James Robey

1835 - 1883  (~ 47 years)

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• Name	James Robey
  Gender	Male
  Christened	27 Sep 1835	Farnborough, Berkshire, England   [1]
  Died	1883	Cookham district, Berkshire, England   [2]
  Person ID	I1514	Richard's Genealogy
  Last Modified	17 Oct 2019

  
  

  Father	Robert Robey,   bp. 24 Mar 1805, Farnborough, Berkshire, England ,   d. 1874, Wantage district, Berkshire, England  (Age ~ 68 years)
  Mother	Rachel Miles,   b. 11 Apr 1814, West Lockinge, Berkshire, England ,   d. 1894, Wantage district, Berkshire, England  (Age 79 years)
  Married	15 Nov 1834	St Helen, Abingdon, Berkshire, England   [3]
  Siblings	7 siblings
  1. James Robey,   bp. 27 Sep 1835, Farnborough, Berkshire, England ,   d. 1883, Cookham district, Berkshire, England 2. William Robey,   b. Abt 1838, Berkshire, England 3. Elizabeth Robey,   b. Abt 1840, Moulsford, Berkshire, England 4. Anne Robey,   b. Abt 1842, Moulsford, Berkshire, England ,   d. 1915, Bradfield district, Berkshire, England 5. Eliza Robey,   b. Abt 1845, Moulsford, Berkshire, England ,   bur. 27 Feb 1858, Farnborough, Berkshire, England 6. Lucy Robey,   b. Abt 1847, Moulsford, Berkshire, England ,   bur. 3 Mar 1858, Farnborough, Berkshire, England 7. Joseph Robey,   b. Abt 1850, Moulsford, Berkshire, England ,   bur. 3 Sep 1874, Farnborough, Berkshire, England 8. Sarah Robey,   b. Abt 1856, Moulsford, Berkshire, England
  Family ID	F428	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Mary Ann Watts,   b. Abt 1832, Bray, Berkshire, England
  Married	1856	Cookham district, Berkshire, England   [2]
  Notes	FreeBMD indexes two Mary Anns on vol. 2c, p. 524 of the Cookham marriage register. One is Mary Ann Slaughter, the other Mary Ann Watts. A Mary Ann Watts, b 1832 in Sonning, appears on the 1851 census for Cookham, dau of William & Jane; a Mary Ann Slaughter appears on the 1841 census for Dedworth in Windsor, b 1835. The census shows James' wife as b 1833 or 1832, and the marriage was in Cookham district, so Mary Ann Watts is the better fit. But this is not conclusive. [2]
  Children	1. James S Robey,   b. Abt 1851, Bray, Berkshire, England   2. Thomas Robey,   b. Abt 1853, Bray, Berkshire, England   3. Eliza Robey,   b. 1857, Bray, Berkshire, England   4. William Robey,   b. 1861, Cookham, Berkshire, England + 5. Sarah Ann Robey,   b. 1866, Cookham, Berkshire, England   6. Robert Robey,   b. 1867, Cookham, Berkshire, England   7. James William Robey,   b. Abt 1871, Cookham, Berkshire, England   8. Alfred Robey,   b. 1873, Cookham, Berkshire, England
  Last Modified	17 Oct 2019
  Family ID	F1039	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  There's some doubt as to whether the James born in 1836, son of Robert & Rachel, is the same James that lived in Bray and later Cookham. In the 1861, 71 and 81 censuses, his birth place is listed, respectively, as Stanmore, Bray and Mouseford. Ancestry transcribe Stanmore as Stommer, Berks though there appears to be no such place; however the writing is barely legible. There is also no such place as Mouseford, but in this case there is no ambiguity in the handwriting; Moulsford is place in Berks with the closest spelling. Continuity in the names of the children demonstrate that the three families are the same. James' age in these, and his d reg, are consistent with the James in the 1841 census, and unless the 1841 James died in Wantage in 1857, there are no other plausible dates. If the oldest child, James S, is correctly identified, then James, the father, was 16 when he was born, and the mother 18; they were not married for a further 5 years. However perhaps the eldest two were illegitimate children of Mary, quite possibly by someone other than James.

  
  

• Sources

  [S60] Berkshire Baptisms CD, (Berkshire Family History Society). [S11] FreeBMD database, Free UK Genealogy. [S61] Abingdon District Parish Registers CD, volume 1, (Oxfordshire Family History Society). As quoted here: http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php?topic=443062.0