A one-name study of the surname RATHBONE and its variations:
RATHBORN(E), RATHBOURN(E), RATHBURN(E), RATHBOND, RATHBAN(D), RAWBONE etc.

and including some research on
RABON(E), RADBON(E)(D), RADBAN(D).



England

Cheshire

Lancashire

London

Staffordshire

Warwickshire

Other counties,
Wales & Scotland

Ireland


World


USA & Canada


Australia

New Zealand

Other countries


Early sources

Basil Rathbone

To date, The RATHBONE Register includes: over 17,000 births/baptisms, over 10,000 marriages, and deaths/burials. Each birth/baptism record is, where possible, linked with details of the parents, marriage(s) and details of the spouse, death/burial, and information regarding census records (1841-1911), probate and family history.

I have recently been working through the marriage registrations 1837-2005 to identify the names of nearly all the female spouses of the male RATHBONEs.

Census: 1841, 1851, 1861, 1871, 1891, 1901 and, most recently 1911.

UK Civil Registrations: registrations in the name of RATHBONE (and some variations) have been collected for births, marriages and deaths 1837-2005: and more than 75% of these have been identified and are placed in family trees.

Other research: is ongoing with parish registers, bishop's transcripts, wills, the IGI index, census records and other historical and archival sources in the England, and the UK, Australia and New Zealand.

Rathbone Family Trees: Together with fellow researchers world-wide, I am currently working on over 100 family trees covering the UK, Australia and New Zealand, containing more than 10,000 individuals.

Enquiries regarding the RATHBUN / RATHBURN / RATHBONE families in the USA should be directed to my colleague, Robert RATHBUN, rathcrest@aol.com

The RATHBONE DNA Group: http://dna.ancestry.com/groups.aspx

My own RATHBONE family comes from the parishes of Tarvin, Kelsall and Delamere, Cheshire. Recent developments on the RATHBONE DNA Project have linked this branch to the Astbury/Congleton family in the 16th century.

Still sleuthing your Rathbone ancestors ?
I'll be happy to help in any way I can, and save you the research, so that you spend your time searching for all the other surnames in your family tree !


Dorcas Hendershott
The Rathbone Register
e-mail: rathbone@one-name.org
Member of the Guild of One-Name Studies

 

last updated: March 9, 2007