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My Maternal Great-Grandparents

Samuel Rowland
Born: 24th July 1860, South Witham, Lincolnshire
Parents: Sarah Rowland (father not named on birth certificate) and stepfather Searson Norris
Died: 28th January 1941, Long Bennington, Lincolnshire


Lived at: 1 Whyman's Court, South Witham, Lincolnshire (1861), Main Street, Greetham, Rutland (1871),
Great Lane, Greetham, Rutland (1881),
Greetham, Rutland (30th July 1889), High Street, Bottesford, Leicestershire
(12 Dec 1890), 7 Mill Lane, Bottesford, Leicestershire (1891), Barkeston Lane, Bottesford, Leicestershire (14th
October 1892), Bottesford, Leicestershire (25th May 1894, 9th October 1896, 24th February 1899), 36 High Street,
Bottesford, Leicestershire (1901), Long Bennington, Lincolnshire (c.1902-1941)
Occupation: scholar (1871), agricul labourer (1881), waggoner (30th July 1889), general laborer (12th Dec 1890, 1891),
farmers waggoner (14th October 1892), farm labourer (25th May 1894, 24th February 1899), farm waggoner (9th Oct
1896), agricultural labourer (1901), cowman on farm (1911)
Other notes: noted as "visitor" to his mother and stepfather in 1871; named as Samuel R Norris in 1881 and
aged 18

Wife: Lucy Castledine Branston
Born: 27th December 1868, Bottesford, Leicestershire
Parents: John Branston and Eliza Castledine
Married: 4th June 1888, Primitive Methodist Church, Bottesford, Leicestershire
Died: 20th March 1941,
Long Bennington, Lincolnshire

Lived at:
Greetham, Rutland (30th July 1889), High Street, Bottesford, Leicestershire (12 Dec 1890), 7 Mill Lane,
Bottesford, Leicestershire (1891),
Barkeston Lane, Bottesford, Leicestershire (14th October 1892), Bottesford,
Leicestershire (25th May 1894, 9th October 1896, 24th February 1899),
36 High Street, Bottesford, Leicestershire
(1901),
Long Bennington, Lincolnshire (c.1902-1941)


Their children:

1. Charlotte Elizabeth (Liz) Rowland
Born: 12th July 1889, Greetham, Rutland
Died: 18th July 1971, 53 Biddulph Street, Leicester, Leicestershire
Lived at:
Greetham, Rutland (30th July 1889), 7 Mill Lane, Bottesford, Leicestershire (1891), 36 High Street,
Bottesford, Leicestershire (1901), Westhorpe House, Southwell, Nottinghamshire (1911), 42 Charles Street,
Leicester, Leicestershire (family information), 53 Biddulph Street, Leicester, Leicestershire (death certificate)

Occupation: domestic servant (1911), ran a Post Office (family information)

Spouse: Cecil (Cis) Dawson
Birth: 20th February 1895, Grantham, Lincolnshire
Parents: George William Dawson and Mary Jane Towers
Marriage: about 1926, Leicester registration district
Death: about December 1971, Grantham registration district

2. Ada Rowland
Born: 30th October 1890, High Street, Bottesford, Leicestershire
Died: 5th December 1962, Newark, Nottinghamshire
Lived at:
High Street, Bottesford, Leicestershire (12 Dec 1890), 7 Mill Lane, Bottesford, Leicestershire (1891),
36 High Street, Bottesford, Leicestershire (1901), 7 Magnus Street, Newark Upon Trent, Nottinghamshire (1911)

Occupation: maid (domestic) (1911)

Spouse: George Edward Dring
Birth: 27th October 1888, Newark, Nottinghamshire
Parents: John Dring and Ann Scott Pask
Marriage: 1912, Long Bennington, Lincolnshire
Death: 6 August 1974,
Newark, Nottinghamshire

3. Arthur Henry Rowland
Born: 5th September 1892, Barkeston Lane, Bottesford, Leicestershire
Died: c. 1967, Lutterworth, Leicestershire?
Lived at:
Barkeston Lane, Bottesford (14th October 1892) 36 High Street, Bottesford, Leicestershire (1901),
Ashes Farm, Long Bennington, Lincolnshire (1911)
Occupation: horse man on farm (1911)

Spouse: Elizabeth Jane (Jennie, Gin) Hales
Birth: 1894, Scamblesby, Lincolnshire
Parents: Charles William Hales and Sarah Jane Todd
Marriage: about 1920, Sleaford registration district
Death: about 1964,
Newark, Nottinghamshire

4. Eliza Annie Rowland
Born: 22nd April 1894, Bottesford, Leicestershire
Baptised: 20th May 1894, S
t. Mary the Virgin, Bottesford, Leicestershire
Died: 11th February 1903, Long Bennington, Lincolnshire
Lived at:
Bottesford, Leicestershire (25th May 1894), 36 High Street, Bottesford, Leicestershire (1901)
Other notes:
Eliza was known to surviving relatives as "Aunty Annie". She is thought to have died from appendicitis
and is buried beside her parents at Long Bennington.


5. Gertrude (Gert) Rowland
Born: 13th September 1896, Bottesford, Leicestershire
Died: 16 June 1952, Newark, Nottinghamshire
Lived at: Bottesford, Leicestershire (9th October 1896), 36 High Street, Bottesford, Leicestershire (1901), Long
Bennington, Lincolnshire (1911), Harcourt Street, Newark (family information)

Occupation: domestic servant (1911)
Other notes:
Gertrude's birth certificate states that she was born on the 13 Sep 1896 but the date on her tombstone
suggests a birthdate of exactly one year later. Her baptism, however, took place on 11 October 1896 according to the
Bottesford parish records.


Spouse: William Griffiths James
Birth: 28 July 1892, Huddersfield, Yorkshire
Parents: Frederick William James and Sarah Hannah Whitehead
Marriage: about March 1918, Newark registration district
Death: 31st July 1951,
Newark, Nottinghamshire

6. Harold Rowland
Born: 24th January 1899, Bottesford, Leicestershire
Died: 1970
Lived at:
Bottesford, Leicestershire (24th Feb 1899), 36 High Street, Bottesford, Leicestershire (1901), Long
Bennington, Lincolnshire (1911)


Spouse: Edith Edna Eaton
Birth: 20 October 1898, Warsop, Nottinghamshire
Parents: Samuel Chappell Eaton and Hannah or Anna Holmes
Marriage: about December 1922, Newark registration district

7. Lucy Casseldine Rowland
Born: 17 July 1904, Long Bennington, Lincolnshire
Died: 1986, Long Bennington, Lincolnshire
Lived at:
Long Bennington, Lincolnshire (1911)

Spouse: Sydney Arthur Carter
Birth: 28 June 1905, Newark, Nottinghamshire
Death: 1990, Newark, Nottinghamshire
Parents: Arthur Carter and Ada Hydes
Marriage: 5 July 1924, St. Swithin's Church, Long Bennington, Lincolnshire

8. Alice Rowland
Born: 22 May 1906, Long Bennington, Lincolnshire
Died: 6 July 1996, Lound Hall Nursing Home, Lound, Nottinghamshire
Lived at:
Long Bennington, Lincolnshire (1911)

First spouse: Clarence Frank Briggs
Birth: 1904, Newark, Nottinghamshire
Parents: Thomas Briggs and Annie Maria Abbott
Marriage: 1926, Newark registration district

Second spouse: William Everard Siggs


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