The Victorian Families of Scholes - Rotherham District … Victorian Families of Scholes France Peter France was born in Kimberworth Park in 1794. He was a coal miner in Bradgate in

The Victorian Families of Scholes

France

Peter France was born in Kimberworth Park in 1794. He was a coal miner in Bradgate in

1841 and 1851. He married Charlotte and they had 5 sons and 5 daughters.

George was born in 1816 in Bradgate. He was a coal miner. He married Eliza, also born in

Bradgate in 1820. They had 6 children, George, Ada, Elizabeth, Mary, Joseph and Henry.

George was living on Main Street, Bradgate in 1881; he had married a widow, Martha

Brownhill and they had 3 children in addition to her son from her previous marriage. Joseph

married Sarah from Hill Top, Kimberworth and they had five children. Henry was living on

Nottingham Street with a wife and three children in 1891. The daughters of the marriage are

difficult to track. Eliza continued to live at Bradgate until at 1901. Her grandson, William

France, was landlord of the Sportsman in 1901.

Samuel France was born in 1825. He was a coal miner. His wife, Rebecca was born in

Wentworth. They had five children, William, Ruth, John, Turza and George. They were

living in Greasbrough in 1851 to 1871 and Wath upon Dearne in 1881. By 1891 Samuel was

a widower living in Elsecar and still described as a coal miner.

Mat(t)hew was born in 1826. He became a steel turner’s labourer and married Martha from

Shiregreen. They lived in Shiregreen before moving to the Bell House Fold in Ecclesfield.

They had 4 children, Martha, Rebecca, William and Sidney. Emily died between 1865 and

1871. By 1881 Matthew had remarried and moved to Sheffield. By now he was deaf and his

wife, Sarah was working as a file scourer.

Joseph, born in 1834, was living in Rawmarsh in 1891.

Copley

In 1851 George Copley was a nail maker living on Thorpe Common. He was eighty and was

married to Mary, also eighty. Living with him were his son, Joseph, his wife, Jane and

children Henry, Sarah, Alike and Samuel. Joseph continued to live in the house near Smithy

Wood Cottage until at least 1881, by which time he was a widower.

A relative, John Copley, born in 1788, lived in Thorpe, next to South Hall (Sow Hall, Sough

Hall). In 1861 he was a widower living with his son, Benjamin, and grandson, Mathew.

Benjamin, who was already a widower, had been born in 1828, Mathew in 1856. In 1871

Benjamin was living on Thorpe Street; his housekeeper, thirteen years his junior, was Matilda

Parkin; Mathew and John Parkin were living in the house. In 1881 they were living at No 3

Scholes Lane. Benjamin had married Matilda, Mathew had left home and John had taken the

Copley surname. In addition there were four more children, Charles (born 1872), George

(born 1876), William (born 1879), and Vincent (born 1880).

By 1891 Henry Copley, a son of Joseph, had moved in to No 3 Scholes Lane with his family.

His wife, Christiana had been born in Retford, Nottinghamshire in 1847. They had seven

children (3 sons and 4 daughters). In 1871 the family were living in Normanton, where

Henry was a coal miner. In 1881 they were living on Thorpe Street and Henry was an

ironstone miner. The eldest daughter, Rosan, married her cousin, John and they had at least

three children. The eldest son, Samuel married Mary from Blackburn and after having a

daughter, Daisy, moved to Pleasley where Samuel was a rope splicer at a coal mine. Willie

married Sarah and became a coal miner, living in Chapeltown. Ernest married Blanche

Hague and became a coal miner, living on Wortley Road, near Bradgate. Susannah married

her cousin George and was living at 3 Scholes Lane in 1901.

In 1901 Henry and Christiana were living in Aston with their daughters Florence and Laura.

A three year old girl, Ada Copley was also living there.

Lindley

William Lindley (born 1791), an agricultural labourer, was living in ‘Brick Row’ with his

wife Ann, in 1841. They had six children living with them: George and Sarah (born 1826);

Margaret; Joseph (born 1833); Eliza (born 1837); Charles (born 1839). Joseph, a coal miner,

married Harriet (born in Rochdale) who were living at 9 Scholes Lane in 1881 and 1891.

Charles lived in his parents’ home after their death. In 1871 he had a house keeper, Esther

Thompson, living with him, as well as two of her children. In 1881 they were a married

couple, though her children kept their fathers name. Charles died before the next census and

Esther moved to the top of Scholes Lane and worked as a charwoman.

Bamforth

John Bamforth (born 1807) was living on Hesley Bar with his wife and children in 1841.

John was a coal miner. William Bamforth, his son, lived at home until at least 1861, by

which time his father was a colliery agent. William the lodged at 5 Scholes Lane from 1881

until 1901, first with Elizabeth Fox and then with Esther Lindley.

Wragg

Samuel Wragg (born in 1812 in Bradfield) was a coal miner in Thurgoland. His wife, Ann,

was born in Cranes Moor, Thurgoland in 1804. Robert Wragg lived at home in Thurgoland

until at least 1861, working as a coal miner. After marrying Harriet, he moved first to Hesley

Lane and then Scholes Lane. The Wraggs had three children: Arthur (born 1869); Lucy (born

1871); Frederick (born 1873). Frederick married Ellen and they had a daughter Lucy (born

1898).

Hadfield

Samuel Hadfield was born in Penistone in 1821, where his father James was a cordwainer.

Samuel and his wife Maria had at least eight children: Frederick (born 1842); Ann (born

1844); James (1850); Emily (1851); William (1853); Hannah (1855); Mary Ann (1862);

Caroline (1867). He was a file cutter. In 1861 and 1871 the family were living at Wadsley

Bridge, next door to the Pheasant Inn.

James Hadfield married Charlotte (born in 1845 in Thorpe Hesley) and they moved to live on

Scholes Lane, where James was a coal miner. They had at least six children: James (born

1872); Sam (born 1873); Richard (born 1875); Arthur (born 1877); Eliza (born 1881); Minnie

(born 1885). The family were living on Scholes Lane in 1881 and 1891. By 1901 James was

a widower and he was living with his son Richard and his family in Spring Gardens,

Masbrough and Arthur was living in the house on Scholes Lane.

Smith

Richard Smith was born in Scholes in 1821. His wife Mary Ann was born in Thorpe Hesley,

which is where the married couple were living in 1851. They had at least five children, none

of whom followed their fathers’ trade of cordwainer. The children were: Cornelius (born

1845); Charles (born 1847); Mathew (born 1849); Samuel (born 1852); Sarah (born 1855).

Richard moved to Greasbrough, then Scholes, before settling on Thorpe Common. Two of

his sons, Cornelius and Samuel, also lived on Thorpe Common and worked in local pits. A

third son, Mathew, lived on Droppingwell and was a Deputy at Grange Colliery, before

becoming a coal merchant on College Road.

Cornelius married Bessie (born in Whixley in1842). No children are recorded on the Census

returns.

Samuel married Charlotte (born 1851), the daughter of an agricultural labourer in Whixley,

William Atkinson. Interestingly, Charlotte had an elder sister called Betsy, who was born in

1842. Samuel and Charlotte had at least four children: William (born 1874); Albert (born

1876); Alice (born 1880); Beatrice (born 1883). Samuel was a widower by the 1891 Census.

Mathew married Chrissy, born in 1846 in Ecclesfield. They had at least six children: Samuel

(born 1873); Elizabeth (born 1875); Eva (born 1879); Jessie (born 1882); Cornelius (born

1883); Charles (born 1886). Chrissy was the daughter of Grange Colliery’s’ manager,

Samuel Davy (or Pavy). Mathew was a widower by the 1901 Census.

Hall

John Hall, born between 1786 and 1791, was an iron miner living on Thorpe Street. His wife

Abigail had been born in Rawmarsh between 1797 and 1801. They had at least five children:

Charles (born in 1821); Elizabeth and John (born 1826); Thomas (born 1832); Sarah (born

1835). By 1851 John junior was living next door to his parents on Thorpe Street with his

young wife Ann. He and his father were pit sinkers. Charles was living on Hesley Lane with

his wife Ann and two young children. By 1861 the two brothers had taken their young

families to Newbold in Derbyshire, John to work as a coal miner, Charles to be a colliery

agent. By 1871 they had returned to this area, John, now a widower, living in New

Kimberworth, Charles moving into No 41 Netherfold. John had three children: John (born

1857); Emily (born 1859); Lucy (born 1862). Charles had ten children: Maria (born 1849);

Emma (born 1851); Lydia (born 1852); Charles (born 1855); Elizabeth (born 1858); Agnes

(born 1860); Alice (born 1862); Sarah (born 1864); John (born 1867); Blanche (born 1868).

Charles was a mineral agent in 1871, a coal miner in 1881. His wife had become a widow by

1891 but she continued to live at Netherfold until at least 1901.

Elizabeth (born 1826) married George Fieldsend, an ironstone miner. They had at least five

children: Martin (born 1846); Alfred (born 1849); Samuel (born 1856); Frederick (born

1858); Frank (born 1863). In 1851 they lived on Thorpe Street and had as neighbours her

father and brother. By 1861 they were living in Bradgate and in 1871 in New Kimberworth.

In 1881 Elizabeth was a widow living with her two youngest sons on Lodge Lane.

Of the children of Charles and Ann Hall, the four eldest can be traced: Charles became, first a

coal miner and then a brass and iron founder in Hoyland Nether and married Eliza Fox from

the village; Elizabeth married Alfred Coupe, a coal miner and they lived at Droppingwell;

Agnes was a servant to a pork butcher, James Haag, on Bridgegate, before marrying Arthur

Heeley and living in Scholes; Alice married George Ashforth a blacksmith on Wortley Road,

for whom she had three children, Carrie, May and Irene.

Heeley

Charles Heeley was born in Masbrough in 1831. He was a coal miner. He married Ann,

born in Masbrough in 1834. They had at least twelve children: Harriet (born 1856); Arthur

(born 1858); Thomas (born 1860); Albert (born 1863); Emma (born 1865); Deeton (born

1867); Eliza (born 1970); Amos (born 1876); Ernest (born 1886); Percy (born 1889); Edith

(Born 1892). Charles moved around the area seeking work in the coal mines; in 1861 he was

on Thorpe Common, having moved there from the Holmes; in 1871 he was living on Park

Street with his family; from 1881 to 1901 he was living in Scholes, first as a coal miner, then

as a yeast hawker.

Harriet married William Senior, a coal miner and they moved to Bradgate, Droppingwell,

Roystone and Cudworth as pits opened and others closed.

Arthur married Agnes Hall and lived in Scholes.

Thomas married Mary and lived in Scholes before moving to Netherfold. They had at least

seven children: Ethel (born 1885); Edwin (born 1887); Jessie (born 1892); William (born

1893); Elsie (born 1896); Harriet (born 1899).

Albert married Mary Evers who had been born in Kimberworth in 1859.

Steel

George Steel, born in Chapeltown in 1835 the son of an ironstone miner, was living on

Hesley Lane in 1881. His wife Mary had been born in Doncaster in 1837. They had at least

nine children: William (born 1856); Anne (born 1858); Charles (born 1861); Thomas (born

1863); Walter (born 1866); George (1868); Sarah (1869); Elizabeth (1872); Mary (1877).

Charles became a coal miner living on Sough Hall Road in 1891 and New Street, Darfield in

1901. He had at least six children. His wife’s family came originally from the Forest of

Dean.

Thomas continued to live on Hesley Lane after his marriage to Eliza. They had at least seven

children: Mary (1886); Frank (1890); Alice (1891); Charles (1893); Amy (1897); John

(1899); Albert (1900).

Walter was lodging with his brother Thomas in 1891. Shortly after he married Essie and they

had at least five children: Mary (1893); Frederick (1894); Thurston (1896); Elsie (1898);

Ethel (1900). They had moved to Scholes Lane by 1898.

George was also a coal miner, lodging on New Street in 1891 and Sough Hall Road in 1901.

Elizabeth married Arthur Beard and continued to live on Hesley Lane with her coal miner

husband and at least six children.

Sylvester

William Sylvester was born in Thorpe Hesley in 1804. In 1851 he was living on Westgate in

the home of his mother, Sarah Nadin. He was married to Lydia and had a son Edward.

According to later information, another son George, had been born in 1846 but wasn’t with

his mother and father on Census night. In 1871 William was living on Thorpe Street. He had

re married, his wife Elizabeth had been born in Thorpe. George was a coal miner, still living

at home. Also staying was a grandson, William Emerson, a coal miner.

George Sylvester set up home on Scholes Lane with his wife Elizabeth. She had been born in

Ecclesfield and was twelve years his junior. Her father had been a file cutter. They had at

least seven children: Alice (1881); Elizabeth (1883); Martha (1885); William (1887); Ada

(1889); Edith (1893); Ernest (1897). They lived at Netherfold from at least 1881 until 1901.

George’s father was living with t

Jennings

Thomas Smeaton Jennings was born in 1816 in Hatfield, to the north of Doncaster. He

moved to Laughton en le Morthern to work as an agricultural labourer. He married Ann

Hudson who had been born in the village in 1818. They had

1842) and Martha (born 1845). They then moved to Thorpe Field Side, in Wentworth Parish.

They had five more children: Thomas (born 1847); Ann (born 1849); John (born 1851);

George (born 1853); Mary (born 1856). Thomas was

by 1871. His second wife was Ellen who had been born in Ecclesfield in 1818. They lived

together on Thorpe Field Side until Ellens’ death after which granddaughters looked after

Thomas. He was still alive and workin

Only four of the children can be traced on subsequent Census’. Sarah became a dairy maid in

Hatfield. Martha became a house servant on Sawn Moor, Laughton. Thomas moved to

Thorpe and then Scholes Lane. Ann became c

married George Hoyland, a coal miner. They lived in Harley and had nine children.

Thomas married Sarah Anne Birks. Sarah Anne was the daughter of Robert and Sarah Birks

from Thorpe Hesley. Before her marria

of a retired woollen manufacturer, George Lockwood, in Huddersfield. Thomas was a coal

miner. In 1881 the young family lived in the area of Thorpe between the Horse and Tiger

and the Masons. Their first child was a daughter, Ann Elizabeth who was born in 1880. By

1891 they had moved to Scholes Lane and Thomas was a coal merchant. The house they

moved to had been the Plough, a beerhouse, which had closed in the 1870s. They had two

more children, Hilda in 1893 and Bernard in 1896. By 1901 Thomas was a building

contractor.

Robinson

George Robinson was born in 1817 in Castleford. He married Olive and worked as an

agricultural labourer on Hoober Hill. He had at least eight children: Richard (born 1842

Eliza (born 1844); George (born 1845); Robert (born 1848); William (1852); Anne (born

1855); Joe (1857); Arthur (1860). Living with the family in 1861 was Richard Robinson, a

fifty year old widower, born in Castleford.

Richard, the son of George, marri

George and Mary on Hoober Hill. Richard was a woodman like his father. He and his wife

moved to Tinsley Park Wood where they remained until at least 1901. They had at least five


George’s father was living with them in 1881.



Hudson who had been born in the village in 1818. They had two children there; Sarah (born



George (born 1853); Mary (born 1856). Thomas was a widower by 1861, but had remarried



Thomas. He was still alive and working in 1901 at the age of eighty five.



Thorpe and then Scholes Lane. Ann became cook in the Rectory at Hooton Pagnell and then



from Thorpe Hesley. Before her marriage to Thomas she was a domestic servant in the house



st child was a daughter, Ann Elizabeth who was born in 1880. By



a in 1893 and Bernard in 1896. By 1901 Thomas was a building


agricultural labourer on Hoober Hill. He had at least eight children: Richard (born 1842



fifty year old widower, born in Castleford.

Richard, the son of George, married Olive. In 1871 they were living ten doors away from






two children there; Sarah (born



a widower by 1861, but had remarried





ook in the Rectory at Hooton Pagnell and then



ge to Thomas she was a domestic servant in the house



st child was a daughter, Ann Elizabeth who was born in 1880. By



a in 1893 and Bernard in 1896. By 1901 Thomas was a building


agricultural labourer on Hoober Hill. He had at least eight children: Richard (born 1842);



ed Olive. In 1871 they were living ten doors away from



children: Elizabeth (born 1865); Joe (born 1868); Arthur (born 1875); Albert (1878); Frank

(1884). Elizabeth married William Barstow, a general commercial clerk and lived on New

Hall Road in Sheffield. Joe was living with his uncle William at Squirrel Castle in 1891. He

married Mary Thompson, the daughter of Benjamin, a colliery engine tenter on Hoober Hill

and he became a woodman in Lee Brook.

Eliza married Henry Totty, a farm labourer in Wentworth. Henry had been brought up in

Barrow, in the lower part of Wentworth village by an aunt and uncle (John and Sarah Totty).

They had at least ten children: Harry (1865); Fred (1866); Ada (1869); George (1871); Ann

(1874); Kate (1876); Sarah (1878); Arthur (1880); Margaret (1884); Robert (1887). In 1881

the family were living next to Eliza’s’ father on Angel Lane. Harry became a woodman

working in Kirkby Underwood near Stamford in 1891 and then, with a wife and two children,

working on Tidenham Chase in Gloucestershire. Fred was a private in the York Cavalry in

1891 and a coal miner, living on Church Street, Greasbrough in 1901. He had married and

had five sons. Ada married Harry Salkeld, the son of the blacksmith, John Salkeld, in Street.

Harry was a colliery banksman; they lived at Street and had at least two sons.

In 1871 George was living with his sister Eliza and her family in Wentworth. He was a

woodman. He married Martha in his early thirties and they had two children, Fanny (1876)

and Edith (1878). Shortly after they moved to the Lodge on Scholes Lane and remained there

until at least 1901.

Robert married and became an agricultural labourer in Street.

William married Betsy and they had at least eleven children. The family lived at Squirrel

Castle in Greasbrough from before 1881 until at least 1901.

Arthur married Alice and he became a woodman in Edlington.

Vernon

Christiana Vernon was a widow living at 2 Scholes village in 1871. She had been born in

1813 in Scholes as Christiana Law. Living with her was her son, William, her daughter in

law Ann and granddaughter Mary. William was landlord at the Sportsman in 1881 and 1891.

In 1881 another son of Christiana, Henry, had moved into the house, with his family.

Christiana was still living there but was no longer the head of the household. Henry had been

born in 1846 in Scholes and was married to Martha. They had at least ten children: Charles

and Edwin (1867); William (1869); Anne (1870); Effie (1872); Owen 1879); Charlotte

(1881); George (1882); Maurice (1884); Clement (1888).

Charles became a coal miner living first on Lodge Lane (1891) and then on Kimberworth

Park Road (1901) with his wife Elizabeth.

William became a coal miner and in 1891 he was living at 164 Scholes village with his wife

Florence and two sons, Arnold and Arthur. In 1901 Florence and Arnold were in Rotherham

workhouse; there was no indication of the whereabouts of William and Arthur, though

Florence still claimed to be married.

On the 1901 Census Henry was still living at 2 Scholes village though his wife had died. Six

children remained at home: Edwin, Owen, Charlotte, George, Maurice and Clement.

Dobson 1

John Dobson was born in 1806. He married Ann who was born in 1808. Both grew

Scholes. They had at least seven children: William (born 1830); James (born 1833); Henry

(born 1838); John (1840); Hannah (1844); Martha (1846); Ann (1855).

William married Caroline Darwin who had grown up next door but one to the Dobson’s.

They had eight children: John (1860); Mary (1862); James (1864); Caroline (1870); Hannah

(1872); Eliza (1874); Charles (1877). John married Sarah Ibbotson and they had at least five

children: Larratt (1883); Gertrude (1885); Amy (1890); Willie (1893); Edith (18

nephew, Henry Fox, was staying on Census night in 1901. Mary married Henry Cook and

they had two children, William (born 1884) and Clarence (born 1890). Mary married Albert

Fox and they had at least three children: Beatrice (born 1887); James (bo

(1890). James married Frances Emmerson, the daughter of George Emmerson. They had at

least three children: Mabel (1891); Gilbert (1892); Ronald (1895). Caroline married into the

Beard family, but was living with her parents on Census nig

Burgin and lived next door to her parents. They had at least three children: Mary Elizabeth

(1895); Walter (1897); Maud (1900). Charles married Caroline Cook, the daughter of

Matthew Cook. She was born in the village b

The young couple were living on Dover Court Road, Kimberworth in 1901.

James married Fanny Heaton and had two children: Ann (1869); Henry (1871). His father in

law, Joseph Heaton, had been an agricultural labour

1841. He became a farmer in Scholes. James and Fanny were living with him in 1871.

Henry did not marry. His sister, Hannah, a spinster, lived with him on the Fold.

John married Elizabeth and they had six ch

John (1868); Ezra (1870); Ellen (1875); Albert (1880). William married Hannah (possibly

Beard of Hesley Hall) and they had at least seven children: Allan (1884); Harriet (1886); Ellis

(1888); Dora (1891); Clifford (1893); Elizabeth (1898); Lilian (1899). Ezra married Mary

and they were living at No 71 in 1901. They had at least three children: Hilda (1895);

Blanche (1896); Johnnie (1900).

Martha married Henry Vernon.

John Dobson was born in 1806. He married Ann who was born in 1808. Both grew


(born 1838); John (1840); Hannah (1844); Martha (1846); Ann (1855).


ad eight children: John (1860); Mary (1862); James (1864); Caroline (1870); Hannah


children: Larratt (1883); Gertrude (1885); Amy (1890); Willie (1893); Edith (18



Fox and they had at least three children: Beatrice (born 1887); James (born 1889); Edgar



Beard family, but was living with her parents on Census night in 1901. Eliza married Charles



Matthew Cook. She was born in the village but moved with her family to Wortley Road.



law, Joseph Heaton, had been an agricultural labourer, living at Bentley’s farm, East Dene in



John married Elizabeth and they had six children: William Henry (1863); Mary Ann (1865);



fford (1893); Elizabeth (1898); Lilian (1899). Ezra married Mary


Blanche (1896); Johnnie (1900).

Martha married Henry Vernon.

John Dobson was born in 1806. He married Ann who was born in 1808. Both grew up in



ad eight children: John (1860); Mary (1862); James (1864); Caroline (1870); Hannah


children: Larratt (1883); Gertrude (1885); Amy (1890); Willie (1893); Edith (1899). A



rn 1889); Edgar



ht in 1901. Eliza married Charles



ut moved with her family to Wortley Road.



er, living at Bentley’s farm, East Dene in



ildren: William Henry (1863); Mary Ann (1865);



fford (1893); Elizabeth (1898); Lilian (1899). Ezra married Mary


Commemorating John Dobsons death at

Joseph Dobson was born in 1818. He married Amelia Darwin who had been born in 1820.

They had at least eight children: Charles (1840); George (1842); Mary Ann (1844); Walter

(1847); Joseph (1850); Amelia (1852); Henry (1855); Wil

Charles married Eliza who had been born in Upper Haugh in 1841. They started their

married life in Scholes but then moved to Upper Haugh. Charles was a coal miner until at

least 1901. They had eleven children: Mary Ann (1860); Martha (1864)

(1868); Joseph (1871); Ada (1874); Henry (1876); Amelia (1878); Helena (1882); Charles

(1886).

George married Ann and they had nine children: Mary Ann (1867); Joseph (1869); John

(1870); Annie (1873); Charles (1874); George (1876); Ru

1885). They lived in Lapwater, Greasbrough, New Kimberworth and in 1901 were next door

to the Sir Colin Campbell.

Joseph married Ada and lived on Church Street, Greasbrough. They had two children, Ellis

(1877) and Thomas (1880).

William was lodging in Masbrough in 1891 where he worked as a waggoner.

Dobson 2

Thomas Dobson was born in 1795; he married Sarah, who had been born in 1797. They had

at least ten children: Ann (1821); Caraline (1823); William (1825); Mary (1830);

(1834); Charles (1837); Emma (1838); Catherine (1840); Alviner (1842). Caraline became a

Mitchel; she had two children, Sarah (1846) and Thomas (1850) but was a widow living with

her parents in 1851. Charles married Sarah Collier (born 1836) who

Elizabeth Oxley. They were living in Scholes in 1861, but then moved to Sorby Street in

Brightside. Charles was a labourer in an iron works. They had a son, Matthew who married

Mary and together they had two children: John (1886)

servant in Sheffield in 1851. She then became the second wife of William Walsh, living in

the village. Emma married George Brunt, a coal miner in Greasbrough.

Thomas Dobson (born 1861) was living with his grandmother

Arthur (1863), Curtis (1867) and Jane (1870). He married Amanda and they had at least

Commemorating John Dobsons death at Scholes Colliery in 1894



(1847); Joseph (1850); Amelia (1852); Henry (1855); William (1858).



least 1901. They had eleven children: Mary Ann (1860); Martha (1864); Anne (1865); Clara



(1870); Annie (1873); Charles (1874); George (1876); Ruth (1877); Vina (1879); Mabel





at least ten children: Ann (1821); Caraline (1823); William (1825); Mary (1830);



her parents in 1851. Charles married Sarah Collier (born 1836) who already had a daughter,



Mary and together they had two children: John (1886); Norman (1888). Hannah was a house


the village. Emma married George Brunt, a coal miner in Greasbrough.

Thomas Dobson (born 1861) was living with his grandmother Sarah in 1871, with siblings


Scholes Colliery in 1894





; Anne (1865); Clara



th (1877); Vina (1879); Mabel





at least ten children: Ann (1821); Caraline (1823); William (1825); Mary (1830); Hannah



already had a daughter,



; Norman (1888). Hannah was a house


Sarah in 1871, with siblings


seven children: Arthur (1882); Frank (1884); Leonard (1887); Thelda (1889); Percy (1889);

May (1892); Alberta (1897).

Dobson 3

Andrew Dobson was born in 1806. He married Mary Knowles who was widowed soon after.

Her sister, Sarah Knowles and her children lived with Mary. After Sarah’s death her three

children, Elizabeth, Mary Ann and Fred, continued to live with their aunt.

Cook

William Cook was born in Ecclesfield in 1830. In 1841 he was apprenticed to a fork grinder

at Sheffield Lane Top. In 1851 he was living with his sister in law in Scholes. Anne Cook

was living on parish relief with seven children: Israel Darwin ((1834); Charlotte (1836);

Elizabeth (1838); Benjamin (1843); Sarah (1845); Jacob (1847); Selenia (1849).

William Cook married Sarah Fox and they set up home in the village where William became

a coal miner. They had at least six children: Matthew (1856); Sarah Ann (1858); William

(1860); Henry (1862); Mary (1866); Clara (1872). Matthew married Zillah Butcher the

daughter of Henry Butcher who was landlord at the Bay Horse in 1871. In 1881 they were

living in Brick Row, next to Matthews parents. They then moved to Wortley Road, below

Bradgate. They had at least five children: Caroline (1879) who married Charles Dobson;

Aunice (1881), Bernard (1883); Eva (1886); Martha (1889). Henry married Mary Ann and

they had at least four children: William (1884); Clarence (1891); Elsie (1897); Charlotte

(1890). Clara married Charles Senior, a coal miner and they lived on Barnsley Road, Thorpe

Hesley.

Bennett John Bennett was born in 1822 in Thorpe Hesley. He married Elizabeth who had been born

in New Miller Dam in 1825. They had at least six children: Samuel (1847); Sarah Jane

(1849); Leah (1858) who married Harry Fox, a bricklayer, and lived in Attercliffe; Clara

(1864); Francis (1866); Mary (1869). John and Elizabeth continued to live on Thorpe Street

until at least 1891. John was a coal miner.

Francis married Charlotte Fox and the newly married couple moved into the house where her

parents had brought up their family at No 18 Brick Row. They had at least seven children:

Lucy (1888); Leah (1889); Mary (1890); Miriam (1892); John Willie (1893); Charles (1895);

Fred (1899).

Eddington

William Eddington was born in Keele Staffordshire in 1837. His father was a labourer.

When he was old enough, William became a coal miner, first at Wolstanton in Staffordshire

then at Shipley Colliery on the outskirts of Bradford. He married Elizabeth Booth, who

already had two children, Tom (1862) and John (1865). They set up home in Scholes, at No

11. They had at least two children: Edwin (1867); Ann (1870). Elizabeth was a widow by

1891. John Booth married Mary Ann Dobson, the daughter of John and Elizabeth Dobson

and they had at least four children: Harold (1889); John (1890); Doris (1897); Marion (1899).

Edwin married Frances Mirfin and they had at least three children: Gwendoline (1893);

Thomas (1895); Constance

Ibbotson 1

George Ibbotson was born in Scholes in 1806. He was a boot and shoemaker. He married

Eliza (1806) and they had at least eleven children: Sarah (1829); Mary (1830); John (1834);

William (1836); Frances (1837); Eliza (1838); George (1840); Joseph (1844); Benjamin

(1847); Louisa (1848).

Mary married James Fox (1825) and had at least six children: Eliza (1854); William (1857);

Mary Ann (1860); Lucy (1862); Albert (1863); Charlotte (1867). Mary was a

time of the 1871 Census. She continued to live in the village until her daughter, Lucy,

married Samuel Wilson, a town postmaster, at which point she went to live with them on St

John’s Avenue in Masbrough.

John became a cordwainer on Scrooby

had at least seven children: Clara (1862), who married George Cooper, a stone mason;

Blanche (1863), who married George Roberts, a railway clerk; Emma (1865); Millicent

(1867); Harvey (1869); Fred (1871

William married Harriet (1831) and became a shoemaker in Elsecar. George, a cordwainer,

married Ann (born in 1844 in Thorpe Hesley) and they lived in Scholes before moving to 8

Wortley Road in 1891. They had at least four children: Ke

keeper on School Street, Eastwood; Harry (1872); Fred (1874); Albert (1877).

Eliza married Samuel Hartley and lived in the village.

Joseph became a cordwainer living on Colliers Row, Elsecar, with his wife Mary (1841) an

children: Bertha (1871); Fred (1873); Albert (1875); Margaret (1880); William (1883).

Benjamin married Elizabeth (1843) and became a shoemaker in Swinton Bridge.

Louisa married Howard Beckett, a coal miner. They lived on Hesley Lane and had at leas

six children: Emily (1868); Martha (1870); Clara (1872); Frank (1874); Keturah (1877); Kate

(1880). Louisa was a widow by 1891 and was running a grocers shop on Clay Street,

Attercliffe, with her daughter Kate.

Emily married Robert Windle, a miner, a

Brightside. They had at least five children: Edgar (1894); Edith (1896); Florence (1898);

Frederick (1900); Colin (1901).



es (1837); Eliza (1838); George (1840); Joseph (1844); Benjamin


Mary Ann (1860); Lucy (1862); Albert (1863); Charlotte (1867). Mary was a



John’s Avenue in Masbrough.

John became a cordwainer on Scrooby Street, Greasbrough. He married Ann (1835) and they



(1867); Harvey (1869); Fred (1871); Annie (1873).



Wortley Road in 1891. They had at least four children: Keturah (1869), who became a house


Eliza married Samuel Hartley and lived in the village.

Joseph became a cordwainer living on Colliers Row, Elsecar, with his wife Mary (1841) an



Louisa married Howard Beckett, a coal miner. They lived on Hesley Lane and had at leas



Attercliffe, with her daughter Kate.

Emily married Robert Windle, a miner, and they lived on Hesley Lane and Newhall Road,


Frederick (1900); Colin (1901).



es (1837); Eliza (1838); George (1840); Joseph (1844); Benjamin


Mary Ann (1860); Lucy (1862); Albert (1863); Charlotte (1867). Mary was a widow by the



Street, Greasbrough. He married Ann (1835) and they





turah (1869), who became a house


Joseph became a cordwainer living on Colliers Row, Elsecar, with his wife Mary (1841) and



Louisa married Howard Beckett, a coal miner. They lived on Hesley Lane and had at least



nd they lived on Hesley Lane and Newhall Road,


Frank married Mary and they lived in Parkgate. They had at least two children: Russel and

Frederick.

Ibbotson 2

Charles Ibbotson was born in 1812 in Scholes. He married Mary and they had at least seven

children: Joseph (1840); Hannah (1842); Henry (1845); Emma (1848); Sarah (1854); Sam

(1857); Fanny (1859). Joseph became a coal miner in Nether Hoyland. Henry married Ellen

and had at least six children: Charlotte (1873); Olivia (1874); George (1876); Albert (1877);

Charles (1880); Bernard (1883). Henry was a coal miner and lived at No 15. George married

Hannah and lived at No 50 where they had a daughter, Mary Ellen. Sam married Emma and

they had at least ten children: Frank (1885); Colin and Joseph (1888); Gilbert (1890); Annie

(1892); Ada (1894); Charles (1896); Dora and George (1893); Alice (1900). Sam was a coal

miner and lived at No 146.

Ibbotson 3

Joseph Ibbotson was born in Bradfield in 1811. He married Mary (1810) who had been born

in Wentworth. They had at least six children: Charlotte (1837); Maria (1838); William

(1839); Joseph (1843); Henry (1846); Seth (1847).

Joseph married Ada Guest (1846) and they had at least six children: Martha (1868); Bertha

(1870); Harry (1873); Jane (1874); Edmund (1877); Joseph (1880). Harry married Margaret

Eliza and they had at least two children; Ada (1898); Edith (1900). Edmund married Alma

(1880) and they had a daughter, Bertha (1900). Joseph was lodging in Henley Road in 1901.

William married Margaret and had at least four children: Sarah (1860); Maria (1864); Mary

(1870); Arthur (1871).

Hargreaves

John Hargreaves was born in 1790. He married Elizabeth and they had at least eight

children: George (1811); Hannah (1816); Elizabeth (1821); James (1822); Joseph (1823);

Ezra (1816); Charles (1818); Militant (1820). John was a coal miner.

Hannah married John Riley and had at least three children: Elizabeth (1848); Daniel (1850);

Ann (1851). John was a coal miner and they were living in Scholes in 1851.

James married Eliza and they lived at Upper Haugh. They had at least eight children: John

(1849); Mary (1850); Hannah (1854); Emma (1856); Ellen (1858); James (1864); Eliza

(1868); Charles (1870).

Ezra married Mary who was also born in Scholes. They had at least six children: Charles

(1853); Eliza (1859); Amelia (1862); Dolly (1864); George (1869); Ellen (1872).

Charles married Mary Darwin. They had four children: Effie (1880); George (1883); Ezra

(1890); John (1892).

George married Nellie and they had three children: Edith (1897); Mary (1899); Alice (1890).

They were living at No 21 in 1901.

Bennett

James Bennett grew up in Ecclesfield where his father was at one time the landlord of the

Highgreave Inn. James moved to Scholes and married Effie Vernon, the daughter of Henry.

Platts

William Platts was a coal miner in Chapeltown. Herbert grew up in Chapeltown and Warren

before marrying Martha and moving to Scholes. They had at least two children: Frank

(1893); William (1896).

Windle

Ezra was living in Scholes in 1871 with his wife Elizabeth. Ezra had been born in High

Green in 1838 and he had moved around the Kimberworth and Masbrough areas working as a

coal miner. Elizabeth had been born in Worsbrough Dale in 1840. They had at least four

children: Frederick (1863); Robert (1865); Vincent (1868); Lilly (1872).

Frederick was a coal miner. He set up home at No 85 Scholes with Frances. They had at

least three children: George (1888); Vincent (1889); Elizabeth (1891). The family were

living in Brightside in 1901; Frederick was a labourer, his wife a sweet shop owner.

Robert set up home on Hesley Lane with Emily.

Ezra was widowed and living as a lodger in Wilton Gardens, Kimberworth in 1891.

Froggatt

William Froggatt was born in Kimberworth in 1821. He married Hannah, who had been born

in Thorpe Hesley in 1826. They had at least six children: Fanny (1841); Ann (1844); John

(1845); Dennis (1847); George (1851); Joseph (1857). The family moved to Swinton,

Bradgate, Hesley Lane and Scholes as William obtained work in different collieries. Hannah

was a widow by 1861 and was bringing up her family in Scholes. She remarried and was

living in the village with her new husband, James Fenwick, in 1871. They were still in the

village in 1881, but by 1891 Hannah had died and James was in Rotherham Workhouse.

George married and set up home in Droppingwell where his brother Dennis was lodging with

him in 1891. Joseph married Martha Mirfin and set up home on Sough Hall Road, Thorpe

Hesley. They had a son, George, in 1897.

Goddard

Harry Goddard was the son of a striker in an iron works, living on Carbrook Road in 1891.

He was living in Scholes in 1901.

Burkinshaw

Frank Burkinshaw was the son of George, a fish and rabbit dealer on Thorpe Street, Thorpe

Hesley.

Escreet

Richard Escreet was born in 1843 in Ottringham in East Yorkshire. In 1861 he was working

on a farm in Rotsea, still in East Yorkshire. He moved to Greasbrough, where he met his

future wife, Mary Bradford. After their marriage they continued to live in Greasbrough

where they had their first child, Elizabeth, in 1870. They then moved to No 31 Scholes.

Mirfin

John Mirfin was born in 1805 in Scholes. He was a gamekeeper. He married Eliza (born in

Masbrough in 1808). They had at least eight children: William (1828); Mary (1832); Sevilla

(1837); Joseph (1838); Henry (1841); Thomas (1846); George (1848); Frances (1852). The

family were living in the Lodge in 1851. They then moved to Friars Fold in Wentworth.

Joseph married Harriet and they were living with Josephs’ family in 1861. Joseph was an

ironstone miner to begin with but spent most of his working life as a coal miner. By 1871 he

had remarried, his second wife was Emma who had been born in Haugh. In all he had at least

seven children: Martha (1861); Hannah (1862); William (1871); Maria (1875); Agnes (1875);

Walter (1879); George (1885). Joseph and Emma lived in Scholes (1871); Parkgate (1881);

Church Street Rawmarsh (1891); Quarry Street Rawmarsh (1901). Henry married Sarah

Chapman (born in Wentworth in 1843). They had at least four children: Eliza (1864);

Frances (1869); Sarah Ann (1872); Beatrice (1883). Arthur Chapman, the brother of Sarah,

was living with the family in 1871 and 1881. Eliza was a servant working in a house on

Nelson Street Rotherham in 1881. Frances married Arthur Allott; she had already had a son,

James Fox.

Mary Mirfin was born in Scholes in 1796. In 1851 she was living next door to John and was

a beer house keeper.

Charles Mirfin was born in 1809 in Scholes. He married Fanny (born in Greasbrough in

1811) and they had at least four children: Mary Ann (1838); Olive (1841); Sarah (1846); Ann

(1850). Mary Ann and Olive remained spinsters, living together in a house on what is now

the Bay Horse car park.

Booth

John Henry Booth was the son of Elizabeth Eddington. He married Mary Ann Dobson and

they had at least five children: Harold (1889); John William (1890); Harry Stanley (1893);

Doris Elizabeth (1897); Marion (1899).

Burgin

Walter Burgin was born in 1842 in Rotherham. In 1871 he was living on Hesley Lane,

working as a coal miner. He had a wife, Elizabeth and four children: Laura (1866); Tom

(1868); Sarah (1869); Charles (1870). Laura married Walter Beard and had at least six

children: Samuel (1885); Elsie (1887); Sarah (1889); Charles (1894); Beatrice (1895);

Herbert (1898). They were living on Hesley Lane in 1901. Charles married Eliza Dobson

and they had at least three children: Mary Elizabeth (1895); Walter (1897); Maud (1900).

Wood

John Wood was born in Tickill in 1805. He was an agricultural labourer. He married

Hannah who had been born in Scholes in 1810. The couple settled in Scholes and had at least

six children: Mary (1833); Anne (1836); William (1839); John (1842); Elizabeth (1844);

Sarah Anne (1851). Mary was unkindly described as a cripple on the 1851 Census.

William married Elizabeth from York and they had nine children: George (1863); Charles

Willie (1865); Mary (1867); Martha (1870); John Willie (1873); Joseph (1875); Samuel

(1877); Lucy (1879); Henry (1881). The family lived on Fitzwilliam Street, Elsecar. All the

male members of the family worked in the local coal mine.

John married Betsey from Burton Stother in Lincolnshire. They lived in Scholes and had at

least six children: John (1869); Vance (1872); Harris (1874); Jonathan (1878); Leonard

(1885); Evelyn (1889). John married Lucy Ann from Mexborough and they had at least six

children: Vance (1890); William (1892); Ethel (1894); John (1896); Harry (1898); Arthur

(1900).

Ann was a spinster, living with her brother John in 1901.

Elizabeth married Israel Hartley and they had at least three children: Annie (1867); Christine

(1868); Hannah (1870).

Gaunt

Joshua Gaunt was born in Denby in 1806. He was a fancy weaver. He married and had a

child, Ann, in 1826. His wife died a

They had at least ten children: Thomas (1839); Elizabeth (1841); Hannah (1844); Harriet

(1846); Benjamin (1848); Lydia (1850); John (1853); James Albert (1855); Walter (1859);

Samuel (1860). By 1851 they were living on Ratten Row, Denby and Joshua was a fancy

waistcoat weaver. Two of Sarahs’ brothers, both tailors, were lodging with them.

In 1861 Thomas was a railway porter, lodging at Bank Bottom, Shelley. He then moved to

Handsworth and, by 1871, to Brightside, where he was a railway guard. He had also married

Frances, two years his senior. They had four children: Lilly (1868); Harriet (1871); Herbert

(1877); Frances (1880). The family moved to Tankersley and Barnsley before arriving at

‘The Old Crown Inn’ in Owlerton, where Thomas was the licensed victualler. From there

they moved to ‘The Bay Horse’ in Scholes.

Hannah was a servant at Goddards House, Glossop, in 1861. She then married Eli Hadfield,

a cotton weaver, living first on Gladst

was a widow, living on her own means.

Benjamin was lodging with Thomas in Brightside in 1871. In 1881 he was back living with

his parents and was a fireman on the railway. He then became a railway e

Brightside, married Margaret Wood (daughter of Moses and Mary Wood of High Flatts) and

had at least two children: Ben Oswald (1884); Walter (1887).

Lydia lived at home with her parents, doing domestic duties. She was in Penistone Union

Workhouse at Thurlstone in 1891.

John married Alice Thorp (the daughter of Isaac and Eliza Thorp a Denby weaver) and they

had at least seven children: James (1883); Harriet (1884); John (1886); Benjamin (1894);

Albert (1896); Alice (1899); Charles (1900).



child, Ann, in 1826. His wife died and he married Sarah Boothroyd, fifteen years his junior.



1 they were living on Ratten Row, Denby and Joshua was a fancy



871, to Brightside, where he was a railway guard. He had also married



e Old Crown Inn’ in Owlerton, where Thomas was the licensed victualler. From there

they moved to ‘The Bay Horse’ in Scholes.


a cotton weaver, living first on Gladstone Street and then Lord Street, Glossop. In 1891 she

was a widow, living on her own means.


his parents and was a fireman on the railway. He then became a railway engine driver in


had at least two children: Ben Oswald (1884); Walter (1887).


rkhouse at Thurlstone in 1891.



Albert (1896); Alice (1899); Charles (1900). In 1900 they were living in High Flatts.



nd he married Sarah Boothroyd, fifteen years his junior.



1 they were living on Ratten Row, Denby and Joshua was a fancy



871, to Brightside, where he was a railway guard. He had also married



e Old Crown Inn’ in Owlerton, where Thomas was the licensed victualler. From there


one Street and then Lord Street, Glossop. In 1891 she


ngine driver in





In 1900 they were living in High Flatts.

Cooper Joseph Cooper was born in 1776; he married Ann (born 1786) and they had at least four

children: Henry (1811); Edward (1821); Ann (1826); Martha (1827). Living next door in

1841 was William Cooper ((born 1816) with a wife, Maria, and children: Charles (born

1837); Joshua (1839); Elizabeth (1841). Next door to them lived John Cooper (1801), a

slater, with a wife, Caroline and a son, John (1835).

Edward married Ann (born in 1825 in Thorpe Hesley) and they had at least nine children:

Annie Maria (1847); William (1850); Martha (1852); Albert (1854); Arthur (1859); Clara

(1860); Charles (1862); Joseph (1864); Sophia (1868). Edwards’ farm was near Ashforths

grocery shop. Martha married Samuel Parkin and they had at least ten children: Clara (1872);

Charles/Bernard (1874); William/Edgar (1877); Alice (1878); Francis/Frank (1881); Alberta

(1883); Herbert (1888); Frederick (1890); George (1894); Florence (1896). Albert married

Sarah (1857). He was a colliery horse keeper and later a horseman on a farm. They lived at

No 152. Arthur married Emily and they had at least five children: Hilda (1884); Colin

(1886); Albert (1888); Charles Bernard (1896); Arthur Percy (1898). They lived at No 47 in

1901. Charles became a traveller, boarding on Wellgate Mount in 1891. Joseph took over

the farm at Red House from his father, married Margaret and had at least one child Thyllis

May. Sophia married Joseph Bennett and they lived at No 45 in 1901.

Allott

Arthur Allott was born in 1850 in Thorpe Hesley. He married Frances Mirfin and lived at 87

Scholes. In 1871 they had a son, James Fox (1870) living with them. Seven more children

followed: Charles (1873); Alice (1876); Percy (1878); Edmund (1880); William Reginald

(1886); Silas (1889); Harry (1894).

Fox 1

James Fox was the son of Arthur and Fanny Allott. He was born in 1870. He married Ann

Dobson (1869), the daughter of James and Fanny Dobson. They had at least two children:

Charles (1897); Fanny (1900).

Fox 2

James Fox (1825) married Mary Ibbotson (1830) and they had at least six children: Eliza

(1854); William (1857); Mary Ann (1860); Lucy (1862): Albert (1863); Charlotte (1867).

Eliza married Charles Hall, the son of Ann Hall of Netherfold. They moved to Hoyland

Nether where Charles was an iron founder. William was a coal miner living on Dunlop

Street, Attercliffe with his wife and four children in 1891. Mary Ann married Thomas

Heeley and they had two children. Albert married Martha Dobson (1864) and they had at

least five children: Beatrice (1887); James (1889); Edgar (1890): Evelyn (1892); Colin

(1896). They were living in the village in 1891 but had moved to Victoria Road in

Handsworth by 1901. Charlotte married Francis Bennett and they had at least seven children:

Lucy (1886); Leah (1888); Mary Elizabeth (1890); Miriam (1892); John Willie (1893);

Charles (1895); Fred (1899).

Chapman

Samson Chapman (1802) was a coal miner living on Thorpe Street in 1871. His son John

(1851) was living with him. He and his dead wife Ann had had at least six other children:

Elizabeth (1831); Sarah (1834); Mary (1836); Harriot (1840); Thomas (1842); Ellin (1846).

John married Eliza Emerson, the daughter of George Emerson. The newlyweds moved to No

73 Scholes before moving to No 53. They had two children: Florence (1883); Fred (1886).

Florence became a school teacher whilst Fred worked as a pony driver at the colliery.

Thomas married Sarah and they brought up their family on Hesley Lane.

Ashforth 1

Joseph Ashforth was born in Scholes in 1811. He married Elizabeth, born in Doncaster in

1814. Joseph was a nailmaker who became the village grocer. He had at least two children:

Henry (1836); Edwin (1839). Henry married Sophia Draper (born in Gainsborough in 1835)

and took over the grocers when his parents died. They had at least seven children: Laura

(1862); Henrietta (1863); Alberta (1865); Edwyn (1867); Annie Sophia (1870); Reginald

(1872); Adeline (1874). Edwin went to lodge in Wincobank where he was first a colliery

clerk and then a commercial clerk. He married the daughter of a school master but became a

widower soon after.

Laura became a teacher in Furness. She married William Becken, a baker and grocer in

Crowland, Lincolnshire.

Henrietta married John Mycock, a brewers clerk and they lived on Lister Street, Rotherham.

They had at least four children: Constance (1886); Edith (1887); Alice (1889); Adeline

(1890).

Edwyn became an insurance agent.

Adeline married Albert Pearson, a lithographic machineman and they lived in Leeds.

Ashforth 2

Hannah Ashforth was born in Scholes in 1773. She had at least four children before being

widowed in the late 1830s; Henry (1816); John (1826); Cathrine (1832); Harry (1836). In

1841 she was farming the land at Limetree Farm. Henry and John were nailmakers.

Henry married, took over the farm from his mother and had three children before his wife

died: Arabella (1843); William (1846); Mary (1848). Arabella married Samuel Jarvis and

lived on Thorpe Common. William married Eleanor (Kitchen? Daughter of the landlord of

the Victoria Inn) and they had at least two children: Henry (1884); Martha (1899). They took

over the farm on the death of Henry.

John married Sophia (born in Heanor in 1822) and they had at least six children: Shray

(1849); George (1850); Joseph (1860); Thomas (1858); Levi (1862); John (1864). They lived

on Thorpe Common before moving to Netherfold. George married Alice from Newbould in

Derbyshire and they had at least three children: Clarrie (1883); May (1887); Irene (1897).

George was a blacksmith on Wortley Road. Thomas married and had at least four children:

Maud (1884); Cecil (1886); Jessie (1894); Reginald (1898). In 1901 he was a mechanical

engineer, working at Gamston in Nottinghamshire. John married Mary (born in Manchester)

and they had at least six children; Henry (1885); Amelia (1890); Levi (1892); Elizabeth

(1895); Amy (1897); George (1900). John was a coal miner living on Scrooby Street,

Greasbrough.

Ashforth 3

William Ashforth was born in 1793 in Scholes. He married Elizabeth (born in 1802 in

Devonshire) and was a nailmaker. They had two children: Charles (1827); Mary (1841). The

family had moved to Pismire Hill in Ecclesfield by 1861. Elizabeth had been widowed by

1871 and she and Mary were running a grocers shop in New Kimberworth. Mary was

running the shop on her own in 1881. Charles married Margaret and had at least three

children: Henry (1859); John (1866); William (1870). The family moved to Ecclesfield,

Rotherham and Bradgate. In 1871 Charles was a farmer back in Scholes. In 1881 he was a

labourer in Kimberworth and in 1891 a fireman in Masbrough.

Beard

Thomas Beard was born in Chapeltown in 1797. He married Hannah who had been born in

Ecclesfield in 1799. In 1851 they were living on Thorpe Common and Thomas was a coal

miner. They had at least three children: Samuel (1831); George (1834); Amy (1836).

Samuel married Elizabeth (1836) and was a check weighman, living on Hesley Lane in 1881.

They had at least nine children: Albert; Charles (1859); Walter (1861); Amy (1863); Arthur

(1867); Edwin (1870); Eleanor (1872); Owen (1874); Edlar (1877).Charles married Ellen and

lived on Hesley Lane. They had at least four children: Hilda (1883); Edith (1885); Ethel

(1887); Emily (1892). Charles was publican at the ‘Bracken Hill’ public house in Burncross

in 1901. Walter married Laura (1866) and they had at least eight children; Alice (1883);

Samuel (1885); Elsie (1887); Elizabeth (1889); Sarah (1889); Charles (1894); Beatrice

(1895); Herbert (1898). Walter was a colliery check weighman. The family lived on Hesley

Bar. Arthur became a greengrocer in Ecclesfield. Edwin, Eleanor, Owen and Edlar were

living with their widowed mother on Hesley Bar in 1901.

George married Charlotte (1836). They moved from Brightside to Droppingwell and then to

Scholes. They had at least four children: Benjamin (1859): Mathew (1861); Ann (1863);

George (1878). Benjamin married Martha and had a daughter, Gracie (1890). They were

living on Lodge Lane in 1891. George married Mary Frances Hague, the daughter of a miner

living on Wentworth Road, Thorpe Hesley.

Law 1

Matthew Law was born in 1826 in Scholes. He married Ann (1829) born in Chapeltown.

They had at least seven children: Thomas (1852); Mary (1854); Charlotte (1856); Isabella

(1858); Betsy (1860); Joseph (1867); Bertha (1869). Thomas was born in Chapeltown

(Hesley Lane?). He married Jane Fox, the granddaughter of George Ibbotson. They set up

home in Greasbrough before moving back to Scholes. They had at least twelve children:

Clara (1874); Elizabeth (1876); Lily (1877); Leonard (1879); Edwin (1882); Albert (1884);

Alberta (1886); Herbert (1888); Walter (1890); Matthew (1892); Melvin (1894); Thomas

(1898).

Law 2

Abraham Law, born in 1811 in Scholes was a slate merchant, living on Brocco Bank.

Law 3

Moses Law was born in 1820 in Scholes. He married Sarah (born in Thorpe Hesley in 1824).

Moses was a coal miner. In 1841 they were living in Hill Top, Kimberworth. They then

moved to Scholes. They had at least ten children: Selina (1840); Eliza (1843); Emma (1846);

Jacob (1849); Mary (1851); Joseph (1853); Ellen (1855); Annie (1857); Charles (1860);

William (1862).

Knowles

Sarah Knowles lived with her sister, Mary Dobson, but died young. Her four children were

brought up by Mary: Elizabeth; Mary Ann; Fred; Charles. Fred Knowles married Annie

Beard and had at least three children: Blanche (1896); George (1897); Harry (1899). Charles

led an iterant life, living in a common lodging house on Water Lane, Westgate in 1901.

Hartley

Christopher Hartley was born in 1806. He married Sarah (born in Scholes in 1818) and they

had five children: Israel (1838); Mary Ann (1840); Samuel (1845); Alice (1850). Christopher

was an iron stone miner. Sarah was a widow by 1861.

Israel married Elizabeth (1844) and they had at least eight children: Annie (1867); Christine

(1868); Hannah (1870); Lillie (1874); Israel (1876); John (1878); George (1883); Hester

(1885). The family lived next door to Samuel and his family in 1871. By 1881 they had

moved to the Shepherds Cottage in Greasbrough. They lived in Wilton Gardens,

Kimberworth in 1891. Israel was a coal miner.

Samuel married Eliza Ibbotson and they had at least four children: Martha (1858); George

(1862); Frances (1864); Frederick (1866).

Earnshaw

Joseph Earnshaw was born in 1803. He was a farmer and milk dealer in Bradfield. He

married Sarah and they had at least ten children: William (1825); Alathea (1828); Jonathan

(1830); George (1833); Mary Ann (1837); Martha (1839); Sarah Ann (1840); Joseph (1842);

Elizabeth (1845); John (1847). William became a farm labourer living at Old Hall,

Kimberworth. He married Harriet and they had four children: George (1873); Joseph (1875);

John (1878); Sarah Ellen (1880). Alathea married Joseph Hobson, a farmer living in Thorpe

Hesley. Jonathan was a labourer in Bradfield. George and Joseph farmed in Ughill and

Bradfield. John was a coal dealer in Sheffield.

Parkin

Andrew Parkin was born in 1824 in Kimberworth. He married Ann from Brampton and

became an ironstone miner, living on Kirby Lane, Thorpe Hesley. They had at least seven

children: James (1847); Samuel (1849); Ellen (1851); Sarah Ann (1853); Emma (1856);

Henry (1861); John (1866).

James married twice, first to Julia, then to Harriet. He was a coal miner who moved regularly

for work, living in Thorpe Hesley, Ecclesfield, Scholes and Cudworth. He had at least eleven

children: Gertrude (1874); John (1875); Florence (1878); William (1881); Samuel (1883);

Ellen (1887); James (1889); Emma (1892); Colin (1893); Elizabeth (1897); Edith (1899).

Samuel married Martha Cooper and they had at least eight children: Clara (1872); Bernard

(1874); Edgar (1877); Alice (1878); Frank (1881); Alberta (1883); Herbert (1888); Frederick

(1890).

Ellen married William Shepherd, a grocer in Chapeltown.

2orburn

Joshua Norburn was born in Scholes in 1804. He married Anne (born 1804) and they had at

least four children: Joshua (1836); Joseph (1839); Harriet (1841); Henry (1845). Joshua was

a nail maker. Joshua married Annie (1835) from Thorpe Hesley. They moved to Renishaw

and had at least seven children: Mary (1856); John (1861); Bertha (1865); Albert (1866);

Arabella (1868); Lillian; (1875); Emily (1878). Joseph married Sarah (1845) from Thorpe

Hesley. They moved to Renishaw and had at least six children: Eleanor (1866); Joseph

(1868); Kate (1873); Joseph (1876); Martha Elizabeth; (1879); Benjamin (1882). Joseph was

a widower by 1901. Harriet married William Taylor and they lived in the Brick Yard in

Thorpe Hesley.

Butcher 1

Henry Butcher was born in 1809 in Thorpe Hesley. He was a nail maker. He married and

became a widower before 1851. He married Mary Guest and they had at least four children:

Zillah (1860); Ben (1862); Charles (1863); Henry (1865). Henry and Mary ran the Bay

Horse, then after Henrys death, Mary ran it on her own (she was the sister of Selina White

whose husband Benjamin was landlord of the Bay Horse in 1851). Zillah married Matthew

Cook and after living on Brick Row, they moved on to Wortley Road. Ben and Charles were

lodging with them in 1901.

Butcher 2

Samuel Butcher was born in 1787 in Thorpe Hesley. In 1851 he was the farmer at Red

House Farm. He was living there with his wife Elizabeth and sister in law Sarah Heathcot.

Hawksworth

John Hawksworth was born in Wath in 1806. He married Harriet and they had at least five

children: Matthew (1834); Ann (1837); Elizabeth (1840); Joseph (1844); Harriet (1849). The

family lived in Attercliffe and Hemmingfield before moving to Scholes. They were in the

‘corner pin’ in 1851, when John was a coal labourer. They lived nearer Scholes Wood in

1861, when John was a coke burner. In 1871 they were at Netherfold and John was a

labourer.

Taylor

John Taylor was born in 1794 and he married Frances, who had been born in Scholes in

1809. In 1841 John was described as a farmer in Scholes. By 1861 he was a labourer. They

had at least six children: Mary (1835); William (1837); Martha (1840); Henry (1842);

Elizabeth (1845); John (1851). Martha married William Cooper, a slater of Lee Brook. One

of their children, Laura, became a school teacher. Frances married Joseph Pepper, a

mechanic and they lived at Townend, Wath. Six children were still living in their parents’

home in 1901.

Cox

Robert Cox was born in Woodside, Derbyshire in 1773. In 1805 he was at North Wingfield

where he had a son, William. William married Mary, who had been born in Lincoln in 1805.

They lived in Wentworth from at least 1830 until 1841 and then in Scholes. William was a

farmer. They had at least four children: Sarah (1830); Robert (1841); Joseph (1844); Samuel

(1848). Mary was a widow in 1861, still living in Scholes. In 1871 she was living with

Samuel, who was a grocer in Killamarsh. Joseph became a certificated teacher, living on

Talbot Lane. By 1901 he was an estate agent (auctioneer) living on South Terrace.

Herbert

James Herbert was born in Scholes in 1809. He married Maria, born in Scholes in 1806.

They were still in Scholes in 1861 but had moved to Sough Hall in Thorpe Hesley.

Guest 1

Thomas Guest was born in Scholes in 1793. He was a labourer. He married Sarah, also born

in Scholes in 1803. They had at least seven children: Martha (1821); Jonothon (1830); Mary

(1832); Ann (1835); Margrett (1839); Selina (1843); Leah (1846).

1954 photograph of Jonty Wood, Fred Dobson, Len Wood and Jim Escreet

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