Doris b.1910, Clifford b.1918
- Tracey (1886-1970)
- Elizabeth b.1889
- Harvey (1892-1967)
- Reuben m. Maud A. Pearson 1940
- Walter Robert (1878-1944) m.1902 Lily Marion Shaw(1879-1850) Daghter Edith a.b.1912 m.1931 Richard A. Morrison. 2 children b.1931 and 1934
- Charles Edward (1880-1939) m.1902 Ada Uttley (1880-1947 Greasbrough)
- John Thomas b.1883
- Frederick William b.1884
- Albert Richard (1887-1960)
- George (1889-1971) m.1925 Florence Wright (1895-1979)
- Jennie(Jeanie) 1891-1967
- Edith Emily(1893-1975) m.1923 Arthur Wright
- Charles Machen(1903-1984)
- Lionel Otto (1906-1983) m.1934 Alma Holmes(b.1912) 3 children
- Kathleen b.1912) m.1934 Thomas Atkinson
- Ethel (1915-1995) m.1944 Edwin Green (1920-1993) 7 children
- George (1921-1996)
- Joan b.1925 m.1946 John W. Kelly
Living on Hungerhill in 1891 was Charles Rotherham an Iron Moulder and wife Alice(nee Hines) Children:
A John Rotherham aged 40 was a boarder living in the Bartholomew household on School Hill.
Children of Charles and Ada(nee Uttley):
In 1911 Harold Rotherham, son of Robert and Lucy, was a Milk Dealer, living Guilthwaite
In 1953, there were three brothers of the name Rotheram, living in Whiston: Tracey age 75, Harvey age 69 and Bill age 68. From the 1891 census, Tracey was son of Robert and Lucy Rotherham.
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