Independance Day, July 4

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Monday, July 4--Independence Day marks an anniversary and a birthday for our ancestors. 116 years ago on Monday, July 4, Isaac Roberts(10) and Janet(16) Howie were married. Two years later, July 4, 1897 their second son, James H. Roberts(24) (my grandfather) was born.
Both of these events, the marriage and James' birth took place in Trimdon Grange, England, but Isaac was an American citizen.  He obtained his citizenship and then went back to England where he married Janet and worked in the Durham County coal mines.  Why did he go back to Durham County and not Staffordshire County--the county he immigrated from in 1886?  Did he have family in Durham County?  Did he have a job secured in Durham before he left?  So many mysteries left to the puzzle. . .

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