BOAT FAMILIES

of the Leeds and Liverpool Canal and connected waterways

Christopher Rowbottom

Male Abt 1851 - 1911  (60 years)


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  • Name Christopher Rowbottom 
    Born Abt Aug 1851  Knottingley Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Gender Male 
    Baptism 4 Jan 1852  Christ Church, East Knottingley Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Occupation Mariner, ship owner Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Died 17 Aug 1911  Grove Park, Lee, Lewisham Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Person ID I51744  Canal Family 1
    Last Modified 26 Mar 2024 

    Father Christopher Rowbottom,   b. 1803, Pontefract Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Sep 1858, Knottingley Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 55 years) 
    Mother Elizabeth Greenwood,   b. 1817, Knottingley Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married 21 Apr 1835  St Giles, Pontefract Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Family ID F16461  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Ann Andrews,   b. 1851, Selby Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 7 May 1927, Lee, Lewisham Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 76 years) 
    Married Abt Aug 1871  Goole Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Mary Andrews Rowbotham,   b. 1872, Goole Find all individuals with events at this location
     2. Elsie Rowbotham,   b. 1874, Goole Find all individuals with events at this location
     3. Lilian Annie Rowbotham,   b. 1876, Goole Find all individuals with events at this location
     4. William Christopher Rowbotham,   b. 5 Oct 1879, Goole Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 8 Nov 1956, Sonning, Berkshire Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 77 years)
     5. George Edwin Rowbotham,   b. 1881, Goole Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1882, Goole Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 1 years)
     6. Farnill Rowbotham,   b. 1883, Goole Find all individuals with events at this location
     7. May Rowbotham,   b. 1886, Portsmouth Find all individuals with events at this location
     8. Gertrude Ethel Rowbotham,   b. 1887, Lee, Lewisham Find all individuals with events at this location
     9. Stanley Cecil Rowbotham,   b. 1888, Lee, Lewisham Find all individuals with events at this location
     10. Daisy Louise Rowbotham,   b. 1890, Lee, Lewisham Find all individuals with events at this location
    Last Modified 26 Mar 2024 
    Family ID F17676  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Rowbottom in birth and baptism records, and censuses until 1871. Rowbotham in marriage and subsequent records.
      More than two pages on him in 'The Sailing Ships and Mariners of Knottingley by Ron Gosney and Rosemary Bowyer who record him as founder of C Rowbotham and Sons 'who had a fleet of coastal steamships and tankers operating out of London'. They conclude: 'From his humble beginnings this son of a Knottingley boat hauler had developed a successful oil tanker company: a truly remarkable achievement.'

  • Sources 
    1. [S260077] GRO Online Index.

    2. [S307023] West Yorkshire Baptisms, Marriages and Burials (Ancestry).

    3. [S010083] National Probate Calendar.

    4. [S373599] West Yorkshire CofE Marriages and Banns (Ancestry).




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