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Title: ROBERTS IN WOLVERHAMPTON/BILSTON
Post by: Willow 4873 on Friday 17 September 04 10:34 BST (UK)

I am looking for information regarding a John Roberts who was married to my Great Grandmother Martha Jane in the Wolverhampton/Bilston area. Any help would be appreciated.

I believe he may be buried in Bilston Churchyard but have been unable to find a grave as I know he died before 1923 and a lot of the graves from that time have been destroyed or deteriorated.

The only grave I found for a John Roberts is: -

John - D 13.9.27 aged 69
Jack - D 10.6.16 aged 26 in France
Mary - D 31.3.30 aged 63
William - D 5.4.41 aged 52

Don't know if this helps anyone else

Does anyone know of a way of finding out where an actual grave is in a churchyard? I have been trying to find my maternal Great Grandparents in Heath Town Church but it is so overgrown I need a flamethrower and machete to find them.

Title: Re: ROBERTS IN WOLVERHAMPTON/BILSTON
Post by: trish251 on Friday 17 September 04 13:13 BST (UK)

I found this link for Bilsten - The 2nd page indicates a postal research section is available if you cannot visit.
http://www.wolverhamptonarchives.dial.pipex.com/pdf.files/cemetery%20films%20list%20for%20web.pdf

Note that it is a PDF file

Trish

Title: Re: ROBERTS IN WOLVERHAMPTON/BILSTON
Post by: alison98 on Tuesday 21 September 04 16:52 BST (UK)

hi, ive just started to research roberts in wolverhampton area,hopefully our paths will cross.
good luck!
alison

Title: Re: ROBERTS IN WOLVERHAMPTON/BILSTON
Post by: Willow 4873 on Thursday 23 September 04 12:16 BST (UK)

Hi Alison
Hope they do maybe we're long lost cousins!
 ;D

Title: Re: ROBERTS IN WOLVERHAMPTON/BILSTON
Post by: Jason Hotchkiss on Tuesday 30 November 04 09:31 GMT (UK)

I have some Roberts in Wolverhampton - my GG grandmother was Ann Roberts b1867 in Wednesfield, the daughter of James Roberts and Naomi Mattox

Title: Re: ROBERTS IN WOLVERHAMPTON/BILSTON
Post by: Willow 4873 on Tuesday 30 November 04 15:32 GMT (UK)

Hiya Jason

Since I did that post I have been led to believe that John Roberts didn't exsist except on my grandmothers marriage certificate

I do have the following

Martha Jane Roberts b 1879 (my Great Grandmother)
Thomas Roberts b 1839 d 1903 who married in 1870 Martha Dobson b 1848 d 1901
Hannah Bella Roberts b 1873 who married in 1891 William Charles Richards b 1870
Thomas Roberts b 1871
William Roberts b 1891
Mary Ann Roberts b 1873 who married in 1898 Richard Kitson
Thomas Dobson b 1799 who married in 1841 Martha Tapley b 1811 d 1890

If I do come across any of your names I will let you know

Willow