Rollings family tree

Origins of the name

The Rollings name can be traced back to the 1600s, in Lancashire. In the 1700s it is found in Shropshire, Berkshire and Northamptonshire. In the 1800s it is found in just about every county in England.

Famous family

There are many Rollings to be found on the WW1 Roll of Honours in many places, for example, a Thomas Rollings born 1885, son of Charles Rollings from Marbourne, Huntingtonshire, was in the 62nd Battalion Machine Gun corps. He fought in Flanders and France and died in July 1918, age 33 south of Rheims.

A William Rollings can be found on a list of paying £10.00 voters in 1834. Today the Rollings can be found in all types of occupations, in most industries. Micheal Rollings is the candidate in Tewkesbury for the UKIP, Susan Rollings is an auther of children's books, the list goes on and on.

The name today

The link to the Wellham family is through the descendants of Thomas Arnold Rollings born 1856 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. He was a Carpet Weaver in Kidderminster at the time of the 1901 Census, living at 51 Coventry Street, Kidderminster.

There were many Rollings in the area at that time, they generally worked in the carpet industry, or with the railways. Thomas married Mary Anne. They had nine children by the 1901 census. They were, Alice Anne, Beatrice Maria, Robert William, Emmeline, Susan, Thomas Himrod, Arthur, George and Sidney.

Thomas Himrod, married Letitia (Lellie) Farr b 1899 from Droitwich. They moved together to Worcester. I, Simon Wellham, can remember visiting her in the Hill Street, St Martins Gate area of Worcester as a child, in the late 1960s.

Thomas and Letittia had five daughters. Annie, who married Albert Rencher. Alice, who married Cyril Hemmings. Mary, who married Donald Berrows (Malvern) Winnefred. Florence May (Maisie), who married Reginald Playdon.

Florence and Reginald Playdon had six children: Thelma Anne, who married George Brian Wellham. They had four children. Pat, who married Jim Nolan. They had two sons, Paul and John. Tony, who married Sue Jones. They had two sons, Mark and Alan. Maureen, who married Ron Cook. They had two sons, Paul and Jason. Re-married Fred Stock and had Maxine. Re-married Vernon Williams. Mary, who married David Taylor. They had a son, Steven. Re-married Jim Croighton. Carol, who married Dennis Stock. They had two sons, Richard and Andrew.

Thelma and George Wellham's four children were, Sarah, Simon, Nicholas and Nigel. Simon Wellham married Diane Bullock and had two sons, Jamie George William Wellham and Luke George Brian Wellham.