Sidebotham History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

Origins Available:
England

The Sidebotham surname is derived from a place name in Cheshire, which in turn comes from the Old English "sid," meaning "wide," and "botm," which implied the "bottom of a valley."

Early Origins of the Sidebotham family

The surname Sidebotham was first found in Lancashire where they held a family seat from very ancient times, some say before the Norman Conquest in 1066.

Early History of the Sidebotham family

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Sidebotham Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Sidebottom, Sidebotham, Sidebottan, Sidbottom and others.

Early Notables of the Sidebotham family

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Sidebotham migration to Australia +

Emigration to Australia followed the First Fleets of convicts, tradespeople and early settlers. Early immigrants include:

Sidebotham Settlers in Australia in the 19th Century

Robert Sidebotham, English convict from Chester, who was transported aboard the "Ann" on August 1809, settling in New South Wales, Australia 1
Mr. George Sidebotham, English convict who was convicted in Knutsford (Nether Knutsford), Cheshire, England for 10 years, transported aboard the "Equestrian" on 25th January 1844, arriving in Tasmania (Van Diemen's Island) 2

Contemporary Notables of the name Sidebotham (post 1700) +

John B. Sidebotham, American Republican politician, Alternate Delegate to Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1924 3

Historic Events for the Sidebotham family +

HMS Dorsetshire

John Richard Biddulph Sidebotham (d. 1945), British Sub Lieutenant Paymaster aboard the HMS Dorsetshire when she was struck by air bombers and sunk; he died in the sinking 4

Citations +

State Library of Queensland. (Retrieved 2016, October 27) Ann voyage to New South Wales, Australia in 1809 with 200 passengers. Retrieved from http://www.convictrecords.com.au/ships/ann/1809
Convict Records Voyages to Australia (Retrieved 4th May 2022). https://convictrecords.com.au/ships/equestrian
The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2015, October 30) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html
Force Z Survivors HMS Dorsetshire Crew List, (Retrieved 2018, February 13th), https://www.forcez-survivors.org.uk/biographies/listdorsetshirecrew.html