for the authoritative information. This page just sticks to the direct
family line through Rhoda's parents -Rhoda Tattersfield (1836-1897)
Tracing my father's family line I eventually got back to Edmund and Rhoda Dawson of Bingley, Yorkshire. After some time I managed to work out that Edmund had married Rhoda Tattersfield on 25 January 1858 at Upper Chapel Independent, Heckmondwike, Yorkshire. Some details are given on my Dawson family page.
A series of web searches and e-mails to other researchers (in England and
Australia) lead me to an "expert" on the Tattersfield families - who
added a huge amount of extra information and confirmed / corrected what I had
already found. Much of that research will be published by the researcher
themselves - they have after all done all the hard work over many years. See
the Tattersfield Family website
for the authoritative information. This page just sticks to the direct
family line through Rhoda's parents -
James Tattersfield (1814-1868)
James married Mary Mann on 25 December 1834 at Birstall in Yorkshire. Their children were Rhoda (Dec 1836), Louisa (Jun 1838), Thomas William (Dec 1840), James (1844), Sarah Jane (1846), Adah (Jul 1848), Zillah (Sep 1850) and Clara (1853).
Some descendent lines from James and Mary seem to be -
William Tattersfield (1784-1840?)
James (1814) is now known to be a child of William and Sarah - thanks entirely to the research of others; for which I am very grateful. The family group for this prior generation is -
William married Sarah Crowther on 18 April 1811 at Birstall. Their 10 children were - Betty (Jun 1812), Thomas (Jun 1813), James (Jun 1814), Stephen (Feb 1816), Elizabeth (Jul 1817), Lydia (Nov 1818), Enoch (Dec 1820), Rebeckah (Dec 1822), William (Dec 1823) and Sarah Crowther (4 Nov 1824).
Some descendent lines from William and Sarah have been recorded as -
Joseph Tattersfield (1747-1795)
William (1784) was one of 10 children of Joseph and Sarah - Nancy, Joseph, John, Betty, Amos, Hannah, Patience, Moses and Sally were the others. This family is the earliest generation that has been traced with any certainty.
The Tattersfield family were concentrated around the Heckmondwike, Birstall, Dewsbury and Batley region of West Yorkshire - the "heavy woolen" district. And some members of the family became more than just workers in the mills. Jeremiah (1812-1886) is recorded as a "Blanket Manufacturer Employing 332 Persons" and was followed in this trade by his son Joseph (1838-?).
Matilda Tattersfield (1833-1899)
Matilda was a descendant of Joseph (1747) and she married Charles Willey (1829-1907) about 1852. Charles's family has been researched and the details loaded on the Internet. One of the family later became the 1st Baron Barnby of Barnby Moor.
See Nigel Dahl's website for
further information about the Willey, Walker, Dahl and Addy families. His
information ties in very well with the Tattersfield research and the Census
records. Updated 30 December
Links to Sweden, Canada, USA, Australia and New Zealand
Another Jeremiah (1844-?) was also a blanket manufacturer in Heckmondwike before moving to Tuscon, Arizona, USA (via Canada) with Alma, his Swedish-born wife, and 5 children. These children adopted their mother's name of Monthan and one had an airfield named in his honour.
Nigel Dahl's links to Matilda provide more connections with Sweden and the USA. And the connection with the Webster family, above, establishes links to Australia. Other Tattersfields are known to have settled in New Zealand and Canada. Some in the USA changed their name to just Field - so these should be included as well.
Such is the depth of research on these families that literally 100's of individuals have been identified and linked. There must be 1000's of descendents from the early Tattersfield generations.
Some of you out there must link to these lines or other families that have been researched (by those more experienced than me). If you think so - let me know at townsleyb at btinternet.com and I will, in turn, pass on any questions or information.