Roden from Bilston/Wolverhampton area

[danlan12]

i am looking to trace the roden part of my family who moved from the bilston area in the late 1860's to manchester as they were coal miners. i have tried endlessly to find them in the area but to no avail. the earliest that i can find them is 1891 census living in Manchester. i haven't been helped by the fact that there are about 5 different spellings of the name Roden that i have come across. all i know is the following from later records.

thomas roden/roaden/rowden/rodden/roaden (b. abt. 1851) Bilston, Staffs
married to Mary Roden nee Sweeley (b. abt. 1854) Bilston, Staffs

any results or advice greatly appreciated
thanks
danlan

[MaryA]

Your 1891 census gives this information

6 Hopwood Street, Pendlebury, Lancashire
Thomas Roden Head Mar 40 Coal Miner Staffordshire Bilston
Mary A Wife M 37                                          " "
Daniel Son S 17 Coal Miner Lancashire Pendlebury
Richard Son S 15      "                  " "
Charlotte daur 1 " "
Daniel Morgan Boarder Widr 63 Staffordshire Bilston
RG12; Piece: 3209; Folio 107; Page 23

Do you know who Daniel Morgan is?

This looks suspiciously like the family in the 1881 census
No 3 Algernon Street, Worsley, Lancashire
Thomas Morgan Head Mar 30 Coal Miner Bilston Staffordshire
Mary Annie Wife Mar 27                             " "
Daniel Son 7 Scholar Swinton Lancashire
Richard Son 5 "           " "

At No. 7 Algernon Street is
Daniel Morgan Head Mar 53 Coal Miner Bilston Staffordshire
Mary Ann Wife M 50 Miners Wife                " "
RG11; Piece: 3878; Folio: 52; Page: 23

[MaryA]

Do you have the marriage certificate for Thomas and Mary Ann?  or a birth certificate for one of the children?

I think it possible that the name Sweeley might in fact be Sweeney badly written and if so then maybe her family could be found in the 1871 census still in Bilston, her father's name will be required from the marriage certificate.

It will of course, be much easier to try to find Thomas in the earlier censuses if you let us have his father's name also.

[Willow 4873]

Hiya Danlan 12

Have you tried FreeREG? There are a lot of Roden BDM's listed on there - it might narrow the search down on the census

http://freereg.rootsweb.com/cgi/Search.pl

Willow x

[danlan12]

thank you for your help. i am still awaiting the marriage certificate. this would make my search easier. thank you to both of you from the website given was able to find the baptism of thomas and now have some more census records. as i'm still pretty new to this it was out of the realms of my thinking that they would be registered as morgan.

thanks
danlan

[danlan12]

just delved deeper into the family history found an address on the baptism records thanks to the link i was given no wonder i couldn't find him as a roden because when i found his mother on the 1851 census his relationship to the head of the family is illegitimate!!!!!! oh dear

danlan

[Willow 4873]

thank you for your help. i am still awaiting the marriage certificate. this would make my search easier. thank you to both of you from the website given was able to find the baptism of thomas and now have some more census records. as i'm still pretty new to this it was out of the realms of my thinking that they would be registered as morgan.

thanks
danlan

No thats just family for you - just when you think you are getting a handle on things they throw a curve ball at you lol

Glad we could help

Willow x

[gilly58]

Hello

I am a decedent of the Roden family that you are referring to from Bilston. I have quite a bit of information of the Roden/Roaden family