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Descendants of Thomas Roskell

169. ANN⁸ ROSKELL (JOHN⁷, WILLIAM⁶, JOHN⁵, ROBERT III⁴, GEORGE³, THOMAS², GEORGE¹) was born 09 Aug 1879 in Out Rawcliffe, Lancashire. She married JOHN RICHARDSON 1903 in Preesall, Lancashire.

Child of ANN ROSKELL and JOHN RICHARDSON is:

MARGARET A⁹ RICHARDSON, b. 1912, Garstang, Lancashire.

170. AMBROSE⁸ ROSKELL (JOHN⁷, WILLIAM⁶, JOHN⁵, ROBERT III⁴, GEORGE³, THOMAS², GEORGE¹) was born 16 Mar 1884 in Out Rawcliffe, Lancashire, and died Abt. 1974 in Lancashire. He married MARY ALICE JENKINSON 20 Feb 1908 in Pilling, Lancashire, daughter of ELIZABETH. She was born 1883 in Pilling, Lancashire.

Children of AMBROSE ROSKELL and MARY JENKINSON are:

	i.		MAUD⁹ ROSKELL, b. 1908, Pilling, Lancshire.
	ii.		JOHN ROSKELL, b. 12 Jun 1910, Bispham, Lancashire; d. 1910, Blackpool, Lancashire.

Notes for JOHN ROSKELL:
Lancashire Birth indexes for the years: 1910
Surname Forename(s) Sub-District Registers At Mother's Maiden Name Reference
ROSKELL John Blackpool A Blackpool JENKINSON BLKA/44/87

Lancashire Death indexes for the years: 1910
Surname Forename(s) Age Sub-District Registers At Reference
ROSKELL John 0 Blackpool A Blackpool BLKA/31/41

iii.

ROBERT ROSKELL, b. 22 Dec 1913, Staining, Lancashire.

Notes for ROBERT ROSKELL:
Lancashire Birth indexes for the years: 1913
Surname Forename(s) Sub-District Registers At Mother's Maiden Name Reference
ROSKELL Robert Blackpool A Blackpool JENKINSON BLKA/50/46

iv.

JOHN ROSKELL, b. 1914, Blackpool, Lancashire.

Notes for JOHN ROSKELL:
Lancashire Birth indexes for the years: 1914
Surname Forename(s) Sub-District Registers At Mother's Maiden Name Reference
ROSKELL John Blackpool A Blackpool JENKINSON BLKA/53/60

DICK ROSKELL, b. 1920, Blackpool, Lancashire.

Notes for DICK ROSKELL:
Lancashire Birth indexes for the years: 1920
Surname Forename(s) Sub-District Registers At Mother's Maiden Name Reference
ROSKELL Dick Blackpool North Blackpool JENKINSON BN/1/39

171. RUTH⁸ ROSKELL (JOHN⁷, WILLIAM⁶, JOHN⁵, ROBERT III⁴, GEORGE³, THOMAS², GEORGE¹) was born 29 Sep 1886 in Out Rawcliffe, Lancashire. She married ROBERT BUTLER 16 Dec 1905 in Out Rawcliffe, Lancashire. He was born 1884 in Out Rawcliffe, Lancashire.

Children of RUTH ROSKELL and ROBERT BUTLER are:

	i.	WILLIAM⁹ BUTLER, b. 1906, Out Rawcliffe, Lancashire.
208.	ii.	MAUD ROSKELL BUTLER, b. 1908, Out Rawcliffe, Lancashire.
	iii.	RUTH BUTLER, b. 1915, Out Rawcliffe, Lancashire.

172. SAMUEL⁸ ROSKELL (JOHN⁷, WILLIAM⁶, JOHN⁵, ROBERT III⁴, GEORGE³, THOMAS², GEORGE¹) was born 02 Jan 1892 in Out Rawcliffe, Lancashire, and died 13 May 1971 in Out Rawcliffe, Lancashire. He married ALICE FISHWICK 21 Dec 1910 in Garstang, Lancashire, daughter of JOHN FISHWICK and MARY CROSS. She was born 07 Dec 1887 in Pilling, Lancashire, and died 19 Apr 1939 in Out Rawcliffe, Lancashire.

Notes for SAMUEL ROSKELL:
World War 1

Samuel Roskell was in the Kings own Lancashire regiment for about 6 years, from 1914 to 1920. He was stationed in several parts of the world and was wounded at least twice. He said on one occasion that he was on a stretcher waiting to go into an operating theatre, when all the people who were taken into the operating theatre infront of him, came out with sheets over their bodies; they were dead. He was in Salonica, in Greece and was a machine gunner operating a "Vickers" machine gun. He had 12 men with him to carry the equipment and ammunition for the one machine gun. He told Graham how after one battle, the bodies of Hungarians and Turks was 6 feet high in Salonica.

He said that they went forward and occupied a trench of the enemy. All of his men got into the trench infront of him, but it was booby trapped; it blew up and killed 11 of the 12 men in the group. Samuel survived, along with another male (name unknown,) who visited Samuel after the war. They can be seen together in a photo.

Samuel was slightly wounded from this blast and walked back towards his own lines. On the way, he was helped by some French soldiers who gave him food and drink.

Samuel gained several wounds from the war. Barry said that some shrapnel came out of Samuel a few weeks before he died - years after the war.

When Samuel returned from the war (fairly soon after his return,) a dog bit his son, John. Samuel got the dog, put a rope around its neck and hung it.

Greece remained neutral for much of the war. In October 1915 the Allies landed in Salonika, initially at the request of the Greek government to support the hard-pressed Serbians. An unpopular move, the government fell and Greece continued a policy of neutrality.

Samuel was a 'Length man' for Garstand rural district council - he used to sithe the road verges. He worked for the council for quite a long time. He had his own section of road which he had to maintain. Sometimes he would go past The Nook in St Michaels and would go in their house for lunch.

Alice Fishwick was prescribed M&B when she had nmeumonia, and possibly to make them last longer, Samuel gave her half a tablet each day. Samuel said that he didn't really believe in Doctors. He didn't trust banks - a lot of banks collapsed in the early 1900s so he kept his money in a tin under the bed. When he was paid by the council it was by a wage packet - there were no cheques so it all got saved in his tin.

Samuel got on fairly well with his son, John - he would visit there quite a lot.

He had a strong regional accent and would say 'axed' instead of 'asked.'

On a Sunday he would be smart - wearing a suit and trilby if he was going to visit someone - usually his brother, Tom. Normally he would wear something such as a waistcoat, even when he was working. He wore shirts without collars - just a stud. He wore braces and clogs (not like the Danish ones). Clogs had were made of leather with a wooden sole with two U shaped pieces of metal nailed to the wooden sole, called 'Cokers' underneath - one at the heel, one under the rest of the foot. When these wore out, you would just get new pieces of metal and nailed these on. They were said to be quite comfortable. These would be worn for farm work - they were very durable. There was a clog maker in Great Eccleston and Graham would visit with his mum, dad, and Grandad (seperately.) Graham wore these when he first started school because his mother said he was 'knock kneed' and he wore them for a couple of years at school before going into normal shoes. After this, he would only wear clogs if he was going to help out on a farm. They were very waterproof, breathable and you could even walk through mud in them. When they used to go into the clog makers, there were big pieces of leather hanging up. Graham recalls that the leather was very good quality and the smell was wonderful. There was a pot-bellied stove in the workshop and there would always be some old men around it keeping warm and talking, sitting on things similar to old school benches. By the time Graham was about 13, the owner retired. From about 1955 people stopped wearing them and used modern materials such as wellies.

Samuels house in Out Rawcliffe was very basic, with an old fashioned fire place with an oven at the side for baking, in the living room with a mantle piece over the top. The pictures on the walls had hunting scenes, a clothes airer on a pully and ropes that was on the ceiling in the living room. Graham recalls that even as a child, it was like going back in time. In summer, there were always loads of sticky fly catchers all around the living room with hundreds of flys on - they were up for months at a time! He used to grow roses in his back garden and kept catched birds (he kept these before Graham knew him.) The kitchen was very basic with an electric cooker, a sink - Graham isn't sure if there was hot water, he thinks there was just a plug in boiler. Graham never went upstairs: once Samuel had died, (when Graham was in the police force,) Grahams uncle Sam asked Graham if he would like to go upstairs and see his dead grandad. Graham declined. Graham thinks that this was largely because he didn't know that his grandad had died; Graham had just gone around to visit and his uncle Sam was there who told him that he had died.

Whenever Samuel was fairly healthy, he would go down to the river for driftwood for the fire. John, his son, recalled to Graham that whenever he got himself healthy he would go out and get wet through and end up ill again.

Graham recalls that Samuel used to eat lovely vegetables, but he would sell most of them rather than eat them to earn some money. He was a good gardener. When he was older, he would get someone with a tractor in to plough his garden and then would cultivate it by hand.

When Samuel was younger (whilst his son John was quite young,) he nearly died - he was down by the river Wyre and got caught in quicksand. He was on his own and to crawl out on his stomach and only just made it.

He also got chased by a bull when he was in his 40s or 50s - he went into a field, the bull chased him, Samuel ran and jumped over a gate and then the bull crashed into the gate behind him, only just missing him.

Children of SAMUEL ROSKELL and ALICE FISHWICK are:

SARAH ELIZABETH⁹ ROSKELL, b. 02 Jan 1911, Garstang, Lancashire; d. 02 Mar 1982, Hambleton, Lancashire.

Notes for SARAH ELIZABETH ROSKELL:
Births Mar 1911
Surname First name(s) Mother District Vol Page
Roskell Sarah E Garstang 8e 626

Sarah Roskell was very premature.
When she was first born, John Roskell had told us he'd heard their parents could have sat her into a one pint cup.

Sarah never worked, she looked after the house. Graham Roskell recalls that she was a very nice lady, but that she had never really been anywhere and didn't know much about the world.

In later life, Sarah lived with her dad and her brother Samuel. When their father died, her and Samuel lived together. It was thought that she wasn't really capable of living alone - she needed to be taken care of. When Samuel died, Sarah went to live with Dora and Thomas. Sadly, Sarah died only a few months after.

209.	ii.	JOHN ROSKELL, b. 22 Aug 1912, Garstang, Lancashire; d. 11 Jun 1994, Preston Royal Infirmary, Lancashire.
210.	iii.	THOMAS ROSKELL, b. 21 Jun 1915, Garstang, Lancashire; d. 14 Aug 1984, Blackpool, Lancashire.
	iv.	SAMUEL ROSKELL, b. 24 Mar 1928, Garstang, Lancashire; d. 08 Sep 1981, Blackpool, Lancashire.

173. THOMAS BENSON⁸ ROSKELL (JOHN⁷, WILLIAM⁶, JOHN⁵, ROBERT III⁴, GEORGE³, THOMAS², GEORGE¹) was born 25 Feb 1894 in Out Rawcliffe, Lancashire, and died 1976 in Lancashire. He married FLORRIE ROSE PECK 1930 in Blackpool, Lancashire. She was born 1893 in Hunslet, Leeds, and died Jan 1944 in Blackpool, Lancashire.

Notes for THOMAS BENSON ROSKELL:
After having the top of his head shot off in the first world war, Thomas Benson Roskell applied for a War Pension. Infront of a panel, he was told to strip naked and walk up and down before he would be rewarded a pension. Thomas, obviously, refused. He didn't recieve a war pension.

Child of THOMAS ROSKELL and FLORRIE PECK is:

211.

BARRY⁹ ROSKELL, b. 1932, Lancashire.

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