The Dictionary of Surnames gives WITHER as an English topographical name for someone who lives near a willow tree.
The IGI has baptisms and marriages for WITHER(S) in Thornbury back to 1558, but I have not yet established a connection with certainty.
| John WITHER |
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| John WITHERS was my father's mother's father's mother's father's father's father's father.
He was probably born 31st March 1640 in Oldbury, in Gloucestershire. He married Christian SMITH 4th September 1676 in Thornbury. He was buried, at Thornbury, 18 December 1702. Parents
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| William WITHER |
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| William WITHERS was my father's mother's father's mother's father's father's father.
He was baptised 19th August 1677 in Thornbury. He married Elizabeth REED 10th October 1707 in Thornbury. He had four children by his first wife, whose death has not yet been found with certainty. He married Elizabeth JENNINGS, 30th April 1919 in Thornbury. He had three more children by his second wife. He was buried, at Thornbury, 23rd March 1834. Parents
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| Richard WITHERS |
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| Richard WITHERS was my father's mother's father's mother's father's father.
He was baptised 20th October 1726 in Thornbury. He married Mary GREEN 22nd February 1746 in Thornbury. He had one child by his first wife, whose death has not yet been found. He married Sarah CADHAY, by licence, 24th March 1772 in Thornbury. He was buried, at Thornbury, 9th July 1800, aged 88. Parents
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| William WITHERS |
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| William WITHERS was my father's mother's father's mother's father.
He was born 20th September 1779, and baptised 8th November 1779 in Thornbury. He married Ann MILLNS on the 13th June 1819, in Thornbury. He lived in Kington up to 1818, and in Sibland from 1823. He was buried 14th July 1838, aged 58, in Thornbury. Parents
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| Isabella WITHER |
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| Isabella WITHER was my father's mother's father's mother.
She was baptised, in Thornbury,Gloucestershire, on the 21st June 1818, but may have been born a year or so earlier.. She married William HENDY 31st October 1835 in St James' Church, Bristol. She lived in Lower Morton, Thornbury in 1840 and 41. She was living at 16 Perry Street, St Phillips, Bristol in 1881. She was living at Acton Lane, Iron Acton when she died on 26th November 1889 of rheumatism and cerebral disease. Parents
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