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PATERNAL GREAT-GREAT-GRANDPARENTS

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JAMES ROTHWELL

Birth: before 25 May 1856, Aughton, Lancashire

Baptism: 25 May 1856, St. Michael’s Church, Aughton, Lancashire

Parents: William Rothwell and Margaret Hodge

Death: 30 November 1930, Ormskirk registration district

Burial: unknown date and location

 

Occupation: scholar (1861) farmer’s son (1871) ag lab (1881) farmer (1881) farm labourer (1883) farmer (1891, 1898, 1901, 1911)

Addresses: Aughton (25 May 1856), Smithy Lane, Aughton, Lancashire (1861 census, 1871 census), Moss Lane, Aughton, Lancashire (1881 census), Aughton (6 July 1879, 2 October 1881, 1 July 1883, 13 June 1886, 8 April 1888, 30 March 1890, 4 October 1891, 19 June 1898), Go Hill Farm, Aughton, Lancashire (1901 census), Goe Hill Farm, Aughton, Lancashire (1911 census), The Nest, Gaw Hill-Lane, Aughton (probate record)

 

 

Marriage: 7 January 1879, St. Nicholas’ Church, Liverpool, Lancashire

 

Spouse: ANN HALSALL

Birth: before 16 October 1859, Aughton, Lancashire

Baptism: 16 October 1859, St. Michael’s Church, Aughton, Lancashire

Parents: James Halsall and Hannah Holcroft

Death: 16 October 1919, Gaw Hill Farm, Aughton, Lancashire

Burial: unknown date and location

 

Occupation: scholar (1871)

Addresses: Aughton (6 October 1859), Booths Lane, Aughton, Lancashire (1861 census), Green Lane, Lydiate, Lancashire (1871 census), Moss Lane, Aughton, Lancashire (1881 census), Aughton (6 July 1879, 2 October 1881, 1 July 1883, 13 June 1886, 8 April 1888, 30 March 1890),  Go Hill Lane, Aughton, Lancashire (1891 census), Aughton (4 October 1891, 19 June 1898), Go Hill Farm, Aughton, Lancashire (1901 census), Goe Hill Farm, Aughton, Lancashire (1911 census), Gaw Hill Farm, Aughton, Lancashire (probate record)

 

 

Children of JAMES ROTHWELL and ANN HALSALL:

 

1. MARGARET ROTHWELL

Birth: 15 June 1879, Aughton, Lancashire

Baptism: 6 July 1879, St. Michael’s Church, Aughton, Lancashire

Death: about March 1966, Ormskirk registration district

Burial: unknown date and location

 

Occupation: confectioner (1911) Unpaid domestic duties (1939)

Addresses: Aughton (6 July 1879), Moss Lane, Aughton, Lancashire (1881 census), Go Hill Lane, Aughton, Lancashire (1891 census), Go Hill Farm, Aughton, Lancashire (1901 census), 11 Dover Street, Crumpsall, Manchester (1939 register)

 

 

Marriage: about September 1917, Salford registration district

 

Spouse: ROBERT KERSHAW

Birth: 19 January 1883

Death: unknown date and location

Burial: unknown date and location

 

Occupation: Railway Lurryman (1939)

Addresses: 11 Dover Street, Crumpsall, Manchester (1939 register)

 

 

 

2. WILLIAM ROTHWELL

Birth: before 2 October 1881, Aughton, Lancashire

Baptism: 2 October 1881, Christ Church, Aughton, Lancashire

Death: 5 May 1883, Aughton, Lancashire

Burial: 5 May 1883, St. Michael’s Church, Aughton, Lancashire

 

Addresses: Aughton (2 October 1881, 5 May 1883)

 

 

 

3. WILLIAM ROTHWELL

Birth: 14 June 1883, Aughton, Lancashire

Baptism: 1 July 1883, Christ Church, Aughton, Lancashire

Death: 28 December 1946

 

Occupation: scholar (1891), Farmers Son (1901), Farm Bailiff (1911), Farmer - incapacitated (1939)

Addresses: Go Hill Lane, Aughton, Lancashire (1891 census), Go Hill Farm, Aughton, Lancashire (1901 census), Brynpopty, Glan Conwy, North Wales (1911 census), Wensleydale Farm, Gaw Hill Lane, Aughton, Lancashire (1939 register)

 

Marriage: about September 1908, Ormskirk registration district

 

Spouse: MARGARET ALICE STRINGMAN

Birth: 20 July 1879, Burscough, Lancashire

Death: 28 May 1959

 

Occupation: Unpaid Domestic Duties PWC 420/3306 (1939)

Addresses: Brynpopty, Glan Conwy, North Wales (1911 census), Wensleydale Farm, Gaw Hill Lane, Aughton, Lancashire (1939 register)

 

 

 

4. JAMES (JIM) ROTHWELL

Birth: 20 May 1886, Aughton, Lancashire

Baptism: 13 June 1886 ,Christ Church, Aughton, Lancashire

Death: 30 December 1966, Ormskirk and District General Hospital, Ormskirk, Lancashire

Burial: Christ Church, Aughton, Lancashire

 

Occupation: scholar (1891) farmers son (1901) son working on farm (1911) Farmer Heavy Worker (1939)

Addresses: Aughton (3 June 1886), Go Hill Lane, Aughton, Lancashire (1891 census, 1901 census), Goe Hill Farm, Aughton, Lancashire (1911 census), Hollin House Farm, Aughton, Lancashire (1939 register)

 

 

Marriage: about March 1920, West Derby registration district

 

Spouse: ANNIE PYE

Birth: 10 April 1897, Aughton, Lancashire

Death: 6 July 1984, West Lancashire registration district

Burial: Christ Church, Aughton, Lancashire

 

Addresses: Swan Farm, Aughton, Lancashire (1911 census), Hollin House Farm, Aughton, Lancashire (1939 register)

 

 

 

5. HENRIETTA ROTHWELL

Birth: before 8 April 1888, Aughton, Lancashire

Baptism: 8 April 1888, Christ Church, Aughton, Lancashire

Death: 22 July 1894, Aughton, Lancashire

Burial: 24 July 1894, Christ Church, Aughton, Lancashire

 

Addresses: Go Hill Lane, Aughton, Lancashire (1891 census)

 

 

 

6. HANNAH ROTHWELL

Birth: before 30 March 1890, Aughton, Lancashire

Baptism: 30 March 1890, Christ Church, Aughton, Lancashire

Death: before 3 November 1890, Aughton, Lancashire

Burial: 3 November 1890, Christ Church, Aughton, Lancashire

 

Addresses: Aughton (30 March 1890, 3 November 1890)

 

 

 

7. FRED ROTHWELL (my great-grandad)

Birth: 30 August 1891, Gaw Hill Farm, Aughton, Lancashire

Baptism: 4 October 1891, Christ Church, Aughton, Lancashire

Death: 1 January 1943, Warrington, Lancashire

Burial: St. Michael’s Church, Aughton, Lancashire

 

Occupation: son working on farm (1911) farmer (1939)

Addresses: Aughton (baptism record), Go Hill Farm, Aughton, Lancashire (1901), Goe Hill Farm, Aughton, Lancashire (1911), Callands Farm, Warrington, Cheshire (1939)

 

 

Marriage: 15 February 1915, St. Michael’s Church, Aughton, Lancashire

 

Spouse: ALICE ADA MAY WORSLEY

Birth: 30 March 1893, Rimrose Road, Bootle, Lancashire

Baptism: 10 May 1893 St. Peter’s Church, Liverpool, Lancashire

Parents: John Worsley and Ada Willday

Death: 4 June 1931

Burial: St. Michael’s Church, Aughton, Lancashire

 

Please follow this link for details of Fred Rothwell and Alice Ada May Worsley’s family.

 

 

8. BENJAMIN ROTHWELL

Birth: 19 May 1898, Aughton, Lancashire

Baptism: 19 June 1898, Christ Church, Aughton, Lancashire

Death: 15 March 1912, Aughton, Lancashire

Burial: St. Michael’s C of E Church, Aughton, Lancashire

 

Notes: Benjamin had a twin sister, named Dorothy.

 

Occupation: School (1911)

Addresses: Aughton (19 June 1898), Go Hill Farm, Aughton, Lancashire (1901), Goe Hill Farm, Aughton, Lancashire (1911)

 

 

9. DOROTHY ROTHWELL

Birth: 19 May 1898, Aughton, Lancashire

Baptism: 19 June 1898, Christ Church, Aughton, Lancashire

Death: 3 September 1983, Emmeline Cowell Home, 94 Bidson Road, Birkenhead, Wirral

Burial: unknown date and location

 

Notes: Dorothy had a twin brother, named Benjamin.

 

Occupation: School (1911) unpaid domestic duties (1939)

Addresses: Aughton (19 June 1898), Go Hill Farm, Aughton, Lancashire (1901), Goe Hill Farm, Aughton, Lancashire (1911), 14 Downham Road South, Heswall, Wirral (1939 register),

Emmeline Cowell Home, 94 Bidson Road, Birkenhead, Wirral (probate record)

 

 

Marriage: 1926, Christ Church, Aughton, Lancashire

 

Spouse: JAMES EDWARD SKELLAND

Birth: 24 June 1901, Aughton, Lancashire

Parents: Arthur Frederick Skelland and Margaret Huyton

Death: about December 1972, Wirral registration district

 

Occupation: school (1911), omnibus driver (1939)

Addresses: Brookfield Lane, Aughton, Lancashire (1911 census), 14 Downham Road South, Heswall, Wirral (1939 register)

 

 

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