Mr E.A. Roberts, Charcoal burner (General)
My mother-in-law obtained a copy of a newspaper cutting from the Gage library some years ago about Charcoal burning in the Forest of Dean. It is dated 3 Sept 1930 and mentions Mr E.A.Roberts of Longhope who believed he was the last charcoal burner in the Forest. She strongly believes this could be her great uncle, I have done a little research into her family and her grandmother Kate E. Roberts (born Plump Hill 1877) did have a brother called Edward born c.1893.
Kate and Edward's father was Charles Roberts b abt 1856 and their mother was Sarah Ann Smith (abt 1856 Mitcheldean. I believe Charles was the son of Thomas Roberts and Charlotte Nelmes.
I would love to be able to tell her that Mr E.A.Roberts was indeed her great uncle.
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