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GOODMAN ROBERTS.
Research at the National Library of Wales Aberystwyth, showed that Goodman Roberts married Catherine Jones on the 1st January 1816 in Beaumaris. Goodman Roberts is the earliest confirmed relative I have in the Roberts line. Goodman and Catherine Roberts are my great great great grandparents
In 1821, the couple lived in Llandegfan, but had moved to Beaumaris 1n 1824.
They are known to have had three sons, Thomas Goodman Roberts, my great great grandfather, John Roberts and Edward Goodman Roberts
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THOMAS GOODMAN ROBERTS
Thomas Goodman Roberts is pictured here around 1900 in the garden of 31 Wexham Street, Beaumaris.
With him are his married daughter Anne Jane Williams and her children Anne Goodman Williams, baby Harry Goodman Williams and Thomas Goodman Williams.
Thomas Goodman Roberts was born in Beaumaris and christened on the 9th June 1824. He was a gardener by trade. His wife Ellinor (Ellen) was born c 1831 in Llaniolen, Caernarfon.
The couple were married in September 1850
They had seven children, Catherine Roberts born c 1844, Charles Goodman Roberts born c 1852 (my great grandfather born c 1852), Mary Roberts born c 1856, Thomas Goodman Roberts born c 1857, Goodman Roberts born c 1863, Ellen Roberts born c 1864 and Ann Jane Roberts born 13th December 1867, pictured above with her father.
In 1851, the family lived at Baron Hill Lodge, Llanfaes. Thomas was 26 then and head of the household which consisted of his wife Ellen, 22 and only child Catherine 6 months old, named after her grandmother, and born in Llanfaes. Thomas worked as a gardener at Baron Hill, home of the wealthy Bulkeley family. Visiting Thomas on census day was William Roberts, a 'gentleman's servant', born in Beaumaris. His age is unknown.
Ten years on, in 1861, the family were living at 31 Wexham Street, Beaumaris. Thomas' age is noted as 40 and he still worked as a gardener. His wife Ellinor, 30, daughter Catherine 10 had been joined by children Charles G Roberts 9, born in Llanfaes, Thomas Roberts 8 born in Didsbury, Lancashire, Mary Roberts 4 and Goodman Roberts 2, both born in Beaumaris.
They were living at 17 Wexham Street during the 1871 census. Thomas, 46, was still a gardener with his wife Ellinor, 43 at home. Daughter Catherine, 20 was a housemaid, Charles 19 workedas a stableboy, Thomas,16 a butcher's servant, with Mary, 14, Goodman, 12, Ellen, 9, and Ann Jane all scholars.
The family had returned to 31 Wexham Street by 1881, and Elinor had passed away. Thomas, 58, was a widower.Son Thomas 24 was on the Militia staff, Goodman 19, a general labourer, Ellen 17 was housekeeper and Ann Jane 15, still at school.
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COURT CASE against GOODMAN ROBERTS
Of Goodman Roberts, Wexham Street, parish Beaumaris, at Beaumaris for stealing ferns and primroses from Sir Richard L. M. Williams-Bulkeley, Baronet. Ordered that Goodman Roberts pay to James McDonald £1 plus 9/- costs within 14 days or be imprisoned at Carnarvon prison for 14 days.
Order 1880. Aug 9..
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In 1891 Thomas lived with son Goodman 27, a general labourer, Ann Jane a domestic 24 servant, and grandson John Roberts 5.
In 1901, 31 Wexham Street housed Thomas, 74, son Goodman 37 and his Daughter Ann Jane, 32 and her family. Her 38 year old husband John Williams was born in Bangor and worked as a general labourer, their son John Williams 15 was a domestic gardener, and other children Ann, 7 and Thomas 18 months were all born in Beaumaris.
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PEN PICTURES OF
THOMAS & ELLINOR GOODMAN ROBERTS' CHILDREN.
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CATHERINE ROBERTS
Catherine, or Kate was born c 1844 in Llanfaes parish and was their eldest known child. She lived with her parents ay Baron Hill Lodge in 1851, 31 Wexham Street in 1861, and was no longer living at home by the next census. She married Thomas Jones. They had two children, Thomas and Caroline.
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MARY ROBERTS
Mary was born in Beaumaris c 1857 and lived at home during the 1861 and 1871 censuses.
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THOMAS GOODMAN ROBERTS
Born in Didsbury, Burnley, Lancashire, in 1857, he was at home during the 1861, 1871 censuses, when he was a butcher's servant, and 1881 when he was a militia staff member. He was also a bell ringer at St Mary and Nicholas Church Beaumaris. He married Jane Helen Millichip, born c 1859 in Birmingham.
The 1891 census show Thomas, 33, a gardener and wife Jane Helen, 32, living at 17 Stanley Street, Beaumaris.
They were at the same address in 1901, with Thomas 45 and Jane Helen 44.
In 1923, they are recorded as living at 17 Stanley Street, Beaumaris. They had no children. Thomas died on the 11 February 1933 aged 79, and his wife joined him on the 15th January 1942. They are buried in the Beaumaris cemetery.
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ELLEN GOODMAN ROBERTS
Ellen was born in Beaumaris, in 1862 and lived at home in 31 Wexham Street, Beaumaris in 1871 and 1881 respectively. She was housekeeper in the latter. She married Thomas Brereton, born in Horton, Cheshire, in June 1853, at Birkenhead.
Thomas was the youngest of the ten children of George Brereton and Jane Hopley. His paternal grandparents were William Brereton and Mary Tomlinson. His siblings were Richard, William, Robert, George, John, Charles, Ann, Margaret and Jane. He was previously married to Margaret Edwards in June 1870 and they had two children, William Thomas Brereton born 1870, died April 1946, and John born Jun 1872, died March 1873. Wife Margaret died in March 1874.
Ellen and Thomas had five children, Jesse, born 1885 in Birkenhead, died 24th July 1941, as a result of air raid in the Second World War, Ann, born 1888, born in Beaumaris, Teresa born 1890, Ellen born 1893, Jane born 1896, and George born 1900, all born in Birkenhead.
1891 saw Ellen, aged 30, living at 12 Livingstone St, Birkenhead, with husband Thomas, 40, a dock labourer. They had three daughters, Jesse 6, Ann 3 and Teresa, 9 months old.
In 1901, the couple lived at 4 Club Row, Birkenhead. Thomas was 48, working as a general labourer, Ellen was 38. Their children were Jessie 16, Ann 13, Ellen 8, Jane 5 and George, 10 months.
Sadly, Thomas had died by 1903, and Ellen married Theophilus Griffiths, born in Llanerchymedd, then aged 38. A son, also Theophilus was born in 1904 in Birkenhead, where presumably the couple met.
In 1911, the family lived at Ardd Gron, Llanddona, Anglesey. Theophilus was 46, a farm labourer, Ellen was 48 and the census shows they had been married 3 years. Their son Theophilus was 7 years old. Ellen's children from her previous marriage living with them were, Jane, 15 and George 11.
Ellen died aged 68 in 1930 in Beaumaris.
Click here to see Ellen's family tree with the Berereton family connection, courtesy of "John's Family Tree"
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GOODMAN ROBERTS
Born c 1864, Goodman always lived at the family home at census times, as detailed under his father, Thomas Goodman Roberts.
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1880 August 9th - BEAUMARIS COURT CASES.
Of Goodman Roberts, Wexham Street, parish Beaumaris, at Beaumaris for stealing ferns and primroses from Sir Richard L. M. Williams-Bulkeley. Ordered that Goodman Roberts pay to James McDonald £1 plus 9/- costs within 14 days or be imprisoned at Carnarvon for 14 days.
Henry Bromley, also of Wexham Street was similarly fined for the same offence.
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In 1901 at 31 Wexham Street, Beaumaris aged 37, he is recorded as a general labourer.
Ten years later, in 1911, Goodman was living in the household of his sister Ann Jane Willaims, at 20 Steeple Lane, Beaumaris, He was a labourer.
He died a batchelor, and is buried with his father in an unmarked grave, the location of which, I do not know.
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ANN JANE GOODMAN ROBERTS.
Ann was born c 1866 and lived as a member of her parents family during the census 1861 to 1901. She married John Williams, born in Bangor around 1860, in 1896 and the couple lived with her widowed father in 1901 at 31 Wexham Street, with their son Thomas then 18 months old. The couple had another five children, Annie, John, Harry, Francis and Esther.
In 1911 Ann, 45, who had been married for 15 years, was living at 20 Steeple Lane, Beaumaris with her husband John Williams, 51, a labourer. THe family living with them consisted of children John G., 25, a coachman, Ann E., 16 a servant, Thomas 12, Henry 10, Francis 8 and Esther 3, all born in Beaumaris. Ann's brother Goodman Roberts, 49 and single, a labourer, also lived with them.
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EDWARD GOODMAN ROBERTS
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I am very grateful to Judy Matthews for the information she has supplied on Edward Goodman Roberts, whose husband is a descendant.
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Edward was youngest of Goodman and Catherine Roberts' sons. He was born in Llanfair, and was baptised on the 25 Jul 1821 in the Beaumaris Wesleyan Circuit. He was recorded as the son of Goodman Roberts, labourer, and Catherine of Llandegfan in 1821 and of Beaumaris in 1824.
Registers record that in 1842, Beaumaris Edward Roberts son of Goodman Roberts married Lacey Jones, daughter of Thomas King.
On the 13th September 1846 in Llanfairfechan, Eliza Goodman Roberts was baptised, daughter of Edward Goodman Roberts and Lacey
He married twice, we know this because he is described as widowed when he married Elizabeth Sloane, herself a widow, on the 11th April 1871. Elizabeth was born in Ireland. She was the daughter of John Sloane, a farmer. Interesting to note that she has used her maiden name, unless she married a cousin of some sort. Both Edward and Elizabeth made a mark, 'X', for their signature. Witnesses were Charlotte Richard Jones and William Hughes.
In 1881, we've traced an Edward Roberts, aged 48(?) as a domestic gardener living at Pen Bryn Gate House, Llanbeblig, with wife Eliza, 44, son George, 18, a gasman and daughter Charlotte, 8.
In 1891, Edward, aged 68, lived at 20 Rosemary Lane, Beaumaris and was employed as a domestic gardener. His wife Elizabeth was 45 (?), and daughter Charlotte, 16 also lived at home.
By 1901, Edward's wife had died. He was a widower, 74, a domestic gardener, still living at 20 Rosemary Lane, with daughter Charlotte, aged 23.
Son George married Louise.
Daughter Charlotte married Charles Matthews and they had six children, Sidney, William, Ernest, John, Edward and Matilda.
Their third child was Eliza Goodman Roberts.
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