Rachel Bently Isherwood

Rachel was born in September 1861 in Turton.¹ 

• Birth Notes

  Lancashire Birth indexes for the years: 1861
  ISHERWOOD    Rachel B    BENTLEY    Turton        TUR/10/105
  
  ISHERWOOD, RACHEL  BENTLEY      BENTLEY 
  GRO Reference: 1861  S Quarter in BOLTON 
  Volume 08C  Page 238

Rachel's father was Jonathan Isherwood and her mother was Margaret Bentley.  Her paternal grandparents were William Isherwood and Mary Hardman. She had four brothers and eight sisters, named William, Lawrence, Jonathan, Henry, Jane, Mary, Ann, Sarah, Margaret, Selina, Louisa and Martha.  She was the third youngest of the thirteen children.