You'll find them at http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=SHOW&db=hrohrer&recno=96299 The ROADS Family of Buckinghamshire, and 'One-Place-Studies' of Waddesdon, Grendon Underwood and Wotton Underwood. Jill ----- Original Message ----- From: "Christine Sadler" <csadleruk@ntlworld.com> To: <BUCKS@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, March 29, 2009 2:22 PM Subject: [BKM] Surname ROADS >I am researching the family of WILLIAM ROADS who was born about 1857 in > Quainton, Buckinghamshire. He married Fanny Owen and their children were > Edith Annie (b1880), Mildred Ethel (b1884); William James (b1886) and > Albert > Victor (b1887). > > I have been told that Edith Annie Roads was born on a canal barge but I > haven't been able to confirm this. Census records shown that they were > living in Exchange Street in Aylesbury in 1881 just after Edith was born. > Although this is near the canal, there is no mention of living on a barge.

There's one discrepancy in the records. The marriage of James & Ann OWEN, 03 May 1854, shows his father was also called James. But I cannot find a christening of a James son of James. I can find a christening of a James son of Francis. The 1851 census shows that James living at the wharf in Aylesbury with two of his brothers, & in the 1871 census there is a James on a boat with his father Francis, wife Ann, & children matching those christened in Aylesbury to James & Ann. I suspect an error in either the transcription or the original marriage record. Carrying across the last written name in error is not unknown. Heather Rohrer has followed the marriage record, & assumed the brother of Francis, who she has located christened in Warwickshire, was the James mentioned. By itself, that's a reasonable assumption. But she has no christening for either Ann or her husband James, & given the other information, I prefer Francis as the father. Some christenings at Walton church, near Aylesbury canal basin - 12 Apr 1868 Herbert child of James & Ann OWEN of Walton, Boatman 11 Sep 1870 Ada Hannah born 28 Oct 1869 child of James & Ann OWEN of Walton, Boatman 14 Apr 1872 Annie Louise child of James & Ann OWEN of Walton, Boatman Burials 23 Apr 1877 William OWEN aged 14 of Walton 03 Jul 1879 Francis OWEN aged 79 of Walton (the father of James, I believe - FreeBMD says he was 80). 09 Feb 1882 Henry James OWEN aged 17 of Walton Paul Jill B. wrote: > You'll find them at > http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=SHOW&db=hrohrer&recno=96299 > > The ROADS Family of Buckinghamshire, and 'One-Place-Studies' of Waddesdon, > Grendon Underwood and Wotton Underwood. > Jill > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Christine Sadler" <csadleruk@ntlworld.com> > To: <BUCKS@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Sunday, March 29, 2009 2:22 PM > Subject: [BKM] Surname ROADS > > > >> I am researching the family of WILLIAM ROADS who was born about 1857 in >> Quainton, Buckinghamshire. He married Fanny Owen and their children were >> Edith Annie (b1880), Mildred Ethel (b1884); William James (b1886) and >> Albert >> Victor (b1887). >> >> I have been told that Edith Annie Roads was born on a canal barge but I >> haven't been able to confirm this. Census records shown that they were >> living in Exchange Street in Aylesbury in 1881 just after Edith was born. >> Although this is near the canal, there is no mention of living on a barge. >> > > > *************************************** > > BGS Website: http://www.bucksgs.org.uk/ > BFHS Website: http://www.bucksfhs.org.uk/ > Bucks Genuki Website: http://met.open.ac.uk/genuki/big/eng/BKM/ > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to BUCKS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > >