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I can't find this guy!

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Dea

Dea Report 3 Mar 2010 16:07

Talia,

Unfortunately, the marriage certs do not always say if the father is deceased - only who he was.

Dea x

Talie

Talie Report 3 Mar 2010 16:12

Bugger, aha.
I have a feeling this guys gonna be a total pain to trace.. I can't even find his birth certificate which doesn't help!

Mavis

Mavis Report 3 Mar 2010 16:37

A Bit More

found 1891 33 Turin St Bethnal Green.

William Roberts 29y Waterside Lab Harbour[?] Waterloo Town Artillery
St[?]--------------------- age fits with Charles 1861/ 2
Emma Roberts 26y Bethnal Green
Charles Roberts 7y Bethnal Green
Emma Roberts 4y Finsbury
Elizabeth Roberts 3y Shoreditch
Alice Roberts 1 y [?] Spitalfields

no luck with 1901

Mavis

Talie

Talie Report 3 Mar 2010 16:44

Thats the new guy Emma got with! no idea why he was put down as being a roberts though.. his real surname was staines. All them children, apart from Alice was with Charles', Alice was William Staines' child.

Dangaru

Dangaru Report 5 Apr 2010 17:42

This maybe the illusive bloke you've seeking.

1881 England Census

Name: Charles Roberts
Age: 24
Estimated birth year: abt 1857
Relation: Convict (Prisoner)
Gender: Male
Where born: London, Middlesex, England

Civil parish: Portland
County/Island: Dorset
Country: England

Street Address: "Her Majesty's Convict Prison" Portland Dorset
Education:

Employment status:

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Occupation: Blacksmiths Striker

Registration district: Weymouth
Sub-registration district: Portland
ED, institution, or vessel: Her Majesty's Convict Prison 1

Source Citation: Class: RG11; Piece: 2108; Folio: 45; Page: 35