John Halifax ROBERTS marries Beatrice HAND, and is said to be from East Dean

Name: Beatrice Hannah Hand
Date of Registration: Jul-Aug-Sep 1894
Registration district: Wolverhampton
Inferred County: Staffordshire
Volume: 6b
Page: 533

John Halifax ROBERTS served in WWI

Next of Kin - Mary Ann ROBERTS , Perlieu Drybrook - who is his mother

Name: John Halifax Roberts
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1886
Age at enlistment: 28
Birth Parish: East Dean
Birth County: Gloucestershire
Document Year: 1914
Regimental Number: 13453
Regiment Name: 29th Battalion Middlesex Regiment

Name: John H Roberts & Beatrice H Hand
Date of Registration: Jul-Aug-Sep 1920
Registration district: Wolverhampton
Inferred County: Staffordshire
Volume Number: 6b
Page Number: 1526

Year: 1921
Month: Sep
Day: 1
Parents_Surname: ROBERTS
Child_Forenames: Kathleen May
Fathers_Forenames: John Halifax
Mothers_Forenames: Beatrice Hannah
Mothers_Surname:
Residence: Ruardean Hill
Occupation: Collier
Officiating_Minister: J Lawton Vicar
Event: Baptism
Memoranda:
Notes:
Register_Reference: P109 IN 1/5
Page_Number: 172
Parish_Chapel: Drybrook

Name: Kathleen M Roberts
Mother's Maiden Surname: Hand
Date of Registration: Jan-Feb-Mar 1921
Registration district: Westbury S.
Inferred County: Shropshire
Volume Number: 6a
Page Number: 503

and siblings

Agnes E Roberts Jan-Feb-Mar 1923 Westbury S Shropshire
Maurice E Roberts Jul-Aug-Sep 1924 Westbury S Shropshire
Joyce M Roberts Jan-Feb-Mar 1927 Westbury S Shropshire
Nora E Roberts Jul-Aug-Sep 1929 Westbury S Shropshire
Bernard G H Roberts Jan-Feb-Mar 1932 Westbury S. Shropshire
Mauriel R Roberts Jan-Feb-Mar 1935 Westbury S Shropshire

John Halifax ROBERTS died in May 1936 following and underground accident at Northern United

Year: 1936
Month: May
Day: 23
Surname: ROBERTS
Forenames: John Halifax
Residence: Ruardean Hill East Dean
Age_at_death: 50
Officiating_Minister: S E Easter Vicar
Event: Burial
Cause_of_death:
Memoranda:
Notes:
Register_Reference: P109 IN 1/38
Page_No: 23
Parish_Chapel: Drybrook

So which ROBERTS family does he belong to ?
My suspicion is father Aaaron son of Timothy, son of Aaron....

Jim A - links to one of yours ??
http://www.forum.forest-of-dean.net/index.php?id=18474

Year: 1850
Month: Feb
Day: 12
Grooms_Surname: ROBERTS
Grooms_Forenames: Timothy
Grooms_Age: 24
Groom_Condition: Bachelor
Grooms_Occupation: Collier
Grooms_Residence: Harrys Hill
Grooms_Fathers_Surname: Roberts
Grooms_Fathers_Forenames: Aaron
Grooms_Fathers_Occupation: Quarryman
Brides_Surname: NICHOLLS
Brides_Forenames: Jane
Brides_Age: 22
Brides_Condition: Spinster
Brides_Occupation:
Brides_Residence: Harrys Hill
Brides_Fathers_Surname: Nicholls
Brides_Fathers_Forenames: Thomas
Brides_Fathers_Occupation: Stone Cutter
Licence_or_Banns: Banns
Date_of_Banns:
Signature_or_Mark: He Sign She Mark
Witness_1: [illegible]
Witness_2: Elizabeth [illegible]
Other_Witnesses:
Officiating_Minister: Henry G. Nicholls
Event: Marriage
Memoranda:
Notes:
Register_Reference: P109 IN 1/6
Page_Number: 37
Parish_Chapel: Drybrook

1861
Timothy Roberts abt 1825 Ruardean, Gloucestershire, England Head Hope Mansell, Herefordshire
Jane Roberts abt 1827 East Dean, Gloucestershire, England Wife Hope Mansell, Herefordshire
Eliza Roberts abt 1853 East Dean, Gloucestershire, England Daughter Hope Mansell, Herefordshire
Patieence Roberts abt 1856 East Dean, Gloucestershire, England Daughter Hope Mansell, Herefordshire
Aaron Roberts abt 1859 Hope Mansell, Herefordshire, England Son Hope Mansell, Herefordshire

Year: 1880
Month: Jul
Day: 12
Grooms_Surname: ROBERTS
Grooms_Forenames: Aaron
Grooms_Age: Of Full Age
Groom_Condition: Bachelor
Grooms_Occupation: Collier
Grooms_Residence: Ruardean
Grooms_Fathers_Surname: Roberts
Grooms_Fathers_Forenames: Timothy
Grooms_Fathers_Occupation: Collier
Brides_Surname: ROBERTS
Brides_Forenames: Mary Ann
Brides_Age: Minor
Brides_Condition: Spinster
Brides_Occupation:
Brides_Residence: Ruardean
Brides_Fathers_Surname: Roberts
Brides_Fathers_Forenames: Abel
Brides_Fathers_Occupation: Collier
Licence_or_Banns: Banns
Date_of_Banns:
Signature_or_Mark: He marks she signs
Witness_1: Mark of George Roberts
Witness_2: ?ahim Roberts
Other_Witnesses:
Officiating_Minister: C R Greaves
Event: Marriage
Memoranda:
Notes:
Register_Reference: P275 IN 1/10
Page_Number: 78
Parish_Chapel: Ruardean

1891
Aaron Roberts abt 1860 Hawthorns, E Dean Head Ruardean, Gloucestershire
Mary A Roberts abt 1861 Wigpool Wife Ruardean, Gloucestershire
Moses Roberts abt 1881 Ross, Perlens Son Ruardean, Gloucestershire
Rosina Roberts abt 1883 Ross, Perlens Daughter Ruardean, Gloucestershire
Aaron Roberts abt 1884 Ross, Perlens Son Ruardean, Gloucestershire
Emily Roberts abt 1886 Ross, Perlens Daughter Ruardean, Gloucestershire
John Roberts abt 1888 Ross, Perlens Son Ruardean, Gloucestershire
Amos Roberts abt 1889 Ross, Perlens Son Ruardean, Gloucestershire
Agnes Roberts abt 1890 Hawthorns, E Dean Daughter Ruardean, Gloucestershire

1901
Aaron Roberts abt 1859 Hope Mansel, Herefordshire, England Head East Dean, Gloucestershire
Mary Rute Roberts abt 1860 East Dean, Gloucestershire, England Wife East Dean, Gloucestershire
Moses Roberts abt 1881 Ruardean, Gloucestershire, England Son East Dean, Gloucestershire
Aaron Roberts abt 1883 Ruardean Son East Dean, Gloucestershire
John Roberts abt 1886 Ruardean Son East Dean, Gloucestershire
Bernard Roberts abt 1891 Ruardean Son East Dean, Gloucestershire
Orriss O Roberts abt 1899 Ruardean Son East Dean, Gloucestershire
Agnes Roberts abt 1890 Drybrook Daughter East Dean, Gloucestershire
Edith Roberts abt 1896 Ruardean Daughter East Dean, Gloucestershire
Daisy M Roberts abt 1898 Ruardean, Gloucestershire, England Daughter East Dean, Gloucestershire

1911 Ruardean Hill, Drybrook
Acon Roberts 52
Mary Ann Roberts 50
Edith Roberts 17
Daisy Roberts 13
Horace Roberts 12

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