Mary Rodgers

F, #145, b. 4 July 1842, d. 1909
  • Relationship: 3rd great-grandmother of Victoria Leah Rhoades
  • Mary Rodgers was born on 4 July 1842 at Selstone, Nottinghamshire, England.
  • She was the daughter of Thomas Rodgers and Sarah West.
  • Mary Rodgers married Joseph Watkinson, son of Henry Watkinson and Amy Palin, on 3 October 1860 at Basford, Nottinghamshire, England.
  • Mary Rodgers was a Coal Miner's Wife circa 2 April 1871.
  • She and Joseph Watkinson appeared on the 1871 British Census of Pilley, Yorkshire, at 102 Pilley Colliery, enumerated 2 April 1871. Their children Amy, Mary Maria, William and Harriet were listed as living with them, as was a nurse Sarah and her daughter, Annie.
  • Mary Rodgers and Joseph Watkinson appeared on the 1881 British Census of Tankersley, Yorkshire, at 11 Plley Colliery, enumerated 3 April 1881. Their children Amy, Mary Maria, William, Joseph, John H., Herbert, Edgar and Annie Ethel were listed as living with them.
  • Mary Rodgers and Joseph Watkinson appeared on the 1891 British Census of Birdwell, Yorkshire, at 27 Sheffield Road, enumerated 5 April 1891. Their children William, John H., Herbert, Edgar, Annie Ethel, Thomas and Ann were listed as living with them.
  • Mary Rodgers and Joseph Watkinson appeared on the 1901 British Census of Birdwell, Yorkshire, at 63 Sheffield Road, enumerated 31 March 1901. Their children Annie Ethel and Thomas were listed as living with them, as was a 16 year old servant called Marthan Ann Major, from Jump in Barnsley, Yorkshire.
  • Mary Rodgers died in 1909.

Family: Joseph Watkinson b. 19 Aug 1842, d. 1931