Rothera - The Mount Tabor ones

The origins of this family name are thought to be from the Welsh or ancient Britton name, Rhydderch or Roderick.

Our Rothera family group centered on Mount Tabor, but there was a distribution of Rotheras around Halifax. As time went by during the 19th century, the name seems to have settled on the more common spelling of Rothery. Our rural family group of Rotheras generally moved towards the Halifax town centre during this period like our related family groups of Clegg and Hollingrake.

The family owned, or certainly lived in, several farms around Mount Tabor: Sentry, Sandy Fore, Higham, and Upper Shaw Booth. They were mostly weavers.

James Rothera was a staunch Wesleyan and led a group of church people to break away from the Mixenden Independent Chapel at Moor End when there was a disagreement about a new minister. They established and built a new chapel at Mount Tabor.

There is a One-Name study of the Rothery/Rothera name.

James Rothera (b. abt Sep 1771)
- Susanah Roberts (b. bef 24 Jan 1773, m. 26 Dec 1791)
  - John Rothera (b. abt 1793)
    - Martha Shackleton (m. 29 Dec 1817)
      - Mary Rothera (b. 18 Mar 1818)
      - James Rothera (b. 26 Jan 1820)
      - Sarah Rothera (b. abt 1821, d. 1900)
      - Betty Rothera (b. 1822, d. MAR Q 1892)
      - Richard Rothera (b. 1827)
      - Peter Rothera (b. 1827)
      - George Frederick Rothera (b. abt 1830, d. 6 Dec 1897)
      - Handel Rothera (b. 8 May 1832)
      - Joseph Rothera (b. 31 Aug 1834)
  - Lydia Rothera (b. bef 17 Jan 1796, d. PROB MAR Q 1861)
    - James Driver (m. from 28 May 1820 - 11 Jun 1820)
      - James Rothery Driver (b. bef 18 Nov 1821)
      - Richard Driver (b. bef 4 Jan 1824)
  - Sarah Rothera (b. 1797, d. 4 Jan 1862)
    - James Clegg (b. 2 May 1810, m. 28 Dec 1834, d. 17 Mar 1878)
      - George Clegg, J. P. (b. 23 Apr 1839, d. 23 Dec 1895)
        Sarah Hollingrake (b. 31 Jan 1839, m. 28 Oct 1861, d. 3 Dec 1925)
        Sarah Ellen ("Nellie") Clegg (b. 4 Dec 1867, d. 31 Mar 1963)
        Annie Clegg (b. 26 Oct 1869, d. 26 Oct 1958)
        Rev Albert Henry Walker, Ba (b. 12 Jul 1862, m. 1891, d. 24 Nov 1945)
        Albert Norman Walker (b. 1893)
        Marion ("Mollie") Webster (m. 1928)
        Living (b. 1930)
        Living
        Living
        Living
        Romola Mary Walker (b. 1933)
        John Webster
        Living (b. 1958)
        Living
        Living (b. 1984)
        Living (b. 1986)
        Living (b. 1959)
        Living
        Living (b. 1996)
        Living (b. 1961)
        ?
        Living
        Living (b. 1962)
        Living
        Living
        Living
        Living (b. 1967)
        Annie Margaret Walker (b. 29 May 1895, d. 9 Jul 1952)
        Harold Clegg Walker (b. 1901, d. 1964)
        Helen Mary Swinton Smith (b. 21 Dec 1901, d. 3 Jul 1963)
        Charles Roger Walker (b. 26 Mar 1932, d. 1999)
        Pauline Mary Warrilow (m. DEC Q 1965)
        Living (b. 1966)
        Living (b. 1967)
        Living (b. 1934)
        Living
        Living
        George Henry Clegg (b. 21 Jul 1871, d. 21 Jun 1882)
        Mary Grace ("Polly") Clegg (b. 13 Sep 1873, d. 21 Mar 1927)
        Arthur Clegg (b. 19 Dec 1875, d. 4 Jan 1965)
        Phoebe Sarah Helen Beal (b. 30 Nov 1878, m. 13 Sep 1904, d. 10 Oct 1958)
        George Clegg (b. 30 Oct 1906, d. 17 Mar 1992)
        Florence ("Jill") Robinson
        Barbara Millicent Large (b. 17 Nov 1910, m. 2 Sep 1932, d. 5 May 1987)
        Judith Ann ("Judy") Clegg (b. 22 Jul 1933, d. 2019)
        Maxwell ("Bill") Boulton (b. 1930, d. 9 Mar 2012)
        James Alexander Boulton (b. 31 Jul 1960, d. 30 Aug 2009)
        Living (b. 1963, m. 1985)
        Living
        Living
        Living (b. 1964)
        Living (m. 1991)
        Living (b. 1993)
        Living (b. 1995)
        Sarah Elizabeth Clegg (b. 1 Oct 1936, d. 14 Mar 1937)
        John George Everley Clegg (b. 7 Jun 1939, d. 14 Jul 1981)
        Living (b. 1943, m. 1964)
        Dominic Clegg (b. 15 Dec 1966, d. 27 Oct 2017)
        Living (m. 1995)
        Living (b. 1970)
        Roy Beeson Clegg (b. 23 Jun 1908, d. 9 Jul 1994)
        Bettie Barbara Conibear (b. 9 Oct 1913, m. abt Feb 1936, d. 12 Jul 1996)
        Richard Conybeare Clegg (b. 7 Nov 1936, d. 18 Dec 2012)
        Living (b. 1941, m. 1961)
        Living (b. 1962)
        Living (b. 1965, m. 1990)
        Living (b. 1991)
        Living (b. 1990, m. 2022)
        Living (b. 2023)
        Living (b. 1994)
        Living (b. 2002)
        Living (b. 1964)
        Living (b. 1963, m. 1986)
        Living (b. 1992)
        Living (b. 1995)
        Living (b. 2022)
        Living (b. 1994)
        Living (b. 1994, m. 2023)
        Living (b. 1967)
        Living (b. 1961, m. 1993)
        Living (b. 1995)
        Living (b. 1997)
        Living (b. 1944, m. 1998)
        Penelope Clegg (b. 23 Jul 1939, d. Feb 2018)
        Living (b. 1942, m. 1965)
        Living (b. 1968)
        Living (m. 2019)
        Living (b. 1971)
        Living
        Living (b. 2010)
        Living (b. 2012)
        Helen Marion ("Len") Clegg (b. 25 Jun 1911, d. 24 Apr 2005)
        Arthur Henry Clegg (b. 18 Jan 1916, d. 27 Oct 1980)
        Phoebe Mary ("Mollie") Clegg (b. 12 Aug 1919, d. 11 Jun 2005)
  - Joseph Rothera (b. abt 1799, d. PROB 1871)
    - Ann (b. abt 1796)
  - Betty Rothera (b. abt 1801, d. bef 14 Aug 1807)
  - James Rothera (b. 1803)
  - Ruth Rothera (b. abt Oct 1805, d. PROB JUN Q 1850)
    - Joseph Schofield (m. 25 Jan 1824)
      - Emma Schofield (b. abt 1846)
  - Richard Rothera (b. abt 1807, d. abt Dec 1809)
  - David Rothera (b. abt 1810)
    - Elizabeth Camm (b. abt 1808, m. 14 Oct 1830)
      - Ruth Rothera (b. 1830, d. 29 Jun 1913)
      - John Rothera (b. abt 1833)
      - Hannah Rothera (b. abt 1835)
      - James Rothera (b. abt 1837)
      - Elizabeth Rothera (b. abt 1839)
      - William Rothera (b. abt 1841)
  - Peter Rothera (b. 1814, d. 1872)
  - Hannah Rothera (b. abt 1816)

Kerfies, Cleggies and all that.

Rothera - The Mount Tabor ones