Oldham Historical Research Group - William Rowbottom's Diary as published in the Oldham Standard 1787 to 1830

Oldham Historical Research Group

William Rowbottom's Diary as published in the Oldham Standard

1799

Surname	First Name	Abode	Age	Children	Women
Haigh	Thomas	Markfield	21	1	1	Supplementary militia
Halkyard	Joseph	Goldburn	34	4	1	One eye
Hall	Martha	Mill End	67	0	0	Housekeeper; very infirm; not able to remove
Hall	William	Mill End	70	0	1	Wife
Hall	William	Mill End	19	0	0
Hall	William	Oldham	35	3	1
Hardman	George	Oldham	16	0	0
Hardman	John	Oldham	51	0	1
Harrision	John	Holebottom	35	6	1
Harrison	Henry	Oldham	40	7	1
Harrop	William	Markfield	28	1	1
Haworth	Robert	Holebottom	47	1	0
Hindle	Henry	Markfield	50	3	1	Rheumatism
Hindle	John	Markfield	16	0	0	Apprentice
Hodson	Abraham	Oldham	41	0	0
Hodson	Isaac	Markfield	20	0	0	Oldham Loyal Association
Hodson	James	Markfield	15	0	0
Hodson	Joseph	Markfield	47	4	1	Very bad state of health and not fit to serve
Holt	Joseph	Oldham	26	1	1
Hopwood	William	Goldburn	38	0	0	Very infirm
Horsefall	James	Markfield	46	0	3	Surfiet and other infirmities
Horsman	John	Markfield	40	1	0
Houghton	Samuel	Holebottom	45	4	1
Houghton	William	Holebottom	20	0	0
Hyde	Thomas	Markfield	19	0	0	Apprentice
Isherwood	William	Markfield	36	2	1	Woman upwards of 70
Jackson	Charles	Holebottom	49	4	2
Jackson	David	Chapel Street	55	0	0	Nervous complaint
Jackson	James	Markfield	31	3	1
Jackson	Jesiah	Goldburn	41	6	2
Jackson	Jesse	Holebottom	35	3	1	One eye
Jackson	John	Holebottom	21	0	0	Provincial cavalry
Johnson	Christopher	Goldburn	42	5	1
Johnson	George	Chapel Croft	18	1	0
Johnson	John	Mill End	30	0	1
Johnson	Richard	Goldburn	17	0	0	Apprentice
Jones	David	Goldburn	60	1	1	Very infirm
Kershaw	John	Oldham	48	0	1	Very infirm
King	Henry	Markfield	48	2	2	Very lame (a Quaker)
King	James	Holebottom	16	0	0	A Quaker
Lawson	John	Chapel Street	16	0	0
Lawson	William	Chapel Street	42	1	4	Oldham Yeomanry
Leanardness	Humphrey	Markfield	26	0	0
Lee	Nelly	Goldburn		6	2	Housekeeper
Lees	Edward	Oldham	25	0	0	Oldham Loyal Association
Lees	James	Chapel Croft		0	1	Upwards of sixty years but willing to serve
Lees	John	Holebottom	26	2	1	Woman infirm
Lees	John	Oldham	52	0	5	Oldham Loyal Association
Lingard	John	Oldham		0	1
Lowe	James	Chapel Street	45	5	1	Very infirm
Marlor	William	Markfield	21	0	3	Apprentice
Marshall	James	Oldham	22	3	1	Oldham Loyal Association
Mason	Edward	Markfield	20	0	0
Mayall	Robert jun	Oldham	31	0	0	Two persons upwards of the age of 72 years
Mayall	Samuel	Oldham	27	0	0
McDonald	Peter	Mill End	31	2	1
Meadowcroft	William	Markfield	15	0	0	Apprentice
Mellor	Daniel	Holebottom	24	0	1
Mellor	George	Chapel Street	30	0	1	One eye and infirm
Mellor	John	Chapel Croft	45	0	0
Mellor	John jun.	Chapel Croft	16	0	0
Mills	John	Markfield	27	1	1	Oldham Loyal Association
Mills	Thomas	Mill End	43	5	3	bad eyes
Mills	Thomas	Markfield	28	1	1	Oldham Loyal Association
Neild	Mark	Oldham	39	1	1
Nelson	George	Markfield	30	1	2
Nicholson	John	Goldburn	60	2	1
Nield	William	Chapel Street	22	2	1	Oldham Loyal Association
Oddy	Matthew	Holebottom	20	0	0	A Quaker
Ogden	Mary	Oldham		2	1	Housekeeper
O'Neal	John	Goldburn	31	3	1
Owens	Roger	Mill End	54	0	0	Lost a finger
Patterson	William	Chapel Street	33	3	2
Peacock	Edward	Oldham	15	0	0
Pettygru	Archibald	Oldham	48	0	0	Very infirm
Pool	James	Oldham	47	0	0
Poole	Joseph	Oldham	33	5	1
Poole	William	Oldham	32	0	0
Potter	Sarah	Holebottom		1	1	Housekeeper; woman infirm
Pratt	William	Chapel Street	28	0	0
Radcliffe	John	Chapel Street	30	2	1
Radcliffe	John	Mill End	48	7	2
Radcliffe	Robert	Mill End	16	0	0
Ramsbottom	Alice	Oldham	70	1	2	Housekeeper; child under 15 years
Ridgehouse	William	Holebottom	17	0	0	Oldham Loyal Association
Rigby	Alexander	Markfield	46	3	1	Piles bad
Roch	Henry	Goldburn	40	1	1	Very weak
Rowland	George	Oldham	16	0	0
Rowland	James	Oldham	19	0	1	Also one person upwards of 68 years and not capable to remove; OLA
Rutherford	George	Markfield	17	0	0	Apprentice
Schofield	John	Oldham	61	0	1	One person upwards of seventy years and not capable to remove
Schofield	Jos.	Oldham	50	0	0
Shakshaft	Thomas	Oldham	59	1	1	Infirm
Smethurst	Samuel	Oldham	15	0	0	Apprentice
Spaight	William	Chapel Croft	36	6	2
Stansfield	John	Oldham	35	6	1	Rhumatism
Steeple	John	Oldham	34	7	1
Stockdale	Leonard	Oldham		0	0	Absent
Sudbury	William	Markfield	28	0	1
Swire	Elias	Oldham	24	1	0
Taylor	Abraham	Markfield	50	3	2
Taylor	James	Markfield	19	0	0	Oldham Loyal Association
Taylor	John	Chapel Croft	58	0	0
Taylor	John jun.	Chapel Croft	22	1	2	Oldham Loyal Association
Taylor	Joseph	Oldham	50	5	2	Rhumitism
Taylor	Robert	Chapel Street	37	1	1	Oldham Loyal Association
Taylor	Thomas	Oldham	36	4	1	Oldham Loyal Association
Travis	John	Markfield	27	3	1	Oldham Loyal Association
Travis	John	Oldham	50	1	2
Travis	John jun.	Oldham	15	0	0
Travis	Joseph	Oldham	22	0	0	Oldham Loyal Association
Tunstall	John	Chapel Street	33	1	1
Warburton	Paul	Holebottom	17	0	0	(A Quaker)
Ward	Benjamin	Oldham	32	0	0	One person very infirm
Waterhouse	Jos.	Oldham	28	2	1
Waterhouse	Samuel	Markfield	15	0	0	Apprentice
Watson	John	Markfield	39	2	2
Watson	Sharp	Holebottom	26	0	0
Webb	B. D.	Oldham	29	0	2
Whitehead	John	Oldham	28	1	2
Whitehead	Thomas	Goldburn	15	1	2	Apprentice
Whittaker	Edward	Oldham	38	2	2	Oldham Loyal Association
Whittaker	James	Oldham	46	2	3	Oldham Loyal Association
Whittaker	John	Markfield	38	0	2	Lost two fingers of right hand (Quaker)
Whittaker	Miss	Oldham		0	0
Whittaker	Thomas	Oldham	36	0	0
Whitworth	James	Markfield	26	2	0	Bad leg
Wilde	James	Holebottom	33	0	1
Wilde	James	Oldham	61	2	2
Wilde	James jun	Oldham	18	0	0	Oldham Loyal Association
Wilde	Robert	Holebottom	28	1	1	Woman upwards of 60
Wilde	Robert	Oldham	16	0	0
Wilkinson	James	Mill End	34	3	2	Lame leg
Williamson	George	Holebottom	23	2	1	Oldham Loyal Association
Wilson	Thomas	Holebottom	36	4	1
Wiltshire	Thomas	Mill End	46	3	2	Lame
Wimpenny	George	Markfield	40	5	1
Winter	W (Rev)	Oldham	28	0	0
Winterbottom	Dorothy	Goldburn	60	3	1	Housekeeper; one lame daughter and three children under 15 years
Winterbottom	Jonathan	Holebottom	16	0	0
Winterbottom	Mary	Goldburn	75	0	0	Housekeeper
Wire	James	Oldham	26	1	1
Wolstencroft	Thomas	Oldham	38	4	2
Wood	John	Oldham	36	4	3	Oldham Loyal Association
Wood	John	Goldburn	36	4	1
Wright	Benjamin	Goldburn	18	0	0
Wright	Daniel	Goldburn	47	3	1	Infirm
Wright	George	Markfield	48	1	1	A lame wife
Wright	James	Mill End	49	2	0
Wright	James	Markfield	16	0	0	Apprentice
Wright	Samuel	Markfield	24	1	0	Supplementary militia
Wright	William	Markfield	26	0	0
Wrigley	John	Goldburn	20	0	0	Oldham Loyal Association
Wrigley	Miles (Rev)	Goldburn	50	5	2	One hand lost and most of left. two people upwards of 60 years

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William Rowbottom's Diary as published in the Oldham Standard
Transcribed by Mary Pendlbury & Elaine Sykes
Courtesy of Oldham Local Studies & Archives
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