John Walter (ROGERS) Rogers (abt. 1866)

Born about 1866 in Manchester, Lancashire, England

Husband of Elizabeth Ann (Hammersley) Rogers — married 26 May 1888 in Heaton Mersey, Lancashire, England

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Biography

John was born about 1866 at Manchester, Lancashire, England, the son of Edward Rogers^[1].

On the 26th May 1888, John Walter Rogers married Elizabeth Ann Hammersley at St. John the Baptist, Heaton Mersey, Lancashire, England. John Walter Rogers, 21, bachelor, coachman of Heaton Mersey, Lancashire, England, son of Edward Rogers (painter); and Elizabeth Ann Hammersley, 21, spinster, mantle maker of Barlow Moors, daughter of Thomas William Hammersley (sailor). Witnessed by John Springer and Sarah Springer ^[1] The witnesses were Sarah Elizabeth SPRINGER and John Leonard II SPRINGER children of Elizabeth Ann MANDELL (married to John Leonard I SPRINGER), the only surviving child of Sarah BARTON (1822-1877), who was the sister of Elizabeth Ann HAMMERSLEY's mother Amelia BARTON (c1828-1874). On all other records, from his baptism, through two marriages, births of children, and death, Elizabeth Ann HAMMERSLEY's father was recorded as William Thomas HAMMERSLEY (1832-1886). Though the wolhe family had a long association with the Royal Navy, he had not been a sailor since the 1860s.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} "Marriage of John Walter ROGERS & Elizabeth Ann HAMMERSLEY" St. John the Baptist, Heaton Mersey, Lancashire, England Marriage Register 1888 Pg. 122 Entry No. 242. Image available at FindMyPast (£) Accessed 14th July 2023

• GRO Marriage registration 1888-Q06-Stockport-8a-31
• Additional sources (arising from several years of research into this family) will be added in due course