Our Family Genealogy Pages: The Myers of Rotherham

WELCOME

When I started researching my family tree nearly twenty years ago, I toiled under the illusion that this was a solitary activity. As the years have passed and with the advent of the Internet, it is obvious that the gathering of family history information has built new families, communities and friendships. My work would not have been possible without the help of many people but none greater than that of my cousin and friend, Jane Eddies. Some years ago we decided that we should share her Myers research, so I put together a web site that has worked for old and new Myers family members.

We all have more than one lineage and so I have now included all of my family tree on this site and those in my wife's tree. If you have come to look at Myers of Rotherham folks, you've come to the right place but there are many more of our ancestors who can be found here, notably:

Goadby's of Earl Shilton and Hinckley, Leicestershire.
Tomkins' of Bedfordshire.
Hays' and Anthony's of Derbyshire.
Dalby's of Spofforth, Yorkshire.
Phillips' and Underwood's of Braybrooke, Northamptonshire.
Grimes' of Nuneaton & Hinckley
Smith's of Leicester

HISTORY

THE NAME

Definition: The surname MYERS or MYER is either of German or British origin, depending upon the country of the particular family. The German origin of the surname MYERS has the meaning "steward or bailiff," as in the magistrate of a city or town. The English origin of the surname has two possible sources: 1) from the Old French "mire" meaning "physician" and 2) Old Norse "myrr" meaning "marsh."

Surname Origin: German, English

Alternate Surname Spellings: MYER, MEYERS, MEERS, MEARS, MEARES, MIRES, MYRES

ROTHERHAM MYERS

Many of the Rotherham Myers are descendants from Francis Myers c1728 and Sarah Emmerson c1736. Francis married Sarah Emmerson in Rotherham in 1757 and thereafter had four sons that we know of; Joseph, Edward, Francis and William. Having looked at the Darfield records, we can find no trace of Myers births before 1750, however, there is a Francis baptised in Barnsley in 1728. Barnsley is 5 miles from Wombwell and it is not too far a stretch to assume that he might be our Francis. Jane and I have, therefore, included his parents and siblings in the lineage.

Joseph died in 1762 and was survived by his three brothers to adulthood. This significantly large Myers tree can be traced back to these three brothers. The families lived in and around Masbrough and Kimberworth but spread and settled during the 19th century to Leeds, Sheffield, Barnsley, The Potteries, Scarborough, North America, South Africa and Australasia.

Jane Eddies and I would like to thank: - Ron Cawton, Clive Garnett, John Hammerton, Patricia Hardisty, David Hawkes, Chris Hobbs, Anne McSheffrey, Paula Myers, Susan Myers, Peter Myers, Jack Palmer, Christine Spatcher, Bernard Sharp, Karen Szekeres and Penelope Tweeddale for their invaluable contribution to this effort.

While we have tried to be as accurate as possible, we make no warranty as to the total veracity of this tree, since so much information has been donated, if you have any questions or comments please contact us.

Bruce A Smith