Robert and Lyn I think you will find that this lady was Anne TRIGGE before she married in 1767 and that her husband Robert was the founder of the Sunday Schools.in 1780. Their son was Robert Napier RAIKES (Rev.) born 1783. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Robert Poulton" <bobpoulton@waitrose.com> To: <gloucester@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, September 06, 2011 6:31 PM Subject: Re: [GLS] RAIKES >I think this is the Robert Raikes whose son, also Robert, founded the > Sunday School movement. > > Robert > > > On 5 Sep 2011, at 11:28, Lyn wrote: > >>> From the Cambrian 22 March 1828 >> >> On Sunday se'nnight, at her residence at the Spa, near Gloucester, >> after a >> short illness, in the 85th year of her age, Mrs RAIKES, relict of >> Robert >> RAIKES, Esq., formerly the highly respectable Proprietor of the >> Gloucester >> Journal. She was a lady of a pious and benevolent disposition, with an >> active and well cultivated mind, and a heart open as day to melting >> charity. >> Her death will be long lamented by her surviving relatives and >> numerous >> friends. >> >> I am not researching this family but I thought I'd pass it on. >> >> regards >> >> Lyn >> in Oz. >> >> _____________________________________________ >> >> Gloucestershire Family History Society: >> www.gfhs.org.uk >> >> Gloucestershire Archives: >> www.gloucestershire.gov.uk/index.cfm?articleid=15434 >> >> Gloucestershire BMD Index 1837 to 2005: >> http://ww3.gloucestershire.gov.uk/bmd/ >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to GLOUCESTER- >> request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes >> in the subject and the body of the message

Here's a bit more http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Raikes David On 8/09/2011, at 9:53 PM, Margaret J. Muntz wrote: > Robert and Lyn > > I think you will find that this lady was Anne TRIGGE