Who is Thomas Rowland?
The task of finding out who our ancesters has turned me towards looking at the records that we have and to try and build up a picture of where they were at key moments in their life. Looking closely at Thomas Rowland kids, it seems that his profession of being a police sergant takes a leading role in his life and his wife Hannah seems to be in one place or another. Also takes on the responsibilty of bringing up Edward Henry (Grandson).
Between 1855 - 1858 Thomas and Hannah get married and the live in Oakham from Sheffield, perhaps an police opening appeared and Thomas decided to make a new life in Oakham. Later they relocated to Empingham where Hannah and Eugenie appear to pass away, Thomas continues to be a policeman and later is involved with collecting rent moneys and working with the School.
The Evidence :-
Timeline of Thomas Rowland
| 1829 | Thomas is born | in Marston, Lincolnshire. |
| 1841 | Census | In Marston (Dad is shoemaker) |
| 1851 | Census | Thomas is a Journeyman for his father's shoe making business in Maston |
| 1851-1853 | Relocated to | Sheffield |
| Apr 1853 | Marriage to Hannah | Lived at Matthew St, Sheffield |
Sept 1853 |
Edward Henry Rowland |
Born & Lived @ 72 Matthew Street, Sheffield, Yorks |
| Aug 1855 | Eugenia Heslop Rowland |
Born & Lived @ South Street, Sheffeld, Yorks |
| 1855-1858 | Relocated to | Oakham |
Apr 1858 |
John Thomas Rowland |
Born @ Lords Hold, Oakham (Mum lived at Northgate Street, Oakham) |
| 1861 | Census | * Pullin's Cottages/ North Lane - Not in the town! |
| Jan 1862 | Albert Francis Rowland |
Born at Pullins Cottages, North Lane, Oakham |
Jan 1864 |
Catherine Hannah Rowland |
Born at Greetham, Oakham |
| 1871 | Census | Empingham with a house full of kids |
| 1881 | Census | Empingham with E.H. Rowland (Grandson) aged 2. |
| 1886 | Hannah | She died (burried at Empingham) |
| 1888 | Eugenie | Died young, burried with Hannah |
| 1891 | Census | Living with his Grandson Edward Henry (b. Bermerton) & Servant. |
| 1901 | Census | Alone in one of the Lowes Cottages, Ryhall, Rutland. Edward is now in Egham, Surrey. |
| 1911 | Census |
Thomas Living on own means in Ryhall, Stampford. Widowed |
No Death record found.
* Pullin's Cottages in North Lane, still looking for this but it appears to be several cottages as per census record.
1886 Map of Oakham (PDF)
1888 Map of Oakham (PNG)
Taken from www.old-maps.co.uk
This is a few pages about Lords Hord around Oakham taken from www.langhaminrutland.org website
Pictures of the current Police station
(Next door to the New Police Station, is this the old station?)
( New Police Station, is this on top of the old station )
Here are some old photos of Oakham
Taken from the Oakham Directory
Rutland
