Agnes BRAIN (nee ROBERTS) (General)

by HeleninGlos , Thursday, December 30, 2010, 11:14 (5079 days ago) @ m p griffiths

Whilst I cannot answer your query about Agnes Brain I can give a little extra info on the Buffin family and John Roberts who was with them in 1851.

John "Roberts" was born in 1832 to the unmarried Abia Roberts (bap 1813 dau of Moses Roberts and Mary). His father was John Reed who had died in Dec 1831.

Abiah Roberts married John Buffin 15 Mar 1835, Abenhall. In 1841 Census John "Roberts" is with his mother and step father and children from their marriage but is recorded as John BUFFIN.

Abiah died in 1841 so as you have noted in 1851 census John Roberts is with the Buffin familiy.

John Buffin marries again 11 June 1848, Spouse Eliza Roberts (dau of William Turner). I am yet to find the link if any between Eliza Roberts and Abia Roberts.

John Roberts (b1832) marries Mary Ann Hatton in Westbury 1863 and after her death marries Jane Roberts( again no link found yet) on 27 Nov 1870 in Cinderford. Jane Roberts was born 1838, the daughter of William Roberts and Ann. She is recorded as widow at time of her marriage to John Roberts but her 1st husband John Dobbins is alive and well and married to someone else.

Jane Roberts has a sister Labeata who married Benjamin Brain b1836, son of Cornelius Brain.

This might confuse things further but is a summary of what I have found so far.