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William Roberts 1808 – 1885 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 14 DEC 1808

Birth Location: Feock, Cornwall, England

Death Date: 17 NOV 1885

Death Location: Penelewey, Feock, Cornwall, England

Father: William Roberts

Mother: Margaret Harris

Spouse(s): Ann Wescott, Thomasine Visnack

Children(s): Phillip Roberts, John Roberts

In 1808, William Roberts entered the world in Feock, Cornwall, England, born to William Roberts and Margaret Harris. William Roberts married Ann Wescott, Thomasine Visnack, and had children including Phillip James Roberts, John Roberts. William Roberts passed away in 1885 in Penelewey, Feock, Cornwall, England.

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Biography

  • In 1808, William Roberts entered the world in Feock, Cornwall, England, born to William Roberts and Margaret Harris.
  • William Roberts married Ann Wescott, Thomasine Visnack, and had children including Phillip James Roberts, John Roberts.
  • William Roberts passed away in 1885 in Penelewey, Feock, Cornwall, England.

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William Roberts's Ancestors

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William Roberts
1808 – 1885
Birth Place: Feock, Cornwall, England
Parents
William Roberts
1775 – 1836
Veryan, Cornwall, England
Margaret Harris
1782 – 1869
Feock, Cornwall, England
Grandparents
William Roberts
1747 – 1822
St Allen, Cornwall, England
Eleanor Woolcock
1743 – 1815
Cuby with Tregony, Cornwall, England
Richard Harris
1734 – 1815
Feock, Cornwall, England
Margaret Jenkin
1741 – 1790
Wendron, Cornwall, England
Great-Grandparents
Philip Roberts
1717 – 1817
Francis Woolcock
1713 – 1813
Margery Bohannah
1713 – 1774
2nd-Great-Grandparents

William Roberts's Descendants

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William Roberts (14 DEC 1808 – 17 NOV 1885) m. Ann Wescott (5 APR 1811 – 3 SEP 1845) m. Thomasine Visnack (1803 – 18 MAR 1883)
  1. 1. Phillip (James) Roberts (22 NOV 1833 – 25 OCT 1889) m. Elizabeth Hitchens (6 NOV 1834 – 3 NOV 1924)
    1. 1. Elizabeth (Jane) Roberts (27 APR 1859 – 8 SEP 1951) m. Byron Pogson (5 JAN 1857 – 2 MAR 1938)
      1. 1. Vera (Myrtle) Pogson (16 MAR 1892 – 1988) m. James (Shelstone) Hordern (9 FEB 1897 – 5 JUL 1987)
        1. 1. Merle (Una) Hordern (28 JUL 1919 – 6 DEC 2003) m. Maxwell (Stanley) Provest (19 JUN 1915 – 6 FEB 1986)
  2. 2. John Roberts (1841 – JUN 1913) m. Elizabeth Curnow (1843 – SEP 1907)
    1. 1. William (John) Roberts (JAN 1865 – 31 MAY 1938) m. Elizabeth Goldfinch (11 JUL 1869 – 23 FEB 1961)
      1. 1. John (Hector) Roberts (14 MAR 1905 – 1 NOV 1969) m. Mabel (Jean) Collier (4 SEP 1913 – 15 MAY 1979)
        1. 1. B________] Roberts (AFT 1938 – ) m. [________] Florence (AFT 1938 – )
    2. 2. Edith Roberts (20 AUG 1867 – 19 JUL 1940) m. James Dixon (3 DEC 1864 – 14 JAN 1948)
      1. 1. Doreen (Elana) Dixon (11 MAY 1908 – 15 FEB 1987) m. Ernest (Albert George) Carpenter (11 AUG 1904 – 17 JUL 1978)
        1. 1. Robert Carpenter (23 MAR 1931 – 23 FEB 2013)

William Roberts's Timeline

2 Records

1808
14 DEC 1808
Birth of William Roberts in Feock, Cornwall, England
Feock, Cornwall, England
1885
17 NOV 1885
Age 77
Death of William Roberts in Penelewey, Feock, Cornwall, England
Penelewey, Feock, Cornwall, England

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    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 14 DEC 1808
    Event Place: Feock, Cornwall, England

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 17 NOV 1885
    Event Place: Penelewey, Feock, Cornwall, England

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