Three children christened at St Marys, Aylesbury 26 Oct 1888, children of William & Fanny ROADS of 52 Bicester Road, Carpenter Mildred Ethel b 22 Feb 1884 William James b 16 May 1885 Albert Victor b 21 Jun 1887 Three children christened 10 Oct 1877, children of another ROADS of Bicester Road, Carpenter - James - & his wife Elisa Arthur b 3 Oct 1870 (buried 1895 aged 24) James b 12 Feb 1873 Albert b 25 May 1875 There could be something in the born on a boat story - Fanny OWEN chr 3 Jun 1855 born 01 Oct 1854 dau of James & Anne OWEN of Anchor Yard, Walton, Aylesbury - Boatman There are various other christenings of children fathered by other OWEN boatmen. 1891 census - 52 Bicester Road Aylesbury William ROADS 33 Carpenter b Quainton Fanny 36 b Aylesbury Edith A dau 10 Scholar b Aylesbury Mildred A dau 7 do b Paddington London (there is a canal basin & moorings there) William J son 5 do b Aylesbury Albert V son 3 b Aylesbury 1871 census, Bicester Road, Aylesbury James ROADS 34 Journeyman Carpenter Eliza 36 Carpenters wife William son 13 Errand boy Post Office Mary Ann dau 11 Scholar Arthur son 6 months b Aylesbury - others b Quainton 1871 census - Walton Street Aylesbury Fanny OWEN Lodger 16 Apprentice compositor (both my grandfathers and a great-grandfather worked in the same print works later) b Aylesbury William brother 8 scholar Herbert brother 3 All B Aylesbury No sign of her or her parents in 1861. On a boat? There are what look like her relatives scattered around the country on boats, but a lot of boatmen were missed by the censuses. 1871 - Canal boats, Boxmoor, Hemel Hempstead Hertfordshire Francis Owen head widower 71 Master Boatman b Warwickshire James Owen 33 son boatman b Wendover (there's an arm of the canal . . .) Ann do wife (presumably of James, but it doesn't say) 33 b Buckingham (there was a canal . . and there was at least one boatman named Owen there in 1871) Sarah A dau13 or 15 b Aylesbury Henry J dau 7 do (chr 15 Apr 1866 Aylesbury, b 1 May 1864l, son James & Ann of Walton Street, Boatman) Ada dau 1 do 1861 census - Quainton James ROADS 24 Carpenter Eliza 26 Carpenters wife William son 3 Mary Ann dau 1 all b Quainton Edith Annies birth certificate can be got by giving this reference - September quarter 1880 Aylesbury district Vol 3a Page 612 to - http://www.gro.gov.uk/gro/content/certificates/ and giving them about £7 or so. Or here - http://www.buckscc.gov.uk/bcc/content/index.jsp?contentid=986487387 - but the reference above means nothing to them. Paul Christine Sadler wrote: > 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. > > Any information about the family will be much appreciated. > > Christine > > > *************************************** > > 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 > >