When John Ramsbottom was born in 1738, in Haslingden, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom, his father, Dennis Ramsbottom, was 19 and his mother, Rachel Benson, was 15. He had at least 1 son and 1 daughter. He was buried in Haslingden, Lancashire, England.
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English (Lancashire and West Yorkshire): habitational name from Ramsbottom (Lancashire), recorded as Romsbothum in 1509. The placename derives from Old English hramsa ‘wild garlic’ or ramm ‘ram’ (genitive rammes) + bothm ‘bottom, valley bottom’.
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