MATERNAL GREAT-GRANDPARENTS

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SAMUEL ROWLAND

Birth: 24 July 1860, South Witham, Lincolnshire

Baptism: 7 August 1860, St. John the Baptist’s Church, South Witham

Parents: John Robert Ashwell and Sarah Rowland (unmarried)

Death: 28 January 1942, Long Bennington, Lincolnshire

Burial: St. Swithin’s Church, Long Bennington, Lincolnshire

 

Occupation: scholar (1871) agricul lab (1881) General labourer (1891) Agricultural labourer (1901) laborer (1904) groom (1906) Cowman on Farm (1911)

Addresses: 1 Whyman’s Court, South Witham, Lincolnshire (1861 census), Main Street, Greetham, Rutland (1871 census), Great Lane, Greetham, Rutland (1881 census), 7 Mill Lane, Bottesford, Leicestershire (1891 census), 36 High Street, Bottesford, Leicestershire (1901 census), Long Bennington (12 August 1904, 15 June 1906), Main Road, Long Bennington, Lincolnshire (1911 census, electoral rolls for 1921, 1922, 1923, 1924, 1926)

 

A Note on the Parentage of Samuel Rowland:

The 1881 census shows Samuel recorded under the name of his stepfather, Searson Norris. Samuel also identified his father as Searson Norris on his marriage certificate. However, no father was identified on Samuel’s baptism record. The following extract from the Stamford Mercury (26 August 1864) indicates that, on 19 August 1864, his mother Sarah made a successful claim for maintenance from his apparent father: “John Robt. Ashwell, of Grantham, was ordered to pay 1s. 6d, per week for the maintenance of the bastard child of Sarah Rowland, of South Witham.”

 

 

Marriage: 4 June 1888, St. Mary the Virgin, Bottesford, Leicestershire

 

Spouse: LUCY CASTLEDINE BRANSTON

Birth: 27 December 1868, Bottesford, Leicestershire

Parents: John Branston and Eliza Castledine

Death: 20 March 1942, Long Bennington, Lincolnshire

Burial: St. Swithin’s Church, Long Bennington, Lincolnshire

 

Occupation: general servant domestic (1881)

Addresses: Orston Lane, Bottesford, Leicestershire (1871 census), Staunton Arms, Staunton Arms, Nottinghamshire (1881 census), 7 Mill Lane, Bottesford, Leicestershire (1891 census), 36 High Street, Bottesford, Leicestershire (1901 census), Long Bennington (12 August 1904, 15 June 1906), Main Road, Long Bennington, Lincolnshire (1911 census), Main Road, Long Bennington, Lincolnshire (1911 census, electoral rolls for 1921, 1922, 1923, 1924, 1926)

 

 

Children of SAMUEL ROWLAND and LUCY CASTLEDINE BRANSTON:

 

1. CHARLOTTE ELIZABETH ROWLAND

Birth: 12 July 1889, Greetham, Rutland

Baptism: 4 August 1889, St. Mary’s Church, Greetham, Rutland

Death: 18 July 1971, 53 Biddulph Street, Leicester, Leicestershire

 

Occupation: domestic servant (1911), Unpaid Domestic Duties (1939)

Addresses: 7 Mill Lane, Bottesford, Leicestershire (1891 census), 36 High Street, Bottesford, Leicestershire (1901 census), Westhorpe House, Southwell, Nottinghamshire (1911 census), 53 Biddulph Street, Leicester, Leicestershire (1939 register)

 

Marriage: about December 1926, Leicester registration district

 

Spouse: CECIL (CIS) DAWSON

Birth: 20 February 1895, Grantham, Lincolnshire

Death: 24 October 1971, Grantham registration district

Occupation: Engineers fitter textile (1939)

Addresses: 53 Biddulph Street, Leicester, Leicestershire (1939 register)

 

 

 

2. ADA ROWLAND

Birth: 30 November 1890, High Street, Bottesford, Leicestershire

Death: 5 December 1962, Newark, Nottinghamshire

Burial: Newark Cemetery, Newark, Nottinghamshire

 

Occupation: Unpaid domestic duties (1939)

Addresses: 7 Mill Lane, Bottesford, Leicestershire (1891 census), 36 High Street, Bottesford, Leicestershire (1901 census), 42 Charles Street, Newark, Nottinghamshire (1939 register)

 

Marriage: 5 August 1912, St. Swithin’s Church, Long Bennington, Lincolnshire

 

Spouse: GEORGE EDWARD DRING

Birth: 27 October 1888, Newark, Nottinghamshire

Parents: John Dring and Ann Scott Pask

Death: 6 August 1974, Newark, Nottinghamshire

Burial: Newark Cemetery, Newark, Nottinghamshire

 

Occupation: iron turner foundry (1911), Engineer’s turner (pumping engineer) (1939)

Addresses: 7 Barnby Gate, Newark, Nottinghamshire (1891 census), 20 Portland Street, Newark, Nottinghamshire (1911 census), 42 Charles Street, Newark, Nottinghamshire (1939 register)

 

 

 

 

3. ARTHUR HENRY ROWLAND

Birth: 5 September 1892, Barkeston Lane, Bottesford, Leicestershire

Death: 22 March 1967, Lutterworth registration district

 

Occupation: horse man on farm (1911), farmer and bricklayer (5 April 1916), Horseman on farm (1939), retired farm worker (1962)

Addresses: 7 Mill Lane, Bottesford, Leicestershire (1891 census), 36 High Street, Bottesford, Leicestershire (1901 census), Long Bennington, Grantham, Lincolnshire (1911 census), Main Road, Long Bennington, Lincolnshire (1911 census, electoral rolls for 1921, 1922, 1923, 1926), Milestone House, Main Road, Long Bennington, Lincolnshire (1939 register)

 

Notes: Arthur enlisted in the 8th Battalion of the 5th West Yorkshire Regiment on 1 April 1916. His regimental number was 307700.

The Grantham Journal (15 February 1952) indicates that Arthur was re-elected as secretary and treasurer of the Long Bennington Pig Club.

 

Marriage: 8 November 1920, St. Denys Church, Aswarby, Lincolnshire

 

Spouse: ELIZABETH JANE (GIN, JENNY) HALES

Birth: 23 March 1894, Scamblesby, Lincolnshire

Parents: Charles Hales and Sarah

Death: 12 October 1962, Hawtonville Hospital, Newark, Nottinghamshire

 

Occupation: Help (Domestic) (1911), Unpaid domestic duties (1939 register)

Addresses: Willoughby Road, Honington, Lincolnshire (1901 census), Barnby Hall, Newark, Nottinghamshire (1911 census), Main Road, Long Bennington, Lincolnshire (electoral roll for 1926), Milestone House, Main Road, Long Bennington, Lincolnshire (1939 register)

 

 

 

4. ELIZA ANNIE ROWLAND

Birth: 22 April 1894, Bottesford, Leicestershire

Death: 11 February 1903, Long Bennington, Lincolnshire

Burial: St. Swithin’s Church, Long Bennington, Lincolnshire

 

Address: 36 High Street, Bottesford, Leicestershire (1901 census)

 

 

 

5. GERTRUDE ROWLAND

Birth: 13 September 1896, Bottesford, Leicestershire

Death: 16 June 1952, Newark registration district

Burial: Newark Cemetery, Newark, Nottinghamshire

 

Occupation: domestic servant (1911) Unpaid Domestic Duties (1939)

Addresses: 36 High Street, Bottesford, Leicestershire (1901 census), Main Road, Long Bennington, Lincolnshire (1911 census), 53 Harcourt Street, Newark, Nottinghamshire (1939 register)

 

Marriage: 29 March 1918, St. Swithin’s Church, Long Bennington, Lincolnshire

 

Spouse: WILLIAM GRIFFITHS JAMES

Birth: 28 July 1892, Huddersfield, Yorkshire

Parents: Frederick William James and Sarah Hannah Whitehead

Death: 31 July 1951, Newark registration district

Burial: Newark Cemetery, Newark, Nottinghamshire

 

Occupation: Universal Tool Grinder ARP Work (1939)

Addresses: 53 Harcourt Street, Newark, Nottinghamshire (1939 register)

 

Notes: An announcement of his marriage in the Grantham Journal (6 April 1918) described him as “Sapper William Griffiths James, R.E.”.

 

 

6. HAROLD ROWLAND

Birth: 24 January 1899, Bottesford, Leicestershire

Death: about June 1969, Grantham registration district

 

Occupation: agricultural labourer (1922) Gennal Farm Labourer (1939)

Addresses: 36 High Street, Bottesford, Leicestershire (1901 census), Main Road, Long Bennington, Lincolnshire (1911 census), Main Road, Long Bennington, Lincolnshire (1911 census, electoral rolls for 1921, 1922, 1923, 1926), Long Bennington (10 October 1922), Church Street, Long Bennington, Lincolnshire (1939 register)

 

Notes: His army service record says that, on 23 January 1917, he was 5ft 3in tall, with a 33.5in chest measurement.

 

Marriage: 10 October 1922, St. Peter and St. Paul’s Church, Warsop Nottinghamshire

 

Spouse: EDITH EDNA EATON

Birth: 20 October 1898, Warsop, Nottinghamshire

Baptism: 16 November 1898, St. Peter and St. Paul’s Church, Warsop Nottinghamshire

Parents: Samuel Chappell Eaton and Hannah Holmes

Death: about June 1964, Shardlow registration district

 

Occupation: school (1911), Unpaid Domestic Duties (1939)

Addresses: Warsop (16 November 1898), 20 Sherwood Street, Warsop, Nottinghamshire (1901 census, 1911 census), Warsop (10 October 1922), Church Street, Long Bennington, Lincolnshire (1939 register)

 

 

7. LUCY CASSELDINE ROWLAND

Birth: 17 July 1904, Long Bennington, Lincolnshire

Baptism: 12 August 1904, St. Swithin’s Church, Long Bennington, Lincolnshire

Death: about March 1986, Newark registration district

Burial: St. Swithin’s Church, Long Bennington, Lincolnshire

 

Occupation: Unpaid domestic duties (1939)

Addresses: Long Bennington (12 August 1904), Main Road, Long Bennington, Lincolnshire (1911 census), Main Road, Long Bennington, Lincolnshire (1939 register)

 

Marriage: 5 July 1924, St. Swithin’s Church, Long Bennington, Lincolnshire

 

Spouse: SYDNEY ARTHUR CARTER

Birth: 28 June 1905, Newark, Nottinghamshire

Death: about September 1990, Newark registration district

Burial: St. Swithin’s Church, Long Bennington, Lincolnshire

Parents: Arthur Carter and Ada Hydes

 

Occupation:  School (1911), Charge Hand Tool Setter etc Special Constable (1939)

Addresses: 1 Vernon Street, Newark, Nottinghamshire (1911 census), Main Road, Long Bennington, Lincolnshire (1939 register)

 

 

8. ALICE ROWLAND (my grandma)

Birth: 22 May 1906, Long Bennington, Lincolnshire

Baptism: 15 June 1906, St. Swithin’s Church, Long Bennington, Lincolnshire

Death: 6 July 1996, Lound Hall Nursing Home, Lound, Nottinghamshire

 

Occupation: domestic servant (before 1926), unpaid domestic duties (1939), domestic cook

Addresses: Main Road, Long Bennington, Lincolnshire (1911 census), Long Bennington, Lincolnshire (2 August 1926),  31 Sibcy Lane, Balderton, Nottinghamshire (1939 register), West Carr Road, Retford, Nottinghamshire (about 1948 to c.1994)

 

 

First Marriage: 2 August 1926, St. Swithin’s Church, Long Bennington, Lincolnshire

 

Spouse: CLARENCE FRANK BRIGGS

Birth: 12 February 1904, Bottesford, Leicestershire

Parents: Thomas Briggs and Annie Maria Abbott

Death: about June 1969, Newark registration district

 

Occupation: School (1911), Painter & Decorator (1939)

Addresses: Station Road, Bottesford, Nottinghamshire (1911 census), 31 Sibcy Lane, Balderton, Nottinghamshire (1939 register)

 

Notes: Alice Rowland had two sons with her first husband Clarence Briggs; these were Rowland Frank Briggs (1930-2000) and David Rodney Briggs (1936-1993). Alice and Clarence had separated by 21 June 1943. Clarence subsequently married Vera Dring.

 

 

Second Marriage: 26 February 1949, East Retford Register Office

 

WILLIAM EVERARD SIGGS (my grandad)

Birth: 17 October 1904, Boothby Pagnell, Lincolnshire

Baptism: 13 November 1904, St. Andrew’s Church, Boothby Pagnell, Lincolnshire

Parents: William Siggs and Maria Ann Barnett

Death: 21 October 1964, Retford, Nottinghamshire

Burial: North Road Cemetery, Retford, Nottinghamshire

 

Occupation: school (1911), assistant gamekeeper (1921) hotel keeper’s assistant (1941), rubber worker (c.1947-1964)

Addresses: Boothby Pagnell, Lincolnshire (13 November 1904), Knaith Park, Gainsborough, Lincolnshire (1911 census), Knaith, Lincolnshire (1921 census), Queen’s Hotel, Retford, Nottinghamshire (1929 electoral roll), Queens Hotel, Queen-street, Retford, Nottinghamshire (1939 register), 80 West Carr Road, Retford, Nottinghamshire

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