Alfred John Ramsbottom ISHERWOOD

Date of Birth: 
20 Oct 1868
Date of Death: 
11 Nov 1933

Alfred was born in Wellington. He and other members of the family are often known as
Ramsbottom-Isherwood.

He married Ada Shields Born at Newport in 1869) at Christchurch in 1894.

They had 6 daughters & 2 sons. One daughter died in infancy. Two others never married.

Alfred served in WW1 in the Samoan Relief Force. His son William also served in WW1. A grandson, son of William, William Jnr was killed in action in WW2 in 1945.

Alfred was all over NZ, starting in Palmerston Nth, then Lyttelton, Wellington, Petone, Christchurch, Marton, again in Wellington, Lyttelton again, Petone, Levin in 1922 as the Levin Hotel publican, Christchurch and finally Ashburton. Apart from hotelkeeper he was a clerk, and an inspector of factories.

His son, Williams was also the hotelkeeper at a hotel in Otaki in 1935.

Relatives mentioned in profile: 
Alfred John Ramsbottom Isherwood, James Clarendon Ramsbottom Isherwood, Mary Jane McCormick, Ada Catherine Shields, John F Shields, Catherine Stinear, John Frederick Augustus Ramsbottom-Isherwood, William Cowan Ramsbottom-Isherwood, Catherine Scott Nash, Edward Drake Whittle, Gwendoline Alexadrina Ramsbottom-Isherwood, Arthur Thomas Shields, Catherine Louisa Ramsbottom-Isherwood, Louis (Levi Meyer) Delmonte, Maud Elizabeth Ramsbottom-Isherwood, Reginald Spencer Allen, Olga Mary Francis Penman, Joan Ramsbottom-Isherwood, Bernice Patricia Ramsbottom-Isherwood, Eunice Claudia Ramsbottom-Isherwood.