Rothwells of London and Bermuda
My grandfather was Benjamin Rothwell, a British Army sapper posted 1841 in Bermuda where his son Ely was born. Ely came back to England (Chatham) in 1851 where I think he was fostered. He turns up again in Poplar London, married to Sara Anne Elliott from Totnes in Devon working as an "engine driver" on a steam tugboat on the Thames. Benjamin was a witness at the wedding. Ely had 6 daughters and 3 sons. All the sons have disappeared. All his daughters married except one,Eli Topsy, who was killed in a road accident as a child in 1874. I have details of but lost touch with the other daughters families but I am interested to know more about Benjamin and any other family of his, particularly where was he born..If you have any info please contact post a follow up here