Roberts Roots & Branches

Bagillt, Flintshire, Wales (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bagillt) The parish of Bagillt was gazetted on 23 May 1844, having been created from the townships of Bagillt Fawr, Bagillt Fechan, Coleshill Fawr and Coleshill Fechan, which were formerly in the parish of Holywell. It is located in the Northern part of Wales. (Genuki, http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/wal/FLN/Bagillt/index.html)   The 1841 British Census finds Margaret(2) Roberts, aged four years living with her parents and siblings in Bagillt, Flintshire, Wales. In 1831, J. Poole penned: "Bagillt is a bustling place, and will continue so, as long as her smelting and coal works go on in their present prosperous state. Well conducted boats go from this place to Chester every day; with a favorable wind, these little barks make the 17 or 18 miles in little more than two hours."   (J. Poole, Gleanings of the histories of Holywell, Flint, St. Asaph and Rhuddlan, 1831 as qtd.  in http://www.genuk...

I have been working on Robert Owen Roberts'(7) life history.  It is almost done.  He was Hugh(1) & Margaret's(2) oldest child.  (Insert question here:  according to all of the family group records passed down from generation to generation, the oldest child would have been Edward Roberts, however, if his birth date is accurate, then Margaret would have been 13 years old when he was born!  Possible, but not probable.  In addition I have never found a single primary source of information documenting Edward.  So, If you have any documentation, please, PLEASE let me know.)   Robert Owen(7) was Hugh(1) & Margaret's(2) only child that was deaf.  Which makes one wonder if he was born deaf, or became deaf after he was born.  According to what information I have, there were no other children and only one grandchild that suffered from deafness. How were the deaf treated in the Victorian Era in England?  How did Robert(7) support hi...

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BYU-Idaho has been compiling an index of marriages.  According to the website: Most of the pre-1900 marriages are included in the index for Arizona, Idaho and Nevada. Many counties for those same states have been extracted into the 1930’s and some, much later. A significant number of marriages from selected counties in California, western Colorado, Montana, Oregon, Utah, eastern Washington, and Wyoming are also included. Very early marriages (1700’s) in New Mexico are currently being added.  The website also states: At this time, the index is not comprehensive for the time period and/or localities described. However, the goal for this index is to have marriages from all 12 western states at the fingertips of family researchers.  After searching this site I was able to locate about 17 marriages with accompanying information.  The site is very easy to search and it was extremely quick.  The site includes name variations in its searches, and it is u...

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