Birth: 1 July 1871 Wheeler Street, Witley, Surrey, UK
Father: John Charles New 1839-1916
Mother: Mary Luff 1840-1918
Christening: 27 August 1871 All Saints, Witley, Surrey, UK
Marriage: 30 July 1908 All Saints, Witley, Surrey, UK
Husband: Robert Philip William Rotherham 1868-1941
Death: 2 June 1941 137 Claremont Road, Forest Gate, Essex, UK
Joan Rotherham 1910-1997
Birth of Amy Amelia New in FreeBMD in July-September 1871 in Hambledon (2a 123) which included Witley. Her parents were living in Wheeler Street, Witley from the 1871 census.
Christening of Amy Amelia New in the IGI on 27 August 1871 in Witley, Surrey, parents John Charles and Mary New. The same information is in Ancestry All England, Select Births and Christenings, 1538-1975.
Entry in Ancestry Surrey, England, Church of England Baptisms, 1813-1912 for Amy Amelia New on 27 August 1871 at Witley, All Saints, parents John Charles and Mary New. "Page 97 Baptisms solemnized in the Parish of Witley in the County of Surrey in the Year 1871 [...] August 27 No. 774 Amy Amelia, parents John Charles, a Railway Clerk, and Mary New of Witley".
In the 1881 census as Amy New aged 9, born in Witley, Surrey, and living with her parents (John and Mary), a visitor (Kate Luff - her aunt) and a lodger (William P Bantin aged 53, born in India, a widower and employed as a landscape painter) at Wheeler Street, Witley, Surrey.
Amy New was a witmess at the marriage of John Frederic Wilkins and Kate Luff on 24 December 1884 at St James, Elstead.
In the 1891 census as Amy Amelia New aged 19, born in Witley, single, employed as a school teacher, and living with her parents (John Charles and Mary) in Wheeler Street, Witley, Surrey - two single men are living separately, each in two rooms at the same address, the next property is the Inn.
In the 1901 census as Amy A New aged 29, born in Witley, single, employed as an assistant mistress at a boarding school in West Ham, and boarding with Edward Clark (aged 46, born in Bloomsbury, London and employed as an engineer & mould maker), his wife (Gane aged 46, and born in Boughton, Kent) and another boarder (Florence Lester - her first cousin) at 55 Vaughan Road, Stratford, West Ham, Essex.
Marriage of Amy Amelia New and Robert Philip W Rotherham in FreeBMD in July-September 1908 in Hambledon (2a 340).
Entry in Ancestry Surrey, England, Church of England Marriages, 1754-1937 for Amy Amelia New, father John New, and Robert Philip William Rotherham on 30 July 1908 at Witley, All Saints. "Page 12 1908 Marriage solemnized at the Parish Church in the Parish of Witley in the County of Surrey [...] No. 24 July 30th 1908 Robert Philip William Rotherham aged 40, a Bachelor and School Master of Ilford, Essex, father John Rotherham, a Tailor, and Amy Amelia New aged 37, a Spinster of Witley, father John New, a Signal man. Married in the Parish Church according to the Rites and Ceremonies of the Established Church after Banns [...] in the Presence of us Florence Annie Lester and Charles James ?".
Her daughter was born in Forest Gate in 1910.
In the 1911 census as Amy Amelia New aged 39, born in Witley, Surrey, married for 2 years with one child still living, and living with her husband (Robert Philip William Rotherham ), daughter (Joan) and a servant (Margaret O'Connor aged 20, born in Barking, Essex, and single) in seven rooms at 137 Claremont Road, Forest Gate E, Essex.
Her widowed mother died at 137 Claremont Road in 1918 so I assume she was living with Amy after the death of her husband in 1916.
In the 1939 England and Wales Register as Amy A Rotherham born 1 July 1871, married, incapacitated, and living with Robert Rotherham (husband?), and Amy E Woollard (housekeeper) at 137 Claremont Road, East Ham, Essex.
Her husband died on 22 April 1941 at 137 Claremont Road, Forest Gate.
Death of Amy A Rotherham in FreeBMD in April-June 1941 aged 69 in E Ham (4a 143).
Entry in Ancestry England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1966, 1973-1995 for Amy Amelia Rotherham died 2 June 1941 in Essex, probate 31 January 1942 in Llandudno. "Rotherham Amy Amelia of 137 Claremont-road Forest Gate Essex widow died 2 June 1941 Administration Llandudno 31 January to Midland Bank Executor and Trustee Company Limited. Effects £3347 1s. 8d.".
Three entries in Ancestry Public Member Trees for Amy Amelia New born in Witley, Surrey in 1872, parents John Charles New and Mary Luff, two adding her marriage to Robert Philip William Rotherham on 30 July 1908 in Witley, All Saints, Surrey, and her death on 2 June 1941 in East Ham, Essex, and one her daughter.
Amy Amelia New was my half second cousin once removed.
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