Hugh Roberts


   Hugh Roberts(1) was born 10 July 1832 in Mostyn, Flintshire, Wales, to two people with the most common names in Wales!  (Because of continuing research and the inability to “prove” their names, I am not releasing their names.)  The 1841 census was taken on 7 June 1891.  When I thought I found Hugh Roberts as a child, I was surprised to see a set of triplets.  Hugh’s three older siblings were listed as each child being 15 years old!  Well, after exploring the family for multiple births, and being somewhat surprised that a set of triplets survived in the early 1800’s, I furthered researched the background of the census’ which is where I learned the census taker usually rounded the ages of those over 15 down to a multiple of 5 years.  For example, a 17 year old, a 19 year old and a 16 year old would all be listed as 15 years old.  All three of Hugh’s siblings had their ages rounded down to 15 years old. 

   Hugh’s father was a lead miner and by the 1851 census Hugh was listed as a miner, as were his three brothers, but it is unknown if they were lead or coal miners. 

Hugh(1) married Margaret Roberts(1) on 26 November 1853 in Flintshire County, Wales.  After living in Durham County, England the couple moved to Staffordshire, England.  In Staffordshire, Hugh worked in the coalmines, which supplied coal to the kilns of the area in their production of pottery. 

Hugh immigrated with his family in 1886 at the age of 53 years old.  Family records have always stated that Hugh’s death was 27 November but the year was not correct.  So we don’t have an exact year.  He immigrated in 1886 and the 1889 Wilkes Bare City Directory lists Margaret as a widow.  So, his death is estimated between 1886 and 1889 in Wilkes Bare, Pennsylvania. 

This is about all I know about Hugh, so if you have any further information please share and leave a comment if you learned something new about him.

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