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SylviaInCanada

SylviaInCanada Report 19 Jul 2010 00:38

now we're stuck until Ione returns


note that the first requests for extra information came within 2 minutes of the post appearing!




sylvia

SylviaInCanada

SylviaInCanada Report 19 Jul 2010 00:35

yes, Susanah is the same person

1901 ................ b.ca 1869, Risca, Monmouthshire



sylvia

SylviaInCanada

SylviaInCanada Report 19 Jul 2010 00:30

????????? Robert Roberts in 1891???????


1891 Census

Name: Robert Roberts
Age: 47
Estimated birth year: abt 1844
Relation: Head
Gender: Male
Where born: Mynyddyslwyn, Monmouthshire, Wales

Civil parish: Mynyddyslwyn
Ecclesiastical parish: Mynyddyslwyn
Town: Claurpluyf
County/Island: Monmouthshire
Country: Wales

Registration district: Newport
Sub-registration district: Mynyddyslwyn

Robert Roberts 47 Widower, Station Master
Edith A Roberts 20 b.ca 1871, Llangddel, Monmouthshire, Housekeeper
Banley J Roberts 18 b.ca 1873, Llangddel, Pupil Teacher
Susanah Roberts 21 b.ca 1870, Risca, Monmouthshire, Housemaid ***

Address:- Station House

*** Susanah's surname on the census image was shown as --do--, I wonder if she is the same Susanah who is Housekeeper in 1901?




sylvia

SylviaInCanada

SylviaInCanada Report 19 Jul 2010 00:20

I can't find him anywhere else!




sylvia

SylviaInCanada

SylviaInCanada Report 19 Jul 2010 00:08

1901 Census

Name: Robert Roberts
Age in 1901: 52
Estimated birth year: abt 1849
Relation: Head
Gender: Male
Where born: Newbridge, Monmouthshire, Wales

Civil parish: Abercarn
Ecclesiastical parish: Mynyddislwyn
County/Island: Monmouthshire
Country: Wales

Registration district: Newport (Monmouthshire)
Sub-registration district: Mynyddislwyn

Robert Roberts 52 Widower, Railway Station Master
Susannah Phillips 32 Housekeeper

Address:- Railway Station House



sylvia

patchem

patchem Report 19 Jul 2010 00:07

1901 Wales Census
Robert Roberts
Age in 1901: 52 Estimated birth year: abt 1849 Relation: Head Gender: Male Where born: Newbridge, Monmouthshire, Wales
Civil parish: Abercarn Ecclesiastical parish: Mynyddislwyn County/Island: Monmouthshire Country: Wales Registration district: Newport (Monmouthshire) Sub-registration district: Mynyddislwyn ED, institution, or vessel: 8
Household schedule number: 270
Robert Roberts 52 widower railway station master
Susannah Phillips 32 servant
Source Citation: Class: RG13; Piece: 4968; Folio: 80; Page: 45.

SylviaInCanada

SylviaInCanada Report 19 Jul 2010 00:05

ooooooh


good find Patricia!!



I asked ancestry for a Robert Roberts living in Abercarn . and ti told me there wasn't one!



sylvia

patchem

patchem Report 19 Jul 2010 00:04

Kelly's Directory for Monmouthshire,1901
ABERCARN
......
Railway Station, Robert Roberts, station master

SylviaInCanada

SylviaInCanada Report 19 Jul 2010 00:02

and how come his name is Robert ROBERTS and his son's name is Richard Morris GRIFFITHS



sylvia

patchem

patchem Report 19 Jul 2010 00:02

Is the surname Roberts or Griffiths - if they are father and son?
Thanks

patchem

patchem Report 19 Jul 2010 00:01

Richard M Griffiths is fairly common, also.

SylviaInCanada

SylviaInCanada Report 18 Jul 2010 23:59

any dates known??



you may well know that Robert Roberts is not exactly an unusual name!


any more information that you have tucked away???

like his wife's name?




sylvia

patchem

patchem Report 18 Jul 2010 23:59

Any dates, please?

Ione

Ione Report 18 Jul 2010 23:57

I'm trying to find Robert Roberts, my great grandfather, he was at one time the youngest station master in the Country at Abercarn Railway Station. My grandfather was Richard Morris Griffiths, his son. I'd like to know if he had any siblings