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| Ellen and Hugh Roberts, and their granddaughter Eliza |
Name: Hugh Roberts
Birth: About 1819
Death: after 1885
Marriage: before 1846
Location(s): Northern Wales
Relation to me: Hugh Roberts was my maternal grandmother's mother's maternal grandfather, which makes him 6th generation before me.
Alias(es): None known at this time.
Parents: unknown
Spouse(s): Ellen Pugh (or possibly Griffiths)
Children: Selina, Elizabeth
Other Family: none known
Details: Hugh Roberts is one of the oldest people in my family tree that I actually have a photo of. I assume he was born sometime in the early 1800s, and we have a picture of him holding one of his daughter's children. We believe it is our great-grandmother Eliza. Aside from that, I really know very little else about him. His daughter was born in Northern Wales, which likely means he was from that area as well, but as I have no absolute information on him, I simply can't be sure.
Proof:
1) Hugh Roberts has been in my family tree from the time I initially put it together, which was pieced together with the help of my grandmother, her uncle Ted, and my father. None of whom knew the man, unfortunately, which makes the information sketchy at best.
2) Then there is the photograph of Hugh, Ellen and the child we believe to be Eliza back in Wales. I am uncertain of the actual date of the photo, but fairly certain of the two Robertses's identities.
3) However, my best proof of his identity is his daughter's death record. It is there he is listed by name, which is a slightly more valid proof than from family stories, where his name might have been mistaken over the century since his death.
New Proofs I have found of Hugh:
4) I found an 1851 Census record listing Hugh, his wife, and two daughters, one of whom was my great-great grandmother Selina, which makes me believe this is them, given the fact that the name was not all that common, especially given it was in the right general area.
Needed:
I have two pieces of possible proof as well, but I am uncertain if they are him, as they do not meet my standard of evidence, which is that they need to hit at least three pieces of evidence I already have on them. The first is a baptism record, which lists his birthdate as August 22, 1819 in northern Wales. It absolutely matches his name, birthyear and general location, but given that I only have a year, and that based on a Census record, and only know for certain he was from in or around the Dolgelly area in Northern Wales when his daughter was born, the record isn't enough to be sure it's him, given that Hugh Roberts would be like finding a Michael Smith. The other is a record in the 1891 Census with a Hugh & Ellen Roberts, and a third daughter, but again, it's not enough to be certain this is my family. Yet. I keep looking, though.
I still don't have great BMD info for him, just a year of birth. As I said above, I know he was alive around the 1880s, but I have no clue when he might have died beyond that. I would love to know the names of his parents, and if he had siblings, and where he was born. I would also love to know when he and Ellen were married, and what children they had aside from Selina and Elizabeth, if any, and particularly, I would like to prove or disprove this third daughter, whose name is Louisa Anne.
As always, if my family or anyone out there has any more information on this family, I'd love to talk to you about them. I'd love to learn more on any of them, if at all possible.
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