Checking in 1851 were their birthplaces listed as Oswestry?? The family are listed as Robert and living in Wednesfield with youngest child David born there
Yes, that's the family.
I'm trying to work out if the younger John ROBERTS is my great-great grandfather, but it's such a common name (especially in that part of the country) that it's really difficult to find the right one.
Here's what I know about "my" John ROBERTS:
* Born in Shrewsbury in about 1842
* Married Caroline JAMES (sometimes referred to as Catherine) in Dudley, Worcs. in 1865
* Marriage cert shows his father as John ROBERTS, deceased.
* Children Agnes (1866), John (1869), Eliza (1871), Daniel George (1874) (my great grandfather), Mary A (1880) all born in Oldbury, Worcs.
* Living in Rowley Regis, Staffs. in 1871, and Oldbury, Worcs. in 1881.
Obviously there are several John ROBERTSs born in Shrewsbury around that time, and I'm struggling to figure out which is mine.