James Roberts

Brief Life History of James

When James Roberts was born on 12 January 1805, in Kirkby, Lancashire, England, his father, Nicholas Roberts, was 22 and his mother, Rachel Scarisbrick, was 24. He married Ellen Swift about 1830, in St Chad's Church, Uppermill, Greater Manchester, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 5 daughters. He lived in Walton on the Hill, Liverpool, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom in 1841 and Kirkby, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom in 1861. He died on 14 May 1869, at the age of 64, and was buried in Kirkby, Lancashire, England.

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Family Time Line

James Roberts
1805–1869
Ellen Swift
1807–1863
Marriage: about 1830
William Roberts
1830–
Mary Roberts
1832–
Nicholas Roberts
1833–1835
William Roberts
1834–1891
Thomas Roberts
1837–1866
Rachel Roberts
1838–1851
James Roberts
1841–
Alice Roberts
1841–
Nicholas Roberts
1841–
John Roberts
1843–
Jane Roberts
1844–1849
Ellen Roberts
1847–

Sources (27)

  • James Roberts, "England and Wales Census, 1841"
  • James Roberts, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
  • James Roberts, "England Marriages, 1538–1973 "

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1808 · The British West Africa Squadron

The British West Africa Squadron was formed in 1808 to suppress illegal slave trading on the African coastline. The British West Africa Squadron had freed approximately 150,000 people by 1865.

1815

The defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte at Waterloo marks the end of the Napoleonic Wars. Napoleon defeated and exiled to St. Helena.

1823

Rugby Football 'invented' at Rugby School.

Name Meaning

English: from the personal name Robert , with genitival or post-medieval excrescent -s. This surname is also occasionally borne by Jews, presumably as an Americanized form of some similar (like-sounding) Jewish surname.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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