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Member Since: December 2003 Posts: 96 Send Message	Ian	Report	7 Jun 2010 21:18
Member Since: December 2003 Posts: 96 Send Message	Thanks to those people who responded yesterday re Ellen Roberts.I have been told today that there is a HELEN Roberts listed born Broad Lanes Staffs. c1891 but looking for it on Find my past which is the only site I have access to there is no mention.Could anyone verify this for me on any other site.
Member Since: June 2005 Posts: 3,379 Send Message	George_of_Westbury	Report	7 Jun 2010 21:22
	Is this the one? 1901 England Census about Helen Roberts Name: Helen Roberts Age: 9 Estimated birth year: abt 1892 Relation: Niece Gender: Female Where born: Broad Lancs, Staffordshire, England Civil parish: Sedgley Ecclesiastical parish: Ettingshall Holy Trinity County/Island: Staffordshire Country: England Street Address: Occupation: Condition as to marriage: Education: Employment status: View image Registration district: Dudley Sub-registration district: Sedgley ED, institution, or vessel: 40 Neighbors: View others on page Household schedule number: 86 Household Members: Name Age Ann Wright 59 Helen Roberts 9 View Original Record View original image George
	Researching: My avatar is that of my Dad and shipmates, taken onboard HMS Blanche in 1938, place unknown From left to right, my Dad,Sidney Mellor and Sidney Bateman.
Member Since: December 2003 Posts: 96 Send Message	Ian	Report	7 Jun 2010 21:24
Member Since: December 2003 Posts: 96 Send Message	Fantastic.Where did you find it? I've been looking for months.I assumed in my innocence all sites caried the same census info.
Member Since: June 2005 Posts: 3,379 Send Message	George_of_Westbury	Report	7 Jun 2010 21:34
	Found on ancestry also found this and wondered if it was a connection, they were living two doors away. 1901 England Census about Thomas Roberts Name: Thomas Roberts Age: 4 Estimated birth year: abt 1897 Relation: Son Father's Name: John Mother's Name: Emma Gender: Male Where born: Broad Lanes, Staffordshire, England Civil parish: Sedgley Ecclesiastical parish: Ettingshall Holy Trinity County/Island: Staffordshire Country: England Street Address: Occupation: Condition as to marriage: Education: Employment status: View image Registration district: Dudley Sub-registration district: Sedgley ED, institution, or vessel: 40 Neighbors: View others on page Household schedule number: 84 Household Members: Name Age John Roberts 46 Emma Roberts 46 Thomas Roberts 4 View Original Record View original image George
	Researching: My avatar is that of my Dad and shipmates, taken onboard HMS Blanche in 1938, place unknown From left to right, my Dad,Sidney Mellor and Sidney Bateman.
Member Since: December 2003 Posts: 96 Send Message	Ian	Report	7 Jun 2010 22:39
Member Since: December 2003 Posts: 96 Send Message	They were Ellen's parents and Thomas was her brother.
Member Since: June 2005 Posts: 3,379 Send Message	George_of_Westbury	Report	7 Jun 2010 22:53
	Ian this looks like them in 1911, but no Ellen/Helen with them ROBERTS, John Head Married M 56 1855 Blacksmith Striker Bilston Staffs VIEW ROBERTS, Emma Wife Married 32 years F 55 1856 Wordsley Staffs VIEW ROBERTS, Thomas Son M 14 1897 Labourer Sedgley Parish Staffs VIEW -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- RG number: RG14 Piece: 17419 Reference: RG14PN17419 RG78PN1066 RD372 SD3 ED27 SN145 Registration District: Dudley Sub District: Sedgley Enumeration District: 27 Parish: Coseley Address: 23 Swan Row Coseley Bilston County: Staffordshire On the original image they had 11 children 9 of whom had died. Must be the worst death record i have seen on the 1911 George
	Researching: My avatar is that of my Dad and shipmates, taken onboard HMS Blanche in 1938, place unknown From left to right, my Dad,Sidney Mellor and Sidney Bateman.

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