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ROBERTS OF WAKEFIELD

   Gervis Roberts   
   b.12aug1748   source: family records                          Info 1a
   c.01oct1748   All Saints, Wakefield
  br.13jan1827   St John the Baptist Wakefield aged 78           
   |
   m.07dec1772 All Saints, Wakefield. they lived at Sandal        
   |           after banns 1st,8th &15th Nov              Info 1b                  
   Hannah 
   Cooper  original research had Blackburn*
   b?1775
   d.
   |  1st four children Baptised Sandal Magna,                  *Hannah All Saints Wakefield
   |==============|==============|==============|=============================|==========||
   Mary           James          George         Charles                       Hannah
   c.29oct1773    c.16jun1776    c.14may1780    c.19mar1786                   c.13dec1793*
   d.             d.1836         d.24jul1846    d.                            d. 
                 br.31may1836    |              |                             |
                  Holy trinity   m.23dec1804    m1.03jun1810...m2.19jan1817   m.10dec1810
                  Wakefield      |              |              |              |
                  of Westgate    Martha         Mary           Elizabeth      William
                  aged 60        Hampshire      Hampshire      Schorey        Rayner
                  |              c.28feb1781    c.02apr1783    c.17jan1780    b.
                  |             br.01jul1847   br.07feb1815   br.07nov1834    d.
                  |              |aged 66       | aged 31      |              |
  Info 1c Info 1d  George and Martha Charles and Mary Info 1e  


sheet 2
 
        George Roberts  3rd child of Gervis Roberts and Hannah Cooper
        c.14may1780 St Helens, Sandal Magna, Yorks         
        d.24jul1846      Wakefield?                 Info 2a
       br.26jul1846                               
        |  
        m.23dec1804 St. Helens, Sandal Magna        Info 2b 
        |                                       
        Martha dau of Joseph, farmer of Standbridge 
        Hampshire                              Info 2bx 
        c.28feb1781 St Helens Sandal Magna
        d.07dec1850
       br.12dec1850 West Parade Wesleyan Chapel, Wakefield.
        |                                                     
        | Sarah christened Sandal Magna, the rest St.John the Baptist, Wakefield   cont.
        |================|================|================|===================//===
        Sarah            Joseph           James            Jervaise    
        |                |                thomas           |                 
        b.1805           b.15nov1806      b.20nov1808      b.03sep1810 
        c.14apr1805      c.21dec1806      c.03apr1809      c.12nov1810 
       br.02feb1852      d.25may1882      d.29nov1809      d.15may1846   
        | aged 47          Wakefield        Wood Street    |           
        m.12feb1826      aged 75          aged 1           m.13Oct1838        
        |                ************     ************     |  
        William                                            Jane 
        Taylor                                             Sugden
        b.~1804                                            c.24 jun1820
        d.1861-71                                          d?junQt1894  
  Info 2c info 2d Info 2e gif  
 cont.         christened  St.John the Baptist, Wakefield
    ===//===|================|================|================|=============||
            John             George           Martha           Mary                
            |                |                |                |         
            b.09nov1812      b.23sep1814      b.23sep1814      b.23dec1817
            c.22jan1815      c.22jan1815      c.22jan1815      c.22mar1818
            d.13dec1848      d.01apr1876      d.decqt1879      d.
           br.16dec1848        aged 61        |
            St. Johns        ***********      m.21oct1858
            age 36                            | Wakefield
                                              John beeford
                                              Boston              
   Info 2f  Info 2d  Info 2g  Info 2h  

sheet 3

      Charles  Roberts 4th child of Hannah Cooper and Gervis Roberts     
      c.19mar1786         
      d.28mar1852 aged 66                                
      |                      
      m1.03jun1810................................... m2.19jan1817 Sandal Magna  Info 3a  
      |                                               |   
      Mary    dau of Joseph of Standbridge            Elizabeth
      Hampshire       farmer                          Schorey               Info 2b                   
      c.02apr1783 St Helens Sandal Magna              c.16jan1780 Sandal Magna
     br.07feb1815 St Helens Sandal Magna             br.07nov1834 aged 52  
      |         aged 31 years,  from Wakefield        |   
      |                                               |    
      |==============|===========================//===|==============|================
      Emma           Edwin                            Martha         Charles         
      c.17nov1811    c.08oct1813                      b.             b.09mar1825
      Sandal Magna   Wakefield                        c.31aug1817    c.31dec1825 
      d.             d.marqt1891                      d.1851+        d.decqt1874   aged 49
      |              |                                |              |
      m.27dec1830    m.30mar1844.... m2.18jul1857     m?             m.12jan1851 Leeds
      |              |               |                |              |          
      Richard        Martha          Mary ann                        Jane  dau of William
      Stoney         Parkin          Roper                           Talbot    
      c.05jun1814    b.~1817         b~1822                          c.27mar1813 Flockton
      d?1883        br.18dec1856     d.                              d.26jan1880
   Info 3b  Info 3c  Info 3d  Info 3e  


sheet 4

   Jervaise/Gearvis Roberts 4th child of   George Roberts and Matha Hampshire
   b.03sep1810                                          Info 4a
   c.12nov1810
   d.15may1846 Whites Yard Wakefield
  br.18may1846  St. John's Wakefield aged 36            Info 4b
   |                                                    
   m.13oct1838  St. Johns  Wakefield           
   |                                                 Info 4b2
   Jane 
   Sugden                                          
   c.24jun1820                                          Info 4c
   d?junqt1894 
   |     aged 74  
   |             children baptised All saints wakefield                   
   |==============|==============|==============|==============|==============|==========||
   Mary           Joseph         George         Edward         Mary           Wallace
   anne           sugden(john)   henry          |              Susannah       | 
   b.26feb1839    b.01nov1840    b.23jan1843    b.10aug1845    b.abtsep1846   b.02jan1849  
   c.18mar1839    c.23nov1840    c.13feb1843    c.01sep1845    c.             c.
   d.DecQt1876    d.marqt1900    d.16sep1900    d.            br.21oct1847    d.17feb1876 
   |  aged37      |              |              |              aged           | Chadderton
   |              |              |              |             13 months       |
   m.20sep1864    m.10nov1867    m.14oct1870    m.02sep1867   ***********     m.sepqt1873 
   |              |              |              |                             |        
   John           Elizabeth      Ellen          Sarah jane                    Jemima
   Vine           Spurr          Pearson        Oxley                         Lockhart 
   b.             b.1844/45      1848-1941      b.                            b.~1853 


sheet 5
 
  Mary Ann Roberts  1st child of of Jervaise Roberts and Jane Sugden
  b.26feb1839
  c.18mar1839 All Saints, Wakefield      Info 5a
 br.15nov1876 St. James,  Thornes
  |
  m.20sep1864 Wakefield                 Info 5b
  |                                   
  John .................................m2.24dec1879............. Betsey ann (Betsy)
  Vine                                      West Parade Chapple   Hartley  b.1849
  b.1839       Manchester                                         c.24feb1850  Lofthouse Gate
  d.26jul1911                                                     d.junqt1890  Wakefield 
  |                                                               |
  |===============|===============|===============|========//=====|==============|==========||
  Walter          Blanche         Arthur          Alice           Mary           Gertrude
  |               |               ridley          |               ann            |
  b.25jun1865     b.02sep1866     c.25jul1869     b.setqt1872     b.decqt1880    b.10aug1888
  c.06jul1865     d.15dec1923     d.decqt1873     d?junqt1940     c.             c.03dec1888
  d.                aged 57         aged 4         aged 67        d.19mar1923    d.14jan1890
                  m.14feb1894      Wakefield         Bradford     ***********    ***********
                  | All Saint Wk.  **********                                            
                  James thomas 
                  Cleminson                                
                  b.05dec1868 
                  d.20feb1941 aged 72 Bradford
                  |
  |===============|==============||
  Gilbert         Clarice                        
  vine            |                                     
  b.1897          b.09nov1898 Wakefield      
  br.07mar1897    c.
  Middleton       d.~1978 Australia
  aged 3 days     |
                  Clarice emigrated to 
                  Sydney Australia 1949,

Info 5c
sheet 6

     Joseph sugden Roberts  2nd child of Jervaise Roberts and Jane Sugden
     b.01nov1840
     c.23nov1840 All saints, Wakefield
     d.30jan1900 Wakefield aged 59
     |
     m.10nov1867 St Peters, Stanley, Wakefield          Info 6a
     |
     Elizabeth
     Spurr                                          Info 6b
     r.sepqt1844 Pontifract 22 436
     c.08sep1844 Methley     to Ann and John Spurr  LDS submission
     d?decqt1925 Wakefield aged 81
     |
     |       children baptised St Peter, Stanley
     |===================|===============================
     Jane                George                 
     ann                 henry  
     c.13sept1868        c.28dec1873             
     b.decqt1868         b.decqt1873
     d.marqt1894         d.
       aged 25           |
                         m.13nov1897 Spittlegate, Lincolnshire  
                         | 
                         Carry
                         Shepley
                         b.15aug1875 Little Gommersal,Dewsbury
                         c.01dec1878 St Peter, Birstall, Yorks
                         d.sep1945 Wakefield
                         |
                         |==================|=============||
                         Doris              Stanley
                         may                sugden         
                         b.junqt1898        b.15may1904
                         c.                 c.08jun1904 All Saint Wakefield
                         Leicester          d.sepqt1977 Scarborough
                         d?1972/78                                          


sheet 7

 George henry Roberts  3rd child of Jervaise Roberts and Jane Sugden
 b.23jan1843  Westgate Wakefield         Info 7a
 c.13feb1843  All Saints, Wakefield      
 d.16sep1900 
 |
 m.14oct1870 Wakefield                  info 7b       
 |
 Ellen 
 Pearson 
 b.29sep1848  r.decqt1848               info 7c
 d.1941 
 |
 |     
 |================|===============|====================|=====================|==========||
 Gervase          Anne            Louisa               Martha                Mary
 henry            elizabeth       ellen                eveline (patti)       |          
 1870/1           sepQt1875       27nov1876            b.junqt1880           b.03nov1881
 d.1944           d.1881+         d.1956               d.                    d.1039+
 |                marQt1890?      |                    |                     |
 m.marQt1893      aged14 9c 48    m.21 mar 1901        m.decqt1904           m.sepqt1908
 | Bolton 8c,560  ***********     |                    | scarborough         |Scarborough
 Matilda(tilly)                   John robert          Colby topp            Lewis william
 Murphy (widow)                   Richardson           tielke Allan          Dixon    
 b.1855                           b.1877               b.junqt1874 wakefield b.15jul1878  
 d.                               d.1918               d.                    d.1939+
 |                                |                    |                     |
  Sheet 7b Richardson line info 7d info 7e  
                                  |                    |  children born Cardiff
                |============|===========|======       |============|============|=======||
                Frances      Cynthia     Audrey        Barbara      Alistair     Graeme
                Eileen       Caton       Josephine     catherine t. pearson      a.     
                b.1902       b.1904      b.1911        b.marqt1906  b.marqt1908  b.sepqt1915
                d.1996       d.1995      d.1963        d.           d.           d.
                |            ******      |                          |            |
                m.                       m.                         m.           m.
                |                        |                          |            |
                Harry                    Alfred douglas             Pat          Lilliane
                Crompton                 george Glass               Ranger       Gabrielle
                b.26jun1896              b.1901                     b.           b.
                d.27mar1973              d.1978                     d.           d.
                |                        |                                       |
                |============|======     |=========||                  |=========|======||
                Sheila       Heather     John Caton                    Phillip    Eric
                Margaret     Caton       Christopher  


sheet 7b

       Gervase henry 1st child of Ellen Pearson and George henry Roberts 
       Roberts
       b.21nov1870 Balne Lane, Alverthorpe
       d.15feb1944 Bideford aged 73
       |
       ................... m.20jan1893 Bolton 8c 560       info 7f
                           |
       Alfred ..m.1876 ... Matilda ann (tilly)  dau of Harriet and William Thomas Crump
       hallam Murphy       Murphy nee Crump   widow 
       b.                  b.
       b.30dec1839 Derby   c.30jun1855 Werburgh, Derby 
       d.30jul1887 usa     d.30nov1926
       |                   |
       |===============//==|==================|| 
       Gladys              George William                 info 7g
       MURPHY              pearson ROBERTS
       b.31mar1883         b.10sep1893 at 64 Scholes Bank, Horwich, Manchester 
       c.23apr1883 Derby   c.
                           d.06mar1971      in    Alexandra Hospital, Barnstaple 
                           |
                           m.10sep1920 Lewisham
                           |
                           Elsie          info 7h
                           Shepherd
                           b.03jan1886  
                           d.26apr1968 
                           |
                           |===================|
                           Elizabeth (Betty)
                           joan              
                           b.23feb1924  Lewisham
                           d.10feb2017  Devon                  
                           |
                           m1.1948---------------------m2?1974  info 7i
                           |                           |
                           Peter francis               |
                           alistair                    Dennis
                           Bensley                     Baxter
                           b.1923                      b.
                           d.2006                      d.
                           |                           
                           |=============           
                           Hugh francis 
                           benedict      

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sheet 8

  Edward Roberts  4th child of Jervaise Roberts and Jane Sugden
  b.10aug1845
  c.01sep1845
  d.decqt1910 Oldham aged 65
  |
  m.02sep1867  St John the Baptist, Wakefield    Info 8a
  | 
  Sarah jane
  Oxley 
  b.sepqt1848 Wakefield               
  d.sepqt1884 aged 36
  |            children born Oldham
  |============|==============|=============|=============|============|==========|========||
  Oliver       Lillian        Edgar         Joseph        Edward       Willey     Wilfred
  sugden       |              |             |             gervase      |          |     
  b.marqt1870  b.19mar1871    b.junqt1873   b.junqt1876   b.25feb1879  b.dec1880  b.marqt1883
 br.05dec1877  d.1939+        d.decqt1942   d.            d.05nov1953  d.1882     d.
    aged 7     |              |                           |            aged 2     |
  **********   |              |                           |            *********  |
               m.marqt1896    m.sepqt1904                 m.junqt1910             m?junqt1920
               |              |                           |                       | 
               William        Sarah ellen                 Sarah ellen             Sarah E
               Kendall        Robertson                   Ashton                  Rumney 
               b.~1868        b.~1872                     b.17mar1880             b.~1893
               d.marqt1935    d.junqt1934                 d.20jan1964             b.
               | aged 66      |                           |                       |  
  Lillian and William Edgar and Sarah Edward and Sarah Wilfred and Sarah  


sheet 9

    Wallace Roberts  5th child of Jane Sugden widow and unknown
    b.02jan1849 Wakefield    
    d.07feb1876 Chadderton, Oldham,  aged 27 
    |
    m.28aug1873 Chadderton    Info 9a
    |
    Jemima .......................m2.30oct1881 ....... Josiah 
    Lockhart                      oldham 8d 924        Green    
    b.~1853 Marple Cheshire                            b.~1853
    d.                                                 d.
    
    


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