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SARAH ROWLAND

Birth: 19 December 1837, South Witham, Lincolnshire

Baptism: 21 January 1838, South Witham, Lincolnshire

Parents: Samuel Rowland and Ann Durham

Death: about December 1912, Oakham registration district

Burial: unknown date and location

 

Occupation: House Serv (1851)

Addresses: Village, Witham (South), Lincolnshire (1841 census), High Street, South Witham, Lincolnshire (1851 census), 1 Whyman’s Court, South Witham, Lincolnshire (1861 census), South Witham (30 May 1865), Greetham (13 October 1865, 4 April 1869), Main Street, Greetham, Rutland (1871 census), Great Lane, Greetham, Rutland (1881 census), High Street, Greetham, Rutland (1891 census),  Long Lane, Greetham, Rutland (1911 census)

 

 

Putative Partner of SARAH ROWLAND: JOHN ROBERT ASHWELL

Birth: before 20 April 1834, Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire

Parents: Joseph Ashwell and Ann Pears

Death: after 3 June 1872, possibly in the United States of America

Burial: unknown date and location

 

Note: John Robert Ashwell and Sarah Rowland were never married. He is identified here because, the Stamford Mercury (26 August 1864) indicates that, on 19 August 1864, Sarah Rowland made a successful claim against him for the support of her child: “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.” Sarah did not marry her husband Searson Norris until the second quarter or 1865.

 

He may be the same John Robert Ashwell, aged 37 (born in Leicestershire, England), who married Caroline Porter, aged 17 (born in Toronto, Ontario), on 3 June 1872 at Wayne, Michigan, USA.

 

Occupation:  gentleman’s serv (1851)

Addresses: Boathouse Row, Oakham Lords Holt, Rutland (1841 census), Gas Lane, Lords Hold, Oakham, Rutland (1851 census), Grantham, Lincolnshire (19 August 1864)

 

 

Children of SARAH ROWLAND and (apparently) JOHN ROBERT ASHWELL:

 

1. SAMUEL ROWLAND (my great-grandad)

Birth: 24 July 1860, South Witham, Lincolnshire

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

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)

 

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

 

Please follow this link for details of Samuel Rowland and Lucy Castledine Branston’s family.

 

 

Marriage of SARAH ROWLAND: 30 May 1865, St. Mary’s Church, Greetham, Rutland

 

Spouse: SEARSON NORRIS

Birth: before 2 December 1838, Greetham or Horn, Rutland

Baptism: 2 December 1838, St. Mary’s Church, Greetham, Rutland

Parents:

Death: before 5 May 1906, Greetham, Rutland

Burial: 5 May 1906, St. Mary’s Church, Greetham, Rutland

 

Occupation: scholar (1851), boots and ostler (1861), labourer (1865, 1869) ag lab (1871) groom (D) (1881) general laborer (1891) carter for contractor (1901)

Addresses: Weighing Machine, Horn, Rutland (1841 census), Greetham, Rutland (1851 census), Market Place, Lord’s Holt, Oakham, Rutland (1861 census), Greetham (30 May 1865, 13 October 1865, 4 April 1869), Main Street, Greetham, Rutland (1871 census), Great Lane, Greetham, Rutland (1881 census), High Street, Greetham, Rutland (1891 census)

 

 

Children of SARAH ROWLAND and SEARSON NORRIS:

 

 

1. JULIA NORRIS

Birth: before 13 October 1865, Greetham, Rutland

Baptism: 13 October 1865, St. Mary’s Church, Greetham, Rutland

Death: about June 1931, Stamford registration district

Burial: unknown date and location

 

Occupation: Domestic Servant (1881)

Addresses: Greetham (13 October 1865), Main Street, Greetham, Rutland (1871 census), Greetham Inn, Greetham, Rutland (1881 census), Oaks Cottages, Thornhaugh, Northamptonshire (1891 census), Wittering, Northamptonshire (1901 census), Wittering, Wansford, Northamptonshire (1911 census)

 

 

Marriage: about June 1888, Oakham registration district

 

Spouse: WILLIAM EDWARD LATTIMORE

Birth: 1868, Cottesmore, Rutland or Littleworth, Linconshire

Death: about September 1923, Stamford registration district

Burial: unknown date and location

 

Occupation: Ag Lab (1891), Horsekeeper on Farm (1901)

Addresses: Oaks Cottages, Thornhaugh, Northamptonshire (1891 census), Wittering, Northamptonshire (1901 census), Wittering, Wansford, Northamptonshire (1911 census)

 

Notes: Julia Norris and her husband William Lattimore had eight children - Emma Alice (1889), John William (1890), Robert Cecil (1893), Selina Annie (1895), George Ernest (1897), Beatrice Ellen (1900), Daisy Mabel (1902) and Bertie Edward (1905).

 

 

 

2. SELINA ANNIE NORRIS

Birth: 20 December 1867, Greetham, Rutland

Baptism: 4 April 1869, St. Mary’s Church, Greetham, Rutland

Death: about September 1956, Stamford registration district

Burial: unknown date and location

 

Occupation: scholar (1871, 1881) Domestic (unpaid) (1939)

Addresses: Greetham (4 April 1869), Main Street, Greetham, Rutland (1871 census), Great Lane, Greetham, Rutland (1881 census), High Street, Greetham, Rutland (1891 census), Greetham (25 December 1895), High Street, Greetham, Rutland (1901 census), Towngate, Market Deeping, Lincolnshire (1911 census)

 

Marriage: 25 December 1895, St. Mary’s Church, Greetham, Rutland

 

Spouse: WILLIAM THOMAS YATES

Birth: about 1870, Stamford, Lincolnshire

Parents: Pank Yates and Eliza Groom

Death: before 29 September 1939

Burial: unknown date and location

 

Occupation: Limestone Quarryman (1901) publican (1911)

Addresses: Horn (25 December 1895), High Street, Greetham, Rutland (1901 census), Towngate, Market Deeping, Lincolnshire (1911 census)

 

Notes: Selina Annie and William Thomas Yates had one child, William Thomas (b.16 April 1901).