In the 1861 census B W (age 19) was with his mother and brother in Bristol St James and St Paul, Gloucestershire, England.[1]
Ann Roberts Head F 44 Fundholder Salisbury, Wiltshire, England
B W Roberts Son M 19 Mariner Fermoy, Ireland
F C W Roberts Son M 3 Bristol, Clifton
H Kinsman Nephew M 20 Solicitors Managing Clerk Chard, Somerset, England
Benjamin Wilkes, son of Elias Roberts, married Mariam Palmer, daughter of Thomas, on 9 January 1869 on Joseph Trenchard St, Bristol, Bristol, England. The witness was Anna Roberts.[2]
In the 1871 census Benjn W (age 29) was with his wife and daughter in St James, Gloucestershire, England.[3]
Benjn W Roberts Head M 29 Mariner Fermoy Ireland
Mary Roberts Wife F 24 Bath, Somerset, England
Annie S Roberts Daughter F 1 Bristol St James
Annie S Palmer Sister-in-law F 21 Bath, Somerset, England
Research Notes
Benjamin Wilks, son of Edward and Anne, was baptised on 24 April 1842 in Ballyhooly, Cork, Ireland. (This is a typewritten transcription, not the orginal register).[4]
Sources
↑1861 Census:
"1861 England Census"
Class: Rg 9; Piece: 1730; Folio: 66; Page: 15; GSU roll: 542858; ED, institution, or vessel: 12; Household schedule number: 78 Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry uk Record 8767 #19396972 (accessed 3 March 2023)
B W Roberts (19) son in household of Ann Roberts (44) in Bristol St James and St Paul in Clifton registration district in Gloucestershire, England. Born in Fermoy, Ireland.
↑Marriage:
"Bristol, England, Non-Conformist Baptism, Marriage and Burial Registers, 1644-1981"
Bristol Archives; Bristol, England; Bristol Non-Conformist Registers; Reference: 37553/R/4/2 Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry uk Record 61689 #54452 (accessed 3 March 2023)
Benjamin Wilkes Roberts marriage to Mariam Palmer on 9 Jan 1869 on Joseph Trenchard St, Bristol, Bristol, England.
↑1871 Census:
"1871 England Census"
The National Archives; Kew, London, England; 1871 England Census; Class: RG10; Piece: 2531; Folio: 77; Page: 6; GSU roll: 835256; ED, institution, or vessel: 12; Household schedule number: 42 Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry uk Record 7619 #1013936 (accessed 3 March 2023)
Benja W Roberts (29) head of household in St James in Bristol registration district in Gloucestershire, England. Born in Fermoy Ireland.
↑Baptism:
"Irish Parish Register Baptisms & Confirmations, Ffolliott Collection" FindMyPast Image - FindMyPast Transcription (accessed 3 March 2023)
Benjamin Wilks Roberts baptism on 24 Apr 1842, son of Edward & Anne, in Ballyhooly, Cork, Ireland.
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