George ROBERTS

[queenie3]

I am looking for any information in regard George Roberts born 1806 in Maningford Bruce, Wiltshire.
I would be very grateful for anything at all.
Thanks!

[zowster]

Hi,
    i have looked on familysearch and there is 1 birth in 1804 for a George Roberts he is born in Anstey Wiltshire which isn't far from Maningford bruce, maybe this is the sme man.

                                         Sharon
                     

[queenie3]

Thank you very much Sharon
You may be right - I have just been looking at a good map of Wiltshire - and it is close.
Is there any info in regard who his parents are??
I think he must have moved to Berkshire when he was an adult as I find him married - 1839- in Boxford Village, Berkshire with four children.
His wife is listed as Mary - no surname. Perhaps she came from Boxford Village?

[krisesjoint]

Hi,

Do you have the family in the census? I note in 1851 they are living at the Village of Boxford. George born Manningford Bruce (son in Law). Mary is listed as b Boxford. (" wife)  The head of the house is George PUZEY b Boxford

I had to wonder about this - There is a George Puzey from Boxford ends up in Australia wife Lucy Pearsall LEANARD. At marriage in London in 1852 he lists his father as George PUZEY maltster.

sorry its 204 pages PDF fale so takes a while

http://www.latrobe.edu.au/amc/assets/downloads/KeepingUpWithTheMcNamaras.pdf

alas in the 1851 George is an ag lab pauper

I was a bit disallusioned till I looked at 1841 and I am sure it has to be them because - we have George and Mary ROBERTS and theire daughters Mary and Martha and right next door we Have George and Martha PUSEY and family (ag lab) and family including a son George 14 

Cheers Kris 

[trish1120]

Hi queenie3,
Looks like he married Mary PUSEY/PUZEY

1851 Census
HO107/1685/642/10
Boxford, Berkshire

Geo PU?EY ( indexed as Puzey), 68, Head, Widow, Ag lab/pauper, born Boxford
Danl Pusey, 21, Son, Unm, School Master
GEO ROBERTS, 45, Son-in-law, Ag, lab, born Wiltshire, Maningford
Mary, 39, Wife, Mar
Mary L, 12
Martha, 10
Hannah, 8
William, 6
George, 2
All others born Boxford

You must be very careful here as they may have married abt 1830 as they may be more children that have left home by 1851 Census. Also they may have both been widowed before marriage.

Cheers,
Trish

[trish1120]

Sorry Chris I had already typed everything and had found the 1841 also.
Amazing link you found

[krisesjoint]

Thanks. Been playing about for hours Trish - I was just waiting fot Queenie to get back to me before typing it all up.

Cheers Kris 

[krisesjoint]

These Boxford records are not online so would pay you to post for them on the Berkshire board. There is a George ROBERTS married in Newbury Dec 1837 but no Mary and FreeBMD is missing one female party. I have tried looking for a Mary PUZEY/PUSEY to correspond in the images but no luck so perhaps although Newbury is the correct district for Boxford this is not the correct marriage or else Mary was previously married. Perhaps as Trish mentioned the marriage was earlier than 1837 although there are only the 2 young girls in 1841 so this marriage would appear to fit. 

I was hoping Mary could be found to fit that 1837 marriage as being after civil registration began we would have George's fathers details.

The baptism mentioned by Sharon is available ion the IGI parents Charles and Harriot (extracted record)

http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Search/frameset_search.asp?PAGE=igi/search_IGI.asp&clear_form=true

But I would like to see Manningford Bruce checked - its not online either I am afraid. These names have not been used for the children whereas George Mary and Martha have been. There are 2 more children by 1861 Emma and John.

Cheers Kris 

[queenie3]

Many thanks to you both!

I do have the 1861 census for Boxford - George Thomas - Head of family -age 55 - Shepherd/Agricultural labourer. His wife Mary- can't read her age [49??] and daughter Martha  age 20 -formerly general servant, son William - age 16 - groom, son George - age 12 - shepherd boy/agricultural labourer, daughter Emma - age 10 - scholar, son John -age 6 - scholar.
Re Mary Roberts eldest daughter of George Roberts and Mary - perhaps married or working away from the family home?I will post on the Berkshire site to see if I can 'catch' Mary Roberts and see where/what she is doing.
Re the marriage Dec 1837 in Newbury - it sounds about right - I think I picked up some information that indicated the marriage might have taken place in 1839 but I can't see where I got the date from. In the past my record keeping was less than spectacular.I wish the census records went back to 1800, don't you?

Regards
Carolyn