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Whiston Families

Windle of Broom Cottage Old Tollbar House, Whiston

Extract from 1881 census:

Living at Broom Road, Broom Cottage, Old Tollbar House, Rotherham:

Ernest married Eliza J born about at 1858 at Stone, Maltby. In 1891 they were living at 58 The Hill, Whiston and had a son Charles J. Windle, age 3. By 1911 Ernest was a Farm labourer, Charles , now 23 was a coal miner, daughter Nelly was 19 and John R. Oldfield from Killamarsh, a coal miner. lodged with the family at Chapel Hill.

Everyone knew and respected Charlie Windle, in later years, a handyman, who was employed as a road sweeper and hedge trimmer all round the village.

 

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