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- "The Lancet" medical journal Vol 2 (1839) p. 896-900
provides excerpts for the trial of James Heywood, 22, held at Lancaster August 21, 1839 before Mr. Baron Maule, for the murder of his wife Mary Heywood of Bury in April 1838 (death by suffocation) (the article is an excerpt from the Liverpool Mercury of August 23)
Joseph Rothwell appeared as a witness for the prosecution, he was the first person to examine the deceased (called to do so by the defendant).
"In April last I was an apprentice to Mr. [John] Parks, surgeon, of Bury....I have been an apprentice to Mr. Parks nearly four years" He testified that "the death had been caused by external violence."
The Jury found the defendant not guilty (a finding "The Lancet" clearly disagreed with)
Note that James Parks, surgeon of Bury, was a witness to the 1837 will of James Rothwell (Joseph's father).
Freeman's Journal May 18, 1840
"Insolvent Debtors. Also to be heard on Saturday, the 6th of June next....Joseph Rothwell, New-street, Dublin, medical student."
Joseph Rothwell does not appear to be enumerated in the 1841 census of England in Bury/Tottington Lower End/Holcombe; he was probably still in Dublin at this time.
He trained at Anglesea Lying-in Hospital, Peter Street Dublin School (Founded 1828; See http://home.planet.nl/~pbdavis/Medical.htm) (aka Anglesey Lying-in Hospital)
He is listed in the Dublin city directories, under graduates and attendees of Anglesea Lying-In Hospital, in 1843 and 1844, as "Joseph Rothwell, Bury, Lancashire"
Joseph Rothwell and Eleanor Haliday took out a marriage license bond in Dublin City in 1842. See: Index to Dublin Will & Grant Books (1270-1858), page 328 [This used to be part of Origins Network's Irish Origins database]
According to "Tracing Your Irish Ancestors" by John Grenham, 3rd Ed. (GPC, 2006), "members of the Church of Ireland could take out a Marriage Licence Bond" by giving money to the diocese in order to avoid the publishing of banns. (p. 41)
The marriage register of St. Mark's (Church of Ireland), Dublin, Ireland, reads: "Joseph Rothwell of Tottington Lancashire, now residing in this parish and Eleanor Halliday of this parish were married by Consistorial license...this thirty first of May...one Thousand eight Hundred and forty two by me William Atwell curate" Joseph Rothwell and Eleonor Haliday sign their names; marriage witnesses Joseph Haliday, R. Singleton, and Eliza Taylor all sign. (page 140 no. 420 of the marriage register; see http://irishgenealogy.ie for a digital image)
"May 31, in St. Mark's Church, by the Rev. Mr. Atwell, Joseph Rothwell, Esq. of Bury, in Lancashire, Surgeon, to Ellen, daughter of Mr. Joseph Haliday, of this city"
Dublin Evening Packet Thursday June 2, 1842
Since the couple married in 1842, there may have been a child born to them around 1843, probably in Dublin, that was probably deceased before 1851.
Upon return from Ireland with his wife, Joseph Rothwell lived at Holcombe Brook/Little Holcombe from at least 1845 until 1851, when he and his family moved to Nutall Lane and stayed there until his widow immigrated with her children to the United States.
Manchester Times & Gazette, November 8, 1845
"Bury-Death from Excessive Drinking.-On Tuesday an inquest was held at the Hare and Hounds public-house, Tottington Lower End, near Bury, before Mr. Dearden, coroner, on the body of Robert Diggle, ostler, aged 44 years, whose death was caused under the following circumstances: -It appeared from the evidence that deceased, who was a single man of very intemperate habits, and during the last ten days had been poorly, but continued to follow his employment up to Wednesday the 29th ult., when he became worse; and on Thursday Mr. Joseph Rothwell, surgeon, was called in to attend upon him. He said deceased was at that time labouring under delirium tremens from the effects of hard-drinking. On Friday night he appeared better, and after having had his supper, he went to bed quietly. At one o'clock on Saturday morning he became outrageous, so that it took two persons to hold him; and at four o'clock he was seized with convulsions, and died in that state. - The jury returned a verdict that he died of delirium tremens."
Manchester Times & Gazette, Saturday, June 20, 1846
"Bury-Deaths from Heat.-At six o'clock on Thursday evening last, James Grime, who was mowing, and had been the greatest part of the day, without shirt, in a meadow belonging to Ann Kay, farmer, Holcome-brook, Tottington, near Bury, was suddenly taken ill, and was removed to a public-house near the place, when he was immediately attended by Mr. Rothwell, surgeon, who rendered every assistance, but he died at a quarter past seven o'clock the same night. He was a very sober, steady man, 45 years of age, and has left a wife and eight children, four of them under five years of age."
1851 census of England, Tottington Lower End, Holcombe, Nutall Lane
Joseph Rothwell 34 surgeon and accoucheur b. Lancashire Tottington
Eleanor Rothwell 33 Ireland b. Dublin Ireland
William George Rothwell 4 b. Lancashire Tottington
Lucy Rothwell 3 b. Lancashire Tottington
Joseph Rothwell 1 b. Lancashire Tottington
Sarah Haliday sister in law 25 dressmaker b. Dublin Ireland
1854 "History, Topography, and Directory of Mid-Lancashire" by Mannex
Ramsbottom section
Jph. Rothwell, Bolton st., is listed under "Surgeons"
1855 Slater's Directory (p. 1029) Ramsbottom section
Joseph Rothwell, Holcombe brook, is listed under "Surgeons"
"Joseph Rothwell, surgeon, William Kay, engineer, and George Lomax, all of Tottington, were charged with wilfully damaging a warp in the house of John Booth, and also breaking several panes of glass. The case was not considered fully proved, and was therefore dismissed"
Bury Times 18 July 1857
Bury Petty Sessions
Monday
Refusing to Admit a Constable. Robert Rowlinson, beerseller, Nuttall lane, Ramsbottom, was charged with having refused admission to a police constable who came to his house in the execution of his duty. Defendant alleged that the officer did not say that he was a police constable when he knocked at the door. Mr. Joseph Rothwell, surgeon, had gone to his house in a state of intoxication, his wife having turned him out, and he came to his (defendant's) house for shelter. He put him in the snug, and then went to bed. A witness was called who sid that he heard the police officer knock at the door, but he did not hear any name mentioned. On the conclusion of the evidence the defendant was required to pay 11s costs."
Bury Times Saturday 15 May 1858
1861 census of England, Tottington Lower End, Holcombe, Nutall Lane
Joseph Rothwell 44 accoucheur b. Lancashire Bury
Ellen Rothwell 42 b. Ireland Dublin
William George Rothwell 14 scholar b. Lancashire Bury
Lucy Rothwell 13 scholar b. Lancashire Bury
Joseph Alfred Rothwell 11 scholar b. Lancashire Bury
Horatio Rothwell 8 scholar b. Lancashire Bury
Thomas Charles Rothwell 6 scholar b. Lancashire Bury
Arthur Edward Rothwell 5 scholar b. Lancashire Bury
Sarah Haliday sister in law 35 house servant b. Ireland Dublin
Death Certificate: "Eighteenth February 1865, Nutall Lane, Joseph Rothwell, male, 48 years, surgeon, Morbus Cordis many months, Anasarca Hydrops several months certified informant Lambert Williams in attendance Nutall Lane registered Twenty first february 1865"
A death notice was published in the Feb. 25, 1865 Bury Times on p. 3."February 18th, aged 48 years, Joseph Rothwell, Esq., surgeon, Nuttall Lane, Ramsbottom"
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