Birth: 2 October 1868 St James, Westminster, Middlesex, UK
Father: John Rotherham 1837-1910
Mother: Sarah Christy Walker 1839-1921
Christening: 15 November 1868 St James, Westminster, Middlesex, UK
Marriage: 30 July 1908 All Saints, Witley, Surrey, UK
Wife: Amy Amelia New 1871-1941
Death: 22 April 1941 137 Claremont Road, Forest Gate, Essex, UK
Joan Rotherham 1910-1997
Birth of Robert Philip W Rotherham in FreeBMD in October-December 1868 in Westminster St James (1a 407).
Entry in Ancestry England, Select Births and Christenings, 1538-1975 for Robert Philip William Rotherham born 2 October 1868 christened on 15 November 1868 in St James, Westminster, London, parents John and Sarah Christy Rotherham.
Entry in Ancestry Westminster, London, England, Church of England Births and Baptisms, 1813-1919 for Robert Philip William Rotherham born 2 October 1868, baptised 15 November 1868 at St James, Westminster, parents John and Sarah Christy Rotherham. "Page 156 Baptisms solemnized in the Parish of St James, Westminster, in the County of Middlesex in the Year 1868 November [...] No. 472 15 Robert Philip William [parents] John, [a] Tailor & Sarah Christy Robinson [of] 41 Broad St."
In the 1871 census as Robert P W Rotherham aged 2, born in Westminster, Middlesex, and living with his parents (John and Sarah C) and sister (Sarah C) at 41 Broad Street, St James, Westminster, London.
His sister and brother were born in Bethnal Green in 1874 and 1879, and another brother in Kensington in 1880.
In the 1881 census as Robert P M (sic - in the index, illegible on the original) Rotherham aged 12, born in Westminster St James, Middlesex, and living with his parents (John and Sarah C), two brothers (Phillip J L and Thomas A H), and two sisters (Florence J A and Sarah C) at 90 Chippenham Road, Paddington, London - this address was shared with three other families.
In the 1891 census as Robert P W Rotherham aged 22, born in St James, London, single, employed as a school master and boarding with John Fisher (aged 48, born in Thatton St Margne, Wiltshire, and employed as a painter? foreman), his wife (Jane aged 48 born in Otley, Suffolk), his son (Richard H aged 22, born in Dalston, London, single and employed as a stationer's assistant), and five other boarders (John C Baxter aged 23, born in Scotland,single and employed as a newspaper reporter, William Downton aged 52, born in Wadelbridge, Cornwall, single, and employed as a railway clerk , George Marlin aged 31, born in Norwich, Norfolk, married and employed as a painter, Fred Porter aged 25, born in Bocking, Essex, single and employed as a school master, and William R C Taylor aged 19, born in Loxton, London and also employed as a school master) at 1 Fermoy Road, Paddington, London.
In the 1901 census as Robert P W Rotherham aged 32, born in Westminster, London, single, employed as an assistant school master and living with his parents (John and Sarah) at 270 Thorold Road, Ilford, Essex.
Two entries in Ancestry London, England, City Directories, 1736-1943 for Robert P W Rotherham address 270 in one, 70 in the other, but 270 on the original Thorold Road, I, London (sic - in the index, Ilford, Manor Park and East Ham on the original) in 1905
Marriage of Robert Philip W Rotherham and Amy Amelia New in FreeBMD in July-September 1908 in Hambledon (2a 340).
Entry in Ancestry Surrey, England, Church of England Marriages, 1754-1937 for Robert Philip William Rotherham aged 40, father John Rotherham, and Amy Amelia New 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 ?".
His daughter was born in Forest Gate in 1910.
In the 1911 census as Robert Philip William Rotherham aged 42, born in Piccadilly, London, a schoolmaster at borough council, and living with his wife (Amy Amelia), 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.
Entry in Ancestry London, England, City Directories, 1736-1943 for Robert P W Rotherham address 137 Claremont Road London (sic in the index, Forest Gate, Essex on the original) in 1912.
Three entries in Ancestry U.K., City and County Directories, 1600s-1900s "East Ham Council Schools, Monega road, erected in 1904 for 520 boys, 520 girls & 540 infants; Robert P. W. Rotherham, master; Miss F. Le Messurier, mistress; " in 1910, 1922, 1925-6 Kelly's Directory, and four for Robert P W Rotherham 137 Claremomt Road, Forest Gate, Essex in 1910, 1914, 1917 and 1922.
In the 1921 census as Robert P W Rotherham born in Westminster, London in 1868 and living with Amy A Rotherham (wife?), Joan Rotherham (daughter?) and one other in East Ham, West Ham, Essex, London.
In the 1939 England and Wales Register as Robert Rotherham born 2 October 1868, married, a retired schoolmaster, and living with Amy A Rotherham (wife?), and Amy E Woollard (housekeeper) at 137 Claremont Road, East Ham, Essex.
Death of Robert P W Rotherham in FreeBMD in April-June 1941 in East Ham (4a 135).
Entry in Ancestry England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1995 for Robert Philip William Rotherham died 22 April 1941 in Essex, probate 15 September 1941 in Llandudno. "Rotherham Robert Philip William of 137 Claremont-road Forest Gate Essex died 22 April 1941 Administration (with Will) Llandudno 15 September to Midland Bank Executor and Trustee Company Ltd. Effects £3433 17s."
Robert Philip William Rotherham was the husband of Amy Amelia New, my half second cousin once removed
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