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Alice Rowland with granddaughter Kate Hurst

1 Samuel Rowland
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Birth: 1798, At Sea
Death: Dec 1870, South Witham, Lincolnshire
Burial: 18 Dec 1870, South Witham, Lincolnshire
Occ: Ag Lab (1851), Ag Lab (1861)

The Rowland branch of my family remains one of my brick walls, although the few children Samuel and his wife Ann produced went on to have prolific families. Depending on which source is to be believed, Samuel was either born in 1798 or 1801. The residence of his family in 1841 (which puts his age at 40) is described simply as "Village, Parish of Witham (South)". Samuel appears to have spent much of his life working as a labourer - the occupation is suggested not only by the census records but also by the baptisms of his children.

Ten years on, he and his wife lived alone at Holborn Hill, South Witham - of their three children, Elizabeth Ann had died just before the 1851 census was taken, while younger daughters Lucy and Sarah were employed elsewhere in the village as servants. The family name in this instance was spelt "Roland" and his age was given as 44. Although his place of birth is suggested as Greetham in Rutland, this does not agree with the 1861 suggestion that he was born "at sea".

That census also showed that one Rowland daughter was still unmarried and at home. Sarah, their youngest daughter, was twenty-three and the mother of an illegitimate eight-month old named Samuel Rowland. Unfortunately it was the last census Samuel appeared on as he died in December 1870 and consequently I know very little about his life between 1861 and his death, although his burial is recorded as taking place at South Witham on 18 Dec 1870.

Spouse: Ann Durham (Noon)
Birth: 1797, Stretton, Rutland
Death: Jun 1873, South Witham, Lincolnshire
Marr: 22 Oct 1827, South Witham, Lincolnshire

Ann was a widow at the time of her marriage to Samuel, having previously married Mark Noon. The 1841 census suggests that Ann's year of birth may have been as early as 1796, although this document is known for rounding ages to the nearest five years and so I am still open to the possibility that 1798 was the correct date. The 1851 census information regarding Ann "Roland", aged 54, would certainly seem to back up this possibility.

After getting in touch with a member of the present-day South Witham Archaeological Group who kindly supplied the dates for Ann's marriage and the baptism and burial dates for the children and grandchildren she had with Samuel Rowland, I was also given some information about her involvement in a very intriguing local event. It seems unremarkable on the 1861 census that the Rowlands lived next door to fifty-three year old Naomi Tyler and that two doors away was the home of Robert and Sarah Kew, but an article from the Saturday 4 Apr 1868 edition of the Grantham Journal described a "shocking case of suicide" involving all three ladies in some way.

Mrs. Tyler had been ill for about two months. A year before, Mr. G. M. Ashforth, the local surgeon, had attended her for pains in the head when she had exhibited a suicidal tendency, and this recent illness had evidently caused it to return. Sarah Kew was visiting Naomi on the previous Saturday (28th April), when Mrs. Tyler went upstairs. Sarah "had occasion to call out to her" but received no answer, whereupon she discovered that Naomi had cut her own throat with her husband's razor. Sarah went to fetch help but shortly after she returned with Ann Rowland, and Naomi died in their presence.

Following her husband's death late in 1870, Ann appears in the census for the last time, seemingly visiting eighty-five year old Thomas Wilson at Easton Road, Burton Coggles, Lincolnshire. She is described as his "relative" but quite how Ann and Thomas are connected remains a puzzle to me. I think Ann may have returned to South Witham, as she was buried there on 6 Jun 1873. Her age was given as 77, which backs up the 1841 suggestion that she was born in 1796.

1.1 Elizabeth Ann Rowland
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Birth: Jun 1828, South Witham, Lincolnshire
Death: Mar 1851, South Witham, Lincolnshire
Burial: 30 Mar 1851

Elizabeth Ann, eldest daughter of Samuel and Ann Rowland, was baptised on 29 Jun 1828 at South Witham. It took me a while to find her but I have now established that she was mistranslated as “Elizabeth Rowlake” on the parish records provided by the IGI. I am not quite certain of the date when she died, but she was buried on the day before census night in 1851. She had outlived her (presumably illegitimate) son Samuel by only ten days.

1.1.1 Samuel Rowland
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Birth: Jan 1851, South Witham, Lincolnshire
Baptism: 6 Jan 1851, South Witham
Death: Mar 1851, South Witham, Lincolnshire
Burial: 20 Mar 1851

1.2 Mary Rowland
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Birth: 1830

Mary "Rowlet" was christened on 3 Jan 1830 at South Witham. As I have not yet managed to track her down on the 1841 census, I believe she may have died as a small child.

1.3 Lucy Rowland
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Birth: 1832, South Witham, Lincolnshire
Death: 1882

Lucy "Rowlet" was christened 3 Jun 1832 at South Witham, and in 1841 was still living with her parents at their unspecified South Witham address. As a young woman, ten years on, she was employed as a house servant by Rebecca Baron and her interestingly named husband Naaman at the Blue Cow public house. Just over a year later, on 13 Sep 1852, Lucy married Samuel George Tinkler. They had moved to Little Gonerby by 1861, and already had five children at their home on New Street. It appears that they subesquently moved to 6 Vere Court, Manthorpe-cum-Little Gonerby before 1871 and stayed there at least ten years. Lucy died at the relatively young age of fifty in 1882, leaving a considerable brood of twelve children. She was survived by her husband for at least another twenty years.

1871 address - 6 Vere Court, Manthorpe cum Little Gonerby, Lincolnshire
1881 address - 6 Vere Court, Manthorpe cum Little Gonerby, Lincolnshire

Spouse: Samuel George Tinkler
Birth: 1832, Woolsthorpe, near Grantham, Lincolnshire
Marr: 13 Sep 1852, South Witham, Lincolnshire

1.3.1 Elizabeth Tinkler
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Birth: 1853, South Witham, Lincolnshire
Occ: scholar (1861)

1861 address - New Street, Little Gonerby, Lincolnshire

1.3.2 Amy Tinkler
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Birth: 1854, Colsterworth, Lincolnshire
Occ: scholar (1861) General Servant (1871)

1861 address - New Street, Little Gonerby, Lincolnshire
1871 address - 6 Vere Court, Manthorpe cum Little Gonerby, Lincolnshire
1881 address - Northgate, Pinchbeck, Lincolnshire
1891 address - Cottage, Welby, Lincolnshire (as Seller on Ancestry)
1901 address - Welby Warren (Cottages), Welby, Lincolnshire

Spouse: Robert Sellers
Birth: 1851, Pinchbeck, Lincolnshire
Marr: Dec 1872, Grantham reg dist

1.3.2.1 Elizabeth Ann Sellers
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Birth: 1877, Pinchbeck, Lincolnshire

1881 address - Northgate, Pinchbeck, Lincolnshire
1891 address - Cottage, Welby, Lincolnshire (as Seller on Ancestry)
1901 address - 3 Souths Yard, Grantham St. Wulfram, Lincolnshire (name transcribed as “Gragg”)

Spouse: George Henry Cragg
Birth: 1873, Grantham, Lincolnshire
Marr: Jun 1898, Grantham reg dist

1.3.2.1.1 Olive May Cragg
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Birth: Sep 1898, Grantham, Lincolnshire

1901 address - 3 Souths Yard, Grantham St. Wulfram, Lincolnshire (name transcribed as “Gragg”)

1.3.2.1.2 George Robert Cragg
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Birth: Apr 1900, Grantham, Lincolnshire

1901 address - 3 Souths Yard, Grantham St. Wulfram, Lincolnshire (name transcribed as “Gragg”)

1.3.2.2 Amy Sellers
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Birth: 1881, Pinchbeck, Lincolnshire
Occ: scholar (1891)

1891 address - Cottage, Welby, Lincolnshire (as Seller on Ancestry)

1.3.2.3 Louisa Sellers
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Birth: Dec 1884, Great Gonerby, Linconshire
Occ: scholar (1891) general domestic servant (1901)

1891 address - Cottage, Welby, Lincolnshire (as Seller on Ancestry)
1901 address - 26 Loughborough Road, West Bridgford, Nottinghamshire

1.3.2.4 Maria Sellers
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Birth: 1887, Great Gonerby, Lincolnshire

1891 address - Cottage, Welby, Lincolnshire (as Seller on Ancestry)

1.3.2.5 Jane (Janey) Sellers
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Birth: 1890, Ropsley, Lincolnshire

1891 address - Cottage, Welby, Lincolnshire (as Seller on Ancestry)
1901 address - Welby Warren (Cottages), Welby, Lincolnshire

1.3.2.6 Robert Sellers
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Birth: 1892, Welby, Lincolnshire

1901 address - Welby Warren (Cottages), Welby, Lincolnshire

1.3.2.7 Willie Sellers
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Birth: 1894, Welby, Lincolnshire

1901 address - Welby Warren (Cottages), Welby, Lincolnshire

1.3.2.8 Ernest Sellers
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Birth: 1896, Welby, Lincolnshire

1901 address - Welby Warren (Cottages), Welby, Lincolnshire

1.3.3 Sarah Tinkler
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Birth: 1856, South Witham, Lincolnshire
Occ: scholar (1861) General servant (1871)

1861 address - New Street, Little Gonerby, Lincolnshire
1871 address - 6 Vere Court, Manthorpe cum Little Gonerby, Lincolnshire
lived in Corringham in 1881
1901 address - 13 & 15 Gurnhill (?) Yard, Gainsborough

Spouse: Francis Bradford
Birth: 1857, Corringham, Lincolnshire
Mother: Jane (1814-)
Marr: Dec 1878, Gainsborough reg district

1.3.3.2 Sarah Ann Bradford
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Birth: Nov 1880, Corringham, Lincolnshire

6 months old in 1881
1901 address - 13 & 15 Gurnhill (?) Yard, Gainsborough

Spouse: Harry Reynolds
Marr: Dec 1904, Gainsborough reg district

1.3.3.3 Arthur Francis Bradford
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Birth: Jun 1882, Corringham, Lincolnshire
Occ: Engine boiler maker’s apprentice (1901)

1901 address - 13 & 15 Gurnhill (?) Yard, Gainsborough
possible marriage Mar 1905 Lincoln reg district - Sarah Jane Wheatley or Edith Ethelwyn Ashton

1.3.3.4 Lucy A Bradford
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Birth: Dec 1883, Corringham, Lincolnshire

1901 address - 13 & 15 Gurnhill (?) Yard, Gainsborough

1.3.3.5 Rebecca Bradford
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Birth: Mar 1886, Corringham, Lincolnshire

alternate quarter of birth - Sep 1885
1901 address - 13 & 15 Gurnhill (?) Yard, Gainsborough

1.3.3.6 John Bradford
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Birth: 1888, Gainsborough, Lincolnshire

1901 address - 13 & 15 Gurnhill (?) Yard, Gainsborough

1.3.3.7 Florence (Florrie) Bradford
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Birth: Sep 1889, Gainsborough, Lincolnshire

1.3.3.8 Annie Bradford
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Birth: Dec 1891, Gainsborough, Lincolnshire

1901 address - 13 & 15 Gurnhill (?) Yard, Gainsborough

1.3.3.9 Charles Bradford
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Birth: Mar 1894, Gainsborough, Lincolnshire

1901 address - 13 & 15 Gurnhill (?) Yard, Gainsborough

1.3.3.10 George Bradford
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Birth: Mar 1896, Gainsborough, Lincolnshire

1901 address - 13 & 15 Gurnhill (?) Yard, Gainsborough

1.3.3.11 Eliza Bradford
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Birth: Sep 1898, Gainsborough, Lincolnshire

1901 address - 13 & 15 Gurnhill (?) Yard, Gainsborough

Spouse: Cecil White
Birth: 1898, Haytrop, Oxfordshire

1.3.3.12 Thomas Bradford
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Birth: Aug 1900, Gainsborough, Lincolnshire

1901 address - 13 & 15 Gurnhill (?) Yard, Gainsborough

1.3.4 Mary Ann Tinkler
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Birth: 1858, South Witham, Lincolnshire
Occ: scholar (1861, 1871)

1861 address - New Street, Little Gonerby, Lincolnshire
1871 address - 6 Vere Court, Manthorpe cum Little Gonerby, Lincolnshire

1.3.5 Marian (Minnie) Tinkler
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Birth: Mar 1859, Spittlegate, Lincolnshire
Occ: scholar (1861)

1861 address - New Street, Little Gonerby, Lincolnshire
a George (16) and an Ann Tinkler (12) living with sister Minnie Jackson in 1881

1881 - 8 Cambridge Place, Manthorpe cum Little Gonerby, Lincolnshire (Minnie and her husband Thomas had her brother George, aged 16, and her sister Ann, aged 12, living with them)
1891 - 11 Vere Court, Manthorpe cum Little Gonerby, Lincolnshire
1901 - 2 Bakers Place, New Street, Little Gonerby, Lincolnshire

Spouse: Thomas Jackson
Birth: 1842, Caythorpe, Lincolnshire
Marr: Sep 1878, Grantham reg dist

1.3.5.1 Elizabeth A Jackson
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Birth: 1875, Grantham, Lincolnshire
Occ: scholar (1891)

1881 - 8 Cambridge Place, Manthorpe cum Little Gonerby, Lincolnshire

1.3.5.2 Lucy Ann Jackson
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Birth: Jun 1879, Grantham, Lincolnshire
Occ: scholar (1891) willow peeler basket maker (1901)

1881 - 8 Cambridge Place, Manthorpe cum Little Gonerby, Lincolnshire
1891 - 11 Vere Court, Manthorpe cum Little Gonerby, Lincolnshire
1901 - 2 Bakers Place, New Street, Little Gonerby, Lincolnshire

1.3.5.3 Elizabeth Jackson
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Birth: 1881, Grantham, Lincolnshire
Occ: scholar (1891)

1891 - 11 Vere Court, Manthorpe cum Little Gonerby, Lincolnshire

1.3.5.4 Thomas Jackson
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Birth: 1883, Grantham, Lincolnshire
Occ: scholar (1891)

1891 - 11 Vere Court, Manthorpe cum Little Gonerby, Lincolnshire

1.3.5.5 Joseph Atkin Jackson
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Birth: 1886, Grantham, Lincolnshire
Death: 1954
Occ: scholar (1891) willow carrier basket maker (1901)

Spouse: Amy Gertrude Hibbitt
Birth: 13 Oct 1910, Burley, Oakham, Rutland
Death: 1985

1.3.5.6 George Jackson
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Birth: 1888, Grantham, Lincolnshire
Occ: scholar (1891) willow carrier basket maker (1901)

1891 - 11 Vere Court, Manthorpe cum Little Gonerby, Lincolnshire
1901 - 2 Bakers Place, New Street, Little Gonerby, Lincolnshire

1.3.5.7 Minnie Jackson
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Birth: 1890, Grantham, Lincolnshire

1891 - 11 Vere Court, Manthorpe cum Little Gonerby, Lincolnshire
1901 - 2 Bakers Place, New Street, Little Gonerby, Lincolnshire

1.3.5.8 Ellen (Nelly) Jackson
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Birth: Jun 1893, Grantham, Lincolnshire

1901 - 2 Bakers Place, New Street, Little Gonerby, Lincolnshire

1.3.5.9 Annie Jackson
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Birth: Dec 1895, Grantham, Lincolnshire

1901 - 2 Bakers Place, New Street, Little Gonerby, Lincolnshire

1.3.5.10 Atkin Jackson
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Birth: Jun 1898, Grantham, Lincolnshire

1901 - 2 Bakers Place, New Street, Little Gonerby, Lincolnshire

1.3.6 John William Tinkler
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Birth: 1861, Little Gonerby, Lincolnshire
Occ: Scholar (1871), labourer (1881) Brick maker (1891)

1861 address - New Street, Little Gonerby, Lincolnshire (aged 10 weeks)
1871 address - 6 Vere Court, Manthorpe cum Little Gonerby, Lincolnshire
1881 address - 11 Russell Court, Grantham, Lincolnshire (lodging with William and Louisa Weston)
1891 - Ipswich Road, Woolpit, Suffolk

Spouse: Hannah Noon
Marr: Dec 1891, Stow reg district, Suffolk

1.3.7 Ellen Tinkler
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Birth: 1863, Grantham, Lincolnshire
Occ: Scholar (1871) general servant (1881)

1871 address - 6 Vere Court, Manthorpe cum Little Gonerby, Lincolnshire
1881 address - 6 Vere Court, Manthorpe cum Little Gonerby, Lincolnshire

Spouse: William Noon
Birth: 1854, South Witham, Lincolnshire

1.3.7.1 William Noon
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Birth: 1884, Arlesey, Bedfordshire

1.3.7.2 Sidney Noon
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Birth: 1886, Arlesey, Bedfordshire

1.3.7.3 George Noon
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Birth: 1890, Arlesey, Bedfordshire

1.3.7.4 Edith Noon
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Birth: 1888, Arlesey, Bedfordshire

1.3.7.5 Louisa Noon
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Birth: 1891, Arlesey, Bedfordshire

1.3.7.6 Herbert Noon
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Birth: 1894, Arlesey, Bedfordshire

1.3.7.7 May Noon
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Birth: 1895, Arlesey, Bedfordshire

1.3.7.8 Minnie Noon
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Birth: 1897, Arlesey, Bedfordshire

1.3.7.9 Gladys Maud Noon
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Birth: Dec 1898, Arlesey, Bedfordshire

1.3.8 George Tinkler
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Birth: Dec 1864, Little Gonerby, Lincolnshire
Occ: labourer (1881) Engine Driver (1891)

1871 address - 6 Vere Court, Manthorpe cum Little Gonerby, Lincolnshire
1881 address - 8 Cambridge Place, Manthorpe cum Little Gonerby, Lincolnshire
1891 address - Cottage The Street, Woolpit, Suffolk

Spouse: Rosa Broome
Birth: Dec 1872, Woolpit, Suffolk
Marr: Dec 1890, Stow reg district, Suffolk

1.3.9a Samuel Norris Rowland Tinkler*
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Birth: 1867, Grantham, Lincolnshire
Occ: farm servant (1881) brickfield brickmaker (1891)

1871 address - 6 Vere Court, Manthorpe cum Little Gonerby, Lincolnshire
1881 address - 6 Vere Court, Manthorpe cum Little Gonerby, Lincolnshire
1891 address - Church Lands, Arlesey, Bedfordshire
1901 address - St. John’s Street, Peterborough, Northamptonshire

Spouse: Sarah King
Birth: 1854, Arlesey, Bedfordshire
Marr: Jun 1885, Biggleswade registration district

Children: Samuel George (1886-)
Ernest William (1888-)
Annie Maud (1892-)

Other spouses: Mary Jane Burbage

1.3.9a.1 Samuel George Tinkler
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Birth: Jun 1886, Arlesey, Bedfordshire (Biggleswade reg dist)

1891 address - Church Lands, Arlesey, Bedfordshire
1901 address - St. John’s Street, Peterborough, Northamptonshire

1.3.9a.2 Ernest William Tinkler
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Birth: Mar 1888, Arlesey, Bedfordshire

1891 address - Church Lands, Arlesey, Bedfordshire
1901 address - St. John’s Street, Peterborough, Northamptonshire

1.3.9a.3 Annie Maud Tinkler
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Birth: Jun 1892, Arlesey, Bedfordshire

1901 address - St. John’s Street, Peterborough, Northamptonshire

Spouse: Herbert Naylor Lewis
Birth: Jun 1889, Peterborough
Marr: Dec 1913, Peterborough registration district

Children: Francis J (1915-)

1.3.9a.3.1 Francis J Lewis
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Birth: Mar 1915, Peterborough registration district

1.3.9b Samuel Norris Rowland Tinkler* (See above)
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Spouse: Mary Jane Burbage
Birth: 1872, Werrington, Northamptonshire
Marr: Jun 1896, Peterborough registration district

Children: John William (1898-)
Arthur Edward (1899-)

Other spouses: Sarah King

1.3.9b.1 John William Tinkler
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Birth: 1898, Peterborough

1901 address - St. John’s Street, Peterborough, Northamptonshire

1.3.9b.2 Arthur Edward Tinkler
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Birth: 1899, Peterborough

1901 address - St. John’s Street, Peterborough, Northamptonshire

1.3.10 Annie Tinkler
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Birth: 1869, Little Gonerby, Lincolnshire
Occ: scholar (1881) basket maker (1901)

1871 address - 6 Vere Court, Manthorpe cum Little Gonerby, Lincolnshire
1881 address - 8 Cambridge Place, Manthorpe cum Little Gonerby, Lincolnshire
1891 address - 11 Vere Court, Manthorpe cum Little Gonerby, Lincolnshire
m William Quanborough or Thomas Henry Smith

1.3.11 John Tinkler
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Birth: Nov 1870, Little Gonerby, Lincolnshire

1871 address - 6 Vere Court, Manthorpe cum Little Gonerby, Lincolnshire

1.3.12 Thomas Tinkler
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Birth: 1871, Grantham, Lincolnshire
Occ: scholar (1881)

1881 address - 6 Vere Court, Manthorpe cum Little Gonerby, Lincolnshire

1.3.13 William Tinkler
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Birth: 1873, Grantham, Lincolnshire
Occ: scholar (1881) General Labourer (1901)

1881 address - 6 Vere Court, Manthorpe cum Little Gonerby, Lincolnshire

Spouse: Fanny Elizabeth Palmer
Birth: 1869, Ingoldsby, Lincolnshire
Marr: Mar 1895, Grantham reg dist

Children: Albert P (1890-)

1.3.13.1 Albert P Tinkler
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Birth: 1890, Grantham, Lincolnshire

probable real name Albert Palmer (living with mother and grandparents in 1891)

1.4a Sarah Rowland
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Birth: Jan 1838, South Witham, Lincolnshire
Death: either Mar 1903 or Dec 1912

Sarah, the youngest of Samuel Rowland and Ann Noon's daughters was baptised on 21 Jan 1838 at South Witham. Aged three in 1841, she lived with her parents and two older sisters, but by the time she was 13, she was employed as a house servant on the High Street in South Witham by John and Mary Jane Cooper. Sarah was about twenty-two and a half when she gave birth to her eldest (illegitimate) son, Samuel, on 24 Jul 1860, and - having purchased a copy of Samuel's birth certificate - I discovered that Sarah was not able to write when she registered her baby's birth on 2 Sept 1860. The following spring, she was still living at home with her parents and her baby son at 1 Whyman's Court, South Witham when the census was taken.

Sarah was pregnant again when she married Searson Norris in 1865 (on this occasion with their daughter Julia). The family seem to have moved - possibly at the time of the marriage - to Greetham in the neighbouring county of Rutland. They lived on Main Street in 1871, Great Lane in 1881 and High Street in Greetham (1891).

Spouse: Unknown (father of Samuel)

Other spouses: Searson Norris
Marr: 1865

1.4a.1 Samuel Rowland
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Birth: 24 Jul 1860, South Witham, Lincolnshire
Death: 28 Jan 1941, Long Bennington, Lincolnshire
Burial: St. Swithin’s, Long Bennington
Occ: Agricultural Labourer (1881), Farm Labourer to W. Henry Bingham (c.1900-c1925)

Samuel Rowland was born on 24 Jul 1860 in South Witham and baptised there on 7 Aug 1860, when he was about two weeks old. He lived firstly in South Witham with his mother and grandparents, and then apparently moved with his mother and her husband to Greetham in Rutland. Oddly he is described in 1871 as having the status of "visitor" rather than step-son to the head of the house. Even more confusingly, for the 1881 census, he assumed the name of Samuel R Norris, which contributed in the early stages of my research to my total inability to track him down.

Still living in Greetham, he was employed as a waggoner according to his wedding certificate on 4 Jun 1888 when he married nineteen year old Lucy Castledine Branston at Bottesford, Leicestershire. I believe he must have always known Searson as his father because he gave information to that effect when the certificate was filled in. The couple were married at the Primitive Methodist Church by Canon Frederick J. Norman. They moved to Greetham but were drawn back to Bottesford by 1890, where their second, third, fourth, fifth and sixth children were born, moving from the High Street (1890) to 7 Mill Lane (1891) to Barkstone Lane (1892) and then back to the High Street (by 1901). In around 1902, the family decamped to Main Street in nearby Long Bennington, where they spent the rest of their lives.

Fifty years after their wedding, Lucy recounted to the local newspaper how the wedding took place at half-past nine in the morning because they wanted Canon Norman to perform the ceremony and I suppose that particular hour of the day did not interrupt his other commitments.

Spouse: Lucy Castledine Branston
Birth: 27 Dec 1868, Bottesford, Leicestershire
Death: 20 Mar 1941, Long Bennington, Lincolnshire
Marr: 4 Jun 1888, Primitive Methodist Church, Bottesford

Samuel and Lucy

1.4a.1.1 Charlotte Elizabeth Rowland
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Birth: 12 Jul 1889, Greetham, Rutland
Death: 18 Jul 1971, 53 Biddulph Street, Leicester

Thought to be Charlotte E. Rowland with either David or Rowland Briggs

Thought to be Charlotte E. Rowland with either David or Rowland Briggs

The birth of Charlotte Elizabeth (Liz) Rowland was registered by her mother on 30 Jul 1889.
As far as the census records are available, I know that she lived with her parents and younger
siblings until at least 1901. She married Cecil (Cis) Dawson in Leicester in 1926 and allegedly
lived at 42 Charles Street, which is not far from the modern shopping precinct. She and her
husband ran a Post Office at some point and were living at 53 Biddulph Street when she died.
They had no children and it is said that Liz's brother-in-law William Griffiths James was left
some of her money.

Spouse: Cecil Dawson
Birth: 20 Feb 1895, Grantham, Lincolnshire
Death: Dec 1971, Grantham reg dist
Father: George William Dawson (1868-)
Mother: Mary Jane Towers (1868-)
Marr: Dec 1926, Leicester reg. district

1.4a.1.2 Ada Rowland
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Birth: 30 Oct 1890, Bottesford, Leicestershire
Death: 5 Dec 1962, Newark

Ada was christened on 30 Nov 1890 at St. Mary the Virgin, Bottesford, just before her birth was registered on 12 Dec
1890 by her mother Lucy. After spending her early years in Bottesford, Ada and her family moved to Long Bennington,
where she married George Edward Dring. I do not know very much about Ada's married life but she and George lived
in Newark (where both are buried) and she was apparently present at the death of her mother on 20 Mar 1941.

Spouse: George Edward Dring
Birth: 27 Oct 1888, Newark
Death: 6 Aug 1974, Newark reg. district
Father: John Dring (1847-1931)
Mother: Ann Scott Pask (1853-)
Marr: 1912, Long Bennington, Lincolnshire

Children: Rowland (1918-1983)
Jack (1925-1983)
Other living descendents

Grave of Ada Rowland and George Edward Dring

Grave of Ada Rowland and George Edward Dring

Grave of Rowland Dring and Martha Wilson Cowan

1.4a.1.2.2 Rowland Dring
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Birth: 23 Feb 1918, Newark
Death: 3 Mar 1983, Newark

Spouse: Martha Wilson Cowan
Birth: 9 May 1919, Scotland
Death: 18 Jul 1998, Newark

1.4a.1.2.3 Jack Dring
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Birth: 25 Jan 1925, Newark reg. district
Death: Sep 1983, Bromsgrove reg dist

1.4a.1.3 Arthur Henry Rowland
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Birth: 5 Sep 1892, Barkestone Lane, Bottesford, Leicestershire
Death: possibly 1953, Ilkeston registration district

His birth was registered on 14 Oct 1892 by mother Lucy C Rowland. After marriage, Arthur and his wife "Gin" lived on Main Road, Long Bennington, near the Wheatsheaf pub. They had no children.

Spouse: Elizabeth Jane (Jennie) Hales
Birth: 1894, Scamblesby, Lincolnshire
Father: Charles William Hales (1870-)
Mother: Sarah Jane Todd (1873-)
Marr: Dec 1920, Sleaford registration district

1.4a.1.4 Eliza Annie Rowland
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Birth: 22 Apr 1894, Bottesford, Leicestershire
Death: 11 Feb 1903, Long Bennington, Lincolnshire

Eliza, known to surviving relatives as "Aunty Annie" was baptised 20 May 1894 at St. Mary the Virgin, Bottesford. Her mother Lucy registered her birth five days later. She died at the very young age of 8 years and 10 months from appendicitis and is buried beside her parents.

1.4a.1.5 Gertrude Rowland
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Birth: 13 Sep 1896, Bottesford, Leicestershire
Death: 16 Jun 1952, Newark

My copy of Gertrude's birth certificate told me that she was born on the 13 Sep 1896 but there is an interesting discrepancy with her tombstone, which suggests a birthdate of exactly one year later. I am inclined to think the birth certificate is correct as another record, her baptism, is noted as having taken place on 11 Oct 1896.
After her marriage, "Gert" and her husband lived on Harcourt Street in Newark.

Spouse: William Griffith James
Birth: 28 Jul 1892, Huddersfield, Yorkshire
Death: 31 Jul 1951, Newark
Father: Frederick William James (1862-?)
Mother: Sarah Hannah Whitehead (1867-?)
Marr: Mar 1918, Newark reg. district
Grave of William Griffiths James and Gertrude James

Grave of William Griffiths James and Gertrude James

Children: Lucy Daphne (1920-1991)
Doris (1921-2002)
Mary Elizabeth (1928-1995)
Other Living Offspring

1.4a.1.5.1 Lucy Daphne James
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Birth: 14 Feb 1920, Newark
Death: 1991

Spouse: Percy Jackson
Birth: 21 Oct 1918
Death: Sep 1988

1.4a.1.5.2 Doris James
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Birth: 20 Oct 1921, Newark
Death: 21 Apr 2002, Newark

Spouse: Donald Gilbert Salter
Birth: 4 Jun 1914, Hackney registration district
Death: 14 Apr 1979, Newark reg. district
Marr: Jun 1943, Newark reg. district

1.4a.1.5.4 Mary Elizabeth James
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Birth: 27 Jul 1928, Newark
Death: Oct 1995, Newark

Spouse: John Edward Shimeld
Birth: 11 Feb 1920, Leicester reg. district
Death: 1991

1.4a.1.6 Harold Rowland
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Birth: 24 Jan 1899, Bottesford, Leicestershire
Death: 1970

His birth was registered on 24 Feb 1899 by his mother Lucy. In adult life, Harold and Edith lived across the road from his elder brother Arthur in Long Bennington.

Spouse: Edith Edna Eaton
Birth: 20 Oct 1898, Warsop, Nottinghamshire
Father: Samuel Chappell Eaton (1870-)
Mother: Hannah/Ann Holmes (1870-)
Marr: Dec 1922, Mansfield reg. district

1.4a.1.7 Lucy Casseldine Rowland
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Birth: 17 Jul 1904, Long Bennington, Lincolnshire
Death: 1986, Long Bennington, Lincolnshire

Spouse: Sydney Arthur Carter
Birth: 28 Jun 1905, Newark
Death: 1990, Long Bennington, Lincolnshire
Marr: 5 Jul 1924, St. Swithin’s, Long Bennington

*There are descendents of this marriage but no further details are given to protect the privacy of living relatives*

1.4a.1.8 Alice Rowland
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Birth: 22 May 1906, Long Bennington, Lincolnshire
Death: 6 Jul 1996, Lound Hall Nursing Home, Lound
Occ: Domestic cook (on death cert.)
Reli: Primitive Methodist

Alice Rowland was the youngest child born to Samuel and Lucy Rowland. Thanks to her reminiscences and some of her personal effects, I have established that the Rowlands attended the Primitive Methodist Church in long Bennington

Alice was married twice, firstly to Clarence Frank Briggs (born 1904 in Newark, died 1969) in 1926. They lived in Bottesford and then in Newark, and had two sons - Rowland (1930-2000) and David (1936-1993). After their divorce, Alice remarried to William Everard Siggs.

1.4b Sarah Rowland* (See above)
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Spouse: Searson Norris
Birth: Dec 1838, Horn or Greetham, Rutland
Death: Jun 1906, Oakham reg dist
Father: John Norris (1809-)
Mother: Julia Hatfield (1802-1872)
Marr: Jun 1865, Grantham reg dist

Children: Selina Annie (1868-)
Julia (1865-1931)

Other spouses: Unknown Father

1.4b.1 Selina Annie Norris
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Birth: 1868, Greetham, Rutland

christened 4 Jan 1869 at Greetham, Rutland
address in 1871 - Main Street, Greetham, Rutland
address in 1881 - Great Lane, Greetham, Rutland
address in 1891 - High Street, Greetham, Rutland
address in 1901 - High Street, Greetham, Rutland

Spouse: William Thomas Yates
Birth: Mar 1870, Stamford, Lincolnshire
Father: Pank Yates (1849-1909)
Mother: Eliza Groom (1848-)
Marr: Dec 1895, Oakham reg. district

1.4b.2 Julia Norris
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Birth: Oct 1865, Greetham, Rutland
Death: Jun 1931, Stamford registration district
Occ: Domestic Servant (1881)

christened 13 Oct 1865 at Greetham
1871 address - Main Street, Greetham, Rutland
1881 address - Greetham Inn, Greetham, Rutland (employer Edward A.Palmer)
1891 - name spelt Lattimer
1901 address - Wittering, Northamptonshire

Spouse: William Edward Lattimore
Birth: Jun 1868, Littleworth, Lincolnshire
Death: Sep 1923, Stamford registration district
Father: William Lattimore (1843-)
Mother: Mary J (1845-)
Marr: Jun 1888, Oakham registration district

Children: Emma Alice (1889-)
John William (1890-1963)
Robert Cecil (1893-)
Selina Annie (1895-1918)
George Ernest (1897-)
Beatrice Ellen (1900-)

1.4b.2.1 Emma Alice Lattimore
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Birth: Mar 1889, Greetham, Rutland (Oakham registration district)

1901 address - Wittering, Northamptonshire

Spouse: Marshall Tomblin
Birth: 1883, Seaton, Rutland
Marr: Jun 1913, Stamford registration district

1.4b.2.1.1 James William Tomblin
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Birth: 21 Mar 1915, Uppingham reg district
Death: May 1985, Stamford registration district

1.4b.2.2 John William Lattimore
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Birth: Sep 1890, Thornhaugh, Northamptonshire
Death: Sep 1963, Oundle registration district

1901 address - Wittering, Northamptonshire
Member of the Notts and Derbys Regiment, then Labour Corps, then Army Service Corps. Had a medal
card.

Spouse: Sarah A Denny
Birth: 1892
Death: Mar 1969, Peterborough registration district
Marr: Dec 1914, Oundle reg district

1.4b.2.3 Robert Cecil Lattimore
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Birth: Jun 1893, Wittering, Northamptonshire

Aged 21 in 1914, Robert Cecil Lattimore enlisted to serve in World War One. Member of the Army Service
Corps. Had a medal card.

1.4b.2.4 Selina Annie Lattimore
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Birth: Jun 1895, Wittering, Northamptonshire
Death: Dec 1918, Stamford registration district

as Annie in 1901 census
1901 address - Wittering, Northamptonshire

1.4b.2.5 George Ernest Lattimore
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Birth: Dec 1897, Wittering, Northamptonshire
Death: 9 Apr 1918

1901 address - Wittering, Northamptonshire
Private in the Northumberland Fusililers (9th Battalion), noted as having been killed in action.

1.4b.2.6 Beatrice Ellen Lattimore
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Birth: Jun 1900, Wittering, Northamptonshire

1901 address - Wittering, Northamptonshire

Spouse: Joseph Henry Faulkner
Birth: Mar 1895, Stamford registration district
Marr: Jun 1918, Stamford registration district

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