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| Roberts, Albert | Ref 173-4660 |
He was at 12 North Parade, Halifax [1936]
| Roberts, Albert | Ref 173-10 |
He was a cabinet maker.
In 1887, he married Mary Ann Irving [1862-1930] in Halifax.
Mary Ann was born in Brighouse
Children:
The children were born in Boothtown.
The family lived at
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| Roberts, Albert | Ref 173-1729 |
Born in Cleckheaton.
He was brass finisher [1897, 1901].
In 1897, he married Mary Elizabeth Walker at Halifax Parish Church.
Mary Elizabeth was the daughter of John William Walker
Child: Norman [b 1898]
They lived at
Living with them [in 1901] was widowed father-in-law John William Walker
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| Roberts, Andy | Ref 173-280 |
| Roberts, Arthur | Ref 173-43 |
He sustained cuts to his scalp and fingers in the Pye Nest Tram Disaster of 15th October 1907, and was detained at Halifax Infirmary
| Roberts, Arthur Edward | Ref 173-3 |
He was educated at Parkinson Lane School & Trinity School / studying with the Rev Canon R. F. Pechey with a view to becoming a missionary in South America.
During World War I, he served as a Private / Stretcher Bearer with the 2nd/5th Battalion Lancashire Fusiliers.
He was killed in action [14th May 1918] (aged 19).
He was buried at Houchin British Cemetery, France [Grave Ref I C 6].
He is remembered in the Halifax Town Hall Books of Remembrance, and on the Memorial at All Saints' Church, Dudwell
| Roberts, Rev Arthur S. | Ref 173-278 |
He was educated at St John's College Cambridge before becoming Deacon of Todmorden [1890], Curate at Todmorden [1892], and Assistant priest at Todmorden [1897].
His name is inscribed on one of the bells at Todmorden Parish Church
| Roberts, Arthur Stanley | Ref 173-6 |
Born in Halifax.
He was an assistant grocer.
During World War I, he served as a Trooper with the British South African Police.
He died 10th October 1917 (aged 27).
He was buried at Bulawayo (Athlone) Cemetery, Zimbabwe [Grave Ref R 96]
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| Roberts, Austin | Ref 173-33 |
Born in Dawgreen, Dewsbury.
He was a writing clerk solicitor's office [1851] / a solicitor's bill clerk [1861].
He married Ann [1835-1???].
Ann was born in Halifax
Children:
The family lived at 4 Mount Pleasant, Halifax [1861]
| Roberts, Rev Basil Coleby | Ref 173-698 |
| Roberts, Benjamin | Ref 173-1386 |
He married Sarah [1873-1902].
Children:
They lived at Denham Street, Brighouse [1901].
Mary was buried [1902] with her father-in-law in the unconsecrated section of Brighouse Cemetery. Benjamin was buried with them [1903]
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| Roberts, Charles Frederick | Ref 173-5 |
Born in Halifax.
He was a wine merchant's manager [1911]
On 27th September 1898, he married Edith Bates [1878-1927] at Halifax Parish Church.
Edith was born in Halifax
Children:
They lived at 10 St Bevan's Road, Halifax [1911].
Members of the family were buried at All Saints' Church, Dudwell: Edith [29th January 1927]; Charles Frederick [25th March 1929]
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| Roberts, Rev Christopher | Ref 173-16 |
| Roberts, Rev Clarence David | Ref 173-669 |
| Roberts, Cyril | Ref 173-7 |
He was a member of St Matthew's Church, Lightcliffe & Choir / employed by Royston's.
During World War II, he served as a Sergeant with 466 (R.A.A.F.) Squadron Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
He was lost over Germany [18th March 1944] (aged 20), in the same aircraft as his brother-in-law Gordon Edgar Doggett & Harold Gordon Price.
He was buried at Durnbach War Cemetery, Germany [Grave Ref 7 H 12].
He is remembered in the Halifax Town Hall Books of Remembrance
| Roberts, Cyril Ainley | Ref 173-18 |
He was a solicitor's clerk [1911].
During World War I, he served as a Second Lieutenant with the 13th Battalion C Company Royal Tank Corps.
He was killed in action at Mitle Kruisee Kemmel, Belgium [25th April 1918] (aged 22).
He is remembered on the Tyne Cot Memorial, Belgium [Grave Ref 159-160], on the Memorial at Saint Andrew's Church, Stainland, and on the family grave at Bethel Methodist New Connexion Graveyard, Outlane
| Roberts, David | Ref 173-262 |
In December 1857, he was declared bankrupt.
During the bankruptcy hearing, he was suspected of concealing assets in order to defraud his creditors, and he confessed that £940 in gold and banknotes was hidden up the chimney of a house in Bradford. The gold was concealed in a money belt together with an address in the USA. The court decided that Roberts intended to abscond to America. He had also sent many goods to fictitious names at houses in Manchester and elsewhere. The discoveries yielded payments of 20/- in the pound to his creditors
| Roberts, Dennis | Ref 173-499 |
| Roberts, E. | Ref 173-1327 |
| Roberts, Edwin | Ref 173-343 |
He was a watchmaker [1901] / a watchmaker & jeweller [1911] / in business on Commercial Street, Halifax.
In 1892, he married Martha Ann Pilling [1869-19??] in Haslingden.
Martha Ann was born in Bacup
Children:
They lived at
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| Roberts, Frank | Ref 173-1389 |
Born in Brighouse.
Between 1891 and 1899, he left Brighouse to work in wire drawing in Musselburgh, Scotland.
In 1899, he married Joan/Joanna Pow in Musselburgh.
Children:
Around 1905, the family returned to Brighouse where the 3 youngest children were born
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| Roberts, Dr Frank Allan | Ref 173-1306 |
He was a doctor in Brighouse.
He gave evidence at the inquest following the death of Samuel Watkinson [1939].
He lived at Houghton House, Brighouse [1911]
| Roberts, Fred | Ref 173-34 |
In [Q2] 1880, he married Annie Eliza Walton in Halifax.
Children:
The children ‡ were buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 2173] with their great grandmother Mary Roberts; only Mary appears on the headstone
| Roberts, Fred | Ref 173-17 |
He was a brewer [1911] / a mineral water manufacturer (worker) [1891].
In [Q3] 1886, he married Elizabeth Ainley in Huddersfield.
Children:
They lived at Maplin Lea, Outlane [1911]
Elizabeth died in 1915.
Fred died 13th January 1927 (aged 64).
Elizabeth, Fred & Horace were buried at Bethel Methodist New Connexion Graveyard, Outlane
Son Cyril died in World War I, and is remembered on the grave
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| Roberts, Fred | Ref 173-8 |
During World War I, he served as a Private with the 1st/4th Battalion Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment).
He died 27th September 1915 (aged 24).
He is remembered on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium [Grave Ref 20], on Brighouse War Memorial, and on Rastrick War Memorial
| Roberts, Frederick John | Ref 173-1682 |
He joined the Army in 1849. He served 4 years 10 months in Malta and 5 years 1 month in Gibraltar. He was a Sergeant in the 2nd Battalion of the 15th Regiment of Infantry when he retired from the army in November 1870.
He was a lodger at the Bowling Green Inn, Halifax [1871] / a Chelsea Pensioner & beerseller at the Blue Bell Inn, Halifax [1881] / beerhouse keeper at the Blue Bell Inn, Halifax [1891, 1893].
In March 1893, he was declared insolvent
He married (1) Unknown.
He was a widower by 1871.
In 1875, he married (2) Helen [1839-1914] in Halifax.
Helen was born in Blair Athol, Scotland.She was the widow of Frederick Marshall and had 4 children by her previous marriage
Children:
They lived at
Living with them [in 1881] was lodger Joshua Baxendale (Chelsea Pensioner).
Members of the family were buried at Christ Church, Pellon [Grave Ref: 2 HH 39]
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| Roberts, Rev G. Lloyd | Ref 173-673 |
| Roberts, George | Ref 173-27 |
He married Mary [1798-1863].
Mary was born in Dewsbury.She was a card maker [1851]
Children:
The family lived at 8 Lister Street, Halifax [1851].
Mary died 2nd October 1863 (aged 65), and was buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 2173] with her great grandchildren:
children of Fred Roberts
| Roberts, George Henry | Ref 173-315 |
He was a small wire drawer [1891] / a partner in Roberts & Hirst Limited / a bobbin manufacturer (employer) [1901] / a textile bobbin manufacturer (employer) [1911].
In 1885, he married Ellen Armitage in Halifax.
Ellen was born in Dalton, Huddersfield
Children:
They lived at
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| Roberts, Gerard Chipchase | Ref 173-1 |
Born in Sunderland, County Durham [17th January 1874].
In January 1904, he married Winifred Milbanke Hudson [1884-1965] in Durham.
Winifred was born in Sunderland, County Durham, daughter of Ralph Milbanke Hudson, shipowner
He appears on the electoral rolls at Beechwood, Sowerby [1906-1912].
They lived at
During World War I, he served as a Lieutenant Colonel with the 14th Battalion Gloucestershire Regiment.
He was mentioned in Despatches.
He died at Neuve Chapelle in France [8th June 1916] (aged 42).
The Halifax Courier [23rd September 1916] reported his death with a photograph.
He was buried at Pont-de-Hem Military Cemetery, La Gorgue, France [Grave Ref I B 12].
He is remembered in the Halifax Town Hall Books of Remembrance, on the Memorial at Crossley's Carpets, on the Memorial at Saint Peter's Church, Sowerby, on the Memorial at Saint Peter's Church, Sowerby, and on a brass plaque in Sowerby Church commemorating him and the men who fell with him at Neuve Chapelle. Probate records show that he left effects valued at £6,826 11/5d.
Probate was granted to Maurice Lennox Roberts (gunner in the Royal Artillery) and Kennett Champain Bayley (solicitor)
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| Roberts, H. W. | Ref 173-824 |
He qualified in September 1929
| Roberts, J. D. | Ref 173-825 |
He qualified in November 1930
| Roberts, James | Ref 173-614 |
| Roberts, Rev James | Ref 173-1507 |
| Roberts, James | Ref 173-893 |
| Roberts, James Pearson | Ref 173-31 |
He was innkeeper at the West Ward Tavern, Halifax [1881] / landlord of the West Hill, Halifax [1881, 1887].
He married Emma [1840-1???].
Emma was born in Leicestershire
| Roberts, Rev James Thomas | Ref 173-1140 |
He was Pastor at West Vale Baptist Church [1878-1883] / a bootmaker [1891] / a bootmaker (own account) [1901, 1911].
In 1874, he married Eliza [1851-1???].
Children:
They lived at
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| Roberts, John | Ref 173-246 |
He was carrier. He claimed that he had never drunk more than half-a-pint of liquor at one time.
He died at the age of 114 (less 1 month) [10th November 1721]. He was buried at Halifax Parish Church.
See Longevity
| Roberts, John | Ref 173-35 |
He was a cotton winder [1871] / a winder-on.
He married Hannah [1809-18??].
Hannah was born in Stansfield
Children:
They lived at
Living with them [in 1871] were daughter Mary Ann & her husband
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| Roberts, John | Ref 173-13 |
Born in Halifax.
He was a joiner [1861] / a master carpenter & joiner [1881].
Around 1871, he married Elizabeth [1847-1???].
Elizabeth was born in Halifax
Children:
They lived at 4 Upper Bell Hall [1881]
| Roberts, John | Ref 173-1447 |
He took over from his mother as landlord of the Junction Hotel, Halifax
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| Roberts, John Charles | Ref 173-1388 |
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| Roberts, John Crowthey | Ref 173-19 |
Baptised at St Matthew's Church, Lightcliffe [14th March 1813]
| Roberts, Dr John Varley | Ref 173-R429 |
Born at Stanningley. His name was sometimes written Dr John Varley-Roberts.
He was at St Bartholomew's Church, Armley before becoming choirmaster and Organist at Halifax Parish Church [1868-1882].
In 1876, he wrote the music for a cantata by Rev Thomas Cox.
In 1882, he succeeded his brother, Sir Walter Parratt, as organist at Magdalen College Oxford. He held the post for 36 years.
He wrote an Appendix and Supplement to Cheetham's Psalmody.
He lived at King Cross Street, Halifax [1874].
| Roberts, John W. | Ref 173-1500 |
| Roberts, Jonas | Ref 173-766 |
| Roberts, Joseph | Ref 173-1438 |
| Roberts, Joseph Dixon | Ref 173-889 |
Between 1876 and 1880, the family moved to Brighouse.
Around 1890, he opened a business as a staple and rivet manufacturer at Victoria Wire Works, Brighouse. He was a wire manufacturer there [1895].
On 20th February 1869, he married Emma Jane Mack [1847-1909] at Birstall.
Children:
They lived at
He was buried in the unconsecrated section of Brighouse Cemetery, and other members of his family were subsequently buried with him
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| Roberts, Joshua | Ref 173-22 |
He was a cloth fuller [1823].
On 21st December 1823, he married Emma Whiteley [1802-1872] in Hartshead.
Emma was born in Clifton
Children:
Emma died in Brighouse [29th October 1872].
She & other members of the family (‡) were buried at St Martin's Church, Brighouse [Grave Ref: X40].
Joshua died in Brighouse [15th January 1882].
At this time, available space at St Martin's Church, Brighouse Graveyard was full, and he was buried at Brighouse Cemetery
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| Roberts, Joshua | Ref 173-28 |
He was a stone delver [1851] / a stone dresser [1861, 1871].
He married Louisa [1814-1891].
Louisa was born in Wolverhammpton
Children:
The family lived at
Joshua died 18th May 1883 (aged 74).
Louisa died 25th July 1891 (aged 77).
The couple were buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 3892] with a James Pollard [1817-1889]
| Roberts, Josiah Dixon | Ref 173-1382 |
He was a railway clerk of Clifton Bridge, Brighouse. He died at the age of 22. He was buried in the unconsecrated section of Brighouse Cemetery, with his father and other members of his family
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| Roberts, Kenneth | Ref 173-1678 |
| Roberts, Kim | Ref 173-709 |
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| Roberts, Leonard Ernest | Ref 173-345 |
He was educated at Halifax Secondary School [until 1912] / a member of Trinity Road baptist Church / working in his father's jewellery business.
During World War I, he enlisted in the first week of September 1914 and served as a Private with the 1st/4th Battalion Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment).
He was sent the front in April 1915.
He died from gas poisoning at Ypres [19th December 1915] (aged 19).
The Halifax Courier [1st January 1916] reported his death with a photograph.
He was buried at Talana Farm Cemetery, Belgium [Grave Ref IV H 1].
He is remembered in the Halifax Town Hall Books of Remembrance, on the Memorial at Halifax Bowling Club, on the Memorial at Halifax Secondary School, on the Memorial at All Saints' Church, Dudwell, and on the Memorial at Trinity Road Baptist Church, Halifax
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| Roberts, Margaret | Ref 173-40 |
Illegitimate daughter of Sarah of Stansfield, daughter of Richard Roberts.
Baptised at St James & St John, Hebden Bridge [May 1850], father not recorded.
Sister of Naomi.
The sisters lived together at 33 Milner Royd, Sowerby [1861]
In 1861, Naomi was a head cotton weaver, and Peggy was a worsted drawer.
She continued to live with her sister after Naomi married John Greenwood [1866] She lived with them [1871, 1881, 1891]. She was a woollen weaver [1871, 1881, 1891].
Naomi died in 1907.
In 1911, a Margaret Roberts [aged 70] (formerly a weaver in a woollen mill) was listed as an inmate of the Halifax Union Poor Law Hospital at Salterhebble
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| Roberts, Mary | Ref 173-32 |
She died 3rd January 1852 (aged 80), and was buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 85].
A Thomas Brumwell is mentioned as grave owner on her burial record
| Roberts, Mary | Ref 173-25 |
She was one of the children who came to the district and worked as a worsted spinner at Calvert's Mill at Wainstalls.
She lived with James Whittaker [1881]
| Roberts, Naomi | Ref 173-39 |
Baptised at St James & St John, Hebden Bridge [May 1850], father not recorded.
Sister of Peggy.
The sisters lived together at 33 Milner Royd, Sowerby [1861]
In 1861, Naomi was a head cotton weaver, and Peggy was a worsted drawer.
In 1866, Naomi married John Greenwood
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| Roberts, Richard | Ref 173-1471 |
Child: John
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| Roberts, Richard | Ref 173-37 |
He was a wool comber [1841] / a coal dealer [1851].
On 24th September 1815, he married Margaret Howorth in Halifax.
Children:
They lived at Under Bank Hall, Stansfield, Lower Third, Todmorden [1841, 1851].
Living with them [in 1841] were daughter Hannah, her husband Thomas Sunderland, and daughter Susannah.
Living with them [in 1851] were granddaughters Naomi and Peggy.
Richard was found dead in bed (without marks of violence, supposed natural causes) [19th September 1861] (aged 70)
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| Roberts, Richard | Ref 173-1357 |
| Roberts, Robert | Ref 173-2 |
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| Roberts, Samuel | Ref 173-741 |
In 1788, Joseph King was executed for uttering a forged note with intent to defraud Roberts
| Roberts, Samuel | Ref 173-14 |
He was a wire drawer [1861, 1881].
Around 1846, he married Elizabeth [1824-1???].
Elizabeth was born in Northowram
Children:
They lived at
| Roberts, Samuel | Ref 173-193 |
He was a grocer.
He married Grace Dewhirst [1822-1880].
Grace was born in Midgley
Child: Ann [1854-1934] who married Joshua Sykes.
Grace died 28th September 1880.
Samuel died 3rd June 1888.
Grace & Samuel were buried at All Souls' Church, Halifax are buried All Souls;
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| Roberts, Samuel Drake | Ref 173-860 |
He lived at Wyke, Gomersall and Brighouse. He wrote a tragedy entitled Stansfield [1863] and a novel entitled The Yorkshire Cousins [1896] under the pseudonym Stephen Wyke
| Roberts, Rev Thomas | Ref 173-856 |
He died 4th July 1779 (aged 29) & was buried at Eastwood Congregational Church
| Roberts, Thomas | Ref 173-26 |
In [Q4] 1853, he married Jane Foster in Halifax.
Children:
They lived at 7 Winn Street, Halifax (the widowed Jane living with daughter Clarissa & husband) [1911].
Thomas died 3rd February 1886 (aged 56).
He & the children ‡ were buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 2118].
Jane died in Halifax [5th August 1911] and was buried at All Saints' Church, Dudwell with the children (★)
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| Roberts, Thomas | Ref 173-12 |
He died in Sowerby Bridge, after a long & painful illness [25th November 1890] (aged 42)
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| Roberts, Thomas | Ref 173-11 |
Born in Halifax.
During World War II, he served as a Gunner with the 70th Field Regiment Royal Artillery.
He died in Halifax [24th February 1944] (aged 26).
He was buried at Stoney Royd Cemetery [H 106]
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| Roberts, W. | Ref 173-21 |
| Roberts, William | Ref 173-24 |
In [Q3] 1874, he married Lucy Ann Holmes [1852-1875] in Halifax.
Lucy Ann was the daughter of John Holmes
Children:
Lucy Ann died (possibly of perinatal complications) [23rd October 1875] (aged 23), and was buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 1349].
Details of William's death / burial place are not yet known
| Roberts, Rev William | Ref 173-29 |
He married Jane [1830-1864].
Children:
Jane died 20th December 1864 (aged 34), and was buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 488].
Details of William's death / burial place are not yet known
| Roberts, Rev William | Ref 173-851 |
He left to serve at Upper Holloway, London and then at Salisbury
| Roberts, William | Ref 173-15 |
During World War I, he served as a Private with the 2nd/4th Battalion Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment).
He died at Arras [9th October 1917].
He was buried at Favreuil British Cemetery, France [Grave Ref II A 17].
He is remembered in the Halifax Town Hall Books of Remembrance
| Roberts, William | Ref 173-30 |
He was innkeeper at the Duke of York, Halifax [1850. 1861] / innkeeper & butcher employing 1 man [1861].
Around 1847, he married Grace [1820-1???].
Grace was born in Wadsworth
Children:
They lived at 19/20 Russell Street, Halifax [1861]
| Roberts, William | Ref 173-36 |
He was a slaker (cotton factory) [1871] / a tanner [1881, 1891].
In [Q3] 1865, he married Martha Fielden [1842-1911] in Todmorden.
Martha was born in Walsden [23rd November 1842].She was a cotton weaver [1871, 1881]
Children:
They lived at
Living with them [in 1881] was sister-in-law Ann Fielden [b 1840] (cotton weaver).
William died 20th June 1898.
Martha died 4th December 1911.
The couple were buried at Lumbutts United Methodist Free Church
| Roberts, William | Ref 173-23 |
He was an accountant & sharebroker [1891].
Around 1878, he married Laura Mann [1855-1???].
Children:
The family lived at 3 Park Terrace, Halifax (with Laura's family) [1891]
| Roberts, William | Ref 173-20 |
Born in Gloucestershire.
He was a carter of Cheetham Street, Halifax [1910] / a carter [1911].
In [Q2] 1910, he married Mary Alice Berry at Halifax Parish Church.
Child: Clarice [b 1912]
They lived at 10a Thorn Tree Street, Halifax [1911]
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| Roberts, William | Ref 173-9 |
In [Q2] 1914, he married Margaret Mullen in Halifax.
They lived at 6 Squire's Court, Range Bank, Halifax.
During World War I, he served as a Private with the 12th Battalion Machine Gun Corps (Infantry).
He died 26th March 1918 (aged 27).
He is remembered on the Pozières Memorial, France [Grave Ref 90-93], and in the Halifax Town Hall Books of Remembrance
| Roberts, William Edge | Ref 173-215 |
He was an outfitter [1908].
On 20th October 1908, he married Caroline Mary Dean in Formby.
William died in Liverpool [3rd February 1943].
Caroline Mary died in Crosby in 1972
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| Surname |
| Roberts surname | Ref 173-4 |
Unattached BMDs for RobertsBaptism 1856; Marriages 1812, 1881, 1907, 1916, 1937; Death 1907
Unattached burials at Lister Lane Cemetery: Plot 2435
Page Ref: MMR346
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