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John Bateman married Margaret Burrowes of Rotherham in 1613
Mr. L. M. Batty For 25 years was a member of the Treeton Parish Council and also a member of the Rural District Council. Also member of Rother Valley Guardian's; Rother Valley Assessment Committee; South Rotherham Joint Isolation Hospital Committee; West Riding Education sub-committee; Treeton Old Folks Treat Committee, and President of Treeton Reading Room Football Club.
Frank Blackburn born in Worsborough Dale, came to Treeton in 1917. He was a member of the team which represented Great Britain in the World Gymnastic Display in Sweden in 1935.
James BLOOM Born in Drayton or Markham Moor ,Retford, died 1910 Treeton, married Mary Jane (known as Polly) Walker ( her parents John Foster WALKER and Harriet Cawthorne).They had 7 children: Nora, Edith, William, Harry, George and Walter.
Elizabeth Brownehill married Edward Turner of Handsworth in August 1619
Rev. George Chandler Ref to Rev Chandler as an acting magistrate in the West Riding
Harold Clegg Born,8/07/89, his wife Betsy and children Norman and Harold Edward came to Treeton around 1918 from Dodworth in Barnsley. Harold, was foreman joiner for Treeton Cottage Stores. He was Choirmaster at Treeton Methodist Chapel for many years. He saw to the restoration of the interior of the Chapel in 1959.
Sydney Cook and Marion lived at 22 Treetown Crescent
Job Cope and Althea Smith were both from Kirkby-in-Ashfield, Notts. They married in 1884 and had eight children; Fred, Martha, Job, Samuel, Altha, Horace and Nellie Cope, and Ernest Cope Smith. In 1891 they were still in Kirby but, by 1901, they had moved to Whiston and in 1904 they moved again to Treeton. Althea died in 1933 and Job in 1936. Their five sons all worked at Treeton Colliery with their father until Horace became a professional footballer with Notts County and Fred left to become a turf accountant, running his business from the old station hut in Treeton until the late 1960s. Horace joined Notts County in 1920 and later went on to run Treeton WMC before moving on to become a licensee in Nottingham, where he died in the mid 1970s.
J. W.Cummins Born 2/07/1881 in Eckington married Jessie Walker 25/12/1905 at Treeton. Children: Ronald, Marjorie, Edna, William John, Winifred, Barbara. He resided on Front Street and was for many years the local Dairyman. Chairman of Old Folk's Treats Committee, formed in 1923; Chairman of Treeton Parish Council in 1926.More about the Cummins Family »
The Dobbs Family
The Fowler Family
Charles E. Frost (1878- 30/12/55), a native of Handsworth, he resided at the Gables on Front Street with his wife Beatrice. They were married in Dodworth on Christmas day, 1906. They had no children. He was the Buyer for Rothervale Colliery Co. and later United Steel Company. He served on the Parish Council for 30 years and held the position of Chairman on several occasions including 1925 and 1937. He was a Representative on the Aston-cum-Aughton Education Sub-Committee. Treasurer of Treeton Cricket Club, a post he held since its inception in 1921. He was founder member of Treeton Wesleyan Football Club and was treasurer of the old Treeton RRFC. »
The Hall family of Catcliffe and Treeton
John Hallatt, in 1953 at the age of 14 then a scholar at Treeton school, was chosen to play fullback for England in the Schoolboys International match Ireland v England at Belfast on 30th May, 1953.
William H. Haslam,(20/07/70 - 1957) born in Coal Aston, married Clara (nee Bartholomew), a native of Whiston, in 1892 at Whiston. They had 5 children, Cyril, Redvers ,Aldwyn, Beatrice, and Elsie. He commenced work at the age of 12 when he came to Treeton with his parents.After 42 years of Underground working, he continued working in the Property repair shop until he retired at the age of 76. He was a Committee member of the Reading Room FC. Read More »
Alfred Hinchliffe grandfather of L. E. Hinchliffe, founder of Treeton Horticulture Society, was born in Treeton
George Charles Hoyte, MA, LLB, elder son of Rev W, Hoyte MA and grandson of Thomas May of Catcliffe House. Died on 18th August, 1912 at Kent House, Harrogate. Interred at Treeton Church.
Sir Frederick J. Jones, was the first Chairman of Treeton Parish Council in 1895. He remained Chairman until 1899.
His wife was Annie E. Jones. She died on 10th December, 1893 aged 40 years. She was interred at St. Helens Treeton. »
Thomas Kesteven , married 09/04/1758, Hannah Ibbotson, daughter Hannah born 26 DEC 1760Henry Lyne(s) married Alma (nee Smith) they lived at 2 Rother Cres., and then at 97 Wood Lane. Children: Brenda, Marion (Cook), Mavis, daughters and son John Henry Lyne. Henry Lyne died at Treeton Colliery in 1947 or 1948.
Henry Naylor and Jane Shaw
Henry Naylor was born in North Staveley, Yorkshire, in 1879. By 1881 his family had moved to 11 Mill Lane, Treeton. Ten years later they were at No 16. Until ill health made him retire, Henry was employed at Treeton Colliery. Jane Shaw was born in Aston in 1877. They married and had five children; Henry, Vera, Joyce, Nora and George Saville. Henry joined Treeton Horticultural Society in its first year and won the potato Competition in 1954. Jane died in 1934. Henry continued to live on Bole Hill and died in 1968.
Henry (Jr), or Harry as his friends called him, was a Black Smith at Orgreave Pit until the 1926 Strike when he became a Fish & Chip Shop Proprietor. His first shop was in Attercliffe, then Darnal and finally Manvers Road, Beighton. Joyce died quite young, Vera in 1943. On Saturday July 7th, 1923 a Stone Laying Ceremony took place at the Baptist Church. Around the inside of the porch is a row of bricks on which are inscribed the initials of the young people who subscribed ten shillings to the Building Fund. Unfortunately these bricks have been plastered over. Nora and George were two of these children. George was a member of the Horticultural society for many years and served as a committee member during the years 1973 - 1977. He also won the 'Member of the Year' award in 1969. Nora Married George Francis Spink.
Lewis Payne, born in Treeton. On 2/04/1927 at the age of 19, he won the International Cross Country Race at Newport South Wales, beating the French champion Seghir Baddari.
John Potter yeoman, was the grandson of Mary Burnley and married to Elizabeth Potter .
John Burnley of Moorgate Rotherham, butcher owned 2 shops in Ratten Row Rotherham (part of the estate of William Malim). After his death in 1737, Mary Burnley, his widow gifted the 2 shops to John Potter jnr. of Treeton, husbandman (her grandson). In 1750 John Potter leased the property to a Thomas Spence of Rotherham, barber and peruque maker. - for 10 years at £3 p.a.
By 1763 Elizabeth Potter was a widow and the settlement of the property went to her son, William Potter
PyeFrank Pye, brother of Jesse Pye. »
Jesse Pye, born in Treeton, after war service in North Africa and in Italy he joined Notts. County and later transferred to Wolverhampton Wanderers. He played inside right for England in 1946 at Wembley - England v Belgium. »
Thomas Revill»
Robert Rodgers . In 1753, Robert Rodgers, a Churchwarden lived at Manor Farm. His son William married a daughter of the Rector of Sawtry, Hunts. His son Thomas married Elizabeth May, daughter of John May of Catcliffe.
Thomas Rossington 1843 - 1912.»
J. T. Rossington 1869 - 1946. Born at Woodhouse Mill in 1869, where his father was Stationmaster, he came to live in Treeton when he was 9 years of age. For many years he was Parish Clerk of Treeton, succeeding a Mr. Samuel Fiske in 1922. He married Sarah Walker in 1890,she was the eldest daughter of John Walker, they had 5 sons and 3 daughters. A keen interest in sport, after playing football in his younger days, he later became referee for the local team. In 1911 on the death of his father, he became sub-postmaster and newsagent. »
Thomas O. Rossington 1897 - 1994.»
Gilbert and Elizabeth Sinclair had 6 children born in the village - Winifred, Daisy, Edna, Trixie, Audrey and Reginald. Gilbert also had 4 children from an earlier marriage - Gilbert junior, Gwen, Helen and Alice. They first lived on Bole Hill, then at Mill Cottages. Edna's married Jim Lightfoot and lived on Treetown Crescent and had 2 daughters Sandra (now in Devon) and Pat (now in Chesterfield). » Read More »
Alexander J. Skelton Married Hannah Walker. Read More »
Ernest Cope Smith and Sarah Anne Spencer
Ernest married Sarah Anne Spencer, originally from Hook in Yorkshire. Ernest and Sarah lived at 1 Arundel Cottages, Treeton before moving to Treetown Crescent. He was a governor of the Woodhouse Grammar School, Secretary of the local Labour Party, and a member of the Colliery Production Committee. He was also a Parish Councillor at Treeton from 1931 to 1946, and Rural District Councillor for 12 years. He was a Parish Councillor at Catcliffe for three years, having resided there from 1918 to 1927. He started to work at the Treeton Colliery at the age of 13 and retired after 57 years as an underground worker. He received a certificate for 50 years service in the local coal industry.
As a young man he played cricket for Whiston, Rother Vale and Catcliffe St. Mary's and he was also a well-known angler. He was a member of the Catcliffe and Treeton W.M.C., the Rotherham Trades Club, and the Treeton Colliery Welfare Institute. Ernest and Sarah had seven children; Harold, Thomas, John ‘Jack’, Stanley, Ronald, Lillian and Janet. John married Violet Carr. Ernest was 81 years old when he died in 1964. Sarah died in 1960.
John Smith and Violet Carr
Violet Carr was born in Attercliffe in 1912. She was married to John Smith in 1933 at Firth Park Methodist Church. John was the Secretary of the Treeton Reading Room Football Club in 1937
He was the Treeton news correspondent for Treeton for the Rotherham Advertiser. Violet was the Library assistant at Treeton Reading Room for 23 years. She later worked in Skelton’s shop. John and Violet lived on Arundel Cottages. Violet later moved to Treetown Crescent. They had two daughters; Margaret and Marion. Margaret married Bob Spink in 1955 at Treeton Methodist Church. John died in December 1966, Violet in September 1990.
John L. Sorsby born 2/07/19, died 2000 . Member of Local History Group. Served on various Committees, and was a Scout Leader . Publications include - A Book of Poems and The Beginning of the End.
Phillip Gell Spencer and Sarah Anne Clewley
Phillip Gell Spencer was born in Crich, Derbyshire in 1862. He married Sarah Anne Cleweley in Worksop in 1886. She was born in Hednesford, Staffordshire in 1864. They had 13 children; Phillip Gell (died age 1), Sarah Anne, Anthony, Phillip Gell, Thomas, Mary James, John, May, Bessie, Frank, William Clewley and Benjamin. Phillip was a merchant seaman and miner. Sarah was once a domestic servant but later became a teacher at Treeton. They lived in Shotton, Co. Durham and Attercliffe before moving to Well Lane, Treeton. Phillip died in 1951, six years after Sarah. Anthony’s son, also Anthony, ran the chip shop in Catcliffe. Phillip Gell was killed at The Somme on 1 July 1916. John was the Chairman of the Treeton Reading Room Football Club in 1937. William and Ben were two of the children whose initials were inscribed on the porch of the Baptist church during a Stone Laying Ceremony on Saturday July 7th, 1923.
George Francis Spink and Nora Naylor
George was born in Pontefract in 1910, the son of Robert Spink and Eva Edith Denham. Robert had served for 26 years without a break in the York and Lancaster Regiment, seeing service in the 1914 - 1918 war in France and Belgium, and he was twice mentioned in despatches for his courage at the battle of Hooge in 1915 and at Ypres in 1916. During those years he rose to the rank of regimental sergeant major. George married Nora Naylor and they had three children; George Robert ‘Bob’, Brian and Maureen. Brian died at an early age. George and Nora lived on Burntwood Crescent and Spa Well Crescent. George died in 1985 and Nora in 1997. Bob married Margaret Smith, daughter of Jack and Violet Smith. They lived in Treeton before moving to Brinsworth where they had two children; Bryan and Sharon. In 1975 they moved to Winsford, Cheshire. Contact
Will of William Stenton of Spa House, parish of Treeton, labourer.
Just debts, funeral and testamentary expenses to be paid; all household goods and furniture and personal estate to two sons John and James on trust to divide same equally between his children Sarah Beaumont, Mary Jones, Hannah Rodgers, Elizabeth Armitage, Ann Vaines and said John Stenton in equal shares; all tenement or dwellinghouse with outbuildings and gardens situated in Whiston to his son James providing he pays £49 equally amongst said children 6 months after father's death; directions should above sum he paid prior to father's death; appoints sons John and James executors.
Signed: 30 Apr 1829
Witnesses: Thos. Badger, Junr., Joseph Beech, Joseph Jubb
Probate granted at York 12 Sep 1829
Joseph Walker died 1859, married Eleanor/Helen died 1863. Children Sarah Ann (1824-1865) - son John Foster Walker (25/09/42-13/07/13) born Bole Hill Treeton, farm labourer, married on 27/06/54 at Treeton to Harriot Cawthorne. Children: Sarah Ann married John T. Rossington in 1890.
Ward Jones
Sir Frederick Jones, Bart Chairman of Treeton's first Parish Council), his son Capt. C. F. Ward Jones and his brother Sir Walter Benton Jones were all village benefactor's.
Wheat
The Wheat family, residents of Treeton, and solicitors of Sheffield, the last of whom, Mr. J. B. Wheat, died in 1936. James Wheat, the first of the family, was active from about 1766 (when he took over the practice of William Battie, another active Sheffield attorney), to his death in 1805. He was clerk to a number of Sheffield trusts, charities and commissions, and the bulk of the papers, particularly those relating to public affairs of the town, are his. The collection reached the Library piecemeal, and was catalogued similarly. James Wheat (d.1805) was appointed Law Clerk to the Burgesses in Mar 1766, and established his practice in Paradise Square from 1777. On 24 Jun 1778, Wheat was elected one of the Burgesses. This family and practice continued to serve as Law Clerk, through to John James Wheat (1825-1915) and John Bristow Wheat (1858-1936).