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WILLIAM ROTHWELL

Birth: before 9 March 1828, Aughton, Lancashire

Baptism: 9 March 1828, St. Michael’s Church, Aughton, Lancashire

Parents: John Rothwell and Margaret Howard

Death: 11 February 1902, Aughton, Lancashire

Burial: unknown date

 

Occupation: carter (1850, 1851) Agr Lab (1851) “Framer” (1853) Stone Dealer (1856) Straw Dealer (1858, 1861), Hay-Dealer (1861), Farmer (1864), Straw Dealer (1865), Farmer (1867, 1870), Farmer of 2 acres, Carter (1871), Farmer (1872),  Farmer 48 Acres Employing 1 man (1881), Potato Dealer (referenced on the marriage record of his daughter Margaret, 22 December 1890), Farmer (1891, 1901)

 

Addresses: Aughton (9 March 1828), Johnson Street (24 December 1850), Turnpike Road, Aughton, Lancashire (1851 census), Aughton (16 November 1851, 23 October 1853, 25 May 1858, 6 February 1859), Smithy Lane, Aughton, Lancashire (1861 census), Aughton (8 September 1861, 29 May 1864, 10 September 1865, 8 December 1867, 10 April 1870), Smithy Lane, Aughton, Lancashire (1871 census), Aughton (22 September 1872), Go Hill Lane, Aughton, Lancashire (1881 census), Turnpike Road, Aughton, Lancashire (1891 census), Liverpool Road, Aughton, Lancashire (1901 census), Mill Farm, Holborn Hill, Aughton, Lancashire (probate record)

 

 

Marriage: 24 December 1850, St. Peter’s Church, Liverpool, Lancashire

 

Spouse: MARGARET HODGE

Birth: before 31 January 1830, Aughton Lancashire

Baptism: 31 January 1830, St. Michael’s Church, Aughton, Lancashire

Parents: Richard Hodge and Ann Tyrer

Death: 11 April 1909, unknown location

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

 

Occupation: Farmer’s Wife (1871)

Addresses: Aughton (31 January 1830), Clives [sic] Hill, Aughton, Lancashire (1841 census),  Johnson Street (24 December 1850), Turnpike Road, Aughton, Lancashire (1851 census), Aughton (16 November 1851, 23 October 1853, 25 May 1858, 6 February 1859), Smithy Lane, Aughton, Lancashire (1861 census), Aughton (8 September 1861, 29 May 1864, 10 September 1865, 8 December 1867, 10 April 1870), Smithy Lane, Aughton, Lancashire (1871 census), Aughton (22 September 1872), Go Hill Lane, Aughton, Lancashire (1881 census), Turnpike Road, Aughton, Lancashire (1891 census), Liverpool Road, Aughton, Lancashire (1901 census)

 

 

 

Children of WILLIAM ROTHWELL and MARGARET HODGE:

 

1. JOHN ROTHWELL

Birth: before 16 November 1851, Aughton, Lancashire

Baptism: 16 November 1851, St. Michael’s Church, Aughton, Lancashire

Death: 13 March 1896, probably Aughton, Lancashire

Burial: 16 March 1896, St. Michael’s Church, Aughton, Lancashire

 

Occupation: scholar (1861) farmer’s son (1871) emp on farm (1881) farmer son (1891)

Addresses: Aughton (16 November 1851), Smithy Lane, Aughton, Lancashire (1861 census, 1871 census), Go Hill Lane, Aughton, Lancashire (1881 census), Turnpike Road, Aughton, Lancashire (1891 census)

 

Notes: The Dundee Courier (18 March 1896) stated that: “John Rothwell, forty-four, of Holborn Hall Farm, Aughton, has died from injuries sustained by the kick of a horse.”

 

 

2. RICHARD ROTHWELL

Birth: before 23 October 1853, Aughton, Lancashire

Baptism: 23 October 1853, St. Michael’s Church, Aughton, Lancashire

Death: 6 April 1858, Aughton, Lancashire

Burial: 9 April 1858, St. Michael’s Church, Aughton, Lancashire

 

Addresses: Aughton (23 October 1853, 9 April 1858)

 

 

 

3. JAMES ROTHWELL (my great-great-grandfather)

Birth: before 25 May 1856, Aughton, Lancashire

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

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, Our Lady and St. Nicholas and St. Anne, Liverpool, Lancashire

 

Spouse: ANN HALSALL (my great-great-grandmother)

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

 

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4. RICHARD ROTHWELL

Birth: before 6 February 1859, Aughton, Lancashire

Baptism: 6 February 1859, St. Michael’s Church, Aughton, Lancashire

Death: 6 December 1925, possibly at Little Hall Farm, Aughton, Lancashire

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

 

Occupation: scholar (1871), Labourer (1878, 1882) Carter (1881) Farm Labourer (1883, 1884) Farmer (1886, 1891, 1893, 1895, 1898, 1901, 1911)

Addresses: Smithy Lane, Aughton, Lancashire (1861 census, 1871 census), Long Lane, Aughton (7 July 1878), Cottage Lane, Aughton, Lancashire (1881 census, 19 March 1882), Aughton (15 October 1883, 14 December 1884, 27 March 1885, 7 February 1886), Cottage Lane, Aughton, Lancashire (1891 census), Aughton (16 August 1891, 2 July 1893, 10 February 1895, 21 August 1898), Cottage Lane, Aughton, Lancashire (1901 census), Little Hall Farm, Cottage Lane, Aughton, Lancashire (1911 census)

 

Notes: An obituary printed in the Lancashire Evening Post (7 December 1925) described Richard as a former vice-chairman of the Ormskirk branch of the old Lancashire Farmers Association”, and stated that “he was one of the founders of the potato testing station of the National Institute of Agricultural Botany at Ormskirk, and of the Ormskirk Potato Society”.

 

Marriage: 11 March 1878, Our Lady and St. Nicholas and St. Anne, Liverpool, Lancashire

 

Spouse: ELLEN MARTLAND

Birth: before 22 July 1860, Lathom or Burscough, Lancashire

Baptism: 22 July 1860, St. John the Baptist, Burscough, Lancashire

Parents: James Martland and Elizabeth Moss

Death: 14 August 1922, possibly at Little Hall Farm, Aughton, Lancashire

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

 

Occupation: scholar (1871)

Addresses: Cottage Lane, Aughton, Lancashire (1881 census, 19 March 1882), Aughton (15 October 1883, 14 December 1884, 27 March 1885, 7 February 1886), Cottage Lane, Aughton, Lancashire (1891 census), Aughton (16 August 1891, 2 July 1893, 10 February 1895, 21 August 1898), Cottage Lane, Aughton, Lancashire (1901 census), Little Hall Farm, Cottage Lane, Aughton, Lancashire (1911 census)

 

 

5. WILLIAM ROTHWELL

Birth: 24 August 1861, Aughton, Lancashire

Baptism: 8 September 1861, St. Michael’s Church, Aughton, Lancashire

Death: 22 August 1944, possibly at Old Hall Farm, Aughton, Lancashire

Burial: unknown date, Christ Church, Aughton Lancashire

 

Occupation: scholar (1871), emp on farm (1881), farmer (1884, 1890, 1891, 1892, 1894, 1896, 1897, 1900, 1901, 1903, 1906, 1911), farmer retired (1939 register)

Addresses: Aughton (8 September 1861), Smithy Lane, Aughton, Lancashire (1871 census), Go Hill Lane, Aughton, Lancashire (1881 census), Aughton (29 January 1884, 30 November 1890), Park Farm, Black Moss Lane, Aughton, Lancashire (1891 census), Aughton (17 July 1892, 11 March 1894, 3 May 1896, 19 December 1897, 4 February 1900), Black Moss Lane (Park Farm), Aughton, Lancashire (1901 census), Park Farm, Aughton, Lancashire (1911 census), Old Hall Farm, Aughton, Lancashire (1939 register)

 

 

Marriage: 29 January 1884, Christ Church, Aughton Lancashire

 

Spouse: MARGARET MARTLAND

Birth: before 15 February 1863, Lathom or Aughton, Lancashire

Baptism: 15 February 1863, St. John the Baptist, Burscough, Lancashire

Parents: James Martland and Elizabeth Moss

Death: 7 April 1906, Park Farm, Aughton, Lancashire

Burial: 10 April 1906, Christ Church, Aughton Lancashire

 

Occupation: scholar (1871)

Addresses: Aughton (29 January 1884, 30 November 1890), Park Farm, Black Moss Lane, Aughton, Lancashire (1891 census), Aughton (17 July 1892, 11 March 1894, 3 May 1896, 19 December 1897, 4 February 1900), Black Moss Lane (Park Farm), Aughton, Lancashire (1901 census), Park Farm, Aughton (21 January 1906, 10 April 1906)

 

 

6. ANNE ROTHWELL

Birth: before 29 May 1864, Aughton, Lancashire

Baptism: 29 May 1864, St. Michael’s Church, Aughton, Lancashire

Death: 29 July 1864, Aughton, Lancashire

Burial: 31 July 1864, St. Michael’s Church, Aughton, Lancashire

 

 

 

7. ANNE (or ANNE ELIZABETH ROTHWELL

Birth: before 10 September 1865, Aughton, Lancashire

Baptism: 10 September 1865, St. Michael’s Church, Aughton, Lancashire

Death: 22 November 1947, unknown location

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

 

Occupation: scholar (1871), emp on farm (1881), Unpaid Domestic Duties (1939)

Addresses: Aughton (10 September 1865), Smithy Lane, Aughton, Lancashire (1871 census), Go Hill Lane, Aughton, Lancashire (1881 census), Aughton (14 January 1889, 4 October 1889, 1 March 1891), Winifred Farm, Winifred Lane, Aughton, Lancashire (1891 census), Aughton (18 February 1894, 11 May 1899) Winifred Farm, Winifred Lane, Aughton, Lancashire (1901 census), Winifred Farm, Aughton, Ormskirk, Lancashire (1911 census), “Islam”, Bold Lane, Aughton, Lancashire (1939 register)

 

Marriage: 14 January 1889, St. Michael’s Church, Aughton, Lancashire

 

Spouse: WILLIAM PRESCOTT

Birth: before 29 June 1851, Aughton, Lancashire

Baptism: 29 June 1851, St. Michael’s Church, Aughton, Lancashire

Parents: John Prescott and Margaret Hesketh

Death: 18 October 1928, unknown location

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

 

Occupation: Farmer (1889, 1891, 1894, 1899, 1901, 1911)

Addresses: Aughton (29 June 1851), Smithy Lane, Aughton, Lancashire (1871 census), Aughton (4 October 1889, 1 March 1891), Winifred Farm, Winifred Lane, Aughton, Lancashire (1891 census), Aughton (18 February 1894, 11 May 1899) Winifred Farm, Winifred Lane, Aughton, Lancashire (1901 census), Winifred Farm, Aughton, Ormskirk, Lancashire (1911 census)

 

Notes: William Prescott was a widower when he married Anne Rothwell. His first wife Elizabeth Martland apparently died on 25 December 1881, and was buried on New Year’s Eve 1881.

 

 

 

8. MARGARET (MAGGIE) ROTHWELL

Birth: before 8 December 1867, Aughton, Lancashire

Baptism: 8 December 1867, St. Michael’s Church, Aughton, Lancashire

Death: about March 1953, Liverpool North registration district

Burial: unknown date and location

 

Occupation: emp on farm (1881)

Addresses: Aughton (8 December 1867), Smithy Lane, Aughton, Lancashire (1872 census), Go Hill Lane, Aughton, Lancashire (1881 census), Turnpike Road, Aughton, Lancashire (1891 census), 110 Gerard Street (22 December 1890), Aughton (17 July 1891, 18 September 1892, 2 June 1895, 8 June 1899, 11 November 1900), Liverpool Road, Aughton, Lancashire (1901 census), 23 Cambridge Rd, Netherton, Aintree, Lancashire (1911 census)

 

 

Marriage: 22 December 1890, Our Lady and St. Nicholas and St. Anne, Liverpool

 

Spouse: THOMAS (TOM) BAKER

Birth: about 1865, Ormskirk, Lancashire

Father: James Baker

Death: about March 1952, Liverpool North registration district

Burial: unknown date and location

 

Occupation: Fireman (1891, 1892) Engine Driver (1899) Engineman (1900) Railway Stoker (1901) Engine Driver Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway (1911)

Addresses: 110 Gerard Street (22 December 1890), Aughton (17 July 1891, 18 September 1892, 2 June 1895, 8 June 1899, 11 November 1900), Liverpool Road, Aughton, Lancashire (1901 census), 23 Cambridge Rd, Netherton, Aintree, Lancashire (1911 census)

 

 

9. MARY ROTHWELL

Birth: before 10 April 1870, Aughton, Lancashire

Baptism: 10 April 1870, St. Michael’s Church, Aughton, Lancashire

Death: 6 November 1874, Aughton, Lancashire

Burial: 9 November 1874, St. Michael’s Church, Aughton, Lancashire

 

Addresses: Aughton (10 April 1870), Smithy Lane, Aughton, Lancashire (1871 census), Aughton (9 November 1874).

 

Notes: Mary’s obituary was printed in the Preston Chronicle (14 November 1874): “On the 6th inst., aged 4 years, Mary, daughter of Mr. William Rothwell, of Aughton.”

 

 

 

10. EDMUND (TED) ROTHWELL

Birth: 8 September 1872, Aughton, Lancashire

Baptism: 22 September 1872, St. Michael’s Church, Aughton, Lancashire

Death: 21 February 1948,

Burial: unknown date, Christ Church, Aughton, Lancashire

 

Occupation: farmer’s son (1891) ordinary agricultural labourer (1901) farmer (1911) farmer retired (1939)

Addresses: Liverpool Road, Aughton, Lancashire (1901 census), Holborn Hill Farm, Aughton, Lancashire (1911 census), Wyndall, Aughton, Lancashire (1939 register)

 

Marriage: 14 February 1899, Christ Church, Aughton, Lancashire

 

Spouse: MARY ASPINWALL

Birth: 29 May 1872, Lathom, Lancashire

Baptism: 23 June 1872, St. John the Baptist, Burscough, Lancashire

Parents: Richard Aspinwall and Alice Gill

Death: 28 May 1964, Aughton, Lancashire

Burial: unknown date, Christ Church, Aughton, Lancashire

 

Occupation: scholar (1881), farmer’s daughter (1891), unpaid domestic duties (1939)

Addresses: Lathom (23 June 1872),  Hoscar Moss, Lathom, Lancashire (1881 census), Clieves Hills, Aughton, Lancashire (1891 census), Liverpool Road, Aughton, Lancashire (1901 census), Holborn Hill Farm, Aughton, Lancashire (1911 census), Wyndall, Aughton, Lancashire (1939 register)