Search for parents of a Rothwell (an orphan?) born 1845, raised in Rochdale

[Cas (stallc)]

1851 - Civil parish   Bradford

Thomas Eshelby   34   Head, ostler, Killinghall, Yorkshire, England
Susan Eshelby 32 Wife
Dan Eshelby 8 Son
Ellen Eshelby 7 Daughter
John Eshelby 3 Son
Alfred Eshelby 2 Mo Son

same area 1861 with additional children. (Couple also have a son Jonas b 1839 not on census with parents)

Both die before 1871 census.

Cas

[Cas (stallc)]

Found another likely son

Name   Charles Eshelby
Record Type   Baptism
Birth Date   11 Mar 1822
Baptism Date   31 Mar 1822
Baptism Place   Ripley, Yorkshire, England
Parish as it Appears   Ripley
Father   John Eshelby
Mother   Anne Eshelby
Abode Killinghall

Think this may connect?

Name   Ann Smithson
Record Type   Marriage
Marriage Date   15 Feb 1808
Marriage Place   Hampsthwaite, Yorkshire, England
Spouse   John Eshelby

https://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/YKS/WRY/Hampsthwaite

Name   Ann Smithson
Gender   Female
Baptism Date   23 May 1781
Baptism Place   Hampsthwaite, Yorkshire, England
Father   Joshua Smithson
Mother   Isabell Smithson

Good luck with the research

Cas

[mckha489]

I forgot to ask something, you mentioned that the 1851 census (which I can't access for some reason)

I did give a link yesterday to FamilySearch.  The 1851 transcripts are there too.

You have to register, but it is free.
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:SGN4-RLB

[sparrett]

Hi,
You were asking about Lucy ROTHWELL who was a witness at the marriage of Abraham ROTHWELL and Mary ESHELBY.

I think she may have been Abraham's sister.

Baptism
Name Lucy Rothwell
Gender Female
Baptism Date   6 Apr. 1806
Baptism Place   Illingworth,York,England
Father Abra. Rothwell
Mother Mary
FHL Film Number 0990402 IT 10


She married Joseph WALKER in 1842 in ROCHDALE.
Joseph was a bachelor, shoemaker whose father was a cloth dresser

Lucy was  a spinster whose father was Abraham ROTHWELL, a woolsorter.

The witnesses were John ROTHWELL and Jane WALKER

[Rw2]

Thank you again very much Cas, mckha489 and Sue!!!

I've learned so much from you in the last 36 hours.  One nice thing is that as difficult as life was in Rochdale in the 1840s, and although Edwin's parents settled there, they hail from lovely, ancient, much more peaceful towns just a little further east.  Illingsworth on the northern outskirts of Halifax, Killinghall and Ripley with its lovely church, and idyllic Fewston, a few hours walk from Bolton priory to the west and even closer to Studley park and Fountains Abbey (the Unesco site) to the north.  (I found only one Rothwell with 'Find a Grave' in all the cemeteries of greater Halifax, which indicates that Abraham Sr. might have roots elsewhere, although I know that most gravestones don't hold up well after 200 yr.s.)   

I will sign up for that heritage site later this summer, as I had done years ago. 

Thank you again!  More soon.