Margaret Dorothea Rowbotham

Margaret Dorothea Rowbotham (She was referred to as Dorothy Rowbotham by Clarsen, but was commonly known as Margaret Dorothea Rowbotham.) was the daughter of John Edward Rowbotham, a shipbroker, and Miriam Anne Isaac. She was educated at Blackheath High School and graduated in 1905 from Girton College, Cambridge, where she studied mathematics. From Cambridge Training College, she received a diploma to teach.

Career From 1906 to 1913 she taught maths at Roedean School for girls in Brighton.

She joined Galloway Engineering Co. at Tongland near Kirkcudbright, Dumfriesshire, becoming a machine shop and works superintendent at Tongland Works beginning in 1917.

In 1921, she was employed at Swainson Pump Company in Newcastle as assistant works manager.

The remains of both Margarets lie in Willand churchyard.

She died on 23 February 1978.