Rowland Hallworth

Here, a little bit of an introduction to Rowland Hallworth, who is recorded as the brother of our John Hallworth & Lucy.
I am still trying to confirm that these people are all from the same family. If anyone out there can help here, do let me know!


Many Thanks to Evelyn of Quebec, and also to Charlotte for sharing their information.

Rowland John Hallworth was born c1849 in Toddington, and died in Luton, c1892. He was married twice over, once to Ann Carr (1872) who died very soon after. Next he married Susan Pratt (in 1883, in Luton). These informants had no records of any children of Rowland Hallworth.


Charlotte has been very helpful in searching through records, looking for Rowland Hallworth (she is related to his second wife, Susan). She found him in the national census returns from 1851 to 1891, which fits what we know of his lifespan. In the 1851 census, the family name was transcribed as Hathwarth and Holderith, which explains why I didn't find them with my initial simple search! It is useful to see this 1851 census, because more details were recorded about each person compared with the 1841 census.

On viewing an image of the original document, however, I can see that it is the right family:
1851 census of Toddington:
Phillip Hallworth (37, born Maulden; Baker)
Wife Elizabeth Hallworth (38, born Flitton)
Daughter Lucy Hallworth (transcribed to the database as Mary Holderith!?) (18, born Flitton), son John (15, birthplace not clear - possibly Cranfield? but in later returns it's given as Greenfield, near Flitton) and grandson Rowland (2, born Toddington/Calverton). We can reasonably assume that 2 year-old Rowland is the son of Lucy.
Read more about Philip Hallworth: here.

1861 census of Toddington - Longlane Farm:
Phillip Hallworth (47, born Maulden). Phillip is given now as a farmer of 150 acres, with 7 labourers employed.
Wife Elizabeth Hallworth (48, born Flitton)
Grandson Rowland (12, born Toddington; Scholar); granddaughter Emma Baker, aged 3; and a young nephew Thomas Chandler from Barton. There is also a Farm servant and a general servant in the household.
Lucy & John have left home:- John we have already covered, Lucy is now married, found as Lucy Baker in Dunstable St., Toddington (wife of a Corn Dealer - George Baker - mother to 3 small children; John, Lucy and Martha) - so now we know that the granddaughter Emma is also Lucy's child.

1871 census of Toddington, Longlane Farm (?):
Phillip Hallworth (57, born Maulden) The Farm is still 150 acres, employing 5 men + 2 boys.
Wife Elizabeth Hallworth (58, born Flitton)
Rowland is still at home, now entered as their unmarried Son (probably a simple error)- aged 22, born Toddington.
Also 2 granddaughters Georgeanna Baker (Lucy's child, aged 7), and Jessie Hallworth (aged 5 - born at Heath & Reach, which leads me to suggest she could be a child of John Hallworth, rather than Rowland (although either is possible).
Also there now are two domestic servants.

1881 census of 'Limmersey', Maulden, Beds:
Elizabeth Hallworth (67, born Flitton; Widow, Farmer)
Son Rowland (32, born Toddington; Widower, Manager of Farm, Bailiff).
2 grandchildren, Jessie (15) and William (13) Hallworth, both born in Heath & Reach.

Note that Rowland is entered as a Widower here, which suggests that he was married and widowed between 1871 and 1881. I have seen an entry for the marriage of Rowland John Hallworth to Ann Carr in 1872, in the Woburn area, and for the death of Ann Hallworth in 1875. She was born in c.1848.

Also note that in the register of deaths, we see that Phillip Hallworth died in 1880 in the Ampthill area. After the 1881 census, we see the death of Elizabeth Hallworth in either 1882 (in Woburn area) or 1886 (in Ampthill area) (there were two Elizabeths born in the same year in that area, so we can't be clear without a death cert). So now the estate passes to Lucy, John & Rowland?

1891 census of 18 Winsden Rd, Luton, Beds (not in the current map):
Rowland Hallworth (42, born Toddington) and his wife Susan (36, born Frog/Troy Hall; a Straw Hat Machinist). It is interesting to see that Rowland here is given as a Retired Farmer, even though only 42.
No children. The house has 4 rooms.
Neither Rowland nor Susan are seen in the 1901 census; we do know from the registry of Deaths in Luton that a Rowland John Hallworth died in 1892.

Note that in 1851 and 1861, Rowland is listed as grandson of Phillip Hallworth, then in 71 and 81 as son, which could have been an error, or it could mean that he was an illegitimate child of Lucy Hallworth. In 1861 and 1871, other children of Lucy Baker (nee Hallworth) are also in the household.

I have found the marriage details for Lucy Martha Hallworth in 1852 in the Woburn district, to George Baker.
I have a feeling that I've found the right Lucy in the register of deaths- in 1906, Ampthill. (In the 1901 census return for Toddington she & George Baker are living at Rose Cottage, Princes' St., where he is described as a retired Baker!)

Material which used to be in this post (about Phillip's parents) is now in another one.