William Roberts. Shoemaker born abt 1800 (General)

by Danny , Tuesday, March 23, 2010, 09:26 (5438 days ago) @ jimashton

Hello Jim
Some years ago I spent many months trying to establish if the parents of William Roberts, the shoemaker, were Moses Roberts/Mary Hayward or William Roberts/Mary Rudge.
Seven recordings of his age during his lifetime suggest the shoemakers DOB was 1798 + or - 1 year. That, together with accurate recording of wife and childrens' ages, leans towards William Roberts and Mary Rudge as the parents.
I tried to track all family members looking for links, as well prison records, witnesses at marriages, together with baptisms, burials etc etc. The close proximity of Lydbrook and Ruardean for the two families does not help, nor the many conflicting bits of data.
There was so much conflicting or incomplete data that making a solid decision was not possible and, although I think the parents were William Roberts and Mary Rudge, I have not continued this thread on my family tree

regards .....Danny