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Hi,
I am looking for information please about any Rossiter families or individuals living in Newport at the time of the 1841 and 1851 censuses.
Any information would be greatly appreciated please.TIA.
Best wishes
rcuser
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1851 H0107/2452 folio 536 page 21 St Woolos Monmouthshire reg district Newport
Jane Davies age 72 head widow
Evan son age single
Susan Rossiter dau age 24 widow Newport Mon
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William Rossiter son age 1 Newport
Pam
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HI Pam,
Many thanks for that. I'm a bit surprised that there are so few. Wonder if some Rossiters were born in Newport but moved away.
Best wishes
rcuser
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Hi
Here is one that was away visiting in 1851
HO107/1932/286/23
2 Orchard Street, Frome Somerset
Betsy Rossiter, visitor, unmarried, 26, servant, Monmouth, Newport
Fisherman
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Hi Fisherman,
Thanks for that. Could you post details of the family she was visiting please as that might help me to identify who Betsey is and who her family are?
Best wishes
rcuser
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John Baynton, Head Widwr, 80, Retired Farmer, Som., Wells
Eliza Rossiter, Servant, Unm., 32, Som., Nunney
Emma Rossiter, Servant, Unm., 20,Som., Clondon
Betsy Rossiter, Visitor, Unm., 26, Servant, Monmouthshire, Newport
Fisherman
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Hi Fisherman,
Thanks for that. It's much appreciated.
Best wishes
rcuser
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Hi Fisherman,
I've managed to identify visitor Betsey as Caroline Betsey Rossiter but unfortunately it does not help.
Down-under posted details of widow Susan Rossiter from the 1851 Census. Just wondered if you could find her and her husband in the 1841 Census please?
I believe he was William Rossiter but have no details of his birth date or birthplace. His 1841 entry would at least give me a rough year of birth to work with.
Any help would be greatly appreciated. TIA.
Best wishes
rcuser
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William Rossiter married Susan Davis 1849 June quarter 26 159 Newport M Glamorgan/ Gwent/Monmouthshire
Pam
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Death William Rossiter sept quarter 1849 Newport M 26 121
Glamorgan/Gwent/Monmouthshire
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1841 H0107/751/19 folio 37 page 16 Newport Monmouthshire
Evan James age 50 born in county yes
Mary James age 55 yes
Mary Price age 20 yes
John Morgan age 25 sailmaker yes
Susan Davis age 12 F S yes
George coult age 25 Butcher no
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Hi Pam,
Thanks for those posts. My big problem is tracking William down with his parents or at least getting their names.
Does the marriage record show who his father is please?
Best wishes
rcuser
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You will have to get a copy of the marriage cert. Thats the only way you're going to know for sure
Fisherman
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There are only Two William Rossiters in Monmouthshire in 1841 that I can see.
One born abt 1838 so you can discount him.
The other born 1806 out of county who has a 10 year old Hannah Rossiter with him.
Fisherman
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Hi Fisherman,
Thanks for that. The information is helpful.
Is it possible to post what you have and to find Hannah in the 1851 Census please? If I can find Hannah's birthplace I can match it up in my database with Hannahs whose father William was born 1806 of which I have 4.
Best wishes
rcuser
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1841 Monmouthshire, Aberystruth, District 2
HO107/742/2
William Rossiter, 35, Cordwainer, Not born in County
Hannah Rossiter, 10, Born in County
I will look for Hannah in 51
Fisherman
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Can't find Hannah in Monmouthshire. She's not with William, I found him in Bedwellty - by the way he was born in Somerset.
I'll widen the search for Hannah.
Fisherman
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Hi Fisherman,
Thanks for that. I was hoping that William was from Somerset as that is where a lot of Rossiters were based.
Just hope that Hannah will provide the necessary link.
Best wishes
rcuser
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Hannah seems to have vanished. I can't find her in Monmouthshire. I've checked marriages and deaths with no luck.
In 51 there are 13 Rossiters I can see in the county but no sign of Hannah.
Fisherman
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I know this post is years old, but wondering if there has been any progress?
William and Susan (nee Davies) were my gggrandparents.
Williams father who was also William (a saddler) was at their wedding in April 1849 and William died in September 1849 during the cholera epidemic leaving Susan a pregnant widow. I have been unable to find anything about the family's arrival in Newport, but they came over from Cork, Ireland with the influx of Irish fleeing the potato famine.
My great grandfather, William, was born in 1850 and married Annie Thomas, also from Newport, and they had nine children. Three, including my grandfather, went to Southern Africa, a fourth went to the Congo and then emigrated to the USA.
In 1855 Susan remarried and while I have been unable to find anything about her early life, her life post William's death was one of great tragedy. I have found over forty court appearances and 23 prison sentences; she had a further three children with her second husband, John Jones. Susan died in 1878. William went on to work for the GWR dying in 1941 and Annie died in 1916.
William and Annie's son Frederick died in 1880 and of the eight who survived to adulthood, I have not found much on the two Georges, but have a fair amount on the others.
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Hi Neil,
Hope all is well with you.
I'm still tracking this line too but it is hard going.
Did not know that Susan had re-married and would appreciate any info on her new husband and children please.
Have Susan's death in DEC Qtr 1878 at Newport. William death is MAR Qtr 1941 at Newport RD and Annie's death DEC Qtr 1916 also at Newport RD.
Have George Frederick Rossiter married to Gladys Bertha Nellie Baines on 24th July 1915 (recorded Sept Qtr 1915 at Newport RD). Have son Bernard G born JUNE Qtr 1918 at Newport RD and son Kenneth W born June Qtr 1926 at Newport RD.
Have George Henry Arthur Rossiter married to Gladys Beatrice Dorothy Whitley in MAR Qtr 1917
at Newport RD but not found any children as yet.
Have David & Edward going to South Africa and have Sydney going to USA but did not realise he had been to Congo. Not sure who the third sibling was who went to Southern Africa.
Hope this helps. Have a good day. Best wishes, rcuser
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I did have it all on my website (www.our-roots.info), but have had to upload a newer software version and somehow mucked everything up. Am waiting for No.2 son to "get around" to sorting it out, but it appears fishing is more important than father's hobby.
Sidney + Ida lived in Tshikapa, Belgian Congo (Zaire) for three years, which is where their eldest son Chester was born before moving to New Jersey USA. They had a second son, Sydney, in the USA.
Laura emigrated to South Africa where she married a Joseph Rigby and they had two daughters.
David William was the first to emigrate to South Africa and went on to become managing director of Consolidate Goldfields. He and Alice (nee Cursons) had a son and two daughters and the son, also David William returned to the UK where he trained as a medical doctor and worked in Portsmouth. David married Katie Birch and they adopted a son, Michael and then had a natural son, David Charles, who sadly died a few years ago before we could meet up.
David and Alice's daughters were Alice and Dorothy and they remained in SA.
I am Edward's grandson and he moved up north to Rhodesia.
William and Annie had two other daughters, Elizabeth and Mary. Elizabeth married an Edgar Edwards and remained in Newport as did Mary who married a George Lewis. From what I have been able to find, George and Mary only had one son, Arthur Picton Rossiter Lewis, who also became a medical doctor and worked for the prison service in London. Elizabeth and Edgar had three daughters and a son.
Have a lot more info and have also written up a few chapters on this Rossiter line if anyone is interested. *
Regards, Neil
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