Sidebottoms of Hollingworth.
Generation
One.
John
Sidebottom was a nailer of Staley. He moved to the Manor House,
Hollingworth, by 1797 and built Millbrook Mill. John married
Elizabeth Kelsall of Hollingworth (daughter of William Kelsall). They
had five sons: George, James, Joseph, William & Thomas who
together built Broad Mills at Broadbottom.
Generation
Two.
James
Sidebottom was baptised on 24 January 1762 at Mottram.. He had four
sons:
     John
Sidebottom, born 1793, died 1865.
     William
Sidebottom born 1797.
     James
Sidebottom, born 10 March 1800, died 30 June 1869. One of the first
elected councillors for Hadfield Ward, and was elected an Alderman
     Ralph
Sidebottom.
James
Sidebottom died in 1835.
Generation
Three.
William
Sidebottom was born in 1797. He built Bridge Mills, Tintwistle, in
1856. He was appointed a County Magistrate on the 3rd January, 1843.
William married Agnes Harrop (daughter of Jonah Harrop) in 1825. They
had six children:
     Emma
Sidebottom.
     Anne
Kershaw Sidebottom born 1 January 1838.
     Thomas
Harrop Sidebottom, born about 1826, died 26 May 1908. Elected a
councillor for Hadfield Ward on the 11th August, 1869, retiring on
the 1st November, 1872. He became a J.P. 4th January, 1870. He also
became a deputy Lieutenant, and was a member of Parliament for
Stalybridge for over 20 years. He married Edith Eliza Murgatroyd,
daughter of James Murgatroyd and Sarah Lees (see The Lees family of Padfield and Woolley Bridge mills) on 23
June 1886.
     James
Sidebottom. Became a councillor for Hadfield Ward on the 1st November
1871 and an Alderman on the 9th November, 1872. He was Mayor of
Glossop 1879-85; 1886-88.
     William
Sidebottom. Elected councillor for Hadfield Ward 2nd November,
1874-86. He was the Mayor 1873-74 and appointed J.P. 27th December,
1893. He was elected the Member of Parliament for the High Peak
Division, County of Derby on the 4th December, 1885 and represented
the Division continuously until the dissolution of Parliament in
1900.
     Mary
Sidebottom.
William
Sidebottom died in 1870.
Generation
Four.
Emma
Sidebottom married John Hill Wood, born 28 Jul 1813, son of John Wood
and Alice Hill (see Wood and Hill-Wood families) on 13 June 1854.
Anne
Kershaw Sidebottom was born on 1 January 1838. She married Samuel
Wood, born 24 January 1819, son of John Wood and Alice Hill (see Wood and Hill-Wood families).
Mary
Sidebottom married John Chapman, cotton manufacturer of Hurst. They
had a son, John Chapman.
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